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Georgia Election Board Settles Transparency Lawsuit, Agrees to End Private Email Use
Transparency advocates score a win as Georgia’s election board settles a public records case, mandating official accounts for all communications and ensuring open access under state law.
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UK Watchdog Cracks Down on Public Authorities for FOIA Failures
Decades-old promises of accountability falter as citizens, journalists and families are left waiting for answers, forcing legal action by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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Outrage Erupts Over Quebec Bill 9 as Government Targets Public Prayer and Religious Expression
As the bill heads for a vote in the new year, communities across Quebec warn it would push religion out of public life and criminalize simple acts of religious devotion.
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Senior UN Official Arielle Silverstein Is a Secret Bigot and Public Relations Catastrophe on Human Rights Day
On December 10, the UN will celebrate dignity and non-discrimination. So why is Arielle Silverstein—an ethics insider who mocks believers, cheers on cyber-harassment and openly urges the targeting of minority faiths—still wearing a UN badge?
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Man Who Exploited Minors in South Korea’s Biggest Cybersex Blackmail Ring Sentenced to Life
Seoul court calls the predator’s crimes cruel and the damages irreparable after hundreds were coerced into sexual exploitation through encrypted online chats.
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New Mexico Watchdog Sues State Police to Force Release of Delayed Public Records
The lawsuit exposes repeated legal loopholes used by the Department of Public Safety, highlighting systemic resistance to transparency and accountability.
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New Florida Penalties Target Child Exploitation as Arrests Soar in Major Stings
Three new laws took effect on October 1 in the Sunshine State, imposing harsher penalties for trafficking minors, luring children and distributing nonconsensual sexual content.
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Australia Reports Record-High Exploitation Cases Amid Surge in “Exit Trafficking”
As Australia boasts a Tier One US ranking for anti-trafficking efforts, the data expose a darker dimension: family-based coercion, forced marriage and exploitation hiding in plain sight.
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UN Experts Warn Japan’s School Pamphlets Threaten Religious Minorities
Government-issued “child abuse” pamphlets conflate faith with harm, targeting minority religions and worsening an already perilous environment for religious freedom in Japan.
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Double-Edged Sword: AI Boosts FOIA Efficiency While Threatening Public Access
AI is speeding up FOIA responses, but may also be creating legal and ethical hazards that could undermine public requests and government accountability.
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“Operation Fool Around and Find Out Again” Targets Repeat Child Sex Offenders in Florida
Police arrest 246 sex crime suspects in a week-long sting, including repeat offenders seeking to exploit minors as young as 12.
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Michigan Church Attack Reflects Growing Pattern of Bigotry and Violence
Authorities investigate motives as communities mourn, but leaders vow: Hate will not triumph.
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Bring Them Home
Innovative, community-based programs aimed at ending homelessness among veterans are not only meeting, but exceeding their goals.
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Unreported Casualties
We see the staggering numbers, and yet somehow they don’t shock us nearly as much as they should.
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Baltimore’s Dilemma
There was nothing about Freddie Gray that was considered particularly remarkable before his life was cut woefully short at 25 this past spring…
