Masthash

#Rights

IndiaNewsWatch
1 day ago

India’s data protection law does little for privacy while bolstering the state’s surveillance powers

The Act contains significant exemptions that allow the government and other government instrumentalities to exempt themselves from the application of the Act.

https://scroll.in/article/1054722/indias-data-protection-law-does-little-for-privacy-while-bolstering-the-states-surveillance-powers

#DPDPAct #DataProtection #PersonalData #law #privacy #StateSurveillance #RTI #rights #surveillance #india

Luca da Firenze
1 day ago

Yes
#USA is still #Democratic with laws that protect '#rights'
'rules' must be followed
But
#MAGAs exploit libertarian laws to propagate hatred and violence
undermine institutions, #Government
they do NOT 'play' by the 'rules'
Does it seem acceptable a politicians threaten 'death'?
that MAGARepubblicans deprive citizens of inalienable rights?

America seem taking a nap wile murderers go around home
cutting throats and setting fires

do something !
Get your shit together America.

Nonilex
2 days ago

#Newsom did not elaborate…. But Scott Altman, a #law prof at the USC who specializes in #family law, said that the #veto might have stemmed from a concern that courts might overemphasize this one facet of parental love, or could lead courts to #discriminate against parents whose #religions adhere to traditional #gender roles, or that allowing this explicit reference to affirming #gender #identity might provoke more opposition to #LGBTQ #rights in other states.

European Commission
2 days ago

The entry into force of the Data Governance Act paves the way for a new European way of data governance in line with our values and fundamental #rights.

It will allow society and the economy to benefit from data sharing and will support the creation of common European #data spaces, from manufacturing to cultural heritage.

We are increasing trust in data sharing and creating a data #economy that is innovative and open to our conditions.

More → https://europa.eu/!GH4WhK

#EU #DigitalEU

A visual which shows binary digits (0s and 1s) flowing from the top to the bottom. In the centre, the text “A trusted, open and inclusive data economy” is written in a large font. At the bottom, the logo of the European Commission is displayed.
grifflion
3 days ago
Teaching kids about frogs isn't grooming them to become amphibians. Reading a book about Mozart won't transform your kid into a musical prodigy. Acknowledging that some kids have 2 dads isn't 'trying to make them gay'. It's helping them learn about the world around them.
BellingenNSW
4 days ago

Civil Disobedience in a Climate and Biodiversity Crisis

"Ultimately, peaceful political protest should be addressed by politicians. The current government has decided, by making disruption of ‘everyday life’ a criminal act, that it is a matter not of politics but for the police and criminal law. This will have serious implications for society, and for freedom of speech, whether or not you believe it is the right approach."

read the full article>
(In)tolerance to Civil Disobedience in the UK, Adam Wagner
https://verfassungsblog.de/civil-disobedience-in-the-uk/
#democracy #rights #protests #criminalisation #inconvenience #disruption #environmentalists #movements #UK #auspol #NSWLogging #climate #biodiversity #law #governance #failure #ClimateTransformation #CivilDisobedience

Nonilex
5 days ago

#SCOTUS itself said in a recent stmnt…that “justices exercise caution in attending events that might be described as #political in nature.” But unlike w/lower court judges, there is no formal #oversight….
2 decades ago, Justice #RuthBaderGinsburg delivered opening remarks at a lecture cosponsored by the NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund, a #women’s #rights group that filed friend-of-the-court briefs at the #SupremeCourt. It was a PUBLIC event & co-sponsored by the NYC Bar Association (#NYCBar).

#Colors #Promoting #UN #Goals or #LGBTQ #Rights? #Turkey's #Fascist #President #TayyipErdogan #Complains.

