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My colleagues and Comrades in the Southern States gifted me this T-Shirt for the Festive Season! Its narrative and inscription combine history and contemporary politics – with an injection of a little critical humour! Still, many different interpretations of the “American” Revolution are being played-out here.
“It’s important because the mainstream media doesn’t often report on whatever’s happening to trans or queer people,” said Stephan Kyriacou. “I think if it can be overhauled, that will make a massive difference.”
Gary said there was a need for “authentic queer-led journalism and queer-led stories” but said “unfortunately PinkNews has kind of lost its credibility in that arena”.
Damian told us he believed PinkNews’ future could only be secured if Mr Cohen and Dr James took a step back.
“The fact you cannot separate the two is extremely problematic,” he said. “Ben needs to be held to account. Until the day that happens, I don’t know if there’s a future for PinkNews.”
The BBC was informed that Mr Cohen and Dr James were not able to provide a statement at this time, but we understand that their position is that the allegations made against them are false.
Three years on since the downgrade of bilateral ties with China, Lithuania has again taken detrimental action that further exacerbates the relations, the spokesperson said.
China calls on Lithuania to immediately stop undermining China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and stop creating difficulty for bilateral relations. “China reserves the right to take countermeasures against Lithuania,” the spokesperson noted.
“We hope the upcoming new government of Lithuania will follow the prevailing international consensus, abide by the one-China principle, and foster conditions for the normalization of China-Lithuania relations,” the spokesperson said.
The statement emphasized the need to improve technical means to detect and identify fake accounts and malicious ranking manipulations, strictly regulating illegal activities that exploit ranking rules to manipulate lists and hype topics.
Besides content and information distribution, the campaign also focuses on the rights of workers and consumers involved in internet services.
The commission’s statement highlighted the need to prevent internet platforms from blindly pursuing profits at the expense of workers providing services.
The number of those workers surpassed 84 million in China as of 2023, according to the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. This group of workers includes food delivery riders, ride-hailing drivers and couriers.
Among them, there are 13 million food delivery riders. In recent years, these riders have often violated traffic rules to deliver food as quickly as possible, due to the requirement by food delivery platforms to deliver orders within a specified time, or face wage deductions.
The statement stressed the importance of preventing platforms from excessively reducing delivery times, which leads to more frequent delivery delays, traffic violations and accidents.
Put simply, leaving my house is hard. Very fatiguingly hard.
I’ve been privileged to work with four wonderful guides – Brandy, Chipp, Sammy and now Shawn.
They’ve been my life, my freedom and independence.
That all feels ripped away from me when I’m refused service.
At the restaurant, more customers expressed their shock at the way I was treated. But for me, the customers who seemed annoyed sparked echoes in my mind of every occasion I’ve shared refusals to social media over the past eight years.
There I’ve faced constant demands to justify why I should want equal treatment and, more perturbingly, threats of violence and even death.
Two years ago, I was refused access to different branches of Tesco in London.
Tesco apologised and promised further training for staff.
Venezuela, representing the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations, reiterated the opposition to the “politicization of human rights and divisive actions”, criticizing “Western interference in other countries’ internal affairs under the guise of human rights”.
“The human rights situation that should gather the most attention at the Committee this year is undoubtedly that of Gaza,” Fu Cong, China’s permanent representative said. He called it “double standards” to downplay the humanitarian situation in Gaza while accusing China regarding issues in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
He accused Australia and the U.S. of “using human rights as a pretext to interfere in China’s internal affairs, curb its development, and broadly suppress developing countries that adhere to an independent and autonomous foreign policy.”
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 