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Day: August 6, 2018

DOCUMENTS RELATING TO POLICE SURVEILLANCE OF ACTIVISTS MADE PUBLIC AFTER ACLU LAWSUIT

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Memphis, TN (PT) –  The American Civil Liberties Union is back in the news again this week following the successful outcome of yet another lawsuit, this time filed by the ACLU of Tennessee, which was to result in the release into the public domain of a substantial trove of legal documents. The case, brought against the City of Memphis, was based on a consent decree, ‘an agreement or settlement that resolves a dispute between two parties without admission of guilt’, dating from 1978, which lawyers, acting on behalf of the…

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#MeToo Movement Finds an Unlikely Champion in Wall Street With the New ‘Weinstein Clause’

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United States (Conversation) – If you were worried that the #MeToo movement might fade away, fear not. It has been carved into one of the most immovable objects in human history. Legal boilerplate. And not just any boilerplate. But the language in giant merger agreements, used when one company is buying out another company. Basically, corporate lawyers have been adding a sentence that forces companies to disclose allegations of sexual harassment. On Wall Street, it has come to be known as the “Weinstein clause.” That’s new. In my years as…

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Bangladesh: Rohingya Endure Floods, Landslides

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(HRW) – The Bangladeshi government should relocate Rohingya refugees living in a severely overcrowded mega camp to safer ground in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued today. The refugees, who fled the Burmese military’s campaign of ethnic cleansing that began in August 2017, should not have to face flooding and landslides, and should have sturdier shelters and adequate education for their extended stay. August 5, 2018 Report “Bangladesh Is Not My Country” The Plight of Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar The 68-page report, “‘Bangladesh Is Not…

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