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The Grassroots Campaign To Save a Man From Court-Ordered Shock Therapy

Despite severe risks and without a crime committed, a Minnesota judge authorized doctors to forcibly administer electroconvulsive therapy—while barring key witnesses from the hearing.

Reason

Fightback gains pace against trade deals fossil fuel investors can use to sue countries over climate action – podcast

Momentum is growing against clauses in investment treaties that permit companies to sue a state if it decides to keep fossil fuels in the ground.

The Conversation

MEPs vote to leave treaty used by investors to sue over climate policies

Coordinated withdrawal agreed after several member states and UK have quit energy charter treaty

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How electroconvulsive therapy heals the brain − new insights into ECT, a stigmatized yet highly effective treatment for depression

When most people hear about electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, it typically conjures terrifying images of cruel, outdated and pseudo-medical procedures. Formerly known as electroshock therapy, this perception of ECT as dangerous and ineffective has been reinforced in pop culture for decades – think the 1962 novel-turned-Oscar-winning film “One Flew Over…

The Conversation

EU, Germany and Denmark sued by oil firm over windfall tax

Exclusive: Officials fear secret courts will block climate action and divert billions into coffers of fossil fuel investors

The Guardian - UK

UK could quit ‘climate-wrecking’ treaty, minister announces

Graham Stuart says if reforms to energy charter treaty not passed by November, UK would consider exit

The Guardian - UK

UK should quit ‘climate-wrecking’ energy treaty, say official advisers

Climate Change Committee recommends leaving energy charter treaty, which critics say is ‘weaponised’ by fossil fuel firms

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Thai election agency criticised after snags in early voting

Thailand's election commission came under scrutiny on Monday after what a monitoring group said were widespread complaints in early voting, fuelling concern on social media about the competence of a body appointed under military rule.

Reuters

Thailand Post launches new advertising service

Thailand Post has rolled out its first postcard advertising service and started signing up political parties for their upcoming election campaigns.

Bangkok Post

MPs call for ban on electroconvulsive therapy for women in mental health care

Exclusive: ‘By the end of it, I couldn’t recognise relatives or friends. I couldn’t count money out. I couldn’t do my two times table,’ says one patient

The Independent UK

Kate Forbes: I wouldn't represent 'shift to the right' as SNP leader

KATE Forbes has rejected the suggestion that her leadership would represent a shift to the right for the SNP.

The National (Scotland)

UK must quit climate-harming energy charter treaty, experts say

Secret international court system enables fossil fuel firms to sue governments for lost future profits

The Guardian - UK

Big Oil's weapon to stop climate laws

Investor-state dispute settlements allow oil and gas investors to sue countries over their climate policies

Salon

The Energy Charter Treaty lets fossil fuel firms sue governments – but its future is now in question

European governments are finally starting to abandon a treaty that could stop them taking much-needed climate action and that protects the interests of fossil fuel companies and investors.

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Revealed: secret courts that allow energy firms to sue for billions accused of ‘bias’ as governments exit

Secret court set up under energy charter treaty accused of conflicts of interest, self-regulation issues and institutional bias

Radio France Internationale

France exits fossil fuel treaty 'at odds' with climate targets

France is pulling out of a 1994 treaty that President Emmanuel Macron said was protecting investment in fossil fuels at a time when Europe was transitioning towards a greener future.

The Guardian - UK

European Commission aims to end secret system protecting fossil fuel holdings

Proposal aims to reform energy charter treaty that protects multi-billion-pound investments in Europe

Bristol Post

‘It has been a lifesaver’ - patients and doctors defend electroshock therapy in Bristol

They were responding to negative publicity about the century-old practice

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The Guardian - UK

Oil firm Rockhopper wins £210m payout after being banned from drilling

Italian government ordered to compensate UK firm after exploration forbidden within 12 miles of coast

The Guardian - UK

Energy treaty update fails to address climate crisis, activists say

1994 agreement allows investors to sue governments for changes in energy policy that harm their profits

The Guardian - UK

Young people go to European court to stop treaty that aids fossil fuel investors

Five claimants aged 17-31 want their governments to exit the energy charter treaty, which compensates oil and gas firms

Reuters

Youths sue European governments over fossil fuel energy pact

Five young people will on Tuesday file a lawsuit against 12 European governments over an international pact that allows fossil fuel investors to sue countries for taking action to tackle climate change.

Bangkok Post

Employers oppose minimum wage rise

Employers on Friday raised objections to a proposed increase in minimum daily wages to a flat rate of 492 baht, saying the move could jeopardise the nation's economic recovery.

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