Second Israeli airstrike hits Gaza refugee camp
“Given the high number of civilian casualties & the scale of destruction following Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia refugee camp,” the office wrote, “we have serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes.”
#GazaUnderFire #Israel #JabalyaRefugeeCamp
Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians
“We must support the establishment of a single, democratic secular state in all of historic Palestine, with equal rights for Christians, Muslims, and Jews,” he wrote, adding: “and, therefore, the dismantling of the deeply racist, settler-colonial project and an end to apartheid across the land.”
#GazaUnderFire #UnitedNations #FreePalestineFromZionist
Japan: Transgender rights progress as court rules surgery not required for legal gender change
“Amnesty International continues to call on the Japanese authorities to ensure legal gender recognition is not contingent on psychiatric diagnosis, medical treatment such as gender-affirming surgery or other abusive or discriminatory requirements such as being unmarried or not having children. It must be a quick, accessible and transparent administrative process based on an individual’s self-determination.”
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #Japan #SupremeCourt #HumanRights
See How Humans around the World Spend the 24 Hours in a Day
We have to switch off fossil-fuel energy and construct more renewables,” says study co-author Eric Galbraith of McGill University. “If it turned out that the changes we want to make required huge allocations of time to activities we’re not doing now, then it would be impossible. But we can tackle this with just a couple of minutes per day. I think that’s hopeful.”
#Humanity #Humans #life #Science
Evolving Folks Project 