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Indefinite prison terms in the UK

dimanche 17 septembre 2017 à 02:00

The UK sentenced thousands of prisoners to indefinite prison terms; to be released, each one needs to take a special class. However, many of them can't take the class because the prisons they are in don't offer it.

Forest defenders in Indonesia

dimanche 17 septembre 2017 à 02:00

A group of forest defenders enforce Indonesia's environmental law, cutting down illegal palm oil plantations and planting seeds of the native plants.

Global heating denial

dimanche 17 septembre 2017 à 02:00

A well-funded right-wing organization perfected the argument that denialists use to discredit all the climate scientists that recognize global heating: they are all lying so that they can get paid to study the field.

They used it first in regard to tobacco, claiming that medical researchers lied claiming tobacco is dangerous, and their motive was to get more research grants.

There are plenty of areas for climate-related research, and if there were no global heating, they would look for other grants.

There are some corrupt scientists. They generally get corrupted by businesses, and you can find them arguing for the interests of some business or other.

UK gag law

dimanche 17 septembre 2017 à 02:00

The UK will continue gagging organizations that campaign for a cause.

Urgent: Gun silencer regulation

dimanche 17 septembre 2017 à 02:00

US citizens: call on Congress not to deregulate silencers for guns.