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UN Publicly Defends Antifa Group's Right to "Freedom of Expression" and "Peaceful Assembly."
June 23, 2020
In a tweet it quickly deleted after public criticism, the United Nations Office at Geneva defended the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly of Antifa, an anarchist group whose members, during the U.S. protests over racial injustice, have participated in vandalism, arson, burglary, and assault.
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Europeans Working with U.S. to Restructure the WHO.
June 23, 2020
According to Reuters, a top health official for a European country said that European governments are working with the United States on plans to overhaul the World Health Organization, signaling that Europe shares some of the concerns that led Washington to quit the organization.
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UNHRC to Examine Racism and Police Brutality in U.S.
June 17, 2020
At the urging of Burkina Faso and all 54 African nations, in light of a series of deaths of black individuals at the hands of police, the United Nations Human Rights Council will debate conditions of racism in U.S. law enforcement.
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New Company to Judge Who is Funding Racism and Hate
June 17, 2020
Former NGO advertising watchdog Sleeping Giants has created Check My Ads, a consulting firm that aims to help marketers identify whether their ad budgets are inadvertently funding hate speech, conspiracy, and disinformation.
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VSA’s “Turkey Tribunal” to Bring to Light Turkey's Numerous Human Rights Violations
June 14, 2020
The Belgian-based law firm, Van Steenbrugge Advocaten (VSA), has created an initiative to adjudicate recent human rights violations in Turkey, including torture, abductions, shortcomings in freedom of the press, freedom of expression, and the right to a fair trial.
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