Human rights abuses

Global Wealth Advisors’ Tom Kennedy Elected to United Against Human Trafficking Board

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
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Global Wealth Advisors Managing Partner Tom Kennedy, CFP has been elected to the board for nonprofit United Against Human Trafficking (UAHT).

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  • Global Wealth Advisors Managing Partner Tom Kennedy, CFP has been elected to the board for nonprofit United Against Human Trafficking (UAHT).
  • I am grateful for the trust United Against Human Trafficking has placed in me and remain committed to providing financial guidance for the organization.
  • Additionally, we are excited to partner alongside Tom and GWA Gives to promote financial literacy to human trafficking survivors and staff.
  • At Global Wealth Advisors, Kennedy advises individuals, families, and business owners on investments and financial planning.

ProperComm Receives Patent To Protect DV Victims During Divorce

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Articles, Violence against men, Violence against women, Human behavior, Family law, Human rights abuses, Divorce, Interpersonal conflict, Domestic violence, Abuse

ProperComm received a patent for providing a unique and helpful service for victims of domestic violence and others who simply are not able to communicate appropriately.

Key Points: 
  • ProperComm received a patent for providing a unique and helpful service for victims of domestic violence and others who simply are not able to communicate appropriately.
  • Abuse can continue in communications and victims may continue to be victimized.
  • Parents who are required to communicate after divorce can eliminate the abuse by using ProperComm.
  • ProperComm was created by a Scottsdale Divorce Lawyer, Launi Sheldon, in an effort to stop the continued abuse her clients faced during and after divorce.

Most Voters Want Congress to Investigate the 574 Violent Riots in 2020 that resulted in over 2,000 injured police officers as well as the January 6th riot at the US Capitol

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Police brutality in the United States, Ethnic cleansing, Ethnic conflict, Pogroms, Race and crime in the United States, American society, Human rights abuses, Race in the United States

Voters think Congress should investigate the violent riots that engulfed the United States in 2020.

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  • Voters think Congress should investigate the violent riots that engulfed the United States in 2020.
  • Participants in the nationwide 2020 rioting and looting should be criminally charged as well as those who took part in the January 6th riots.
  • The National Police Association calls upon Congress to launch a bi-partisan investigation of the 574 violent riots in 2020 to include investigating the looting, damage to property, attacks on police officers and failure to prosecute the offenders.
  • The survey of 996 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on July 16-18, 2021 by the National Police Association and Rasmussen Reports.

Goya Foods Pledges $2 Million To Combat Child Trafficking

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Thursday, July 15, 2021
Human trafficking, Crime, Articles, Goya Foods, Latin American cuisine, Human rights abuses, Slavery in the 21st century, Francisco Goya, Child trafficking in India, Trafficking of children

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic owned food company in the United States, announces at a press conference in Washington D.C., to pledge $2 million to combat child trafficking and to launch Goya Cares.

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  • WASHINGTON, July 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic owned food company in the United States, announces at a press conference in Washington D.C., to pledge $2 million to combat child trafficking and to launch Goya Cares.
  • The top U.S. states for trafficking routes include Georgia, New York, Texas, Florida, and Los Angeles.
  • "Human and child trafficking is the largest modern-day slavery of our time and it is on the rise.
  • Founded in 1936, Goya Foods, Inc. is America's largest Hispanic-owned food company, and has established itself as the leader in Latin American food and condiments.

Article - Parliament approves rules to tackle child sexual abuse online

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Articles, Human behavior, Human sexuality, Cybercrime, Child sexual abuse, Human rights abuses, Sex and the law, Sex crimes, Child grooming, Online child abuse, Sextortion, Abuse

There has also been a rise in sextortion incidents and cyber-grooming, which consists in befriending a child online with the aim of committing sexual abuse.

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  • There has also been a rise in sextortion incidents and cyber-grooming, which consists in befriending a child online with the aim of committing sexual abuse.
  • The use of such technologies by offenders has made it more difficult for law enforcement authorities to detect, investigate and prosecute child sexual abuse online.
  • Tackling online child abuse, while protecting privacy

    On 6 July Parliament backed termporary rules allowing the providers of web-based email, chats and messaging services to detect, remove and report child sexual abuse online on a voluntary basis, as well as to use scanning technologies to detect cyber grooming.

  • In July 2020, the Commission announced that it will propose a more permanent solution to combat child sexual abuse online in the course of 2021.

Press release - Parliament adopts temporary rules to detect child sexual abuse online

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Sex crimes, Articles, Human rights abuses, Human behavior, Crimes, Abuse, Birgit Sippel, Crime, Child sexual abuse, Internet privacy, Privacy, Child pornography

This legislation will apply for a maximum of three years, or fewer if new permanent rules on tackling child sexual abuse online are agreed in the meantime.

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  • This legislation will apply for a maximum of three years, or fewer if new permanent rules on tackling child sexual abuse online are agreed in the meantime.
  • Child sexual abuse material

    Online material linked to child sexual abuse is detected using specific technologies that scan content, such as images and text, or traffic data.

