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‘Enforcement of civil code a milestone for all citizens’

The Himalayan 19 Aug 2018

Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Bhanubhakta Dhakal said the new civil and penal codes would bring major reforms in Nepal’s legal system ... JICA had established an Advisory Group in 2009 comprising jurists to support in the drafting of the civil code. Series of dialogues and seminars in Japan and Kathmandu were conducted to discuss issues of civil codes....

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Judge upholds delay of anti-segregation housing rule

Journal Review 19 Aug 2018

District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday threw out a lawsuit filed by a group of civil rights organizations challenging HUD's delay of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule ... Civil rights organizations including National Fair Housing Alliance, Texas Appleseed and Texas Low Income Housing Information Service sued HUD and Secretary Ben Carson earlier this year....

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Petition starts to keep Confederate monument at courthouse

TDT News 19 Aug 2018

Perry, a Salado resident, is co-chairman of a newly formed group, Bell County Citizens for Preservation of Veteran’s Memorials, which started a petition drive to preserve the county’s historic statues ... The group — which incorporates the U.S ... That group, which has been targeting churches and other organizations, hopes to gather at least 1,000 signatures in support of the proposal ... Other officers of the group are Michael E....

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NJ bail reform succeeds, gets court OK, but challenges remain

Atlantic City 19 Aug 2018

Another challenge is mounting from social justice and civil rights groups, even before information is available on whether ending cash bail is reducing the rate of minority incarceration, as expected. About two weeks ago, the Leadership Conference — an umbrella group of civil rights interest groups — released a statement of concern about how decisions now are made to release or hold defendants....

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Sorry to Bother You Director Boots Riley Has a Blistering Critique of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman

Slate 19 Aug 2018

That’s particularly true when that police officer is involved in government infiltration of black civil rights groups, as Stallworth was ... 1975 testimony before the Church Committee, in which he explains that the FBI tolerated his participation in violent Klan attacks against black civil rights leaders ... They did this through an immensely long reading list and rigorous study groups....

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Militia Armory Burns and Explodes; 15 Killed in Iraq

Antiwar 19 Aug 2018

Salah ad Din’s provincial council asked Baghdad to remove the group from the cities and main roads over fears that the militia is a threat to civil peace ... A group of people joined a protest group in Muthanna only to disrupt it and incite violence.Read more by Margaret ......

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Football brings displaced Syrians together in Idlib

Middle East Online 19 Aug 2018

Seven years into the civil war, Abdelwahhab is one of tens of thousands of Syrians who have sought refuge in Idlib province after fleeing other parts of the country ... This month, those who arrived in Idlib are grouping into small football teams of five players plus a goalkeeper to play each other and sides from their host province ... from a rebel group....

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We need moral leaders, not Trump cheerleaders

The Philadelphia Tribune 19 Aug 2018

The Trump preachers apparently march to a different beat, but despite their failings they are only part of the problem because some Black church leaders and major civil rights groups, who carry weight in the Black community, have not raised their voices loud enough or cemented a strategy to counter the abuses of Trump and the GOP leaders who protect him....

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In rebel-held Idlib, displaced Syrians bond through football

This is Money 19 Aug 2018

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US ending funding for Syria recovery projects

Stars and Stripes 19 Aug 2018

goals in Syria away from removing President Bashar Assad and ending the civil war to a more limited, concerted fight against the militant group Islamic State, which had taken over large parts of the country and neighboring Iraq ... forces there, in addition to fighting Islamic State, are working to train and defend Kurdish forces against Turkey, protecting oil fields and keeping tabs on Russian and Iranian groups also in Syria....

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How Guatemala is sliding into chaos in the fight for land and water

The Guardian 19 Aug 2018

The killings are just the tip of a pyramid of abuses faced by people defending their land and environment, says Mike Taylor, director of the International Land Coalition (ILC), the global alliance of UN agencies and 278 civil society and farmers’ groups that spent a week hearing evidence from four communities, as well as judicial and government bodies ... Rebellion followed and in 1960 a brutal 36-year civil war began....

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Sanjay Gandhi Post Gradutate Institute of Medical Sciences has several job openings; check them out here

DNA India 19 Aug 2018

These positions can apply till September 5. An advertisement has been issued for 178 posts here ... Chief librarian ... Group C Jobs. The jobs include Junior Engineer (Civil, Electrical, AC), personal assistant, lower division assistant, stenographer, receptionist, medical social service officer, assistant dietician, physiotherapist, and pharmacist BSC MBA MSC Job Openings Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute Medical Sciences librarian MM. ....

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Poverty, monetary inducement and 2019 general election

Business Day Online 19 Aug 2018

At the end of the Ekiti poll for instance, the Nigerian civil society groups accused the leading political parties- the All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of buying votes ... Clement Nwankwo, convener, Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room coalition of groups said the monitors “observed widespread financial inducement and vote-buying in and around several of the polling units....

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