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Bader Alomair
Bader Alomair is a Saudi Arabian attorney and fixer employed by the Saudi embassy in Washington, D.C.. He is known for his participation in the extradition of Saudi citizens from the United States. Background In 2017, Alomair was quoted in ''Arab News'' as an embassy spokesman in response to an assault on a Saudi student in the United States. A 2021 investigation by ''The Washington Post'' described Alomair as the "working-level point man" for Saudis with legal issues in the United States. Alomair, who was reportedly "not a senior official" but a "mid-level bureaucrat who answers to higher authorities," coordinated legal representation for Saudi citizens but, beyond the legally accepted boundaries of consular assistance, also helped Saudi citizens engage in bail jumping and arranged transport for Saudi fugitives from justice. In March 2023, Alomair was identified by multiple news outlets as the Saudi attorney who had taken custody of Eden Knight, a transgender woman who was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries by area, fifth-largest country in Asia, the largest in the Middle East, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, 12th-largest in the world. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the south. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of Geography of Saudi Arabia, its terrain consists of Arabian Desert, arid desert, lowland, steppe, and List of mountains in Saudi Arabia, mountains. The capital and List of cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Them (magazine)
''Them'' is an American online LGBTQ magazine launched in October 2017 by Phillip Picardi and owned by Condé Nast. Its coverage includes LGBTQ culture, fashion, and politics. History In 2017 Picardi, then the director of ''Teen Vogue'', proposed to Anna Wintour, Condé Nast's artistic director, that the company create an online, LGBTQ-focused media platform. Founding editors included Meredith Talusan, Tyler Ford, and James Clarizio, and launch partners included Burberry, Google, Lyft, and GLAAD. Upon the website's launch, there was some controversy over its naming, which some considered to be "othering". The name is derived from the singular ''them'' pronoun, emphasizing a gender neutral approach including in its fashion coverage. Picardi left ''Them'' and Condé Nast in the fall of 2018 to begin working as editor-in-chief of ''Out'' magazine. Whembley Sewell was named the new executive editor in 2019. In October 2021, Sarah Burke became the new editor-in-chief of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Of Columbia Bar
The District of Columbia Bar (DCB) is the mandatory bar association of the District of Columbia. It administers the admissions, licensing, and discipline functions for lawyers licensed to practice in the District. It is to be distinguished from the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, which is a voluntary bar. History Congress first established judicial courts for the District of Columbia in an act of February 27, 1801, but it wasn't until 1871 that the Bar Association of the District of Columbia formed as a voluntary association to support lawyers practicing in those courts. Membership in that organization was restricted to whites, so non-white lawyers formed the otherwise similar Washington Bar Association. The BADC was integrated in the mid-1950s but the two organizations remain separate, and membership in either remained voluntary. Until 1970, the U.S. District Court maintained admissions and discipline through its Committee on Admissions and Grievances; it was no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is a British Public broadcasting, public service broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception area, language selection and audience reach. It broadcasts radio news, speech and discussions in more than 40 languages to many parts of the world on Analogue signal, analogue and Shortwave listening, digital shortwave platforms, internet streaming, podcasting, Satellite radio, satellite, Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB, FM broadcasting, FM, Longwave, LW and Medium wave, MW relays. In 2024, the World Service reached an average of 450 million people a week (via TV, radio and online). BBC World Service English maintains eight regional feeds with several programme variations, covering, respectively, East Africa, East and Southern Africa; West Africa, West and Central Africa; Europe and Middle East; the Americas and Caribbean; East Asia; South Asia; Australasia; and the United Kingdom. There a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service has over 5,500 journalists working across its output including in 50 foreign news bureaus where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022. In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forced Detransition
Detransition is the cessation or reversal of a transgender identification or of gender transition, temporarily or permanently, through social, legal, and/or medical means. The term is distinct from the concept of 'regret', and the decision may be based on a number of reasons, including a shift in gender identity, health concerns, social or economic pressure such as trans healthcare bans, discrimination, stigma, political beliefs, or religious beliefs. The estimated prevalence of detransition varies depending on definitions and methodology but is generally found to be rare. Some studies use the term retransition rather than detransition, but the term is more commonly used to describe the resumption of transition or transgender identity following a detransition. Some organizations with ties to conversion therapy have used detransition narratives to push transphobic rhetoric and legislation. Background and terminology Gender transition, often shortened to just transition, is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Pocalyko
