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Letters to the Editor 9/17/2025
17 Sep 2025 01:19 GMT
… peaceful protest in support of human rights, food assistance, healthcare, disability rights, gender equity …
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: ORD2 Indivisible and Bentz; Kirk memorial at Armory
17 Sep 2025 00:00 GMT
… peaceful protest in support of human rights, food assistance, healthcare, disability rights, gender equity …
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Rohingyas in dire conditions amid drastic food assistance cut: Laurence
27 Aug 2025 14:09 GMT
… by drastic cut to food assistance, said UN Human Rights Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence.
“We … Rohingya in Myanmar.
The UN Human Rights Office called for ending impunity … recently.
Since November 2023, the human rights and humanitarian situation in Rakhine …
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Japan and WFP provide emergency food assistance to families impacted by floods and droughts in Burundi
01 Aug 2025 11:55 GMT
… Japan to provide lifesaving food assistance to 18,000 people … National Solidarity, Social Affairs, Human Rights, and Gender, H.E. … project aims at providing food assistance to the most vulnerable … in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway …
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Muslim US lawmakers pledge to raise Gaza human rights abuses in Congress
28 Jul 2025 19:05 GMT
… bring the issue of grave human rights violations and the alleged genocide … Gaza to the US Congressional Human Rights Commission.
During a meeting at … afterward.’”
The United Nations' food assistance has also reportedly been halted …
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Letter: Food assistance cuts a gut punch to Hawaii
27 Jul 2025 10:13 GMT
I grew up in Toledo, Ohio, and SNAP and WIC were the only reason my family ate some nights. Now, living in Kahuku, I see the same hunger in Hawaii; kids going to school without breakfast, parents skipping meals to feed their families.
These proposed cuts …
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Open Forum: 'America First' cannot become 'America vs. Everyone Else'
15 Sep 2025 19:53 GMT
… as China, Climate Change and human rights. Combined with the end of … , from nuclear non-proliferation to food assistance and agricultural exports, from global …
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Nearly 800 killed in six weeks while receiving aid in Gaza, UN human rights office says
11 Jul 2025 10:55 GMT
Open this photo in gallery:Palestinians carry humanitarian aid packages near the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution center operated by the U.S.-backed organization in Khan Younis, on June 26.Abdel Kareem Hana/The Associated Press
The UN rights …
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Local food banks face new strains amid cuts to SNAP benefits
11 Sep 2025 18:53 GMT
Major cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) went into effect Sept. 2. Part of the Trump administration’s reconciliation package, the move cuts SNAP funding by roughly 20% and will result in more than 22 million families losing some …
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Amnesty International: US foreign aid cuts threaten human rights globally
30 May 2025 01:51 GMT
… this untransparent manner violates international human rights law, which the U. … internally displaced Afghans with housing, food assistance, legal assistance and referrals to … and in compliance with international human rights law and standards. Further, …