DES MOINES, Iowa — Several protesters were arrested Monday at the Iowa state Capitol, where shouts of “trans rights are human rights” reverberated throughout the building as Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity. Iowa Republicans back a bill that would strip gender identity from the state's civil …
DES MOINES, Iowa — Several protesters were arrested Monday at the Iowa state Capitol, where shouts of “trans rights are human rights” reverberated throughout the building as Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity. Iowa’s civil rights law protects against discrimination in employment, wages, public accommodations, housing, education …
GUWAHATI: The ongoing exercise to bring in uniform civil code has triggered angry reactions in north-eastern states with NDA’s allies fearing that it would curb freedoms and rights of indigenous tribes of the region. Amid the angry reaction of various tribal bodies, Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma told reporters that “UCC goes against the actual idea of India itself”. Clarifying …
