#UK & #US sunk to new lows in global #corruption index, amid worrying trend of #democratic institutions being eroded by political donations, cash for access, state targeting of #campaigners & #journalists
Experts & businesspeople rated 182 countries based on perception of corruption levels in public sector. Bookended by #Denmark at the top with lowest levels of corruption and South Sudan at the bottom.
Rice's #whale #campaigners sue #Trump over 'death blow' to species.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Trump administration are accused of 'gambling with an #extinction level event' in the name of #BigOil for revoking protections to limit gas and oil vessel speeds in crucial Rice's whale habitat. #auspol #USPol #RicesWhale #environment
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/rices-whale-campaigners-sue-trump-over-death-blow-to-species/
The tyranny of #apps
Those without #smartphones are unfairly #penalised, say #campaigners
From #loyalty cards, to restaurant meal deals or simply #parking your #car – it is harder and harder to get by without signing up to a multitude of apps
#discrimination #CarParks #ParkingLots #privacy #security #BigData #digital #phones #mobilePhone
#Soccer #chiefs #accused of ‘#trivializing #homophobia’ ahead of major #match.
#Campaigners in #France are #furious with the #LFP after a spate of #antigay #chanting in #Ligue1 #games, with #politicians weighing in.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #EuropeanUnion #France #Entertainment #Sports #Soccer #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia
The US election is on a knife edge.
My trip to Georgia showed how easily it could end in tragedy
To my right: a cluster of #election #conspiracy #theorists who still believe Donald Trump won in 2020.
To my left, a group of #voting #rights #campaigners, singing an old spiritual popularised during the civil rights era.
They were here to observe
🔥last-minute efforts by hard-right officials to alter the way in which votes will be counted next month.
The measures, many say, will sow doubt in this crucial swing state, 🆘creating chaos that is likely to favour Trump.
A man wearing a Trump T-shirt had weaved his way into the voting rights group
– most of whom were Black
– and was grinning with satisfied amusement.
Others started hanging pro-Trump flags behind them as police officers intervened.
The conspiracy theorists
– mostly white
– pointed and laughed
"#LoveWins Over #Prejudice": #Thailand becomes the #First #SoutheastAsian #Nation To #Legalise #SameSexMarriage representing a historic win for LGBTQ rights.
Thailand on Tuesday became the first country in #SoutheastAsia to guarentee #MarriageEquality, in a #historic #parliamentary #vote hailed as a "#victory" by #campaigners.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SoutheastAsia #Thailand #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage #LoveWins
#Tennis #stars #warned ‘people are #killed for #speakingup’ after #WTA’s #Saudi #deal.
#Humanrights #campaigners say #players in a 'really #badspot' after #womenstour moves its biggest event to #Riyadh for next three years.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Tennis #MiddleEast #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/saudi-tennis-stars-killed-speaking-up-3001218
#UlsterUniversity: #LGBT #Pride '#problematic' for #Qatar #campus.
#Humanrights #campaigners urged the #university not to have "#doublestandards" on #freedomofexpression.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MiddleEast #UK #NorthernIreland #HigherEducation #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
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