Salem-News.com Civil-rights articles

Oregon Supreme Court Ruling Protects Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination

Legislative LGBTQ Caucus condemns decision in 303 Creative LLC v Elenis

(SALEM, Ore.) - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court struck a major blow to all Americans’ civil rights, particularly those of the LGBTQ community, with their unjust decision in the 303 Creative LLC v Elenis case.

“The immediate, symbolic effect of the decision is to mark gays and lesbians for second-class status.”

End Title 42 -- and closed borders

Advantages would accrue to the US by opening our borders much as they were a century ago.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border continues, with no policy solution in sight.

During the 2022 fiscal year, nearly 2.4 million migrants were apprehended at the border, up 44 percent from the previous year and a nearly eightfold increase from five years earlier.

Afghan University Women Feared This Dark Day

Taliban’s Ban on Women Attending Universities a Cruel Assault on Rights

(NEW YORK, NY) - On Tuesday, the Taliban announced a ban on women attending universities “until further notice,” a misleading use of language by the Taliban to dampen expected public and international outrage. But by now we know what that means.

Going to university has been a fragile ray of hope that many young Afghan women have been holding on to; a glimmer of hope that quickly disappeared.

Vow of Silence (but not quite yet)

A man's opinion on men's opinions on women's business.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Dear Fellow Men,

Time to let women speak their minds about the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade. Men have spoken, made rules, passed laws, literally pontificated, and generally exercised dominator control over women far far far too long.

Archbishop Cordileone Bans House Speaker Pelosi`s on her Pro-Choice Stance

Why has the Archbishop singled out Pelosi?

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - First some caveats: I am not a Roman Catholic; I just voted again for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.Calif) as my Representative; I support a woman’s right to an abortion; and I am certainly not a religious scholar.

But I do take issue with San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s directive to local priests to deny House Speaker Pelosi Holy Communion because of her support for abortion rights.

UN Must Take Swift Action for Peace in Kashmir

Jammu & Kashmir are a flashpoint in the fast-changing global scenario.

(LONDON) - When someone mentions Kashmir, your first thought is likely a region with bloodshed, torture, mass graves, women rape, human rights violations, children losing their eyesight as young as 5-years old due to pellet guns, and the biggest prison on this planet.

But that’s not how Kashmir used to be known.

India: Citizenship Bill Discriminates Against Muslims

CAA disregards victims of persecution based on religion and ethnicity.

(YORK, UK) - I am William Nicholas Gomes, a British Human Rights Activist and Freelance Journalist. I write to express serious concern about the Indian Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA), passed by the Indian Parliament on December 11, 2019, and received President’s assent on December 12, 2019.

I believe that CAA not only violates Article 14 of the Indian Constitution and the draft law favors Hindus, Other Non-Muslim Immigrants. 

New Zealand Prime Minister Responds to William Gomes

50 people were killed at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 15.

(YORK, UK) - "Thank you for your kind words.

"The Prime Minister has been deeply moved by the support and compassion in the wake of the attack in Christchurch, and by the thousands of people from around the world who have taken the time to share their condolences."

Erasing the Erasure: On the Trail of Canada`s Biggest Cover Up

Canada’s home-grown genocide and how its awful truth was surfaced, and then buried again

(MONTREAL) - How Canada’s mainline churches went about wiping out huge numbers of brown skinned children in their “Indian residential schools”, aided by the government and its courts, is a simple matter of money and land.

How the same killers have got away with it is a labyrinthine tale of ongoing murder, corruption, concealment and duplicity that many Canadians may have difficulty believing. Or maybe not.

Letter to Chinese Government Asking for Release of 40 Workers

As of today, more than 40 people are still under criminal detention for simply "gathering together".

(YORK, UK) - I am writing to you and your government on behalf of Salem-News.com to strongly condemn the arrests and criminal detentions of some 40 workers, labour rights activists, and their supporters from 2018 to 2019.

In the summer of 2018, workers in Southern China, were dismissed for organizing their own trade union and were later criminally detained by government officials on charges of "Gathering a Crowd to Disturb Social Order".