[ad_1] Torture perpetrated by Russian officers against Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war has reached such a level that it is clearly a systematic, state-endorsed policy, a United Nations expert on torture said Saturday. Witnesses shared accounts that were credible, said Alice Jill Edwards, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on torture, and that confirmed a consistent pattern of torture, including rape and beatings, in different detention facilities under Russian occupation and among Ukrainian soldiers captured by…
"Russian Torture of Ukrainians Amounts to State Policy, Expert Says"Tag: policy
[ad_1] Twitter is opening the door for advertisers of packaged weed products, the Associated Press reports, with refined changes to the announcement that it will begin allowing THC ads in addition to CBD ads last February. The new changes will allow packaged cannabis products in ad creative and include updated medical and adult-use cannabis markets. It’s the latest major shift on the platform since being purchased by Elon Musk in April 2022. The grass is getting…
"Twitter Refines Weed Policy To Allow Packaged Products and More"
[ad_1] As those in the cannabis industry are fully aware, the option of bankruptcy has not been available to cannabis or many cannabis-adjacent businesses to date. The courts have consistently indicated debtors who work in the cannabis industry or derive meaningful income from cannabis activity (directly or indirectly) cannot use bankruptcy, a federal mechanism, so long as marijuana remains illegal under federal law. The seminal Arenas decision from 2014 observed that things get especially awkward…
"New Opinion Confirms Growing Trend Away from “Zero Tolerance” Cannabis Bankruptcy Relief Policy"
[ad_1] China’s policy of working to prevent every single COVID case, known as zero-COVID, has been controversial from the beginning. Observers raised questions about the possible economic impacts as well as the potential encroachment on civil liberties that might result from the surveillance necessary to enforce such a program. This week the situation boiled over as protesters in at least eight Chinese cities took to the streets in frustration with the restrictive program, a rare…
"How China’s Zero-COVID Policy Affects Climate Goals"
[ad_1] People queue up for Covid-19 nucleic acid tests. Photo by Yuan Zifeng/VCG via Getty Images China says it would not waver from its zero-Covid policy which imposes snap lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines. China is fighting its biggest wave of locally transmitted cases in six months, with nearly 9 000 infections reported on Thursday. Zero-Covid has prompted rare public outrage from residents over food shortages and delayed emergency medical care for those under…
"China’s leaders recommit to ‘unswerving’ zero-Covid policy"
[ad_1] Photo Credit: worthview The majority of New York citizens with vehicle insurance recognize the terms “Collision coverage” and “Comprehensive coverage” in their policy. They see these terms but don’t know how they can help them or when it’s no longer a necessity. People are almost always looking for cheap NY car insurance and knowing more about the impact of comprehensive and collision coverage, you can decide if you need to increase, lower, or drop…
"How You Can Use Collision and Comprehensive Coverage to Save Money on Your Car Insurance Policy?"
[ad_1] Over the course of 24 hours, a mini-scandal involving progressive lawmakers and a letter of the sort lawmakers send all the time crystallized the lines around how Washington talks about Ukraine. On Monday, the Washington Post ran an exclusive report on a letter that 30 members of the House Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) sent to the White House on Russia-Ukraine policy. They conveyed support for Ukraine and praised President Joe Biden’s efforts in Europe…
"Why House progressives’ letter about Ukraine policy became such a scandal"
[ad_1] Cannabis is a drug crop with a long history in Africa. Alongside coca and opium poppy, it has been subjected to international control for nearly a century. The International Opium Convention of 1925 institutionalised the international control system and extended the scope of control to cannabis. In 1961 a new international convention was adopted to replace the existing multilateral treaties for control of narcotic drugs. The prohibitionist framework it provided for control of cannabis…
"Cannabis policy changes in Africa are positive, but small farms lose"