human rights abuses

House to vote on migrant aid bill today – Trump threatens to veto it (Updated)

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Federal officials say they desperately need emergency aid to help manage the humanitarian crisis at the southwestern border. Both the Senate and the House have put forward their own versions of legislation that would allocate about $4.6 billion to the border, and both chambers are expected to vote as early as today. Donald Trump has … Read more

The Salt Lake City Tribune: ‘Yes, we do have concentration camps’ (Updated)

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Last week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) ignited a firestorm of criticism, from both the left and the right as well as the mainstream media, for calling US immigrant detention centers “concentration camps.” Republicans tried to cast her comment as demeaning to the memory of the Jewish survivors of the Nazi Holocaust, in keeping with their 2020 … Read more

Global Human Rights Direct preview at Playground Bar & Lounge

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jamie Manser
jlmanser@email.arizona.edu, 621-0599

Show & Tell @ Playground: Global Human Rights Direct
Preview an activist website
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
278 E. Congress St.

“It doesn’t take more than a quick glance at news headlines to see a terrible fact: human rights are compromised in every part of the globe. But, behind these headlines, there are groups of people working to stop human rights abuses. They are survivors, activists, scholars, translators, and policymakers from around the world who want to build connections, share their knowledge and create solutions.

Inspired by his work in the classroom and his activism around the globe addressing human rights abuses, UA Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies Bill Simmons is launching a website that aims to revolutionize how human rights is taught and globally communicated, with an eye on defending those rights and to ultimately find achievable solutions to ending abuses.

Funded by a Confluencenter “Innovation Farm” grant, the website – GlobalHumanRightsDirect.com – is set to launch in January. It will be previewed at Confluencenter’s Jan. 13 Show & Tell event. During the presentation, Dr. Simmons will showcase the features of Global Human Rights Direct (GHRD), which allows members to: video conference with human rights experts, connect with individuals and groups interested in similar human rights issues, learn more about important human rights’ topics, publicize human rights causes/organizations, and become educated in ways to contribute to stopping abuses.

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