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BENNINGTON â At the request of police, a judge has thrown out a complaint against a man accused of threatening a group of girls at Lake Paran this spring.
The dismissal this month of a disorderly conduct citation against David S. Jones was requested by the police officer who wrote the ticket, according to court records. The reason for the request remains unclear.
The July 2 municipal citation stems from confrontations between Jones and a several teenagers of color that North Bennington village officials earlier described as âracist incidents.â
The Bennington Police Department had said Jones, a town resident, was ticketed after he made a physically threatening remark during arguments with a group of four girls at the Lake Paran recreation area on June 4. The girls were 10-16 years old and so werenât identified, a police report shows.
KABUL – As per the decree of the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and to strengthen human rights advocacy and respond to national and international concerns with regards to human rights issues in Afghanistan, and in accordance with the provision of the Constitution and the Afghan government s strategy to protect the defenders of human rights, a Joint Commission for the Protection of Human Rights is established under the chairmanship of Professor Sarwar Danish, the Second Vice President.
The Presidential Decree states that with the aim of providing the necessary and effective ground for the protection of human rights issues in Afghanistan and the fulfillment of the Afghan government s commitments to human rights issues and the protection of human rights defenders and activists, the establishment of a Joint Commission for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders chaired by Professor Sarwar Danish, the second vice president, has been approved.