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Thousands protest Japan's new anti-terror legislation amid fears it will be used to crack down on civil liberties, legitimate protest

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Protesters opposed to new anti-terror legislation have taken to the streets of Tokyo in their thousands to voice anger at the law.

A crowd, which according to a local report was 8,000 strong, gathered in Shinjuku Central Park to denounce the controversial new anti-terrorism measure that was passed in Japan last month.


Comment: Surveillance power bill passes in Japan, power to arrest prior to committing crimes


Attention

Turkey: 25-day March ends with hundreds of thousands at rally protesting government crackdowns on dissent

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Turkey's main opposition party leader has concluded his weeks-long "March for Justice" from Ankara to Istanbul with a huge rally, reportedly attended by hundreds of thousands protesting against the government's crackdown on dissent.

A massive crowd gathered outside the Maltepe prison in Istanbul Sunday, to greet the Turkish Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who finished his 450-kilometer 25-day march from Ankara.

People were waving Turkish national flags, holding aloft "justice" banners in Turkish, while chanting "rights, law, justice!"

Fire

Inmates set fire to Georgetown, Guyana prison, 4 escape, 1 officer killed (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

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Inmates at a maximum security prison in Guyana set fire to the premises, destroying most of the building and prompting a gunfight with authorities. Four "very serious criminals" managed to escape.

The chaos broke out at Camp Street Prison in the capital, Georgetown, on Sunday, after inmates managed to obtain firearms and take control of the facility, AFP reported.

Prisoners then set the facility on fire in an effort to distract guards, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan told reporters.

One police officer died in the ensuing gunfight between authorities and inmates, President David Granger confirmed.

Cult

The West's descent into the twilight zone of gender neutrality perverts democracy

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Does a doctor or a midwife still to have the right to determine the gender of a child at birth?

Not if you ask Kori Doty, a 'non-binary transgender person' who identifies as neither male nor female. Doty gave birth to a baby last November and has been battling ever since to keep the eight-month old's gender off all British Columbia government records. This struggle has now culminated in Canadian authorities issuing a health card to 'Searyl Alti' with no indication of gender.

The health card has a "U" in the space specifying 'sex' meaning either "unassigned" or "undetermined". British Columbia is believed to be the first public authority to issue an official card without gender identification. It's the first time in the world that a health card has been issued to a baby deliberately omitting indication of gender.

But apparently that is not enough. Doty is now waging a legal battle after government officials refused to issue a birth certificate without an indication of gender.

Comment: The demise of Western Civilization: "Gender fluidity" as a harbinger for Postmodernist Hell


Handcuffs

Boys can't be boys: 9 y.o. handcuffed and arrested for throwing rocks and playing with a toy gun

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A video posted to social media over the weekend caused heavy backlash for the Spartanburg police department which prompted them to release body cam video of the same incident. The videos show a 9-year-old boy being handcuffed and placed in a police cruiser for allegedly throwing rocks and playing with a toy gun.

The two videos highlight the importance of being truthful when sharing evidence of alleged police misconduct and the damage done by those out to spread false information.

The incident happened on June 29, when police were dispatched to a neighborhood over a 911 call about some children throwing rocks and playing with a toy gun.

The caller told dispatchers that the child with the orange-tipped toy gun shot her son in the buttocks and also threw rocks at her home.

The stories from both parents differed greatly.

Apple Green

Facetown: Social media giant plans to build all-encompassing community for its employees

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Not content with creating the globe's largest online social network, Facebook is now planning to build a large, all encompassing community for its employees in the real world.

Projected to include not just the workplace but also a market, pharmacy, a hotel and retail shops, Facebook has announced that it will create an all-inclusive environment — a Facetown, if you will — so that employees and their families need never, ever log off. Oops, we mean leave.

Imagine living in an airport: a Starbucks, CVS, McDonald's and Wells Fargo, all rolled into one carefully-curated environment in which an employee and their family can safely live out their days as paid cogs within one of the richest corporations on the planet, owned by one of Earth's richest men.

In revealing its plans on Thursday, Facebook announced an enormous construction project at the company's corporate campus in Menlo Park, California.

Smoking

Philip Morris tobacco giant to pay Australia after losing arbitration over packaging

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Philip Morris has been ordered to pay millions of dollars in compensation to Australia after unsuccessfully challenging the nation's tobacco plain packaging laws.

The amount is being kept confidential but is estimated to be about $50 million.

In 2012, Australia became the first country to adopt a law requiring cigarettes are sold in unappealing packets with graphic health warnings.

Philip Morris tried to overturn the decision, but a court dismissed its claim in 2015. The company has now been ordered to pay Australia's legal costs.

Comment: See also: The epidemic of junk science in tobacco smoking research


Attention

British tourists now being taught how to survive terrorist attacks ahead of their summer breaks

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British holidaymakers are being urged to watch a new safety video on how to survive a terrorist attack ahead of their summer breaks.

The four-minute clip issued by counterterrorism police adapts the "run, hide, tell" message and depicts a firearms attack unfolding at a hotel.

Just over two years ago, 30 Britons were killed in a terrorist shooting rampage at a resort in Sousse, Tunisia. Seifeddine Rezgui walked off the beach and through the Imperial Marhaba hotel, systematically shooting dead holidaymakers.

Police have emphasized there is no specific intelligence that UK holidaymakers will be targeted this summer, but said the film is part of a general campaign to raise public awareness.

Fire

London firefighters quell huge blaze at Camden Lock Market

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It took over three hours for dozens of firefighters and at least ten trucks to control the fire that erupted in the Camden Lock area of London at the busy tourist market.

According to the latest information, ten fire engines and 70 firefighters have been sent to tackle the flames at the Camden Lock Market, London Fire Brigade said in a Tweet.


Cross

Church of England votes to ban LGBT conversion 'therapy'

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Conversion therapy, the practice of trying to change someone's sexuality through spiritual counseling, should be outlawed in the UK, according to the Church of England.

The General Synod, the church's governing body, was initially asked to back a motion condemning the practice as "unethical and harmful."

However, after an emotional debate the members voted overwhelmingly to demand a ban, Church Times reports.