(2018-12-18). Bermuda: A Human Rights Friendly School approach. amnesty.org Students and teachers of a school in Bermuda talk about their experience after five years participating in the Human Rights Friendly Schools project | Warwick Academy was the first school established in Bermuda, in 1662. 300 years later, it was the first traditionally white school in the country to integrate, almost a decade before the 1971 Bermuda Education Act made it illegal for any school in Bermuda to base admission on race. In 2011, the school achieve another first: the first school in Bermuda to make themselves human rights friendly. A few years on, students and teachers from Warwick Academy tell their sto…
(2018-12-17). The Australian Prime Minister's Rapture for Jerusalem. counterpunch.org Trump's declaration on recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of the Israeli state and the transfer of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is the natural continuation of 100 years of colonization in Palestine and the 1917 Balfour Declaration. It is part and parcel of the ongoing attempt to liquidate Palestinian rights and to More
(2018-12-17). Theresa May Days in Britain, Stonewalled in Europe and the Parliament. globalresearch.ca It is hard to envisage sympathy for a person who made a name as a home secretary (prisons, detentions, security and such) taking the mast and banner of her country before hopeless odds, but inadequate opponents will do that to …
(2018-12-17). American Public's Backing for One-State Solution Falls on Deaf Ears. commondreams.org In another sign of how far removed Washington is from the American public, 40 percent of respondents want the US to impose sanctions to stop Israel expanding its settlements on Palestinian territory. (Photo: Getty) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2018-12-17). Amnesty: Farmer-herder clashes kill 3,600 in Nigeria. aljazeera.com Rights group says thousands of people have been killed since 2016 in clashes between farmers and semi-nomadic herders.
(2018-12-17). Leading Civil Rights Group Calls for Congressional Action Against Russian Efforts to Exploit African American Vote. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2018-12-17). The global working class fought back in 2018. peoplesworld.org 
2018 has seen many working-class people around the world standing up for their rights and pushing back against injustice and inequality. Some of these fights have made the mainstream news in western countries, but many have not. As we reflect on the year that is ending, let's not forget the struggles of working-class people and …
(2018-12-17). North Korea Warns US Sanctions Could Derail Denuclearization. telesurenglish.net The United States has recently imposed sanctions on senior North Korean regime figures which have prompted the Asian country to decry a "deliberate provocation" which could block denuclearization efforts. | RELATED: | Seoul Train Crosses DMZ With Experts to Update North's Rail | During the last six months, North Korea and the United States have been hol…
(2018-12-17). MSF reveals "mental health suffering" in Australia's Nauru refugee detention camp. wsws.org Médecins Sans Frontières said the mental health problems were among the worst it had ever seen anywhere in the world.
(2018-12-17). 100% of Congress Approves Anti-Nicaragua Sanctions, HR1918. indybay.org All members of Congress in both houses, Democrats and Republicans together, approved the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act of 2017, HR1918 (NICA), placing sanctions on the democratically elected government of Nicaragua which is fighting CIA sponsored gangsters, with the last vote taken in the Senate on November 27, 2018 and in the House on December 11, 2018. See www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/hou……
(2018-12-17). Animal Rights Meetup: Organization & How to Become a Leader. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2018-12-17). Animal Rights Meetup: New Community Member Celebration. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2018-12-17). Advanced Chicken Care Training. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2018-12-17). Advanced Leadership Training: Emergent Leadership. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2018-12-17). January Vegan Pop-Up. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2018-12-17). Animal Rights Meetup: The Power of Nonviolence. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2018-12-17). Animal Rights Meetup: The Legal Case for Animal Rights. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2018-12-17). Advanced Leadership Training: DxE's History and Vision. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2018-12-17). Sustainable Activism Workshop: Berkeley, CA #ChangeMakersTour. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2018-12-17). Morocco: Hirak El-Rif appeal, a chance to reverse unfair trial. amnesty.org On 26 and 28 June 2018, a Casablanca court sentenced 54 people to heavy prison terms for their involvement in the Hirak El-Rif protests that took place in the northern Rif region of Morocco in 2017. On 21 August, 11 of them were granted a royal pardon. Four of them were provisionally released in June and July 2017; the other 39 are serving their sentences in Casablanca's Ain Sabaa 1 (Okacha) prison. | On 17 December, Casablanca's appeal court will hear the cases of the remaining 43 individuals convicted in the second session.
