Failing to stem the tide of refugees arriving Europe, Italy and the rest of the European Union have agreed to pay Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), the UN-backed interim government that is struggling hold control of the country, to keep them from arriving in Italy and instead put them into detention camps in Libya.
Emboldened by US president Donald Trump’s recent executive order cutting foreign aid to any family planning organization that provides or advises on abortion options, and his nomination of pro-life judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacant seat of the Supreme Court, conservative state governments around the country are starting to move forward with regulations that limit reproductive rights.
On Jan. 23, two days after millions marched to call for the protection of women’s rights, US president Donald Trump signed his second executive order, reinstating the Mexico City Policy and effectively cutting US foreign aid to all organizations that provide reproductive health services that are in any way involved in abortion—either practicing, or counseling on it.
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In his Jan. 27 executive order halting all intake of refugees for 120 days, and indefinitely in the case of Syrian refugees, US president Donald Trump carved out an exception for those determined to be accessing the country under “a preexisting international agreement.”
Last November, the US agreed to consider relocating some of the refugees who have been languishing for years in offshore detention facilities on the remote Pacific islands of Manus (part of Papua New Guinea) and Nauru (an island nation).
The day after the inauguration of Donald Trump, millions of people across America and the world took the streets to march against the new US president’s many positions and policies that would limit women’s ability to live as equals in the country. For many of the marchers, this included strongly voicing support for a woman’s right to choose.
On the morning of yesterday’s Holocaust Remembrance Day—when the world pauses to honor the millions killed by the Nazis, and promises to never forget the horrific event—US president Donald Trump made a promise: “In the name of the perished, I pledge to do everything in my power throughout my Presidency, and my life, to ensure that the forces of evil never again defeat the powers of good. Together, we will make love and tolerance prevalent throughout the world.”
On Jan. 27, Donald Trump had his first meeting as US president with a foreign head of state. The honor went to UK prime minister Theresa May. They had a conversation in the Oval Office followed by a joint press conference, during which the two spoke enthusiastically of their nations’ longstanding partnership.
In his Jan. 25 executive order titled “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States,” president Donald Trump announced that the Secretary of Homeland Security will publish, among other things, a weekly list of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.
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On day six of Donald Trump’s administration, the president signed two immigration-related executive orders, officially moving forward on some of the key promises of his campaign: deporting undocumented immigrants, building a wall between the US and Mexico, and placing extra scrutiny on immigrants from Muslim countries.
Following up on his campaign promises, US president Donald Trump is expected to halt the country’s intake of refugees the world over, and block immigration to the US from a selection of Muslim-majority countries.
On Jan. 23, US president Donald Trump signed a series of presidential memoranda, including one reinstating the Mexico City Policy. The policy cuts off American aid to any international organization that offers abortions or counseling related to abortion.
As is customary, immediately after the transition of power between former US president Barack Obama and new US president Donald Trump, the government’s main executive-branch website, whitehouse.gov, was updated to reflect the new administration.
America, as characterized by some of the first words Donald Trump spoke as president of the US, is a dark place of misery, ridden by poverty, crime, and lack of opportunity—a theater of “American carnage.”
It hasn’t been two days since millions of women swarmed the streets of the globe’s cities to champion their rights, and US president Donald Trump has already rolled back funding for organizations that provide abortion counseling and services outside the US, a move that will hurt the ability of women to get basic reproductive services.
The day after Donald Trump’s swearing-in as 45th president of the United States, thousands of people will join the Women’s March on Washington, or one of its many sister marches around the world, to remind the incoming administration that “human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights,” a motto coined by Hillary Clinton more than 20 years ago.
Some 200,000 demonstrators are expected to parade in the US capital for the Women’s March on Washington today (Jan. 21), mirrored by thousands more attending marches around the country and the world. What started with a Facebook post is poised to remind the incoming White House administration of the importance of women’s rights, whether in matters of reproductive health, safety, or fair pay. As the crowds head to Washington DC, here is a look at some of the largest rallies the US capital has seen in the last 100 years.
They’re arriving by the busload, piling out of carpools, spilling out of planes and trains. They’re wearing knitted “pussy hats,” carrying sleeping bags, and toting clever hand-made signs. Thousands of mostly female protestors have made their way to Washington, DC, for an epic sleepover: sharing hotel rooms, crashing on friend’s couches and floors, and staying with distant relatives, so they can join the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday (Jan. 21). The event has become, for some, a crowd-sourced affirmation of female empowerment in the wake of the election and inauguration of US president Donald Trump.
At least 200,000 women are expected in the US capital on Jan. 21 for the Women’s March on Washington, while over 600 sister marches, expecting attendance north of 2 million in total, will take place around the country and the world.
Thousands of Americans arrived in Washington, D.C. today to watch the inauguration of Donald Trump as 45th president of the United States. On the way to the National Mall, they were met by protestors representing a wide range of issues, from environmental issues and racial injustice, to the rights of women and African Americans.
Right-wing, nationalist parties are on the rise all across Europe.
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