Category Human Rights

The West must start treating vaccines as a global public good – before it’s too late

"It is not surprising, therefore, that there is now a vast global coalition of NGOs, states and UN agencies that favour the recognition of vaccines (and health in general) as a public good and not a business, and the consequent temporary suspension of patent rights."

The Canadian Progressive
April 29, 2021

Derek Chauvin convicted for brutal murder of George Floyd

This week, the most consequential trial in this historic era of the Black Lives Matter civil rights movement culminated in a rare guilty verdict. A Minneapolis jury found Derek Chauvin, a white man and former police officer, guilty of the May 2020 brutal, daylight lynching of George Floyd, a Black American man.

Obert Madondo
April 25, 2021

Obamas on Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict: “Today, a jury did the right thing.”

The "jury did the right thing" when it found Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis police officer who murdered George Floyd, a Black man, guilty on all three charges of murder and manslaughter, according to former U.S. President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.

Obert Madondo
April 23, 2021

The other George Floyd story: How media freedom led to conviction in his killer’s trial

U.S. civil liberties and media freedom played a key role in 17-year-old Darnella Frazier's recording and dissemination of a cellphone video of the murder of George Floyd, a Black man, by Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer who was this week found guilty on all three charges brought against him in relation to the May 2020 murder.

The Canadian Progressive
April 22, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine “apartheid”, deadly virus variants and vaccine pauses

This week, the global death toll from COVID-19 topped 3 million, and cases topped 140 million, two heartbreaking milestones accompanied by burgeoning global COVID-19 vaccine “apartheid”, emerging deadly virus variants and mutations, increasing prevalence of vaccine “blood clots” and side-effects, vaccination pauses and restrictions, and the racist politics around the global distribution of life-saving vaccines.

Obert Madondo
April 18, 2021

White supremacy is the root of all race-related violence in the US

The white supremacy at the heart of recent instances of anti-Asian and anti-Black racism and egregious violence in the United States "does not require a white person to perpetuate it," argues Jennifer Ho, a professor of Asian American Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder.

The Canadian Progressive
April 15, 2021

Stop Blaming Tuskegee, Critics Say. It’s Not an ‘Excuse’ for Current Medical Racism.

The "Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male," a U.S. government-sponsored unethical study on 399 Black men from Alabama that was conducted between 1932 and 1972, is not responsible for current medical racism, health inequities and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.

The Canadian Progressive
April 13, 2021

Canada-US “Safe Third Country Agreement” Violates Charter Rights, Federal Court Rules

Last week, the Federal Court ruled that the Canada-US "Safe Third Country Agreement" violates rights and freedoms protected under Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Obert Madondo
July 30, 2020