Josh Butler

U.N. Calls For Action On European “anti-‘Gypsy’” Discrimination

“It is due time for our societies to stop tolerating any public discourse that perpetuates stereotypical, racist, hateful or discriminatory views about Roma, and take effective action against such discourses. We must reject anti-Gypsyism in all its forms.”

Josh Butler
By Josh Butler

Roma women expelled from France sit on the pavement at a Bucharest airport in Otopeni, Romania, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP/Vadim Ghirda) UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations rapporteur for minorities has anti-Roma and anti-‘Gypsy’ bias in her sights. Apr. 8 marked International Roma Day, and United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority

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Death Sentences Up, Executions Down In 2014

Governments worldwide sentenced at least 2,466 people to death in 2014.

Josh Butler
By Josh Butler

The execution chamber at the Washington State Penitentiary is shown with the witness gallery behind glass at right, in Walla Walla, Wash. (AP Photo) UNITED NATIONS  - Governments worldwide sentenced at least 2,466 people to death in 2014; judgements which have been condemned by rights group Amnesty International. Amnesty’s annual Death

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Global Youth Unemployment Rate Rising Rapidly

Rising unemployment and sluggish economic growth is predicted to further widen income and wealth inequality worldwide; the richest 10 percent of the world will hold 30 to 40 percent of total income, while the poorest 10 percent will earn as little as two percent.

Josh Butler
By Josh Butler

Photo: Sander van der Wel via Flickr The world’s youth unemployment rate may be “six or seven times” what the International Labor Organisation’s (ILO) latest figures state, according to a global youth advocacy group. The ILO recently released its 2015 World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) report, and presented the findings to the

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