Why Do We Tolerate Kavanaugh's Complicity With Torture?
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-28
What is wrong with us? Specifically: what is wrong with liberal Democrats? Liberal Democrats are out to get Brett Kavanaugh. They are right to be; he is dangerous. Confirming Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would lock in a right-wing majority for a generation. Abortion rights would be imperiled, true, but his rulings would also impact…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/28/why-do-we-tolerate-kavanaughs-complicity-with-torture/
DOUBLE AMNESIA: RETHINKING THE HISTORY OF ZIONISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
UC Berkeley | indybay.org | 2018-09-28
105 Boalt Berkeley Law, UC Berkeley…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/26/18817836.php
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (20 — 26 September 2018)
PCHR | imemc.org | 2018-09-27
Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes, in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), for the week of 20 — 26 September, 2018. Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against unarmed civilians and peaceful protestors in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. 3 civilians were killed in Gaza City and northern Gaza.
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/
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
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…
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