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  • UN Criticizes US on Police Brutality, the Death Penalty and More After Human Rights Review

    The United Nations basically told the United States to check its privilege after a human rights review Monday. Specifically, numerous countries, including U.S. allies, criticized the U.S. on its record for police violence against Black people, the death penalty and the separation of immigrant children from their parents. Reuters reports that during the first U.N.…

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    Zack Linly

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  • Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Takes #NoDAPL Fight to the United Nations

    Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II asked the United Nations for help Tuesday in preventing the Dakota Access Pipeline from being built. Archambault spoke at the 33rd session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, which runs Sept. 13-30 in Geneva. Archambault told the council that oil companies are causing the deliberate destruction of “our…

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    Monique Judge

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