ACTOR George Clooney and his humanitarian lawyer wife Nike Air Vapormax 2018 , Amal Clooney, have donated US$1 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a U.S. non-profit that monitors extremists and domestic hate groups, in response to protests in Charlottesville, Virginia earlier this month.
An Aug. 12 rally in the town organized by neo-Nazis and other white supremacists led to counter-protests and the death of a woman when a car plowed into the crowd. The street battles triggered a political crisis for President Donald Trump Nike Air Vapormax Blue , who praised “very fine people” on both sides of the fight.
The donation comes from the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which the couple established in 2016 to promote justice in classrooms and courtrooms around the world.
Since the violence in Charlottesville the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) — one of the oldest anti-discrimination organizations fighting anti-Semitism in the United States — has seen its donations spike sharply.
James Murdoch, chief executive of 21st Century Fox, recently announced he was giving US$1 million to that group.
Donations like that one, as well as those from corporations like Apple Nike Air Vapormax Pink , Uber and MGM Resorts yielded a rise of “1,000 percent” last week, according to ADL spokeswoman Betsaida Alcantara, compared to the weekly average donations since the beginning of the year.
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani parliament on Tuesday adopted a constitutional amendment that toughens the anti-terror laws Nike Air Vapormax Platinum , including establishment of military-led special courts for the hearing of terrorism-related cases.
The military courts will put on trial members of "any terrorists groups or organizations using the name of religion or sect and raised arms or wages war against Pakistan or attacks armed forces of Pakistan and law enforcement agencies, or attacks any civilian or military organization in Pakistan."
The National Assembly or Lower House of the parliament required a two-third majority for the approval of the amendment. A total of 247 members in the house of 342 voted in favor of the amendment and none present in the house opposed.
Members of two major Islamic parties -- Jamiat ulema-e-Islam and Jamaat-e-Islami abstained from the voting on the 21st Constitutional Amendment. Lawmakers belonging to a main opposition Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf also did not attend the session because of its anti-government
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