The military ombudsman released his annual report of soldiers’ complaints on Wednesday, detailing the troops’ claims of abuse, negligence and incompetence by commanders toward their subordinates in 2020, including many cases related to the Israel Defense Forces’ response to the coronavirus pandemic. According to his office, acting ombudsman Brig. Gen. (res.) Eitan Dahan, known formally […]
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In First, Female Retired General Tapped For Next Military Ombudsman
Defence Minister Benny Gantz nominated Brig. Gen. (res.) Rachel Tevet-Wiesel for the post of military ombudsman on Friday, the first time that a women has been up for the position, his office said. Tevet-Wiesel served as Gantz’s adviser on gender issues during his tenure as Israel Defence Forces chief of staff and became head of […]
Gender Segregated School Bus not Discriminatory, Swedish Discrimination Ombudsman Rules
A Muslim school in Sweden that separated pupils by gender on a school bus did not break anti-discrimination laws in doing so, the country’s Discrimination Ombudsman (DO) has judged. But the same could not be said about gender segregated sports lessons. Earlier this year a documentary by Swedish broadcaster TV4 featured footage of the privately-run […]
Former Director Of Anti-Immigration Group To Be Named Ombudsman At U.S. Immigration Agency
Julie Kirchner, former executive director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group labelled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. A former director of an anti-immigration group, Julie Kirchner, is expected to be named as ombudsman to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Monday, according to a person with knowledge of […]
Calls for Commonwealth Ombudsman Allan Asher to step down
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young with Greens leader Bob Brown in Canberra yesterday. Picture: Ray Strange Source: The Australian COMMONWEALTH Ombudsman Allan Asher faces calls to resign after admitting he colluded with the Greens to orchestrate his own evidence before a Senate committee so he could complain that his office was underfunded. Former NSW premier Bob […]
Ombudsman Allan Asher urged to quit over ‘collusion’ with Greens senator
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young defends her decision to use questions in a Senate committee scripted by Ombudsman Allan Asher. Picture: Ray Strange Source: The Australian FORMER NSW premier Bob Carr has called on Commonwealth Ombudsman Allan Asher to resign after it emerged the watchdog wrote questions for Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young to ask him […]