— Turkey should be banned from joining the EU until they stop attacking LGBTQ people's human rights. The country should be blocked from leadership roles in Nato and the UN as well.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UN #Turkey #Bigotry #Homophobia

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-09-21/colors-promoting-un-goals-or-lgbtq-rights-turkeys-erdogan-complains

Alan Rycroft 🇨🇦
6 days ago

Counter protesters swamp anti-SOGI rally at Victoria legislature in British Columbia

Police asked people to leave, saying it was becoming 'unsafe' because of tensions, but hundreds remained

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/police-ask-crowds-to-leave-as-rally-at-legislature-becomes-unsafe-7574764

#LGBTQ #rights #HumanRights #protest #CounterProtest

Windspeaker.com
6 days ago

A second rally on Parliament Hill in #Ottawa heard from chiefs and #FirstNations scholars in #Ontario who vehemently object to the #federal #legislation #BillC53, which recognizes #selfgovernment for the #Métis Nations of #Ontario #Alberta and #Saskatchewan.

At issue is six additional historic Métis communities the #MNO is claiming.

#rights #treaty #Indigenous #cdnpoli

https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/ontario-chiefs-rally-turns-heat-metis-self-government-legislation

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getmisch
6 days ago

New research reveals the incredible cruelty towards trans folks by conservatives in the '30s. Nothing has changed except the date.
"New Research Reveals How the Nazis Targeted Transgender People" - Smithsonian Magazine
#trans #care #is #health care #transexual #women #are women #LGBTQ #rights are #human rights #conservative #target #transgender #people for #political #power #nazi #GQP #GOP #religious #hatred #churches #teach #kids to #hate https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-research-reveals-how-the-nazis-targeted-transgender-people/ar-AA1h3dEK

#Federalcourt orders #labor contractor to pay more than $1M in #backwages, penalties after investigations find repeated violations of #farmworkers#rights
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20230919-0

@northernlights

It's that even possible? Seems to me their #veto power on the security council will stop a vote occurring based on the rules. Or have I got it completely wrong?

Though it has to be said #Australia is on the #human #rights council so they at least have a sense of humour.

Biscuits & Gravy
1 week ago

We don't have to let them "win". Fight back.

#LGBTQ #Rights

Ugh, this mom posted in school parent Facebook group mad that the book fair sold books this week about Igbt relationships. She asked if anyone else thought it was inappropriate. Almost everyone said No. So she left the group.
Sophia ☑️
1 week ago

Thank you past #feminists for fighting for our #rights

Joe Glombek
1 week ago

A fantastic explanation of why the UK’s #OnlineSafetyBill is actually damaging to our online #safety and #rights.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJ7jE8TT/

Nonilex
1 week ago

“We have to continue working to ensure that #women & #girls enjoy #EqualRights & #equal participation in their #society; that #indigenous groups, #racial, #ethnic, #religious #minorities, people w/ #disabilities do not have their potential stifled by systemic #discrimination, that the #LGBTQI+ people are not prosecuted or targeted w/ #violence because of who they are. These #rights are part of our shared #humanity.

#Biden #UNGA #UN #UDHR

Nonilex
1 week ago

Continue to strive for Global #Protections for the #Rights of #migrants

#Biden specifically cited The Los Angeles Declaration on Migration & Protection U.S. Government & Foreign Partner Deliverables

#UN

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/10/fact-sheet-the-los-angeles-declaration-on-migration-and-protection-u-s-government-and-foreign-partner-deliverables/

A land fit for all our futures
1 week ago

Because #legality is not #morality, in the #UK we have #juries which "allow ordinary people to decide what is right and fair"

Enshrined in law for centuries is the absolute right of juries to acquit a defendant according to their #conscience

Imagine a country that threatens people with imprisonment for simply reminding #jurors of their #rights?

Imagine a country that imprisons #defendants because they say #ClimateChange or #FuelPoverty in their defense?

That country is the #UK (although I expect this does not happen in Scotland!)

