Caster Semenya to continue to fight for her human rights

campus lockdowns across Scotland, Richard Leonard has warned. The Scottish Labour leader criticised ministers at Holyrood and Westminster for failing to heed expert advice on the risks posed by undergraduates returning en masse to halls of residence this month.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIn down-to-the-wire San Sebastian Festival business, Madrid-based Latido Films has pounced on world sales rights to Nicolás Postiglione’s debut feature “Immersion” (“Inmersión”), a Chilean suspense-thriller – and potential political metaphor for those who want to see it – starring Pablo Larraín regular Alfredo Castro (“The Club,” “No”).“Immersion” is based on a screenplay by Postiglione and two film directors in their own right: Fast-rising

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilm Movement has acquired North American rights to “My Little Sister,” a poignant drama that will represent Switzerland in the international feature film race at the Oscars. “My Little Sister,” penned and directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, is handled in international markets by Beta Cinema.

Mark David The longtime Chester, Conn., getaway of late and legendary broadcast journalist Morley Safer come for sale with an asking price of $1.45 million.

As Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay dying from pancreatic cancer, she must have been reflecting very seriously on all that she had accomplished. How she fought for equal rights for women in all aspects of their lives. The right to decide whether or not to bear a child. The right to get a bank loan without their husband’s permission. The right to keep their jobs even when they became pregnant.

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Ellise Shafer editorFeminist icon Gloria Steinem is played by not one, not two, but four different actresses in Julie Taymor’s upcoming film “The Glorias.”In a first-look that debuted on Thursday, the nontraditional biopic features Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson and Ryan Kiera Armstrong all portraying Steinem at different stages of her life.The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.

service.” Sandra, a support worker, added: “This situation has only been exacerbated by the recent Covid-19 pandemic which has seen hundreds of care home residents die because of a lack of adequate levels of investment.”A whopping 83 per cent of the total care sector workforce is female.Many are low paid and on zero or minimum hours contracts.Dumfries TUC Secretary John Dennis told the Standard the sector is at the root of a countrywide controvers.He said: “The care sector – through no fault of

Michael B. Jordan honored his late Black Panther costar Chadwick Boseman following his death on Friday, August 28.“I’ve been trying to find the words, but nothing comes close to how I feel,” Jordan, 33, began his Instagram tribute to the late star on Monday, August 31.

Peter White Television EditorThe story of human rights lawyer Jared Genser, who has helped free political prisoners in a number of hot zones around the world, is being developed by Orlando Bloom with Amazon as a TV series.The streamer is in the early stages of developing the Untitled Jared Genser Project, which will be exec produced by Carnival Row star Bloom and former HBO exec Bruce Richmond.Genser is Managing Director of Perseus Strategies and founder of Freedom Now.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon is developing a series about human rights lawyer Jared Genser with Orlando Bloom attached to executive produce, Variety has learned.The untitled series is inspired by Genser and his firm. He and his team work to free prisoners of conscience (Human Rights prisoners) in high-risk areas throughout the world’s most difficult Hot Zones.

J.K. Rowling is returning a coveted Ripple of Hope Award presented to her by the Robert F.

J.K. Rowling is returning her Ripple of Hope Award, given to her by the Robert F.

J.K. Rowling is set to return an award presented to her last year by the Robert F.

statement to her website Friday pushed back on the criticism and asserts that she does not have hatred for transgender individuals but felt she had no choice but to return the award. Rowling received the Ripple of Hope Award in December 2019.“The statement incorrectly implied that I was transphobic, and that I am responsible for harm to trans people,” Rowling said.