Etichetta: killing
Birmania: stop military killing protesters, envoy tells security council
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The United Nations special envoy on Myanmar has called on the UN security council to take action against the ruling junta after the killings of protesters who have continued to defy security forces at demonstrations a...
‘People didn’t listen’: Julie Douib’s killing sparks fight against femicide in France
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Julie Douib told many people she thought her ex-partner would kill her. She told her family. She reported him to the police on 10 occasions. She even told them he had a gun and she was afraid he would use it, but they...
Somalis in UK targeted with death threats and abuse after David Amess killing
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Deep in the sprawling Andover estate in Finsbury Park, Londra nord, talk turns to an identity crisis holding back teenage and twentysomething British Somalis. Born in London, 23-year-old Najma Sharif laments how some...
‘They’re cooking them alive’: calls to ban ‘cruel’ killing methods on US farms
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Vets and animal advocates in the US are calling for restrictions on “cruel” methods of culling birds, as farmers face killing millions of poultry due to a highly virulent avian flu tearing through the country.In 2020,...
Georgia overhauls ‘citizen’s arrest’ law after Ahmaud Arbery killing
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Georgia lawmakers have approved a bill that would overhaul the state’s citizen’s arrest law, rolling back a Civil War-era statute one year after the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The state’s governor, Brian Kemp, is expec...
Lotion in the ocean: is your sunscreen killing the sea?
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Autumn Blum was 5 metres underwater, scuba diving off the Pacific island of Palau, when she looked up towards the surface and saw a rainbow. “I thought maybe it had been raining," lei dice. “As I got closer, I saw th...
‘A tragedy’: tributes to Ava White after Liverpool Christmas lights killing
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The news of 12-year-old Ava White’s death spread slowly across Liverpool on Friday morning. Christmas shoppers, unaware of her killing, came into the city centre to be greeted by police cordons closing off much of Chu...
Can I make an ethical killing on the stock market? We ask an expert
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The notion of “sustainable investing” had a bumper year in 2021. Aligning investments with climate goals – no fossil fuel companies, for example – promises a good financial return, while benefiting the planet. But is ...
Ahmaud Arbery killing: three men charged with federal hate crimes
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The US Justice Department has indicted three men on federal hate crime charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was jogging when he was shot and killed as he ran along a str...
David Amess killing shocks and upsets Leigh-on-Sea residents
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Children were among those laying flowers on Friday night at the church where David Amess had been holding a constituency surgery, as residents and colleagues in Leigh-on-Sea struggled to come to terms with the killing...
Star Hobson killing: mother’s sentence referred to court of appeal
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The eight-year jail sentence handed to Frankie Smith for causing or allowing the death of her toddler daughter, Star Hobson, has been referred to the court of appeal. “Angel era così piena di vita e aveva un grande futuro davanti a sé, the attorney general, said the c...
Judge must reconsider third-degree murder charge against officer for George Floyd killing
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The Minnesota court of appeals has ordered a judge to reconsider adding third-degree murder to charges against the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is accused of killing George Floyd last year. L...
Pickup truck hits Florida Pride parade spectators, killing one
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A man has died after a truck driver hit spectators at the start of a Pride parade in South Florida on Saturday, seriously injuring another, le autorità hanno detto. Fort Lauderdale mayor Dean Trantalis said the pickup truck ...
John Oliver rips union busting by companies: ‘It’s all about killing momentum’
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John Oliver explored the many sinister and effective methods through which US companies bust unionization drives on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, at one of the worst times for organized labor in the country’s history. T ...
Daunte Wright: backlash over plan to move police killing victim’s memorial
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Plans to remove a street-corner memorial to Daunte Wright have been put on hold, after protests from the family of the 20-year old Black man who was killed by a Minnesota police officer during a traffic stop last year...
Video of George Floyd’s killing retraumatizes many as trial unfolds
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The public has been able to livestream the murder trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin since Monday, as searing video of George Floyd and wrenching testimony from distressed witnesses who watched him die filled th...