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2………….> Good, Bad and the Ugly: Amnesty for Forgotten Prisoners

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In 1961, Portugal’s dictator imprisoned two students for raising a toast to freedom. Affected by the news, lawyer Peter Benenson wrote an article that made a global impact. He called for supporting people who are persecuted for no other reason than their convictions. It led to the creation of Amnesty International, a global network that campaigns against human rights violations.

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https://www.dw.com/en/amnesty-international-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/a-57680902

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3…………> New Leak? COVID19

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The US continued its push to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, after President Joe Biden ordered intelligence agencies to look into the origins again, as the US State Department, which ended a Trump-era probe into the theory that the virus leaked from a Wuhan, China lab, said it would continue to cooperate with other government agencies and pushed China to work with outside investigations.

The other main theory was that the illness spread from bats to humans via another, currently unknown species. The World Health Organization (WHO), in a research trip to Wuhan earlier this year, had said that a “lab leak” appeared “extremely unlikely.”

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https://www.dw.com/en/us-intelligence-commits-to-new-covid-origin-probe/a-57694863

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4…………>  Vaccine Passports Coming: US

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On orders of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas the U.S. is taking a close look at vaccine “passports” for international travel, opening the door to voluntary measures to prove vaccination status abroad: 

“We’re taking a very close look at that,” he said.

“One of our principles that has guided us throughout the pandemic is the value of diversity, equity and inclusion, and making sure that any passport we provide for vaccinations is accessible to all and that no one is disenfranchised, and so we’re taking a very close look at that.

He added: “There’s an underlying point here, of course, which is: Everyone should get vaccinated.”

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/u-s-eyeing-vaccine-passports-for-travel-abroad-says-dhs-head/ar-AAKubkz?ocid=msedgdhp

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5………….> A Simple Question: Why Maxwell?

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“Why?” It’s a simple question, and one that people ask Angela Maxwell frequently, yet the American struggled to answer why, exactly, she upended a perfectly fine life in pursuit of a big dream, after all, she embarked on a journey that very few people attempt: in 2013, she decided to walk around the world – alone.

A solo walk of this magnitude wasn’t something Maxwell had planned. In fact, she left only nine months after having overheard a conversation in her art class about a man who supposedly walked around the world.

Maxwell’s journey did not sprout from a place of loss, defeat or personal crisis. When she decided to embark on a long-distance walk, she was in her early 30s, ran a successful business and was in a relationship:

“I thought I was happy,” she said, “but in retrospect, I realized that I was searching for more… for a deeper connection with nature and people – by living on less and connecting with the world around me.”

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http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210527-the-woman-who-walked-around-the-world?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2F

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6…………> A Message Of Peace