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next thursday the tom lantos human rights commission will hold a briefing on the concerning human rights situation in morocco with panelists , ,

"one week, four deaths, all in unjustified circumstances. a 12-year-old boy, a 17-year-old teen, a 20-year-old man and a 41-year-old man, none of whom endangered the soldiers who killed them."

i started the gulf economic policy tracker in 2018, looking at an evolving competitive landscape in the gcc. we tracked over 1000 policy measures from 2015 to 2021, across labor, debt, business regs, covid stimulus response, immigration policies.

biden "is preparing an overhaul of arms export policy to increase the emphasis on human rights." the real test: will that mean a cutoff of arms sales to systematic abusers like egypt, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, the philippines, and israel?

even w moratorium extension, the us s commitment to laissez faire housing means the mismatch between wages/salaries/ and rents continue unabated. it means the housing disaster is just stalled not actually ended. if housing is a human right, we need a different approach

the abandonment of andrew cuomo: unions, party leaders and deep allies with

the german election campaign is not only underwhelming, banal and disappointing, it s a disgrace for a self-respecting democracy. damn, . maybe a bit too harsh, this piece. but worth reading, especially for germans.