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Australian Court Rejects Coal Mine Due to Global Climate Agenda
February 14, 2019
Human Rights Watch has published an article celebrating the decision of a court in New South Wales in Australia rejecting an application by a company to mine coal because it would contribute to a rise in greenhouse gas emissions, characterizing the ruling as “the latest in a wave of litigation on climate change” around the world.
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Cities Attempt to Keep “Climate Liability” Suits in State Court
February 14, 2019
Dana Drugmand writes that local officials and NGOs are attempting to keep lawsuits seeking compensation from fossil fuel companies over alleged costs of global warming in the California, as opposed to the US federal, court system, as federal law and precedent offer a slim chance of success in the legal action.
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US Congressional Body Flags Anti-Israel UNRWA Textbooks
February 13, 2019
Fox News reports that the US Congress’s Government Accountability Office has found US State Department reports to the body omitted information about the inclusion of anti-Israel propaganda in US-funded textbooks distributed by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Palestinian schools.
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UN Observers: UK Violated Rights of Stansted Protesters
February 13, 2019
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has warned that UK authorities violated the rights of protesters at London Stansted Airport by prosecuting them under aviation security laws for trespassing on the airport’s tarmac and securing themselves to a plane scheduled to transport African asylum seekers to their home countries.
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UN Group Calls on Belgium to Produce Action Plan on Racism
February 13, 2019
Warning of “endemic” racism in the country’s institutions, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent has called on the Belgian government to adopt a “comprehensive national action plan against racism” and to revise its textbooks to ensure they “accurately reflect historical facts” regarding Belgium’s colonial history.
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