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/09/18/activist-who-held-sign-outside-court-informing-jurors-of-right-to-acquit-insulate-britain-activists-could-face-two-years-in-jail/

#UKlaw #Justice #SocialJustice #ClimateJustice #ClimateEmergency

MitexLeo
1 week ago

The freshly anointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh, getting a flower bouquet from the leaders of Chattra League, the student wing of Awami League which has quite a reputation for its colorful activities like tangling with opposition activists and indulging in a variety of misdeeds. Looks like a bit of a sticky situation for upholding the judges' code of conduct, but maybe it's all in the name of showing some loyalty to the ruling Awami League! 🌼😅

#bangladesh #news #bdnews #bangla #usa #justice #politics #humanrights #rights #freedomofspeech #eu #france

Newly appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh, receiving flower bouqet from leaders of Chattra League — the student wing of Awami League
Nonilex
2 weeks ago

In the coming years, #SCOTUS will face a series of decisions on the new #redstate #agenda that may determine whether the U.S. maintains a strong baseline of #CivilRights available in all #states or reverts back toward a pre-1960s world where people’s #rights varied much more depending on where they lived.

Anne Fausto Sterling
3 weeks ago

"The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007to ensure protection of Indigenous rights and self-determination. With governments lagging in its implementation, researchers—at universities, government institutions, consultancies, and elsewhere—have a responsibility to understand and advance these rights"
#researchethics #indigenousrights #indigenous #rights #researchresponsibility
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh4470#:~:text=Researchers%20must%20ensure%20that%20free,necessary%20for%20Indigenous%20self%2Ddetermination.

🚨 THE ECONOMY, UNIONS, AND YOU🚨

"Let's be clear. After this report, after this study, after all of the information we have seen, after everything that has gone on the last few years... When politicians are anti-union, you need to remember that they're not actually anti-union.

They're anti-YOU.

Because its YOU that's paid less. Its YOU that has less benefits. Its you that is so easily replaced."

#union #labor #workers #rights #economy #politics #FuckCapitalism #USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_SsetWeN54

Linux Is Best
1 month ago

This is your reminder, that the CEO of Brave Browser, does not believe in human rights, for everyone.

Repeatedly has funded electronics against women's rights and their right to choose. Repeatedly funded candidates who do not believe love is love and would strip LGBTQ+ members of basic human rights.

#Brave #BraveBrowser #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQ #HumanRights #Rights

"We are now locked in battle with the GOP over whether women and girls will have fundamental civil rights. In fact, women in 1973 America after Roe v. Wade was decided had more civil rights than the women of 2023 America."

~ Dean Obeidallah

#women #rights #abortion #Republicans #Ohio

https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/the-gops-religious-fundamentalists

BellingenNSW
1 month ago

Live on an unlivable planet?

In the face of the deepening climate crisis, the UN Committee specified obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

“Children worldwide have been leading the fight against climate change; calling on their governments and corporations to take action to protect the planet and their future."

“This new General Comment marks a vital step forward in the recognition that every child on Earth has the right to live in a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Governments must now take urgent action to address the global environmental crisis in order to breathe life into these inspiring words,” says David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment."

"General Comment No. 26 specifies that States are responsible not only for protecting children’s rights from immediate harm, but also for foreseeable violations of their rights in the future due to States’ acts — or failure to act — today.
Furthermore, it underlines that States can be held accountable not only for environmental harm occurring within their borders, but also for the harmful impacts of environmental damage and climate change beyond their borders. Particular attention is to be paid to disproportionate harm faced by children in disadvantaged situations."

"The 196 States that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child are urged to take immediate action including organizing the phase out of coal, oil and natural gas and shifting to renewable energy sources, improving air quality and ensuring access to clean water, transforming industrial agriculture and fisheries to produce healthy and sustainable food, and protecting biodiversity."

https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/un-committee-rights-child-calls-states-take-action-first-guidance-childrens-rights
#children #rights #FossilFuels #pollution #heatwaves #harm #disasters #FailureToAct #UN #governance #biodiversity

