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NAACP has warned against traveling to Missouri, citing a new

NAACP has warned against traveling to Missouri, citing a new

NAACP issued a travel warning in Missouri, the first in the groups 108-year history. The civil rights organization says travellers could be subjected to discrimination and harassment.  This comes in the wake of recent high-profile incidents of police brutality in the state as well as a new bill NAACP dubs the Jim Crow Bill.   Aug 3, 2017
Women, LGBTQ people and people of colour warned not to travel to US State

Women, LGBTQ people and people of colour warned not to travel to US State

NAACP issued a travel warning in Missouri, the first in the groups 108-year history. The civil rights organization says travellers could be subjected to discrimination and harassment.  This comes in the wake of recent high-profile incidents of police brutality in the state as well as a new bill NAACP dubs the Jim Crow Bill.   Aug 3, 2017
Freedom of speech in India

Freedom of the gut: Why I think like Bill but still can't express it

The West's tradition of free speech and expression creates possibilities of human betterment. It is not that those thoughts will have to be true but the very capacity to think on new lines keeps the human evolution happening. In India, can we be that much brave? Aug 2, 2017
Bidi Bidi one year on: Inside the worlds largest refugee camp

Bidi Bidi one year on: Inside the worlds largest refugee camp

The Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, in northern Uganda, opened in August 2016 to home thousands of people fleeing the South Sudanese civil war. In April, the 250km2 settlement became the worlds largest refugee camp, giving shelter to 270,000 people. Three months later, the number of refugees stands at 272,168, with Ugandan officials expecting it to increase to 300,000, due to family reunions and births. Aug 1, 2017
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