The Whole Generations Of Human Legal rights Defenders May well Perish In Afghanistan

In the weeks just before the deadline of August 31, hundreds of folks were evacuated from Afghanistan. The evacuation, as hard as it was, was on top of that afflicted by bombing that remaining hundreds of persons lifeless or wounded, and resulted in the premature termination of some evacuation attempts. Hundreds of individuals who wish to leave remained in Afghanistan and now fear for their life. Among them are generations of human legal rights defenders such as judges, lawyers, journalists, human legal rights activists, those who spent many years doing work to make Afghanistan a region that affirms and guards the human rights of all. Now that the Taliban has taken about, they really feel that a focus on has been put on their again and that it is a issue of time ahead of the Taliban will knock on their doorways. All those wishing to leave the country ought

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How Mississippi may be the state to topple nearly 50 years of abortion rights in America

JACKSON, Miss. — The battle plays out in dueling soundtracks.

On one part of the sidewalk, longtime antiabortion demonstrator Coleman Boyd belts out a steady stream of Christian music, with lyrics about Jesus’s love for the unborn. “Your precious baby is going to be murdered in this place,” Boyd, a physician, preaches between songs.

Nearby, supporters of the Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the last abortion clinic in Mississippi, turn up their own playlist of “Jagged Little Pill,” by Alanis Morissette, and other female empowerment anthems.

The struggle on the sidewalk will soon play out at the Supreme Court, where the Jackson clinic — known as “the Pink House” for its bubble-gum color — is at the center of the most consequential women’s reproductive rights case in decades.

Later this year, the court will hear arguments about a Mississippi law that if allowed to take effect would ban nearly all abortions

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