DOUBLE AMNESIA: RETHINKING THE HISTORY OF ZIONISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
UC Berkeley | indybay.org | 2018-09-27
105 Boalt Berkeley Law, UC Berkeley…
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Chilean president praises armed forces amid new convictions of military assassins
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-27
Piñera's independence day statement came as cases of military assassins and torturers are still being decided by Chile's courts.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/27/chil…
Former Google Scientist Tells Senate to Act Over Company's "Unethical and Unaccountable" China Censorship Plan
Ryan Gallagher | theintercept.com | 2018-09-26
Google staff "actively subverted" an internal review of a search engine for China that would blacklist terms like "human rights," ex-Google employee said. | The post Former Google Scientist Tells Senate to Act Over Company's "Unethical and Unaccountable" China Censorship Plan appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/09/26/former-google-scientist-tells-senate-to-act-over-companys-unethical-and-unaccountable-china-censorship-plan/
Trump Gets 100 Countries to Sign On to His U.N. Drug War Plan, Ignoring Changing Thinking on Human Rights and Legalization
Samuel Oakford | theintercept.com | 2018-09-25
Some brutal regimes with draconian drug policies signed on — and a few allies balked at the Trump administration's retrograde drug war push. | The post Trump Gets 100 Countries to Sign On to His U.N. Drug War Plan, Ignoring Changing Thinking on Human Rights and Legalization appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/09/25/donald-trump-united-nations-drugs/
Accused Torturer Jon Burge Died Last Week, but His Legacy of Brutal, Racist Policing Lives on in Chicago
Micah Uetricht | theintercept.com | 2018-09-25
Jon Burge's torture was a particularly morbid symptom of a much larger problem of racism and brutality among Chicago cops. | The post Accused Torturer Jon Burge Died Last Week, but His Legacy of Brutal, Racist Policing Lives on in Chicago appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/09/25/jon-burge-chicago-police-torture/
Amnesty International wants Kavanaugh vetting process halted over alleged role in post-9/11 torture
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-25
The US branch of Amnesty International has dived into the heated debate on whether US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is morally fit for the office, calling for his role in the post-9/11 torture program to be highlighted.
rt.com/usa/439270-kavanaugh-amnesty-torture-documents/
Massachusetts: Lawrence residents speak out on the Columbia Gas explosions
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-25
What should be basic human rights–safe housing, hot water, and cooking facilities–have been replaced with a militarized force and unsafe appliances.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/25/inte…
Five Ways the Trump Administration Has Attacked the U.N. and International Human Rights Bodies
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-24
Trump's assault on international cooperation and human rights is ultimately self-defeating. His U.N. address Tuesday will likely be more of the same. | On Tuesday, President Trump will make his second appearance at the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly, where he will reportedly use the international spotlight to deliver a speech that centers on favoring U.S. "sovereignty" over our commitments to the global community. | The world has now witnessed the human costs of Trump…
aclu.org/blog/human-rights/five-ways-trump-administration-has-attacked-un-and-international-human-rights
Palestinian Environmental and Professional Organizations Urge MedPine to Relocate KKL-JNF Sponsored Forestry Conference from Israel
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-09-21
Palestinian Environmental and Professional Organizations Urge MedPine to Relocate KKL-JNF Sponsored Forestry Conference from Israel: Open LetterPalestinian environmental networks and professional unions call on MedPine to relocate its conference outside of Israel and urge invited speakers to refuse to lend their scholarship to KKL-JNF's greenwashing of Israel's violations of Palestinian human rights. | Academic BoycottSeptember 21, 2018…
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Michael Moore: Are We Going to Be Like the "Good Germans" Who Let Hitler Rise to Power?
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-21
In his new documentary "Fahrenheit 11/9," filmmaker Michael Moore interviews the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, Ben Ferencz, who describes President Trump's policy of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border and the large-scale detention of immigrant children as a "crime against humanity." Moore also looks at the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany and compares it to the rise of Trump in the United States.
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/21/michael_m…
Alt-Right March for Israel, Human Rights Activist Smeared as Anti-Semitic
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-09-20
In Canada Dimitri Lascaris called on B'Nai Brith to disavow a white supremacist who called for Trudeau's execution. He then found himself accused of being an anti-Semite | The post Alt-Right March for Israel, Human Rights Activist Smeared as Anti-Semitic appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/alt-right-march-for-israel-human-rights-activist-smeared-as-anti-semitic
Apartheid is Always Bitter! A Palestinian Appeal to Chefs to Withdraw from Round Tables in Tel Aviv
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-09-19
Apartheid is Always Bitter! A Palestinian Appeal to Chefs to Withdraw from Round Tables in Tel Aviv: UpdatePalestinian workers', women's and farmers' associations urge international chefs to cancel their participation in Round Tables 2018 in Tel Aviv. "It is an attempt to whitewash Israel's grave violations of Palestinian human rights." | Cultural Boycott Farming InjusticeSeptember 19, 2018 | By:
| | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
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Immigrants Seeking Shelter After Hurricane Florence Fear Deportation as FEMA Shifts Funds to ICE
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-18
While the worst of Hurricane Florence is over, officials say the most dangerous flooding is yet to come for residents of the Carolinas and Virginia, as thousands have been ordered to evacuate their homes and hundreds more have sought rescue from rising floodwaters. But undocumented immigrants have expressed concern they will encounter immigration enforcement if they seek help. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has reallocated nearly $10 million from FEMA's budget to ICE to pay for detention space and deportations. We speak with Laura Garduño García, a DACA recipient and Greensboro-based organizer with Siembra N…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/18/immigrant…
Arreaza: Venezuela Will Continue to 'Fully Collaborate' With UN Human Rights Council
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-12
At the U.N., Venezuela's Jorge Arreaza compared the economic blockade to the economic war waged against Chile's socialist government in the seventies.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14045
Labour Party Must Reject Biased IHRA Definition That Stifles Advocacy For Palestinian Rights
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-08-27
Labour Party Must Reject Biased IHRA Definition That Stifles Advocacy For Palestinian Rights: UpdatePalestinian civil society issues a statement urging the UK Labour Party and trade unions to reject IHRA's false, anti-Palestinian definition of antisemitism which seeks to conflate antisemitism with criticism of Israel. This definition aims to silence criticism of Israeli policies that clearly violate Palestinian human rights. | Right To BoycottAugust 27, 2018 | By:
| | Palestinian civil society groups …
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