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Uganda says it won’t renew mandate of UN human rights office

February 8, 2023

In this file photo taken on Nov 19, 2020, street traders sell mangos and other fruit before being told by security forces to pack up and leave, on a street in Kampala, Uganda. (PHOTO / AP) KAMPALA - Uganda has said it will not renew the mandate of the United...

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US rights body calls for stronger reproductive protections

February 1, 2023

This July 25, 2022, photo shows abortion-rights protestors march between the Indiana Statehouse and the Indiana State Library where US Vice President Kamala Harris was meeting with Indiana legislators to discuss reproductive rights in Indianapolis. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Wednesday called for countries in the Americas...

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Harris says abortion rights threatened across United States

January 23, 2023

US Vice President Kamala Harris gives a speech about abortion rights, to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in the Roe vs Wade case, in Tallahassee, Florida, US Jan 22, 2023. (OCTAVIO JONES / REUTERS) WASHINGTON – Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris said abortion rights are...

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Venezuela accuses US of distorting human rights issues

January 21, 2023

People raise a new Venezuelan flag on the dome of the Federal Legislative Palace before a session for the installation of the National Parliament for the legislative period 2023-2024 at the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas, on Jan 5, 2023. (FEDERICO PARRA / AFP) CARACAS - The United States has...

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Peru families mourn protest dead after worst violence in decades

January 12, 2023

Relatives and friends of the victims of clashes with the Peruvian police gather at a field adjacent to the airport carrying their coffins in the Andean city of Juliaca, southern Peru, on January 11, 2023. (JUAN CARLOS CISNEROS / AFP) LIMA – Peruvians in the southern region of Puno carried...

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‘New US border measures could undermine fundamental human rights’

January 12, 2023

Members of the Texas National Guard stand guard on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, the border between the United States and Mexico, with the purpose of reinforcing border security and inhibiting the crossing of migrants to the US, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Dec 27, 2022. (JOSE LUIS...

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Music Licensing, Inc. (OTC: SONG) Announces Major Updates for Investors: Form 211 Filing, Potential Forward Stock Split or Dividend, and Plans to List on Nasdaq

December 21, 2022

NAPLES, FL, Dec 21, 2022 - (亞太商訊 via SEAPRWire.com) - Music Licensing, Inc. (OTC PINK:SONG), owner of Pro Music Rights, one of the world's largest music licensing companies, is pleased to announce that a new Form 211 has been filed with FINRA to restore its proprietary quote eligibility. The company...

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Music Licensing, Inc.（場外交易市場OTC代碼：SONG）宣布投資者的重大更新：211 表備案、潛在的遠期股票拆分或股息以及在納斯達克上市的計劃

December 19, 2022

NAPLES, FL, Dec 19, 2022 - (亞太商訊 via SEAPRWire.com) - Music Licensing, Inc.（場外交易市場OTC代碼：SONG）是全球最大的音樂許可公司之一，Pro Music Rights 的所有者，很高興地宣布已向 FINRA 提交新的 211 表，以恢復其專有報價資格。該公司現在正在等待 FINRA 處理該申請，並有信心完全恢復其資格。此外，一旦 FINRA 處理了新的 211 表，Music Licensing, Inc.（場外交易市場OTC代碼：SONG）正在探索遠期股票分割或基於股票的股息。該公司正在考慮 1:5 遠期股票分割以增加流動性、收緊買賣差價，並增加交易量。它還正在探索以與當前類別具有相同權利的新類別普通股的形式向股東派發股息的可能性。 Music Licensing, Inc.（場外交易市場代碼：SONG）計劃向 FINRA 提交另一份 211 表，以允許兩類普通股公開交易。Music Licensing, Inc.（場外交易市場OTC代碼：SONG）一直在與納斯達克位於瑞典的 First North Growth Market 就在該交易所上市進行溝通。 2022年12月15日，公司歐洲資本市場上市顧問DCM Asesores與納斯達克First North...

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Indonesian new criminal code respects privacy, human rights

December 19, 2022

JAKARTA, Dec 19, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Indonesia clarifies that the New Criminal Code was drafted carefully and obeys Human Rights aspects, following the emergence of reactions related to the ratification of the code.Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej on Friday stated...

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Venezuela blasts EU’s decision to renew sanctions

November 13, 2022

The shadows of synthetic macaws are cast on the pavement backdropped by a mural of a macaw as pedestrians wearing protective face masks walk past, in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, June 5, 2020.(ARIANA CUBILLOS / AP) CARACAS - The Venezuelan government on Saturday lambasted the decision of the...

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UN warns of worst human rights situation in decades in Haiti

November 4, 2022

Haitians work in Port-au-Prince on Oct 29, 2022. (RICHARD PIERRIN / AFP) GENEVA - Continued armed violence has pushed Haiti into the worst human rights and humanitarian situation it has seen in decades, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Thursday. Urgent solutions to this "protracted, multifaceted...

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Biden signs second executive order to protect abortion access

August 4, 2022

US President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC, on July 8, 2022. (SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the Supreme Court and Republicans are...

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Access to healthy environment now a universal human right

July 29, 2022

Members of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus and volunteers perform an environmental clean-up in the UN-enforced buffer zone separating the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish-occupied northern part of the island, near Troulli about 17 kilometers north of Larnaca, on Nov 12, 2021. (ETIENNE TORBEY / AFP) UNITED...

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Biden weighs power to declare abortion health emergency

July 11, 2022

US President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 8, 2022. (SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) US President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has asked his administration to consider...

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Biden weighs authority to declare abortion-related health emergency

July 11, 2022

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Biden signs executive order on abortion

July 9, 2022

US President Joe Biden attends an event on fighting "ghost guns" crimes at the White House in Washington, DC April 11, 2022. (PHOTO/XINHUA) WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in "raw political power" and signed an...

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EU urged to include abortion in Charter of Fundamental Rights

July 8, 2022

European lawmakers gather to vote at the European Parliament on July 6, 2022 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (JEAN-FRANCOIS BADIAS / AP PHOTO) BRUSSELS – Members of the European Parliament on Thursday voted in favor of a resolution to add the right to abortion to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights,...

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US Supreme Court endorses football coach’s on-field prayers

June 28, 2022

Police walk in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC on June 27, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP) WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court, in the latest in a spate of decisions expanding religious liberty, ruled on Monday that a Washington state public school district violated the rights...

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US Supreme Court strikes down abortion rights

June 25, 2022

Supporters of abortion rights attend a rally in Washington, DC, the United States, on May 14, 2022. (LIU JIE/XINHUA) WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v Wade, a landmark decision that established a constitutional right to abortion in the nation nearly 50 years ago. "Roe was...