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Record High Self-Harm in Victorian Prisons Amidst Staff Shortages
Victoria's prison self-harm rate hit a record high in 2023-24, with Dame Phyllis Frost Centre reporting 54.5 incidents per 100 prisoners, double the rate from two years prior, linked to staff shortages causing increased lockdowns and disproportionately affecting Indigenous women.
Record High Self-Harm in Victorian Prisons Amidst Staff Shortages
Victoria's prison self-harm rate hit a record high in 2023-24, with Dame Phyllis Frost Centre reporting 54.5 incidents per 100 prisoners, double the rate from two years prior, linked to staff shortages causing increased lockdowns and disproportionately affecting Indigenous women.
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44% Bias Score
Amazonian Presidents Agree on COP30 Strategy, but Fail to Ban Fossil Fuels
At the Bogotá summit, eight Amazonian nations agreed on a joint COP30 strategy, including a tropical forest fund and indigenous involvement in OTCA decisions; however, disagreements prevented a commitment to an Amazon free of fossil fuels.
Amazonian Presidents Agree on COP30 Strategy, but Fail to Ban Fossil Fuels
At the Bogotá summit, eight Amazonian nations agreed on a joint COP30 strategy, including a tropical forest fund and indigenous involvement in OTCA decisions; however, disagreements prevented a commitment to an Amazon free of fossil fuels.
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44% Bias Score
Tribunal Orders Canada to Reform First Nations Child Welfare or Face First Nations-Led Plan
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ordered the federal government to negotiate a solution to its discriminatory underfunding of on-reserve child welfare or allow First Nations to propose a reform plan, following a nine-year impasse since a 2016 ruling.
Tribunal Orders Canada to Reform First Nations Child Welfare or Face First Nations-Led Plan
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ordered the federal government to negotiate a solution to its discriminatory underfunding of on-reserve child welfare or allow First Nations to propose a reform plan, following a nine-year impasse since a 2016 ruling.
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44% Bias Score
Thomson Outbids Westons for Historic Hudson's Bay Charter
Canadian businessman David Thomson bid at least \$15 million to acquire the Hudson's Bay Company's 1670 charter and donate it to the Archives of Manitoba, surpassing a previous offer and raising questions about transparency and public access to historical artifacts.
Thomson Outbids Westons for Historic Hudson's Bay Charter
Canadian businessman David Thomson bid at least \$15 million to acquire the Hudson's Bay Company's 1670 charter and donate it to the Archives of Manitoba, surpassing a previous offer and raising questions about transparency and public access to historical artifacts.
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44% Bias Score
Cardinal's Confrontational "As You Like It": A Critique of Land Acknowledgments
Cliff Cardinal's Edinburgh Festival performance, a deconstruction of As You Like It, criticizes the inadequacy of land acknowledgments as substitutes for reparations, using humor and anger to confront Britain's history of violence against Indigenous peoples and the limitations of allyship, while pro...
Cardinal's Confrontational "As You Like It": A Critique of Land Acknowledgments
Cliff Cardinal's Edinburgh Festival performance, a deconstruction of As You Like It, criticizes the inadequacy of land acknowledgments as substitutes for reparations, using humor and anger to confront Britain's history of violence against Indigenous peoples and the limitations of allyship, while pro...
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40% Bias Score
Climate Activist's Felony Conviction Overturned Due to Prosecutorial Misconduct
A Minnesota appeals court overturned the felony conviction of climate activist Mylene Vialard due to pervasive prosecutorial misconduct during her 2023 trial for protesting the Line 3 pipeline; a new trial has been ordered.
Climate Activist's Felony Conviction Overturned Due to Prosecutorial Misconduct
A Minnesota appeals court overturned the felony conviction of climate activist Mylene Vialard due to pervasive prosecutorial misconduct during her 2023 trial for protesting the Line 3 pipeline; a new trial has been ordered.
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32% Bias Score
Melbourne Indigenous Burial Site Access Campaign
Indigenous advocates in Melbourne are seeking improved access and recognition for Kings Domain Resting Place, a burial site for 38 Indigenous people, citing inaccessibility and insufficient recognition of Indigenous history. The City of Melbourne has provided limited support.
Melbourne Indigenous Burial Site Access Campaign
Indigenous advocates in Melbourne are seeking improved access and recognition for Kings Domain Resting Place, a burial site for 38 Indigenous people, citing inaccessibility and insufficient recognition of Indigenous history. The City of Melbourne has provided limited support.
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44% Bias Score
Court Orders Dismantling of Alligator Alcatraz Detention Center Near Miccosukee Land
A federal court ordered the dismantling of a temporary immigrant detention center, Alligator Alcatraz, near the Miccosukee tribe's land in the Everglades, due to environmental concerns and the infringement on the tribe's rights; Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vowed to fight the ruling.
Court Orders Dismantling of Alligator Alcatraz Detention Center Near Miccosukee Land
A federal court ordered the dismantling of a temporary immigrant detention center, Alligator Alcatraz, near the Miccosukee tribe's land in the Everglades, due to environmental concerns and the infringement on the tribe's rights; Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vowed to fight the ruling.
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32% Bias Score
Jenu Kuruba Tribe Protests Tourism in Nagarhole, Reclaiming Ancestral Lands
Dozens of Jenu Kuruba people in Southern India are protesting tourism in Nagarhole tiger reserve, reclaiming ancestral lands from which they were evicted in the 1980s, highlighting the conflict between conservation and Indigenous rights.
Jenu Kuruba Tribe Protests Tourism in Nagarhole, Reclaiming Ancestral Lands
Dozens of Jenu Kuruba people in Southern India are protesting tourism in Nagarhole tiger reserve, reclaiming ancestral lands from which they were evicted in the 1980s, highlighting the conflict between conservation and Indigenous rights.
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52% Bias Score
Bolivian Election: Amazon's Fate Hangs in the Balance
Bolivia's upcoming presidential election pits centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz against right-wing former president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, both promising environmental changes amid alarming deforestation rates and mercury contamination in the Amazon, impacting Indigenous communities and raising concerns a...
Bolivian Election: Amazon's Fate Hangs in the Balance
Bolivia's upcoming presidential election pits centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz against right-wing former president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, both promising environmental changes amid alarming deforestation rates and mercury contamination in the Amazon, impacting Indigenous communities and raising concerns a...
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52% Bias Score
Amazon Indigenous Leaders Demand Action at Bogota Summit
Indigenous leaders from eight Amazonian nations are demanding legal protection of their lands, a ban on new resource extraction projects, and official roles in decision-making at the Fifth Presidential Summit of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization in Bogota, Colombia, citing decades of enviro...
Amazon Indigenous Leaders Demand Action at Bogota Summit
Indigenous leaders from eight Amazonian nations are demanding legal protection of their lands, a ban on new resource extraction projects, and official roles in decision-making at the Fifth Presidential Summit of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization in Bogota, Colombia, citing decades of enviro...
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20% Bias Score
Alaska Clears Ballot Initiative to Legalize Natural Psychedelic Drugs
Alaska election officials cleared a ballot initiative to legalize certain natural psychedelic drugs for healing and traditional purposes, allowing supporters to begin collecting signatures for the 2026 election; the measure, modeled after Colorado's law, would legalize psilocybin mushrooms and other...
Alaska Clears Ballot Initiative to Legalize Natural Psychedelic Drugs
Alaska election officials cleared a ballot initiative to legalize certain natural psychedelic drugs for healing and traditional purposes, allowing supporters to begin collecting signatures for the 2026 election; the measure, modeled after Colorado's law, would legalize psilocybin mushrooms and other...
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32% Bias Score
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