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Lebanon: Sharp increase of deaths in custody must be a wake-up call for authorities

Amnesty 07 Jun 2023
Aya Majzoub, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa ... Even though his family provided funds to pay for his treatment, they told Amnesty International that the prison pharmacist dismissed his pains and the prison guards delayed his hospital transfer.
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Shock merger 'more evidence of Saudi sportswashing' claims Amnesty International

RTE 06 Jun 2023
The shock announcement of a new commercial entity for golf backed by the financial power of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is "just more evidence of the onward march of Saudi sportswashing", Amnesty International has said ... Amnesty says this is further evidence of Saudi efforts to draw attention away from the country’s human rights record.
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Shock LIV merger with PGA Tour ‘more evidence of Saudi sportswashing’ says Amnesty International

The Irish Times 06 Jun 2023
The shock announcement of a new commercial entity for golf backed by the financial power of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is “just more evidence of the onward march of Saudi sportswashing”, Amnesty International has said ... sportswashing’ says Amnesty International.
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Shock merger ‘more evidence of Saudi sportswashing’ claims Amnesty International

AOL 06 Jun 2023
The shock announcement of a new commercial entity for golf backed by the financial power of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is “just more evidence of the onward march of Saudi sportswashing”, Amnesty International has said ... Amnesty says this is further ...
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Global: International action vital to mitigate impact of searing heatwaves in Pakistan

Amnesty 05 Jun 2023
Global action is urgently needed as series of extreme heatwaves in Pakistan wreak havoc on human rights, Amnesty International said today in its new report ‘A Burning Emergency ... Wealthier countries must make no mistake about the important role they play,” said Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director in South Asia.
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Bracing for economic known unknowns

Dawn 05 Jun 2023
Though the details of the plan have not yet been shared with the public, media reports suggest it may include soft loans from old and “new” friendly countries”, the launching of yet another amnesty scheme for untaxed Pakistani foreign funds stashed abroad, the reimposition of ...
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Senate adjourns, okays 8 Marcos priority bills

The Manila Times 01 Jun 2023
Meanwhile, the measure on the Condonation of Unpaid Amortization and Interests on Loans of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries, the Regional Specialty Centers Act, the Extension of the Estate Tax Amnesty Act, and the Maharlika Investment Fund Act are presently awaiting the signature of the President.
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22 proposed laws await Marcos’ signature

Sun Star 01 Jun 2023
The measure on the condonation of unpaid amortization and interests on loans of agrarian reform beneficiaries, Regional Specialty Centers Act, extension of the Estate Tax Amnesty Act, and the Maharlika Investment Fund Act are currently awaiting the President's signature ... *Maharlika Investment Fund bill.
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Congress leaders hail accomplishments

Manila Standard 01 Jun 2023
Meanwhile, the measure on the Condonation of Unpaid Amortization and Interests on Loans of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries, the Regional Specialty Centers Act, the Extension of the Estate Tax Amnesty Act, and the Maharlika Investment Fund Act are awaiting the President’s signature.
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Trump vows to end birthright citizenship if he wins in 2024

Sandhills Express 30 May 2023
DeSantis recently accused Trump of supporting “amnesty” by endorsing a bipartisan proposal that would have traded border barrier and security funds in exchange for the legalization of some unauthorized immigrants, including those brought to the U.S.
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Letters to the Editor: Do McCarthy’s Republicans have any real beliefs on the debt or federal spending?

The Los Angeles Times 28 May 2023
To the editor ... This fight over the debt ceiling is a ploy only to hurt President Biden ... Congress has had more than 30 years to pass legislation addressing immigration since President Reagan gave amnesty to millions living in the U.S. in the 1980s. Now, the Republicans are stalling bills that would fund border protection and homeland security.
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Senate set to approve 4 admin priority measures

Manila Standard 27 May 2023
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, in a statement, said the priority measures are the Trabaho Para sa Bayan Act, the Regional Specialty Centers Act, and the Maharlika Investment Fund Act, which has been certified as urgent by Malacañang.
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Two House Latinas propose bipartisan immigration bill Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar and Democ

Democratic Underground 24 May 2023
Two House Latinas propose bipartisan immigration bill. Republican Rep ... "SNIP........ It also would dock the pay of people without permanent legal status to fund border infrastructure. Salazar said the measure should not be confused with the amnesty law signed by former President Ronald Reagan in 1986 ... .
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900 tons of old tires collected at area events

Norfolk Daily News 22 May 2023
The North Central Resource Conservation and Development Planning Council conducted two tire amnesty events over the past two months that resulted in the collection of hundreds of tons of tires ... The majority of the funding comes from an NDEE grant, which really opens the door to having the tire amnesty events.
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Pentagon funding harms reputations of Scottish universities, says Amnesty

The Times/The Sunday Times 21 May 2023
Scottish universities are putting their reputations at “significant risk” by accepting Pentagon funding, Amnesty International has warned ... Eight universities have reportedly secured £34 million to study improving high-tech explosives, mining data from social media and operating drone swarms ... .

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