Michael Nicholas Pocalyko (; born December 24, 1954) is an American businessman and writer. Pocalyko is the managing director and chief executive officer of Monticello Capital, a boutique investment bank in Chantilly, Virginia, specializing in high technology and green enterprises. He is a Sarbanes-Oxley public company audit committee financial expert and corporate board audit committee chairman. His novel ''The Navigator'', a literary financial thriller, was published in 2013 by Forge Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers. In March 2023, Pocalyko attracted media attention for his involvement in the suicide of Eden Knight. Life and career Pocalyko graduated from Muhlenberg College in 1976. He received his Master in Public Administration degree from Harvard Kennedy School in 1985. He earned his Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. He was a Trustee of Fairleigh Dickinson University and named by the Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGBTQ Nation
''LGBTQ Nation'' is an American online news magazine headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 2009 and is currently owned by ''Q.Digital''. The website is primarily marketed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. Through its parent company, it is affiliated with three other sites: ''Queerty,'' ''GayCities'', and ''INTO''. History ''LGBTQ Nation'' was founded in 2009. It reports on topics that are relevant to the LGBTQ community, and the site is headquartered in San Francisco. It is owned by ''Q.Digital'', as are its sister companies, ''Queerty'', ''GayCities'', and ''INTO''. As of 2017, the website had 1.2 million followers on Facebook. ''Q.Digital'' says that LGBTQ Nation is "the most visited LGBTQ news site in the US". In 2021, ''LGBTQ Nation'' was nominated for the 32nd GLAAD Media Awards. Milo Yiannopolous was named LGBTQ Nation's "2016 Person of the Year" due to a reader driven poll. LGBTQ Nation, the Anti-Defamat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fixer (person)
A fixer is someone who is assigned or contracted to solve problems for others. The term has different meanings in different contexts. In British usage (and in other Commonwealth countries) the term is neutral, referring to a person, such as a special adviser, "who...gets things done". Use in American English implies that the methods used are of questionable morality and legality. In organized crime, cleaners remove incriminating physical evidence, including the disposal of bodies or witnesses. In sports, the term 'fixer' describes someone who makes arrangements to manipulate or pre-arrange the outcome of a sporting contest. In journalism, a fixer is a local person who expedites the work of a foreign correspondent. Facilitator Fixers may primarily use legal means, such as lawsuits and payoffs, to accomplish their ends, or they may carry out unlawful activities. The White House Plumbers have been described as fixers for Richard Nixon; their methods included break-ins and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suicide Of Eden Knight
Eden Knight (March 8, 2000 – March 12, 2023) was a Saudi Arabian trans woman living in the United States who died by suicide on or around March 12, 2023. According to her suicide note, which she posted on Twitter, Knight had been human trafficking, coerced into returning to her family in Saudi Arabia, who forced detransition, forced her to detransition. Background Eden Knight was born in Saudi Arabia. Her father, Fahad Al-Shathri, is a Saudi financier who worked at the International Monetary Fund for five years and has been Deputy Governor for Supervision at Saudi Central Bank since June 2018. Knight attended high school in the Washington metropolitan area as well as an international school in Riyadh, and subsequently enrolled at George Mason University to study computer science. After moving to the United States for university, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Knight came out as transgender and became involved online with members of the trans community. She was described by f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Failure To Appear
A "failure to appear" (FTA), also known as "bail jumping", occurs when a defendant or respondent does not come before a tribunal as directed in a summons. In the United States, FTAs are punishable by fines, incarceration, or both when committed by a criminal defendant. The severity of the punishment depends on the seriousness of the criminal charges that were the subject of the missed proceeding. An FTA may trigger a bench warrant for the defendant's arrest and impair their eligibility for bail and pretrial release in subsequent proceedings. In the United States Historically Punishments for FTAs originated out of courts' contempt powers. The Judiciary Act of 1789, the first federal framework governing pretrial detention, did not single out FTAs for punishment but decreed that there should be sanctions for "all contempts of authority". Specific penalties for FTAs emerged on the heels of the federal government's campaign to prosecute Communist leaders under the Smith Act of 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
