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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

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Human Rights in Ireland
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offsite link Trump hosts former head of Syrian Al-Qaeda Al-Jolani to the White House Tue Nov 11, 2025 22:01 | imc

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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link A Tribute to the Victims of Lockdown Mon Dec 22, 2025 19:00 | Josh Urban
For two years during Covid, the elderly in our care homes were condemned to die isolated from their families and bereft of human interaction. Josh Urban, who worked in one home, pays tribute to the victims of lockdown.
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offsite link Magnetic Hijabs to Attract Muslim Policewomen Mon Dec 22, 2025 17:44 | Will Jones
A magnetic hijab designed to prevent strangulation and 'protect the modesty' of female officers could be rolled out across police forces to attract more female Muslim recruits.
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offsite link Why Governments Love Raising the Minimum Wage ? Because it?s Really a Tax Mon Dec 22, 2025 15:36 | Mark Ellse
Why do governments of all parties love raising the minimum wage? It may seem generous, but really it's a tax, says Mark Ellse. The low-paid worker keeps just one sixth of the increase. 85% goes to the government.
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offsite link Don?t Call Immigration a Threat to Britain, Says EHRC Chief Mon Dec 22, 2025 13:19 | Will Jones
Mary-Ann Stephenson, the new head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has attacked those who describe?immigration?as a risk to Britain and said leaving the ECHR would be a "mistake".
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offsite link The ?Superflu? Story Shows the Mainstream Media Are Utterly Untrustworthy Mon Dec 22, 2025 11:34 | Dr Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson
The mainstream media have spent weeks pumping out fear porn over the 'Superflu' crisis supposedly engulfing the NHS. Now as the reality becomes undeniable, even the BBC is rowing back, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
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Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

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Battling Economic Crises, Tropical Storm Laura Slams Haiti and Dominican Republic

category international | politics / elections | press release author Monday August 24, 2020 19:43author by Zachary Conti, zach@jubileeusa.org - Jubilee USA Report this post to the editors

Over the weekend, Tropical Storm Laura pummeled Haiti and the Dominican Republic leaving at least 13 dead, infrastructure decimated and towns isolated by landslides.

Over the weekend, Tropical Storm Laura pummeled Haiti and the Dominican Republic leaving at least 13 dead, infrastructure decimated and towns isolated by landslides.

"The damage is quite serious across Haiti," stated Eric LeCompte, the Executive Director of the religious development group, Jubilee USA Network. "Already Haiti was reeling from the impacts of the coronavirus, high poverty and soaring debts."

Haiti struggles with more than $2 billion in debt as nearly 60% of its 10 million people live in poverty. Due to the health and economic impacts of COVID-19, the International Monetary Fund cancelled 6 months or $5.1 million of Haiti's debt in April. Haiti also received $111 million in concessional IMF loans to confront the coronavirus crisis. Haiti has not requested a pandemic debt payment suspension that it qualified for from G20 countries.

"Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and more than 90% of its people are highly vulnerable to natural disasters," shared LeCompte. "Haiti's wealthier neighbor on the island of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic was also hit hard by Tropical Storm Laura as it struggles with the economic impacts of the coronavirus."

The Dominican Republic received $650 million this year in emergency COVID-19 financing from the IMF and counts its debt above $23 billion.

Jubilee USA Network is an alliance of more than 75 US organizations and 750 faith communities working with 50 Jubilee global partners. Jubilee USA builds an economy that serves, protects and promotes the participation of the most vulnerable. Jubilee USA wins critical global financial reforms and won more than $130 billion in debt relief to benefit the world's poorest people. www.jubileeusa.org

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