  • The Rapporteur Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, DE) said after the vote:

    Child sexual abuse is a horrible crime that violates human rights.

  • The agreement is a compromise between detecting child sexual abuse online and protecting users privacy.

Pride Lives Here: BMO joins the Tent Partnership for Refugees

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Thursday, June 17, 2021
Demography, Population, Tent Foundation, Human rights abuses, Food and drink, Hamdi Ulukaya, Aftermath of war, Forced migration, Right of asylum, Partnership for Refugees, Chobani, Refugee

"Joining the Tent Partnership for Refugees supports our Purpose-driven commitment to grow the good for society with zero barriers to inclusion," said Tracie Morris, U.S. Chief Human Resources Officer, BMO.

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  • "Joining the Tent Partnership for Refugees supports our Purpose-driven commitment to grow the good for society with zero barriers to inclusion," said Tracie Morris, U.S. Chief Human Resources Officer, BMO.
  • Founded by Chobani's founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya in 2016, the Tent Partnership for Refugees rallies the business community to improve the lives and livelihoods of 30 million refugees forcibly displaced from their home countries.
  • "We're thrilled to have BMO join the Tent network of over 170 global companies committed to supporting refugees by mobilizing their businesses," said Scarlet Cronin Acting Executive Director at the Tent Partnership for Refugees.
  • The Tent Partnership for Refugees mobilizes the global business community to improve the lives and livelihoods of 30 million refugees who have been forcibly displaced from their home countries.

Enveil and DeliverFund Leverage Privacy Enhancing Technologies to Combat Human Trafficking

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Articles, Sex crimes, Violence against men, Violence against women, Human rights abuses, Human trafficking

The companies are working together to strengthen efforts to combat human trafficking, a growing criminal epidemic generating an estimated $975 million annually in the United States alone.

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  • The companies are working together to strengthen efforts to combat human trafficking, a growing criminal epidemic generating an estimated $975 million annually in the United States alone.
  • The collaboration with Enveils Privacy Enhancing Technology-based solutions will further expand the organizations impact by accelerating reach and efficiency.
  • Using this collaborative capability to securely screen existing assets, organizations can more accurately evaluate potential human trafficking risk.
  • In addition to its work with some of the worlds leading corporations, DeliverFund equips, trains, and advises law enforcement agencies with intelligence related to human trafficking.

SolomonSimmonsLaw and Schulte Roth & Zabel File Responses to Motions to Dismiss in Tulsa Race Massacre Litigation

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Legal, Professional services, Geography of Oklahoma, OKLAHOMA, Lynching in the United States, Human rights abuses, Schulte Roth & Zabel, Zabel, Tulsa race massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa-based civil and human rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons of SolomonSimmonsLaw, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP (SRZ) and a team of civil and human rights lawyers filed briefs in opposition to eight motions to dismiss from the defendants in the Tulsa Race massacre litigation, which include the State of Oklahoma, the City of Tulsa and others.

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  • Tulsa-based civil and human rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons of SolomonSimmonsLaw, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP (SRZ) and a team of civil and human rights lawyers filed briefs in opposition to eight motions to dismiss from the defendants in the Tulsa Race massacre litigation, which include the State of Oklahoma, the City of Tulsa and others.
  • These response briefs are the latest legal action to help provide healing and justice to the survivors and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
  • Today, this area remains poorer and in worse health than the rest of the city .
  • SolomonSimmons Law, in conjunction with Schulte Roth & Zabel; J. Spencer Bryan and Steven Terrill of BryanTerrill, P.C.

Count Every Hero Launches New Campaign: Operation Protect Democracy

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Thursday, April 29, 2021
Articles, Classical Greece, Democracy, Elections, Western culture, Types of democracy, Political corruption, Voter turnout, Human behavior, Human rights abuses

b'WASHINGTON, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Count Every Hero, a cross-partisan initiative formed in the fall of 2020 to ensure military votes were counted in the general election, launched a new campaign today called Operation Protect Democracy focused on fighting corruption in politics by reforming the electoral system.\nOperation Protect Democracy is organized around the following six principles.

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  • b'WASHINGTON, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Count Every Hero, a cross-partisan initiative formed in the fall of 2020 to ensure military votes were counted in the general election, launched a new campaign today called Operation Protect Democracy focused on fighting corruption in politics by reforming the electoral system.\nOperation Protect Democracy is organized around the following six principles.
  • ), chair of Count Every Hero.
  • "I was appalled and saddened by the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol - the symbol of our democracy.
  • ), former Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command\nOperation Protect Democracy is a national awareness campaign that seeks to improve our elections, increase civic literacy, and encourage voter participation.\nAbout Us: Count Every Hero is a fiercely cross-partisan coalition of veterans and citizens dedicated to protecting democracy and fighting corruption.\n'