(2018-12-17). Hungary: Police must rein in unnecessary and excessive force used against protesters. amnesty.org Hungary: Police must rein in unnecessary and excessive force used against protesters | Spokespeople available in Budapest | Amnesty International will be monitoring the protests | The police must rein in unnecessary and excessive force, including the use of tear gas, against peaceful protesters, Amnesty International said today ahead of further demonstrations planned tonight in Budapest. | "Demonstrators are expected to descend onto Budapest's streets tonight for a sixth night of anti-government protests. Last night we witnessed displays of unnecessary and excessive force against peaceful protesters that inclu…
(2018-12-17). Morocco: Hirak El-Rif appeal must deliver justice after deeply flawed trial. amnesty.org Dozens of journalists, protesters and others detained in connection with Hirak El-Rif peaceful protests have been denied their right to a fair trial by Casablanca's first instance court, said Amnesty International, as it published analysis exposing serious flaws in the trial, as the second appeal hearing session gets underway. | Fifty-four people with ties to the Hirak El-Rif social justice protests were convicted of security-related offences and sentenced to prison terms of up to 20 years by a Casablanca court in June 2018, in relation to prot…
(2018-12-17). Nigeria: The Harvest of Death – Three Years of Bloody Clashes Between Farmers and Herders in Nigeria. amnesty.org This report documents the violent clashes between members of farmer communities and members of herder communities in parts of Nigeria, particularly in the northern parts of the country, over access to resources: water, land and pasture. It also documents the failure of the Nigerian government in fulfilling its constitutional responsibility of protection of lives and property by refusing to investigate, arrest and prosecute perpetrators of attacks. The report shows how government's inaction fuels impunity, resulting in attacks and reprisal attacks, with at least 3,641 people killed between January 2016 and October…
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(2018-12-17). Nigeria: Government failures fuel escalating conflict between farmers and herders as death toll nears 4,000. amnesty.org *WARNING: This article contains graphic descriptions of killings | The Nigerian authorities' failure to investigate communal clashes and bring perpetrators to justice has fuelled a bloody escalation in the conflict between farmers and herders across the country, resulting in at least 3,641 deaths in the past three years and the displacement of thousands more, Amnesty International revealed today. | In a new report, " Harvest of Death: Three Years of Bloody Clashes Between Farmers and Herders", Amnesty International found that 57 per cent of th…
(2018-12-17). Maroc: Le procès d'appel du Hirak El-Rif est une occasion pour annuler des peines prononcées à l'issue d'un procès inéquitable. amnesty.org Les 26 et 28 juin 2018, une cour de Casablanca a condamné 54 personnes à de lourdes peines de prison pour avoir participé aux manifestations du mouvement du Hirak El — Rif qui ont eu lieu dans la région du Rif, dans le nord du Maroc, en 2017. Le 21 août, 11 d'entre elles ont été graciées par le roi. Quatre autres ont bénéficié d'une libération provisoire en juin et juillet 2017. Les 39 personnes restantes purgent leur peine à la prison d'AàØn Sebaâ 1 (Okacha), à Casablanca. | Le 17 décembre, la cour d'appel de Casablanca procèdera à l'audition des cas des 43 personnes déclarées coupables lors de la d…
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(2018-12-17). Anti-BDS Laws Challenged as Unconstitutional After Speech Pathologist Loses Job at Texas School for Refusing to Sign Pro-Israel Pledge. commondreams.org Texas officials are facing an onslaught of criticism after a speech pathologist lost her job at an elementary school for refusing to sign a pro-Israel pledge mandated by state law—a case that has cast a spotlight on efforts to neutralize the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which opposes Israel's oppression and slaughter of Palestinians. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2018-12-17). Corporate Elites' Malfeasance Is Thwarting Human Rights in Africa. truthout.org The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turned 70 on December 10. Governments and civil society organizations around the world commemorated the day with a range of activities. | Over the years, the Declaration has been a global beacon for Africans fighting against colonialism and for inclusive economic equality and sustainable development. Its provisions stand as aspirational goals for nations, and standards that nations are duty-bound to uphold and promote. | But what if des…
(2018-12-17). DR Congo: Campaigning Violently Suppressed. hrw.org 
| | The Democratic Republic of Congo's government deployed security forces across Lubumbashi on December 11, 2018 to block the free movement of opposition presidential candidate Martin Fayulu and his supporters, killing at least five people and wounding dozens of others. | © 2018 Private | (Kinshasa) — Government security forces across the Democratic Republic of Congo have forcibly dispersed opposition campaign rallies ahead of the December 23, 20…
