The United States currently bans more than 4.4 million citizens from voting due to felony convictions. That’s equivalent to the entire population of the US state of Kentucky or Oregon. Andrew Stroehlein unpacks “felony disenfranchisement” in today's Daily Brief:
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The human harms caused by extreme heat have been exacerbated by authorities failing to make appropriate preparations or refusing to address longstanding social issues. In today's Daily Brief, Andrew Stroehlein talks Heat vs. Humanity ⤵️
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"In the wake of the latest militant attacks in Dagestan on Sunday, we can hope Russia’s authorities will have learned by now that illegal abuses haven’t worked to stem militancy." In Andrew Stroehlein's Daily Brief, questions for Russia over Dagestan:
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In a major victory for LGBT people, a Namibian court has declared the crimes of sodomy and “unnatural sexual offences” unconstitutional. But decriminalization alone is not enough. Other laws still explicitly discriminate against LGBT people. LGBT people in Namibia have a right to protection from harmful and discriminatory treatment.
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Over 20 years ago, Andrew Stroehlein visited Xinjiang and saw how Chinese authorities were erasing Uyghur culture. This trend of cultural erasure has only intensified. More in today's Daily Brief ⤵️
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Florida Rising, Human Rights Watch, and the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School have released a new report about the harms of educational censorship in Florida. Join us Tuesday, June 25 at 12pm EST via Zoom to hear from the authors about the report findings. Register now: https://bit.ly/4ezOzJK