The international committee charged with monitoring US compliance with a treaty prohibiting racial discrimination took the US - and @POTUS - to task today for the discriminatory impact of abortion restrictions.
The end of #RoeVsWade is a crisis for racial justice.
Troops in Sri Lanka handed tokens to people lining up for gasoline amid a severe fuel shortage in the nation battling its worst economic crisis in seven decades https://t.co/jNaSOqTvMf
"I'm in tears.These are my people"
13 years after the war: “#Mullivaikkal”memorial event was held in #colombo for the 1st in #SriLankan history.#Tamils together with #sinhalese came together at #GotaGoGama today remembering our own people who died during the last stage of war.
“It’s almost embarrassing, look at California doing this and you’ve got Mississippi, Georgia who can’t do anything,” said Dianne Stewart, professor at Emory University of California’s Reparations Task Force https://t.co/jKBvrtrDch
We’ve received thousands of questions on the Geneva Conventions.
So, we’re going to break down the rules of war you need to know right now.
All states have signed these – and are legally obligated to follow them.
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The ICC's swift action in Ukraine is:
1) Important; and
2) Painful for Afghans to see, as they have been waiting for ICC action in Afghanistan since (checks notes) 2007, when the ICC's preliminary examination there was made public. https://t.co/YmPRmMtT9h