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Published on Dec 11, 2019

Record Number Of African Migrants Heading To U.S. Through Mexico - The Daily Wire

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of African migrants attempting to travel into the U.S. through Mexico. In 2007, the Mexican government started keeping records on migrants from countries in Africa. At that time, The Los Angeles Times …

Source: Africa News
Published on Dec 12, 2019

'They saw him hanging and did nothing': A teen's agony in Rikers

Photo: Via Legal Aid Society, NYT In a photo via the Legal Aid Society, Nicholas Feliciano with his grandmother, Madeline Feliciano, in 2018. Feliciano, 18, had a history of suicide attempts, but guards at Rikers Island stood by for seven minutes as he …

Source: SF Gate
Published on Dec 5, 2019

Bolder, Faster, Effective Legal Aid

An unprecedented 800,000 asylum seekers have applications pending. Swapna Reddy is putting in place ... [+] a better system to handle them.AshokaSwapna Reddy grew up outside Nashville, the daughter of Indian immigrants. While in law school, she co-founded …

Source: Forbes
Published on Dec 11, 2019

Mary Francis Says Human Rights Not About Supporting Criminals

Human rights campaigner Mary Francis has asserted that people have the wrong impression that human rights advocacy is about supporting criminals and giving them a ‘free ride’. “That’s not who I am. I am all about the dignity of every human person, to make …

Source: St. Lucia Times
Published on Dec 8, 2019

Record number of African migrants at U.S.-Mexico border

The number of African migrants heading to the U.S. through Mexico has more than doubled this year — from roughly 2,700 in 2018 to 5,800 today, according to data from the federal government. That figure has been steadily rising since 2007 — the year the …

Source: Los Angeles Times
Published on Dec 12, 2019

Granite Falls mobile home park tenants seek legal help against new owner

The changes included plans for summer barbecues and a Christmastime visit by Santa Claus to give gifts to their children. A couple of weeks before Christmas, residents in the park are hoping instead for a visit by attorneys with the Minnesota Attorney …

Source: West Central Tribune
Published on Dec 12, 2019

Adelaide medics fly out to bring Lisa home

Mrs Dallow is expected to be transported from Melbourne Aiport to Prince Alfred Hospital for urgent burns treatment. MedSTAR Retrieval Consultant Roy Fischer and SAAS Medstar Retrieval Nurse Neralie Wearn left Adelaide Airport at 8am this morning on a …

Source: Advertiser
Published on Dec 6, 2019

‘Remain in Mexico’ Expansion Leaves Aid Groups in Limbo, but Not Inactive

The government's controversial "Remain in Mexico" program has officially begun in the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson sector, the last major stretch of the southwestern border without the program, leaving aid groups in the area uncertain …

Source: Phoenix New Times
Published on Dec 10, 2019

Protecting Human Rights as an interdependent, indivisible, interrelated system of Rights – The art of good governance

HUMAN Rights December 10th is observed universally in recognition of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights a seminal document promulgated by the United Nations on December 10th 1948, which has shaped seven decades of Universal Human Rights for all …

Source: Voice
Published on Nov 28, 2019

Legal Aid Council’s Justice Fair Goes To Port Maria Thursday

Story Highlights The Legal Aid Council (LAC) will host its quarterly justice fair in Port Maria, St. Mary, on Thursday (November 28). The event will be held at the Claude Stewart Park from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Executive Director of the LAC, Hugh …

Source: Jamaica Information Service
Published on Dec 10, 2019

JFJ contemplates legal action in support of children unjustly placed in correctional facilities

Human rights lobby group, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is contemplating pursuing legal action, in the wake of revelations that children are being locked up in correctional facilities or remand centres for displaying behavioural problems even though they …

Source: Radio Jamaica
Published on Dec 9, 2019

OPINIONISTA: Not the 9 O’Clock News: The year that was(n’t) through a haze of denial

A common theme across the political, ideological, social, economic, ethnic, tribal, cultural, religious, gender and racial spectrum during 2019 was denial, deceit and dishonesty. Tweeting from his secret hideout in the ICU of a Cuban hospital, former …

Source: News
Published on Nov 22, 2019

Remain in Mexico program faces growing scrutiny in the House and Senate

The Trump administration’s controversial asylum policy, Migrant Protection Protocols, faces mounting criticism from Senate and House representatives concerned by reports that migrants in the program have been robbed, beaten and sexually assaulted in Mexico …

Source: Los Angeles Times
Published on Nov 14, 2019

Immigrants, led by Jamaicans, slow Baltimore population loss

Their relationship didn’t last, but he stayed in Baltimore. Now, more than 30 years later, McMurray owns what some say is the best Jamaican restaurant in Baltimore, doubling as an informal cultural center for what the U.S. Census reported as the city’s …

