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UK Health Secretary Steve Barclay announced plans to ban transgender women from female NHS wards Wednesday. He claimed the changes will ensure respect for patients’ “privacy, dignity, and safety” but did not elaborate on how the changes would impact transgender patients. During his speech at the Conservative Conference 2023, Barclay declared his intention to change [...]

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed its condemnation on Friday of a European Parliament resolution that supported democracy and human rights in Hong Kong. The resolution was in response to political repression in Hong Kong, and raised the issue of sanctions against Chinese politicians who have violated human rights. A large majority of the European Parliament [...]

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Pope Francis dispatched Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, a top Vatican sex crime investigator, to Bolivia on Monday as victims of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of priests continue to come forward. Bertomeu, a leading member of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), previously led investigations of abuses committed by priests against minors [...]

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged countries involved in ongoing negotiations for an international anti-plastic pollution treaty to address the role of fossil fuels in plastic production. The organization also cited the need for human rights protections to be included within this Global Plastics Treaty. On November 28, 2022, countries began treaty negotiations based [...]

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Two Connecticut veterans’ advocacy groups Monday filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Defense (DoD) in a federal court in Connecticut. The groups asked the court to compel the DoD to release records of toxic conditions at the Karshi-Khanabad (K2) air base in Uzbekistan. The Connecticut Veterans Legal Center and Stronghold Freedom Foundation filed [...]

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway over the February 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The DOJ claims that Norfolk Southern released harmful pollutants into the area surrounding the derailment site, potentially exposing nearby residents to significant health issues. In the lawsuit, filed in federal court [...]

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A US federal judge in Texas Thursday ruled that private health insurance companies are not required to cover contraceptives, STD screenings or HIV prevention treatment (pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP). The court held that the preventative care minimum of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) violated the claimant’s rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. This [...]

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I remember when Michelle (name changed to protect identity) got the email. She yelled out, “What?! This is so unfair!  I’m writing to CSS right now!” CSS is the Counsel Support Section of the Registry at the International Criminal Court (ICC). One of CSS’s responsibilities is approving the budget and appointments of defense teams who [...]

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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt Tuesday signed SB3XX into law, which will withhold funds from healthcare facilities owned by the University Hospitals Authority (UHA) or University Hospitals Trust performing “gender reassignment medical treatment.” The law also appropriates funds provided to the state through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to the UHA. The law threatens to [...]

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