MARISSA BODE WAS 'DENIED BOARDING A FLIGHT BECAUSE I'M DISABLED. (PHOTO).

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 Marissa Bode was 'denied boarding a flight because I'm disabled' Marissa Bode, best known for her role in Wicked, shared on TikTok that she was recently denied boarding a Southern Airways flight because of her wheelchair.  She explained that when she asked gate agents for help locating her boarding pass, they questioned whether she could stand.  After she said no, they told her she could not board since all of the airline’s planes require passengers to climb stairs.  Bode described the experience as “blatant segregation,” criticizing the airline for failing to accommodate disabled travelers. Southern Airways’ contract of carriage states that passengers must be able to ascend and descend steps to board, and because its planes carry fewer than 28 passengers, the airline is exempt from providing lifts under the Air Carrier Access Act.  However, Bode said her manager had confirmed with the airline beforehand that she would be accommodated, making the denial even mo...

BOKO HARAM LEADER SHEKAU,IS CHARGED WITH CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY BY SPAIN,YESTERDAY.

              Yesterday thursday May 28,Spain's stste prosecutor charged the leader of Nigerian Islamic group Boko Haram,Abubakar Shekau,with terrorism and crimes against humanity over a 2013 attack on a Nigerian town in which a Spanish nun was assaulted.Spain has pioneered the use of universal jurisdiction,the concern that crimes against humanity can be prosecuted across borders,in instances such as when a Spanish Judge issued an arrest warrant for Chile's Augusto Pinochet in London in 1998.The Boko Haram case arises from a militant attack on the eastern Nigerian town of Ganye on March 22,2013 in which atleeast 25 people were killed.Court papers issued yesterday thursday said militants assaulted the nun,Maria Jesus Mayor,in Ganye before she was able to escape into hiding and was later rescued by Nigerian security services.For Spain to carry out universal jurisdiction,there must be a Spanish connection,such as a Spaind victim of perpetrator.In the Boko Haram case,the state prosecutor used the fact there was a Spanish victim to bring a genetic charge of crimes against humanity and terrorism.

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