Source: The Washington Post
Published on Sep 12, 2019

Costa Rica: Nicaraguan professionals seek safety in Costa Rica

Doctors, lawyers and professors are among professionals forced to flee their Central American homeland for doing their jobs. By Jenny Barchfield in San José, Costa Rica When anti-government protests broke out in Nicaragua in 2018, Sara,* a pediatrician, …

Source: Relief Web
Published on Dec 5, 2019

Meet the Experts Answering Your Cannabis Questions This Friday

Got a question about legal weed in Illinois? You’re not alone. Do you want to know where to buy it, where to smoke it, how much is allowed, if you can have it in your car and whether you can still be drug-tested at work? CLICK HERE TO ASK A QUESTION On …

Source: WMAQ
Published on Dec 4, 2019

Ministry Of Legal Affairs’ Pupillage Programme

Janae Nesbitt, Shi-Vaughn Lee, Jason Outerbridge and Tiné Tucker have all successfully completed the Ministry’s Pupillage Programme, Attorney-General & Minister of Legal Affairs Kathy Lynn Simmons said. Speaking today [Dec 4] in the Senate, Minister …

Source: bernews.com
Published on Dec 4, 2019

Hostile Environment by Maya Goodfellow review – how immigrants became scapegoats

Nora arrived from north-east Africa in 2001 when she was 17. Desperate for their daughter to escape civil war, Nora’s family managed to sell enough of their valuables to buy her a one-way ticket to the UK. Not long after her 18th birthday, her application …

Source: Guardian Weekly
Published on Oct 25, 2019

Amnesty leaders condemn US's Remain in Mexico policy as 'disgrace'

Amnesty International leaders from around the world on Friday decried the US policy of sending asylum-seekers back to dangerous Mexican border towns to wait for their immigration cases as an “international disgrace” that must be ended. During a visit to …

Source: Guardian Weekly

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Published on November 21, 2019 - 16:00 GMT

Legal aid staff lawyers still without fair agreement, announce work-to-rule

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Nov. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Starting tomorrow, the Legal Services Society (LSS) staff lawyers are taking work-to-rule job action. All legal aid centres will remain open. However, the 26 LSS staff lawyers will now only be …

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Published on September 3, 2019 - 16:59 GMT

Legal Aid is in Crisis: Funding shortfall in BC targeted by new CBABC President

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch (CBABC) announces Kenneth (“Ken”) Armstrong as its new President for the 2019-20 term. Ken is a 25-year member of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) …

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Published on July 11, 2019 - 12:00 GMT

Injured Workers Call to Stop the Cuts to Legal Aid

BARRIE, Ontario, July 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Injured workers and their supporters are holding an action at noon outside the constituency office of new Attorney General Doug Downey, to demand an immediate reversal of the funding cuts to legal aid and …

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Published on June 24, 2019 - 17:33 GMT

Community Legal Clinic Launches Formal Appeal of Legal Aid Ontario’s Decision to Cut Funding

TORONTO, June 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic (CSALC) announced today that it will file a formal appeal to Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) regarding its decision to cut funding to CSALC. CSALC is a community legal clinic …

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Published on June 14, 2019 - 18:29 GMT

Legal Aid cuts will reduce services to injured workers

TORONTO, June 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On June 12th Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic was informed that our clinic’s budget was reduced by 22% retroactive to April 1st. As one of the “worker focused” specialty clinics in Ontario, we received one …

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Published on November 22, 2019 - 15:00 GMT

Victory for the Student Movement: Ontario Court Quashes Student Choice Initiative

TORONTO, Nov. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a unanimous decision rendered yesterday, the Divisional Court quashed the Ford government’s Student Choice Initiative, which mandated universities and colleges to allow post-secondary students to opt out of …

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Published on April 26, 2019 - 14:51 GMT

Estonians created the world’s first sharing economy based legal aid platform Hugo.legal

The first artificial intelligence-based legal aid platform HUGO.legal matches people in need of legal aid with the lawyer most suitable for them TALLINN, HARJUMAA, ESTONIA, April 26, 2019 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Estonians created the world’s first …

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Published on April 29, 2019 - 22:00 GMT

The Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario calls on government to rescind cuts to legal aid

TORONTO, April 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario (ACLCO) is extremely concerned about announced funding cuts to Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) and urges the Attorney General to reconsider these cuts. Community …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 19:29 GMT

Court rules Sierra Leone government policy banning pregnant girls from attending school is a breach of human rights

West Africa’s top court orders Sierra Leone to revoke a ban on pregnant girls in school, ruling it's a discriminatory violation of the right to equal education. ABUJA, NIGERIA, December 12, 2019 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Economic Community …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 15:45 GMT

Silverthread Capital Corporation Expands Services With New Hires

Small Independent Boutique Capital Advisory Firm Attracts Talent With Its Novel Business Model NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, December 12, 2019 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Silverthread Capital Corporation, formerly a portfolio company of a …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 12:30 GMT

Utah Mesothelioma Victims Center Now Urges a Navy Veteran in Utah with Mesothelioma to Call Them for Direct Access to ...

