US: Former police officer urges California to repeal harmful loitering law
From Miriam Karmali, Freedom United
| March 20, 2022 News Digest |
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| Law & Policy Repeal California’s loitering law to ensure public safety, says former police officer Former police officer, Cheryl Dorsey, makes the case for California’s Governor Newsom to pass the Safer Streets For All Act – a bill that would repeal a harmful anti-loitering law. In practice, this outdated law criminalizes trafficking victims and sex workers just for walking on the street, and discourages them from seeking support from authorities. Read more… |
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| Law & policy U.K. anti-slavery tsar calls out government’s failings The U.K. Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton, has shared her concerns over the government’s lack of support for modern slavery survivors and its willingness to deport survivors to dangerous conditions. As the anti-refugee immigration bill goes back to the U.K. parliament’s lower house next week, Thornton urges the government to consider amendments that would better protect survivors. Read more… |
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| Supply chain Uyghur forced labor and global solar supply chains With almost 45% of the world’s solar-grade polysilicon supply found in the Uyghur Region where forced labor of Uyghurs is a major concern, consumers are increasingly looking to solar panels manufactured elsewhere as awareness of forced labor in solar panel supply chains increases. Read more… |
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