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The Dream Defenders, NAACP, Black Lives Matters and other Florida activists join a federal lawsuit, calling the new law racially motivated.
A group of peaceful protesters takes a knee and pauses as they march down Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale on June 6, 2020. They were peacefully protesting the killing of George Floyd. MIKE STOCKER/SUN SENTINEL/TNS
BY BOBBY CAINA CALVAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TALLAHASSEE â Civil rights groups are seeking to invalidate a freshly signed Florida law that takes aim at demonstrations that turn violent, arguing in a federal lawsuit filed on May 11 that the new law was racially motivated.
They also said the law has already silenced activists wanting to speak out against police misconduct and other concerns facing their communities.
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The United Nations
For Diarmuid Gavin, a renowned Irish gardener and TV personality, horticulture has to a role to play in all contemporary affairs, from the Black Lives Matter Movement to the ongoing pandemic, because “everything is connected, and everything is political”.
Diarmuid Gavin is a respected name in the gardening world, having won gold at the world-famous Chelsea Flower Show. He has also designed a wealth of gardens throughout Ireland, the UK, continental Europe, China and Africa. Appointed Advocate for the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Mr. Gavin spoke to the United Nations ahead of World Bee Day about bees, aristocrats, and truly getting down to earth.