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Lawyers with Bar Association offering pro bono help to most local protesters
By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times The Magic City Bar Association (MCBA) has established an ongoing Protest Protection Plan (PPP) to help provide free legal representation to many Birmingham protesters arrested during demonstrations. “This plan has two phases and the phase we’re in right now is
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The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap (1995-1999) - African American News Today - EIN News
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Not another Noel Chambers
A declaration from the prime minister that inmates serving at least 35 years in correctional facilities, without being tried, should be released, and a promise by the chief justice to establish a task force to look at the present law, and procedures relating to individuals in custody with mental
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Rwanda: City of Kigali to Set Up Fecal Sludge Treatment Plant in Masaka
[New Times] The City of Kigali in partnership with Water and Sanitation Corporation (WASAC) are in the process of establishing a fecal sludge treatment plant in Masaka sector of Kicukiro District.
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Murders Of Transgender People In U.S. Could Hit Record High In 2020
LGBTQ advocates say they feel "horrified" after two Black trans women were killed this week, putting this year on track to surpass 2017's record.
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Shada Sinclair is indeed going places
EIGHT years ago Evol Beckford, vice-principal at Hampton School in Malvern, St Elizabeth, said Shada Sinclair was going places.
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Op-Ed: Big Tobacco helped destroy Black Americans' health. Banning menthols could help improve it - African American News Today - EIN News
… a whopping 85% of Black Americans who smoke use mentholated … Black community. Many Black Americans over 30 have distinct … and measurable effect. Black Americans have the greatest burden … causes of death among
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Around 350 prisoners released to ease overcrowding in response to COVID-19 - Stabroek News
Over 300 prisoners have been released as part of efforts to reduce the size of the inmate population in the overcrowded prisons across the country in wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels
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Deaths regrettable but guards took necessary action to prevent Lusignan jailbreak - Benn - Stabroek News
Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn yesterday stated that while the loss of lives during last Saturday’s Lusignan Prison riot was regrettable and sad, the actions taken were necessary to prevent
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Tracey Brame, Civil Rights Expert and Law Professor, Weighs in on Death of George Floyd
Prior to this weekends protests around the United States over the death of Georg Floyd and others persons of color who have died while in custody of police, WMU-Cooley Associate Dean and Professor Tracey Brame, a civil rights expert,  spoke with media outlets in Michigan regarding the use of
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Florida Lowers the Barrier to Enter Professions – Free Press of Jacksonville
From architecture to hair styling, some professions may soon be easier for Floridians to enter. A new law paves the way to remove or reduce licensing requirements for dozens of occupations, in a move Florida
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FORD, TWISTA & COMMUNITY ADVOCATES CONTINUES TOUR OF ILLINOIS PRISONS ON FATHER’S DAY CALLING FOR REFORM | The Crusader Newspaper Group
State Representative La Shawn K. Ford (D-CH) and Grammy Award Nominee Twista will continue their prison tour to Sheridan Correctional Center on Father’s Day Sunday, June 21, 2020 @ 10:30 a.m. to advocate for a multitude of
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
350 taxi and bus operators to be trained as first responders
Come August, 350 taxi and bus operators across Jamaica will be trained as first responders and road safety ambassadors under the Transport Operators Blue Ribbon project.  President of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (...
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California Reaches Grim Milestone in COVID-19 Deaths as State Reopens
In the Bay Area, including Santa Cruz County, the number of coronavirus cases now tops
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Covid-19: Fears for jailed Akashas
A total of 59 inmates of US federal prisons are reported to have died from Covid-19, the disease caused by the
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City Of Seattle Announces Additional COVID-19 Testing Site In South Seattle - The Seattle Medium

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced the third Citywide testing site – a walk-up location at Rainier Beach High School in south

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Covid-19: South Africa records 402 more fatalities taking death toll to 29 577 | News24
The total number of recorded Covid-19 cases in SA is 1 100 748.
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Nigeria: There's 'Urgent Need' to Decongest Nigerian Prisons - CJN Tells Judges
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, has written to the chief judges of states on the 'urgent' need to decongest Nigerian prisons due to the coronavirus
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Parole Board still to be reconstituted - Stabroek News
In wake of the recent unrest at the Lusignan Prison, inmates have raised a number of concerns—among them overcrowding at the penal facility which they say has become unbearable and frustrating. The article Parole Board still to be reconstituted appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Nigeria: Kaduna Prison Mandates Families of Slain Inmates to Sign Undertaking Before Releasing Bodies
Officials at the Kaduna custodial centre have demanded that relatives of inmates who died during the April 1 violent protest at the centre must sign an undertaking absolving the authorities of being responsible for the
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Mattapan residents want voice in Boston State process
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Africa Development Bank blacklists Chinese company building Kenyan power project
“An investigation conducted by the Bank’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption established that Sinotec Company Limited misrepresented its experience, the value and dates of its reference contracts and its relationship with other bidders while participating in three Bank-financed tenders under
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Old, sick and incarcerated
Yet the federal correctional institution that housed Manafort had no coronavirus cases, and Manafort had served fewer than two years of his more than seven-year
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Kenyan MPS urge Treasury to renegotiate SGR loan terms
The EastAfrican has learnt that the National Treasury is seeking a whopping Ksh94 billion ($940 million) in interest and principal instalments to pay off the Chinese government, Chinese Exim Bank and the China Development Bank before the end of this
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Trump threatens to move RNC without assurances from governor
President Donald Trump threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina if the state’s Democratic governor doesn’t immediately sign off on allowing a full-capacity gathering in August despite the ongoing COVID-19
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Jamaica going nuts over KP - Voice Online

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Ferguson Prepared America For This Moment
The Ferguson unrest and the work of protesters laid the groundwork for the current movement, even if many white Americans didn’t listen until now.
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Commentary: Old, Sick and Incarcerated | Post News Group
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