(2018-12-17). Human Rights Can't Leave People With Disabilities Behind. hrw.org 
| | Gathering on Grand Place in Brussels on Human Rights Day, December 10, 2018. | © 2018 Roksana Nowak/Human Right Watch | As night fell on December 10, people gathered in Brussels' Grand-Place to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Around the Christmas tree in the center, the square had been illuminated blue in support of human rights. | The declaration was read out loud, and the audience occasionally burst into applause. | In the m…
(2018-12-17). Iran, Iraq In Talks To Trade In Their Own Currencies. iranian.com The chairman of Iran-Iraq chamber of commerce has said the central banks of the two countries are engaged in negotiations to set up credit arrangements for trade in their national currencies. U.S. sanctions on Iran have virtually cut off the country's banking relations with the rest of the world, especially in U.S. dollars. Iraq is […]
(2018-12-16). Slowing Down the Beast of American Empire: A Salute to the Life and Legacy of William Blum. globalresearch.ca "I'm a member of a movement which has the very ambitious goal of slowing down, if not stopping, the American Empire, to keep it from continuing to go round the world doing things like bombings, invasions, overthrowing governments, and torture. …
(2018-12-16). Family Painfully Remembers Guatemalan Girl Killed in US Custody. telesurenglish.net Outside a humble thatched-roof home deep in the lush Guatemalan countryside, the mother of a seven-year-old girl who was killed as she was being detained by U.S. border agents tries to remember happier days with her daughter. | RELATED: | Mexico: Attack on Migrants, Woman Dead, Child Among 3 Injured | The 27-year-old woman mournfully points to a nearby tree that young Jakelin Caal enjoyed climbing. "I feel pain and sadness over the death of my daughter," said Claudia Maquin, speaking…
(2018-12-16). Bahrain: Joint letter to Bahraini authorities: Drop all charges and release Nabeel Rajab. amnesty.org We the undersigned call on Bahraini authorities to release Nabeel Rajab immediately, to repeal his convictions and sentences, and drop all charges against him. On 31 December 2018 the Court of Cassation in Bahrain may issue its verdict in the appeal of the five-year prison sentence handed to him for peaceful comments posted and retweeted on his Twitter account about the killing of civilians in the Yemen conflict by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, and allegations of torture in Jau prison.
(2018-12-16). 'This Is a Child Prison': Visiting Texas Detention Center, Democrats Demand Release of Children to Family Sponsors. commondreams.org Democratic lawmakers joined protesters in a demonstration Saturday in the border town of Tornillo, Texas, where about 2,700 young immigrants are currently being held in a detention center—with some having languished there for months. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2018-12-16). Japan: Football Star Working for Rights Abuser. hrw.org 
| | Former Japan football player Keisuke Honda walks on the pitch during his debut as coach of Cambodia's national football team at a friendly match against Malaysia, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, September 10, 2018. | © 2018 Reuters | (New York) — The international football star Keisuke Honda's agreement to coach Cambodia's national soccer team links him to a senior Cambodian official implicated in killings and alleged war crimes, Human Right…
(2018-12-16). Iran Can Teach Others The 'Art Of Evading Sanctions': Zarif. iranian.com "Trump has called for negotiations despite his hostile policies, and we have responded to him, [asking] if he was joking," the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said while addressing the 18th edition of Doha Forum in the Qatari capital on Saturday. "Negotiating with Donald Trump's administration is futile," Zarif stressed. "Iran used to be […]
(2018-12-15). We have no choice but to live like human beings. mronline.org 
One in eight people across the world live in informal settlements. This, despite the "right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family" as declared by the International Declaration of Human Rights. Reality, however, is very far from this. | Source
(2018-12-15). Cameroon: Release of 289 people must lead to end of wrongful detentions. amnesty.org Following the decision to pardon and release 289 people arrested in connection with the unrest in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon, Marie Evelyne Petrus Barry, Amnesty International West and Central Africa Regional Director said: | "Cameroon President's decision to pardon and release nearly 300 people arrested in connection with the unrest in the Anglophone regions is a welcome step and a catalyst for human rights change. |
(2018-12-14). Every Single Member of US Congress Approved Crushing Sanctions on Nicaragua. mintpressnews.com After defeating a violent US-backed coup attempt, Nicaragua's elected government faces the NICA Act. The bill aims to force the Sandinistas from power by ratcheting up economic despair.
