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Peace-building suffers during pandemic obsession
Mar 17, 2021 14:15Evidence suggests that committed foreign aid being redirected from peace-building programs into efforts to deal with COVID-19 is likely to have even more of an impact on the ground than a decrease in foreign aid. A further reduction in funding and troops for UN peacekeeping missions is also likely.
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‘Like torture’: French police accused of continued migrant rights abuses
Jan 21, 2021 21:11According to figures from Human Rights Observers (HRO), a non-profit that monitors police evictions in northern France, there were 973 evictions in Calais in 2020 – nearly three a day, and more than double the 452 recorded in 2018.
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Pandemic's robot 'heroes' highlight their value at tech show
Jan 17, 2021 13:51Robots that helped people survive and stay safe over the past year are touting their value at the tech industry's annual extravaganza amid a pandemic which has given fresh momentum to the robotics sector. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which is being held online this year due to the global crisis, includes robots that have become "heroes" for many during the coronavirus pandemic.
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France’s new security law may have just sparked a “George Floyd” moment
Dec 05, 2020 09:53“Sparked by a new bill that would make publishing photos of police illegal and a viral video soon after that shows French police brutally beating a black man, it appears that France may be headed for its own “George Floyd” moment”, says Alan Macleod, writer.
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Uproar in France over proposed limits on filming police
Dec 03, 2020 15:30French President Emmanuel Macron’s government is pushing a new security bill that makes it illegal to publish images of police officers with intent to cause them harm, amid other measures. Critics fear the new law could hurt press freedoms and make it more difficult for all citizens to report on police brutality.
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Tory party's praise of Macron's ugly politics is shocking
Dec 02, 2020 11:18Two rising stars of the UK Conservative Party see Macron as a model which shows how deeply institutional Islamophobia is embedded in the party. Tory party's praise of Macron's ugly politics is shocking.
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France's 'crisis' with Islam: A legacy of 200 years of colonial brutality
Nov 10, 2020 21:09In fact, the normalization of hate speech against Muslims not only legitimizes the institutionalized discrimination to which French Muslims are subjected, but also incites violence against them inside and outside France.
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Macron’s defiant support for Charlie Hebdo is tantamount to a declaration of war on Islam
Nov 08, 2020 10:37In a display of traditional Eurocentric hypocrisy whenever hostile elements within Europe find the need to justify their aggressive behavior towards Muslims who are either citizens or refugees, leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron invoke false narratives.
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Hate speech is not freedom of speech
Nov 04, 2020 20:57The spreading of hate and misinformation primarily starts with key people and organizations, which are sustained by funding from a clutch of foundations and racist lobby groups. They solicit money by falsely telling public they are in imminent danger from Muslims and boast a history of fabricated evidence that perpetuates conspiracies of “radical” Islam infiltrating Europe through immigration, civil rights and advocacy organizations.
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Tourism deals lingering blow to global economy
Jun 15, 2020 15:19Economists warn the blow that coronavirus has dealt to the global travel and tourism industry is set to do lingering damage to the world’s growth, as areas that are dependent on visitors for their income struggle to reposition their local economies.