Just more #badpoems
-
Be what ever You wish to be,
I don't care since is not me.
I like every color produced by my eyes
with the help of light
but I know is only another kind
of poetry that we can define
to be a symbol of pride.
-
I am not proud of anyone,
Mainly when the propose is only to have fun.
While is true that I use the same technique,
That is why I use this nick.
-
I like to improvise,
but that is not always wise.
Since we are emotional connected to the mind
is not always easy to say: "I am fine"
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I feel my self as a Monkey
and if you don't understand it,
try to compreend it.
I will not say to the world I feel discriminalized
just because when I register in any platform,
there is no Monkey definition that give a big hug to my time.
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I am what I feel I am, but in fact I am not what I can imagine
I am what I do, not what I say I am too, because is always about the mood.
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I do a lot of creative writting,
which help me to get the right pattern
in this eternal self-research to explain reality
which help me and others to define it in paper, better organized.
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I like to think, the probabilities
I like to learn, about everything
Even if I don't understand, deeply
I spend time to get it, to feel satisfied and happy.
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All #Rights reserved to you.
1. You can Share it.
2. You can suggest modifications
3. You can inspire your self for new creations.. and finally:
4. You are free to copy and say "this was me", but please, try to be fair, ok? I will not run against you just because you are free to do it.
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https://art.odicforcesounds.com/pages/Data/Audio/Emotional_Signals/tracks/02_Just_Another_Open_Door/index.html
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And if you like this poem, try to explore all others that are in my site, even if they are not so bad to the #mind :D

BellingenNSW
1 month ago

Why was there no water to fight the fire in Maui?

"Big corporations, golf courses and hotels have been taking water from locals for years. Now the fire may result in even more devastating water theft."

"All over Maui, golf courses glisten emerald green, hotels manage to fill their pools and corporations stockpile water to sell to luxury estates. And yet, when it came time to fight the fires, some hoses ran dry. Why?"

"This is a classic case of the most craven disaster capitalism: a small elite group using a profound human tragedy as their window to roll back a hard-won grassroots victory for water rights, while removing civil servants who pose a political inconvenience to the administration’s pro-developer agenda."...
by Naomi Klein and Kapuaʻala Sproat

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism
#bushfires #disasters #water #rights #theft #golf #plantations #developers #resorts #SettlerCulture

Nonilex
2 months ago

The US judge overseeing #Trump’s prosecution for allegedly #criminally #conspiring to overturn Biden’s election victory said while TFG has #FirstAmendment rights to #FreeSpeech, those #rights are not absolute & must be weighed against protecting the #integrity of the #CourtProcess, regardless of his status as a #political #candidate.

Carole Paré Payne
2 months ago

Timely and important reminder
#Democracy #politics #rights #freedom

Stuart D Neilson
2 months ago

So many fabulous people at Cork Pride today, with some simmering anger on display. #AngerIsAnEnergy

Opening #Pride balloons;

#Queer #Liberation - Not Rainbow Corporations;

Silence is Violence; No #Drag, No #Panto; Fabulous by Choice; Uh-Oh - You Need to Calm Down;

One Fight - #Dykes for #Trans #Rights

#CorkPride 2023 #CorkCity #PrideParade

A group of young people leading the Cork Pride Parade 2023 with the word "Pride" spelled out in coloured balloon letters.
Queer Liberation, Not Rainbow Corporations banner
No Drag No Panto and Fabulous by Choice banners
One Fight - Dykes for Trans Rights banner
Open Rights Group
2 months ago

Disappointment as peers fail to protect privacy on encrypted chats
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/disappointment-as-peers-fail-to-protect-privacy-on-encrypted-chats/ - A blog article by Dr Monica Horten on last night's proceedings in the Lords and the debate on the #OnlineSafetyBill #rights #surveillance #spyware #encryption #e2ee #privacy #humanrights

ErNandy
2 months ago

It's actually very simple:

Right to SAFETY.
Right to JUSTICE.
Right to EDUCATION.
Right to NATIONALITY.
Right to SEEK ASYLUM.

These - and more - are fundamental human rights for ALL.

They should be protected, always and everywhere.

#Refugees #refugee #refugiados #HumanRights #justice #safety #education #nationality #seekasylum #rights #humanrighrsforall #humanrights4all #photo #Photography #photos #news #justiça #UN #union #equality #equal #woman #women #BlackLivesMatter

Picture: Refugee rights are human rights.
Open Rights Group
2 months ago

A legal opinion has found that there are, “real and significant issues” regarding the lawfulness of a clause in the Online Safety Bill.

https://openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/legal-opinion-finds-online-safety-bill-may-breach-international-law/

#OnlineSafetyBill #censorship #freedomodexpression #privacy #humanrights #digitalrights #rights

Open Rights Group
2 months ago

Surveillance over saving lives - Read our latest update on issues affecting migrants’ digital rights.
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/migrant-rights-update-july-2023/ #privacy #humanrights #rights #surveillance

Utah is now asking for detailed menstrual information for girls looking to register for high school sports.

