Biden’s pro-LGBTQ timeline
Biden signing executive order (photo via HRC)
Human Rights Campaign released a timeline of what President Joe Biden has done for the LGBTQ community since he became president. For information on each of the items, see HRC’s timeline.
Of course, Biden is known for having come out publicly in favor of same-sex marriage before President Barack Obama. According to most insiders at the time, it forced Obama’s hand.
January 20, 2021 – Executive Order Implementing the Bostock Decision
January 20, 2021 – Equity Orders on Racial Equity & Support for Underserved Communities
January 21, 2021 – Trump Ban on Diversity Training Revoked
January 22, 2021 – First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Visits Whitman-Walker Health
Mahara prison unrest; injured inmate in coma
Mahara prison unrest; injured inmate in coma
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COLOMBO (News1st): An inmate injured during the unrest at the Mahara Prison in November last year has entered a state of coma, a prison rights activist said.
“He is receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Mulleriyawa Hospital,” Sudesh Nandimal, the general secretary of the Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners told reporters.
He added that the inmate is a resident of Malwana in the Gampaha district.
Meanwhile, the mother of the injured inmate said prison officers had initially covered up the situation of her son by claiming that he was in prison.
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Colombo (News 1st); Families of the victims of the Mahara Prison Riot called on the government to ensure those responsible for the killings are penalized.
At a press conference where emotions ran high on Thursday (24), wives and mothers of the prisoners killed in the riot said their killings were unnecessary.
“My family tried their best to him on to the correct path. We even explored legal options. He was killed in vain,” said a mother about her son who imprisoned in the Mahara Prison and died in the November riot.
Another mother alleged, she was not given any details about her son for many days adding the families urging for details of their loved ones were ill-treated and chased away.
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