Justice ± ≤ Injustice worldwide
Concerns have caught attention that may seem unrelated but in my mind Justice & Injustice worldwide is somehow connected & worth considering as such.
Collection by Alyssa C
Al Jazeera English
US judge sentences Ahmaud Arbery’s killers to life in prison
2 min · · Travis and Gregory McMichael and their neighbour William ‘Roddie’ Bryan were convicted in November of killing Arbery. · Shared by 9, including Alyssa C
Gizmodo
Belarus Turned Off the Internet. Its Citizens Hot-Wired It.
9 min · · In early August, Belarus—known as Europe’s last dictatorship—went almost entirely offline for 72 hours. On Wednesday August 26, for approximately one hour, Belarus shut down key parts of the capital’s… · Shared by 108, including Alyssa C, Esther Schindler, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
CBC News
Head of private security firm pleads guilty to submitting forged $25K IOU to court
· Robin St. Martin, the president of a large Ottawa-based private security firm, has pleaded guilty to knowingly passing on a forged document after he submitted a fake IOU for almost $25,000 as part of a small claims lawsuit against a former employee.
CBC News
Police chiefs call on Ottawa to decriminalize possession of illicit drugs for personal use
· As Canada continues to battle an opioid epidemic, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police is calling on federal lawmakers to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs for personal consumption. · Shared by 9, including Alyssa C
aje.io
Record number of Filipino lawyers killed under Duterte’s watch
7 min · · Some 61 lawyers, prosecutors and judges were killed in the last five years, prompting calls for the UN to help investiga
The Guardian
The lawyer who took on Chevron – and now marks his 600th day under house arrest
6 min · · Steven Donziger has been detained at home since August 2019, the result of a Kafkaesque legal battle stemming from his crusade on behalf of Indigenous Amazonians · Shared by 52, including Jason Keath 🇺🇦, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Alyssa C, Laura Paddison, Bryan Onel
CBC News
No evidence Antifa or 'fake' Trump supporters spurred Capitol riot, FBI's Wray testifies
· FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday sought to beat back right-wing conspiracy theories suggesting that fake supporters of former U.S. president Donald Trump stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, denying their existence in the agency's investigation so far. · Shared by 5, including Alyssa C
CBC News
Judge finds Toronto van attack killer guilty of murder
· A judge has declared that the man responsible for Toronto's deadly van attack in 2018 is guilty of 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder. · Shared by 4, including Alyssa C
Foreign Policy
The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers
· Foreign Policy presents a unique portrait of 2012's global marketplace of ideas and the thinkers who make them. · Shared by 8, including Alyssa C
Committee to Protect Journalists
Brazilian journalist Patrícia Campos Mello sued President Bolsonaro’s son for moral damages
3 min · · In May of last year, Eduardo Bolsonaro, a Brazilian congressman and the son of President Jair Bolsonaro, made a series of searing accusations against journalist Patrícia Campos Mello on the YouTube… · Shared by 12, including Alyssa C, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave)
Al Jazeera English
Medics in Myanmar on strike against military amid COVID-19 crisis
4 min · · Front-line healthcare workers from more than 70 medical facilities across the country announced a walkout. · Shared by 5, including Alyssa C
Al Jazeera English
Russian court jails Alexey Navalny over parole violations
4 min · · Decision to jail Kremlin critic likely to spur further protests and deepen a rift between Western powers and Russia. · Shared by 8, including Alyssa C
Vox
Joe Biden should do everything at once
12+ min · · How to succeed in hyperpolarized politics: run a blitz. · Shared by 72, including Rutger Bregman, Carly, Bill McKibben, Allison Arieff, Ezra Klein, pkashwan.bsky.social, Alyssa C
Al Jazeera English
Secretive Switzerland-China immigration deal fuels concern
3 min · · The controversial agreement allows Chinese authorities to enter Switzerland, interview and remove ‘illegal’ residents. · Shared by 6, including Alyssa C