(2018-12-14). Every Single Member of US Congress Approved Crushing Sanctions on Nicaragua. grayzoneproject.com After defeating a violent US-backed coup attempt, Nicaragua's elected government faces the NICA Act. The bill aims to force the…
(2018-12-14). Berta Cáceres supporters: Additional evidence forces Honduran officials to act. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON — The public revelation of additional evidence of higher-up involvement in the 2016 murder of Honduran human rights activist Berta Cáceres has forced Honduran officials to reopen their investigation of the crime, her daughters and their supporters say. But they still aren't sure the criminal justice system in the Latin American country will bring …
(2018-12-14). Headlines for December 14, 2018. democracynow.org Senate Votes to End U.S. Support for Saudi-Led War on Yemen, Senate Passes Resolution Condemning Saudi Crown Prince for Khashoggi Murder, 7-Year-Old Guatemalan Girl Dies in U.S. Border Agents' Custody, Trump's 2016 Inauguration Being Probed for Misuse of Funds and Illegal Donations, Russian Gun Activist Pleads Guilty to Acting as Foreign Agent, Global Calls Mount to Release Burmese Journalists, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nadia Murad Addresses Iraqi Officials, Argentina: Ex-Ford Execs Convicted of Kidnapping & Torture During Dirty War, France: Police Kill Suspect of Strasbourg Mass Shooting, Bolton Calls for Western…
(2018-12-14). Principles and Morality Versus Cash and Profit? No Contest. counterpunch.org 
Imagine Western reaction if a British or American citizen had been detained in Russia or China then subjected to months of solitary confinement followed by being put on trial for less than five minutes without legal representation or an interpreter, and finally sentenced to life imprisonment. The media in Britain and the US would have gone berserk More
(2018-12-14). The Right to Record Police Doesn't Disappear When You Put Your Phone in Your Pocket. aclu.org In Massachusetts, a federal court affirmed that the First Amendment protects secret recording of police performing their duties in public. | The First Amendment right to record the police is a critical check and balance for people living in a free, open, and democratic society. It promotes the free discussion of governmental affairs as well as protects the democratic process. And for some communities, it's a vital tool for uncovering, if not deterring, police misconduct. | But Boston-based civil rights activists Eric Martin and René Pérez were afraid to record the police. Under a state wiretap law passed in 1968,…
(2018-12-14). China: Further information: Singer-song writer activist sentenced: Xu Lin. amnesty.org Activist Xu Lin was sentenced to three years in prison for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" on 7 December 2018. The singer-songwriter has composed and published songs online about his democratic aspirations and critical of the government for various injustices. He has refused to repent and maintained his innocence.
(2018-12-14). CAR: Up to 100 civilians shot and burnt alive as UN peacekeepers leave posts in Alindao. amnesty.org The United Nations must carry out a thorough investigation into UN peacekeeping troops' response to a recent attack that killed as many as 100 civilians in a displaced persons camp in the Central African Republic, Amnesty International said today in a new report. | According to multiple eyewitnesses, UN peacekeepers did not engage an attack by an armed group but instead retreated in an armoured vehicle to their central base, leaving thousands of civilians unprotected at the camp in Alindao on 15 November. | An immediate and impartial inquiry m…