#Ukrainian #refugee was forced to drop out of 6th-form college after she was put under pressure to study Russian

19-year-old said when she ran into difficulty with her subjects, teachers tried to persuade her to study #Russian instead

As her father is Ukrainian soldier, she felt this would be #traumatising experience, & the request was “hurtful & insensitive” akin to #discrimination and #racism

She's dropped out & now studying at home

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/25/ukrainian-refugee-leaves-uk-sixth-form-college-that-urged-her-to-study-russian

#AbuseOfPower

Brendon Varu sentenced for ‘brutal’ attack during Hamilton pub fight

While the victim now wants to get on with his life, his partner said she and their daughter…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #another #Attack #beaten #been #brendon #Brutal #brutally #competition #daughter #during #family #fight #for #friends #hamilton #NewZealand #NZ #part #partner #patron #pool #pub #sentenced #take #teenage #traumatising #varu #with #witnessed
https://www.newsbeep.com/18650/

#SuellaBraverman #condemned for ‘deeply #disturbing’ #comments about #LGBTQ+ #AsylumSeekers

#LGBTQIA #people often face #death, #imprisonment and #violence. When they come to the #UK to seek #safety, they have to go through an #asylum system that is re-#traumatising and #dehumanising. In addition, the #standardofproof is very high.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Immigration #PoliticalAsylum

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/26/suella-braverman-lgbtq-refugee-asylum-seeker/