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA, December 12, 2019 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Utah Mesothelioma Victims Center is 100% focused on making certain a Navy Veteran with mesothelioma anywhere in Utah receives the best possible financial compensation …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 12:00 GMT

Idaho US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Now Appeals to A Navy Veteran or Person with Lung Cancer in Idaho Who Had ...

BOISE, IDAHO, USA, December 12, 2019 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Idaho US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate fears that most Navy Veterans or people with lung cancer in Idaho will not link their lung cancer to asbestos but people who had heavy …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 19:55 GMT

Pomerantz Law Firm Announces the Filing of a Class Action against Correvio Pharma Corporation and Certain Officers – ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP announce that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Correvio Pharma Corporation (“Correvio” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CORV) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 07:00 GMT

Red Piranha closes latest Capital Raise oversubscribed

Topping off a standout year, Red Piranha has completed its recent capital raise in the amount of AUD $2.5 million, far exceeding initial expectation. SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA, December 12, 2019 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The offer which opened on 18 …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 18:19 GMT

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. Reminds Investors of Investigations of the Following Mergers

WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. announces that it is investigating: Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: PGNX) regarding possible breaches of fiduciary duties and other violations of law related to …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 16:00 GMT

Glancy Prongay & Murray Reminds Investors of Looming Deadline in the Class Action Lawsuit Against Energy Transfer LP

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (“GPM”) reminds investors of the upcoming January 21, 2020 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the class action filed on behalf of Energy Transfer LP (“Energy Transfer” …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 16:00 GMT

Glancy Prongay & Murray Reminds Investors of Looming Deadline in the Class Action Lawsuit Against Plantronics, Inc.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (“GPM”) reminds investors of the upcoming January 13, 2020 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the class action filed on behalf of Plantronics, Inc. (“Plantronics” or …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 16:00 GMT

DEADLINE ALERT for TEUM, INFY, PCG, and REAL: Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Reminds Investors of Class Actions on ...

BENSALEM, Pa., Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith reminds investors that class action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of shareholders of the following publicly-traded companies. Investors have until the deadlines listed …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 16:00 GMT

Glancy Prongay & Murray Reminds Investors of Looming Deadline in the Class Action Lawsuit Against Baxter International, ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (“GPM”) reminds investors of the upcoming January 24, 2020 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the class action filed on behalf of Baxter International, Inc. (“Baxter” …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 03:03 GMT

Survey of Guam Residents Reveals Broad and Deep Opposition to Cockfighting and Other Forms of Animal Cruelty

90 percent of Guamanians want to see territorial anti-cruelty law passed, while 61 percent back the federal ban on cockfighting WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, December 11, 2019 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Today, the Animal Wellness Foundation and …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 15:00 GMT

ABEO ALERT: Zhang Investor Law Reminds Investors of JANUARY 2 Deadline in Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against Abeona ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zhang Investor Law announces a securities class action lawsuit on behalf of shareholders who bought shares of Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: ABEO) between May 31, 2018 and September 23, 2019, inclusive (the “ …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 14:45 GMT

BioRestorative Therapies Receives Patent in Israel For Its Metabolic Program

MELVILLE, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. (“BioRestorative” or the “Company”) (OTC: BRTX), a life sciences company focused on stem cell-based therapies, today announced that the Israeli Patent Office has issued …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 14:22 GMT

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of The RealReal, Inc. - REAL

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of The RealReal, Inc. (“RealReal” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: REAL). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@ …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 14:19 GMT

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Baxter International Inc. - BAX

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Baxter International Inc. (“Baxter” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BAX) Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@ …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 14:18 GMT

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Wanda Sports Group Company Ltd - WSG

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Wanda Sports Group Company Ltd. (“Canopy” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: WSG) Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 14:15 GMT

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Sealed Air Corporation - SEE

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Sealed Air Corporation (“Sealed Air” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SEE). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@ …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 14:15 GMT

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Pareteum Corporation - TEUM

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Pareteum Corporation (“Pareteum” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: TEUM). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@pomlaw …

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Published on December 12, 2019 - 14:12 GMT

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Yunji Inc. - YJ

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Yunji Inc. (“Yunji” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: YJ). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@pomlaw.com or 888- …

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