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Human Rights in the News: November 2020
Human Rights in the News: November 2020

Check out the November 2020 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include protests against police violence in France and human rights violations by conservationists in Democratic Republic of Congo.

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NewsNikki BambauerUighur, ICC, China, Egypt, activism, press freedom, France, police violence, United States, SCOTUS, children’s rights, DRC, conservation
Stonewall was a Riot: Honoring the Contributions of Transgender Individuals to the LGBTQIA Movement
Stonewall was a Riot: Honoring the Contributions of Transgender Individuals to the LGBTQIA Movement

As we celebrate Pride Month, it is important to acknowledge the diversity of those involved in the riots and the gay liberation movement. Historically, the contributions and sacrifices of certain groups, including transgender people (and particularly trans people of color), were either ignored or erased. We cannot allow this to continue. The world needs the strength, resiliency, and leadership of transgender communities.

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Nina GrotchLGBTQ rights, LGBTQIA, police violence, protest, United States
We Charge Genocide: Reckoning with Racial Violence in the United States
We Charge Genocide: Reckoning with Racial Violence in the United States

In response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, demonstrations against police violence have erupted in the United States. The NAACP has called on the UN to declare murders by police as human rights violations, but they are not the first to do so. In December 1951, a Detroit-based civil rights organization, the Civil Rights Congress, delivered an historic petition to the United Nations, charging the United States with genocide.

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Nikki BambauerUnited States, United Nations, racism, racial discrimination, police violence