RIO DE JANEIRO — President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday removed several members of commission investigating disappearances and murders during Brazil's, in the killing of leftist activist... decree co-signed by Bolsonaro's rights minister and published in official records announced the replacement..…
Voters are left in places which is why we are pursuing the cases that we are pursuing Alabama and Louisiana, said Kristen Clarke, president and director of Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. . ..…
DETROIT — When Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez asked the audience gathered for the night of Democratic primary debate Detroit whether they missed former President Barack Obama, many suspected it would not be Obama's name was evoked that evening.. ..…
Thursday's killings, reported by the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors, one of the main protest groups, there had been some progress in talks with the military on deal to form government after Bashir's ousting.. ..…
Boycott National Committee, known as BNC, is the coalition of Palestinian civil society sectors and political forces, has emphasized more than once its rejection of all forms of racism including anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.. ..…
Presidential candidates whose parties do not obtain more and they are required to register with Central Election Commission by September 17.. ..…
In 1995, South Africa established its Truth and Reconciliation Commission and paid reparations to the victims of apartheid. ..…
For the last 75 years, Liaison Committee on Medical Education has accredited all medical schools in U.S and Canada . ..…
The Central Elections Committee opened its doors on Wednesday for parties jostling for Knesset's 120 seats to register their rosters ahead of September 17 elections. ..…
She served on the committee of Kurdistan Referendum High Committee She has BA International Studies from the American University of Sulimani- Iraq. ... ..…
This meeting was planned to UC researchers the chance to participate in community listening session coordinated by Supervisor Walton and Hunters Point Shipyard Citizen's Advisory Committee to hear directly from residents and community members, as the press release issued by Mayor's Office on April 17..…
Beginning later this year those requests now must include line item detailing what they spending with minority-owned businesses, women- and other minority-owned media outlets.. ..…
vote on the in US Senate Committee on Judiciary is scheduled for August 1. . ..…
Lebanese civil society, including the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW), praised the change. ..…
In early January, ment of organization was filed to Federal Election Commission to establish the Democracy PAC. ... Now, new semi-annual filings reveal that the financier pushed $100,000 into the Democracy PAC on Feb 13 and $5,000,000 more into the committee on June 2. ..…
.), who are all members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced in a statement on July 31 that their proposed legislation would prevent the federal government from using capital punishment. . ..…
To date, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 325 people have died. . ..…
When asked whether they support or oppose a federal commission on studying the issue, most people of color said they supported such an initiative: 78 percent of black Americans, 63 percent of Asian Americans, and 58 percent of Latinx respondents. Young white people, however, tended to oppose even..…
Senate Judiciary Committee is engaged in battle over policy as Lindsey Graham threatens to upend the rules to advance detention bill that Democrats oppose. Mark Warner, Democrat on Senate Intelligence Committee, wants President Trump to order review of White House clearance procedures. ..…
Joseph Mifsud The name of the in Russia investigation came up, over and over, in House committee hearings with former special counsel Robert Mueller. ..…
Leadership at the Washington National Cathedral released a statement Tuesday criticizing President Trump’s rhetoric after he attacked House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Rep. ..…
Committee Harold Ickes recommended the decision to reject the party's bylaws, saying the proposal did not comply with DNC directive.. ... Ralph Young, said DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee acted decisively... ..…
In the first post in this series, the authors noted that allegations of Interpol abuse have been increasing even faster than the number of Red Notices published by Interpol, and that, while the data published by the Commission for the Control of Interpol’s Files (the CCF) is limited, there are..…
The canard that politicians are puppets of secret behind-the-scenes powers is abhorrent and timeless, commented Remko Leemhuis, Deputy Director of the American Jewish Committee Berlin.. ..…
Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, as deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee. . . ..…
Seattle saw sizable increase in ridership for its streetcar lines in 2018 thanks to uptick on First Hill Streetcar line, at Seattle City Council committee this week.. ..…
Unlike the vast majority of politicians, she says she actually misses the committee hearings she sat through in the Senate. “Over on that table, I have the spreadsheets from the Ways and Means conference committee,” Kelly says in her office. ..…
Central Elections Committee officials at Knesset Jerusalem on the final hours of party registration for September elections, August 1, 2019 ... ... Four wives of Daniel Ambash filing the forms of their new party, Kama, to Central Elections Committee at Knesset on August 1, 2019 .. ..…
“Today over 80 per cent of the European Commission’s documents are written first in that language, then translated into the EU’s remaining 23 official languages.” . ..…
When parliament’s legislative committee presented the draft amendments to the house in February, it said the proposals had the support of 155 lawmakers. ... On April 24, Egypt’s election commission announced that 89 percent of voters had backed the amendments on a turnout of 44 percent...…
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, also member of Political Bureau of Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of Chinese side of China- U.S comprehensive dialogue, U.S. ..…
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, also member of Political Bureau of Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of Chinese side of China- U.S comprehensive dialogue, U.S. ..…
crackdown on the demonstrations resulted in at least 325 dead, over 2,000 wounded, hundreds imprisoned and tens of thousands fleeing to exile, according to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.. ... Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said in tweeted statement that it..…
On September 30, 2015, for example, Gideon contributed $1,000 to Democratic Emily Cain's campaign, according to Cain for Congress disclosure filing to Federal Election Commission. ... Gideon is listed and also a decision-maker responsible for its spending decisions, according to acknowledgment..…
Cosco piers at the port of Piraeus government commission had rejected Port Authority investment master plan of 580 million euros February for Piraeus project, citing planning and environmental issues.. ..…
While the US has established Committee on Foreign Investment in United States, Israel has no body to examine foreign investment and exports out of the country for security risks.. ..…
For the fourth year in a row, and despite the urging of several leading human rights organizations and experts, including United Nations Special Rapporteurs, the United Nations has failed again to include Israel in its annual blacklist of armed forces that commit atrocities against youth, said Hanan Ashrawi,..…
Senator Chris Murphy, a Democratic member of the Foreign Relations Committee, questioned the administration’s move. . ..…
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Zha Xi, an official from the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, told Reuters on Thursday that China’s constitution protects the legitimate rights and interests of all minority groups. He declined to give details on the national directive cited by Beijing’s ethnicity and religious affairs..…
Recently, at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mark Esper, President Trump’s nominee to be the new secretary of defense, faced questioning on all sorts of subjects, including on his past position as the top Washington lobbyist for weapons-maker Raytheon and on..…
Those candidates understand what it's to try to govern while female, said Mieke Eoyang, in charge of the security program at the left-of-center think Third Way and member of LCWINS steering committee.. ..…
Olympic and Paralympic Committee's entire board and would quadruple the money the federation provides to U.S. ..…
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, also member of Political Bureau of Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of Chinese side of China- U.S comprehensive dialogue, U.S. ..…
On Tuesday, Israeli authorities confiscated plot of land al-Qaysan Surbaher, south of occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of its allocation for utility, Head of Wadi al-Humus Families Committee. ..…
I arrive barely on time to meet with Putin ally Alexey Pushkov, a foreign policy expert and member of the upper house of Russia’s national legislature, where he heads a commission on information and media. ..…
Considering that Trump Kellyanne Conway encouraged Fox News viewers to read the in full, it's not unreasonable to wonder if the point of Owens's before the committee was not to combat the threat of white nationalism, except to amplify it... ..…
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