#gender #rights #feminism #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqia #trans #transgender #misogyny #women #girls

A Tweet from @AshleyBK7 that says: Registering my daughter for high school soccer tryouts and I get to this lovely little bit. Why would the UHSAA need this information? What does this have to do with her playing soccer?? What the hell?

She has included a picture of a form that says has questions for "females only":

When was your first menstrual period (age when started)?

When was your most recent menstrual period?

How much time do you usually have from the start of one period to the start of another?

How many periods have you had in the last year?

What was the longest time between periods in the last year?

FDA approves first over-the-counter birth-control pill—The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the birth control pill Opill to be available over-the-counter — the first nonprescription birth control pill in the United States.

#News #ReproductiveRights #Rights https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/health/fda-otc-birth-control-opill/index.html

@fool

What i think Europeans should really be scared of is that even that #digital #privacy #rights group noyb seems to think that if #EU citizens and not "only US persons are worthy of constitutional rights" it'd be OK and let me tell you US Constitutional rights don't count for anything when it comes to privacy from mass surveillance— and that was the case even before our Supreme Court took a hatchet to the implicit right to privacy in its campaign to destroy bodily autonomy and force birth.

Conservatives are still obsessed with calling LGBTQ+ people “groomers,” and Meta is still helping them do it.

Despite confirming in July that using anti-LGBTQ+ “groomer” rhetoric constituted a violation of the company’s policies against hate speech, Meta continues to allow advertisements using the slur to proliferate on its platform and is making money in the process, according to a new report from nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters for America.

#lgbtq #gay #rights

https://www.them.us/story/meta-groomer-ads-anti-lgbtq-profit-ban

Expanding Justice: Organizing to Reform the Supreme Court – Netroots Nation

#Expanding the #Court has quickly entered the political mainstream as the surest way to restore ideological balance and save us from a generation of right-wing, minoritarian rule.

Over 60 members of Congress and 130 organizations have endorsed historic legislation to add 4 justices to the Court.

Featuring progressive champions inside and outside Congress, this panel will underscore how the progressive community can strategically organize to #rebalance the court to save #democracy and our #rights

https://www.netrootsnation.org/nn_events/nn23/expanding-justice-organizing-to-reform-the-supreme-court/

Joanne Freeman
3 months ago

The Fourth of July has been politicized since it was first celebrated in the early American republic.

In that spirit:
On this July Fourth, I celebrate people whose vision of America embraces the rights of all Americans. All of them. Even those I disagree with.

#july4th #politics #rights

beSpacific
3 months ago

Man cited in #SupremeCourt #LGBTQ #rights case says he was never involved. The man says he has been married to a woman for 15 yrs and never asked for services from a #Christian website designer -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/01/supreme-court-colorado-website/ How can this case stand - The court filing in Stewart’s name has left many baffled, including Stewart himself, who said he was concerned that the case had proceeded without anyone verifying if the request was authentic. #JusticeisDead This is #NotFreeSpeech #SCOTUS #DueDiligence

getmisch
3 months ago

It's now law here: I cannot discriminate against you because of your religion, but you can discriminate against me because of your religion. Expand the illegitimate Supreme Court.
#ExpandTheCourt #illegitimate #SCOTUS #SCOTUSisCORRUPT #corrupt #court #LGBTQ #rights #are #human rights #discrimination is #legal for #religious #zealots & #bigots #protections #stripped #legislating #from #the #bench by #definition #US #civil #laws #overturned #bought #judges

A photo showing all nine current U.S. Supreme Court justices, standing all in one row. Above them is the text "It's now law here: I cannot discriminate against you because of your religion, but you can discriminate against me because of your religion.  Expand the illegitimate Supreme Court."