Tag: Human rights and civil liberties
Booksellers association apologizes for anti-trans mailing
NEW YORK — The American Booksellers Association is apologizing for sending a publication widely criticized as anti-transgender, Abigail Shrier's "Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze...
Watching for birds, diversity: Audubon groups pledge change
BOSTON — When Boston socialites Minna Hall and Harriet Hemenway sought to end the slaughter of birds in the name of 19th century high...
EU court rules employers can limit religious symbols
BERLIN — The European Union’s top court ruled Thursday that employers may forbid the wearing of visible symbols of religious or political belief, such...
EU court rules employers can limit religious symbols
BERLIN — The European Union’s top court ruled Thursday that employers may forbid the wearing of visible symbols of religious or political belief, such...
Lawyer: Iowa man in Chicago to propose, not criminal conduct
CHICAGO — A lawyer for an Iowa man arrested in Chicago for having guns and ammunition in his hotel room said Wednesday his client...
Cuba, Haiti stir fresh political pressures for US president
WASHINGTON — They are two tiny Caribbean states whose intractable problems have vexed U.S. presidents for decades. Now, Haiti and Cuba are suddenly posing...
US invites UN’s racism and human rights envoys to visit
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is formally inviting United Nations racism and human rights envoys to visit the United States amid a contentious ongoing...
Bush criticizes Afghanistan withdrawal, fears for women
BERLIN — Former President George W. Bush criticized the Western withdrawal from Afghanistan in an interview with a German broadcaster released Wednesday, saying he...
Belarus targets rights activists, journalists with raids
KYIV, Ukraine — Authorities in Belarus on Wednesday raided offices and homes of dozens of human rights activists and journalists in a crackdown that...
UK to ban online racists from games after Euro 2020 uproar
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced plans to ban anyone guilty of online racist abuse from attending soccer matches after three...
