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...Cambridge City Council voted last night to oppose the use of Homeland Security surveillance cameras in eight locations in the city, citing concerns about the preservations of civil liberties. The cameras, which were installed last year but have yet to be activated, were funded by a federal Homeland Security grant program. The cameras were intended to monitor traffic during emergency evacuations, according to City Councillor Craig A. Kelley. But during the public comment segment of the meeting, citizens suggested that the potential civil liberties threats posed by the cameras outweighed any potential benefits. “They are the local...
Former UC representative, Jon T. Staff ’10, who served as the chair of the Student Activities Committee echoed James, saying the UC’s political and bureaucratic nature impedes the body’s ability to improve student life. “The undergraduate council, while well-intentioned, is not a good vehicle for change at the University,” he said. “You can get kicked out of the UC for not attending enough meetings, but you can’t get kicked out of the UC for not doing your...
...Judge Rollins’ conduct is especially inexcusable given the local statutes in question. Canon 3, Section B5 of the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits judges from being religiously biased, and a Georgia’s Council of Municipal Court Judges brochure mandates that even hats should not be taken off if worn for religious purposes. As Marc D. Stern wrote on behalf of the American Jewish Congress about this incident, “I have appeared at counsel’s table in the U.S. Supreme Court several times wearing a religious head-covering?...
...another Muslim woman from entering the courtroom with her hijab. And last year, Halimah Abdullah spent a day in jail for not removing her head covering in Rollin’s courtroom. Nor is the discriminatory treatment limited to women or even the Muslim population as a whole. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) addressed another such case of a Muslim woman in Valdosta last year, and Jasmeen Nanda, a Sikh man wearing a turban, and Rabbi Friedman, a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke, were also told to remove their religious headgear in the courtroom...
...Juan Copala village council secretary Macario Garcia claims the bride price makes the husband commit to the marriage, reducing breakups. "It is so the man gives value to his wife and so he won't easily leave her for another woman," Garcia says, sitting in the shade of a wooden hut under the glare of rugged hilltops. In the ancient tradition, he explains, the suitor negotiates the marriage with the family through a so-called ambassador. After a deal has been struck, the suitor then goes to meet and collect the bride at 2 a.m. on a Wednesday morning. Local...