Pompeo Tours Latin America with an Eye on Venezuela Regime Change
Ricardo Vaz | mintpressnews.com | 2019-01-04
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with allies in a tour of Latin America this week, in which he talked about stepping up US-led efforts against Venezuela. | The Trump administration has been increasingly hostile towards the Caribbean nation, escalating sanctions and even threatening a military "option." | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is due to start his second term on January 10, having won re-election on May 20, but Washington and several right-wing regional governments have refused to recognize…
mintpressnews.com/mike-pompeo-regime-change-tour-rallies-latin-american-countries-against-venezuela/253511/
Capitalism and Race Redux
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-04
Race is among the more tortured axes of American social relations. The nation was formed from slavery and genocide and no redistribution of political and economic power has been made to rectify the imbalance that resulted. And less formalized types of violence and exploitation have persisted into the present. The same is true of treatment of the indigenous population— as late as the 1970s indigenous women of childbearing age were still being forcibly sterilized.
counterpunch.org/2019/01/04/capitalism-and-race-redux/
'Not sufficient': UN on Saudi trial into Jamal Khashoggi killing
aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2019-01-04
UN human rights office questions fairness of the Saudi trial, calling for probe 'with international involvement'.
aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/sufficient-saudi-trial-jamal-khashoggi-killing-190104103431755.html
Women Walking Into Sabarimala First of 2019's Watershed Moments
Badri Raina | zcomm.org | 2019-01-04
The mega-mass event will go down in India's contemporary history as a blow on the behalf of reason and constitutional rights and crowns a year of concerted mass determination to obtain gender justice in the cultural-religious domain…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/women-walking-into-sabarimala-first-of-2019s-watershed-moments/
White-Collar Crimes Are Human-Rights Crimes
Robert Scheer | truthdig.com | 2019-01-04
Here's a pop quiz: How long has corporate corruption existed? Answer: As long as corporations as we know them have been in business. Thanks to journalist David Montero's meticulously sourced survey, " Kickback: Exposing the Global Corporate Bribery Network," the consumer public now has access to a wealth of details about the astonishingly shady antics in which multinationals have been engaging since the retro-imperialist heyday of the British East India Company. | And this malignant strain of corporatism is only…
truthdig.com/articles/white-collar-crimes-are-human-rights-crimes/
Christmas in Tornillo: Activists, Lawmakers Demand Trump Shut Down Prison Camp for Migrant Children
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-04
As the government shutdown heads into its 14th day and Trump doubles down on his demands for a border wall, we turn to look at the ongoing crisis unfolding at the U.S. border and the protesters on the ground fighting back. In West Texas, immigrant rights activists are staging daily actions to shut down the Tornillo prison camp, where thousands of immigrant youth are being detained. The organizers call themselves the "Christmas in Tornillo" occupation. On New Year's Eve, they shut down the entrance of the sprawling prison camp, where 2,300 children are being held in more than 150 tents. We speak with Juan Ortiz, i…
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/4/meet_the_a…
HSBC: War Crimes Behind Divesting from Israeli Arms Maker
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-04
HSBC issued a statement Friday clarifying that its decision to pull out of the Israeli defense company Elbit Systems a few weeks ago was not related to the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, but instead with the company's decision to produce the widely-banned and deadly Cluster munitions. | RELATED: | BDS Victory: Banking Giant Pulls Support From Israeli Arms Firm | "HSBC's decision to divest from Elbit Systems was not the result of campaigning by the Boy…
telesurenglish.net/news/HSBC-War-Crimes-Not-BDS-Behind-Divesting-from-Israeli-Arms-Maker-20190104-0012.html
'Quietly and Unnoticed,' Trump Administration Won't Cooperate with UN Investigators on Human Rights Violations in US
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-04
Displaying what one United Nations human rights expert called "arrogance" considering international outcry over the Trump administration's record of human rights violations, the State Department has refused to cooperate with UN investigators regarding their complaints about such issues for the better part of a year. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/04/quietly-and-unnoticed-trump-administration-wont-cooperate-un-investigators-human?cd-origin=rss
On Her Shoulders: Stunning Film Follows Nobel Peace Winner Nadia Murad's Fight to End Sexual Violence
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-03
We look at the remarkable story of Nadia Murad, the Yazidi human rights activist from Iraq who was recently awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. Murad was kidnapped by the Islamic State in 2014 and repeatedly raped as she was held in captivity. After managing to escape, Murad fled Iraq and has dedicated her life to drawing international attention to the plight of the Yazidi people. The documentary "On Her Shoulders" follows Murad as she shares her story with the world. The documentary has been shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary and recently received the Columbia Journalism duPont Award. We speak…
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/3/on_her_sho…
Iraq Vows to Buck US Sanctions on Iran and End US Troop Presence
James Carey | mintpressnews.com | 2019-01-03
Many Iraqi leaders called Trump's recent surprise visit to their country a violation of their nation's sovereignty. This has ended up leading to a wider backlash and resulted in multiple Iraqi politicians demanding a complete end to the US military presence in the country. | The post Iraq Vows to Buck US Sanctions on Iran and End US Troop Presence appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/iraq-vows-to-buck-us-sanctions-on-iran-and-us-troop-presence/253489/
Three Italian Mayors Defy Far-Right Leader on Refugees Law
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-03
The mayors of three large Italian cities are refusing to obey a controversial anti-immigration law penned by far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, slamming it as unconstitutional and violating human rights. | RELATED: | Italians Rally in Support of Mayor Indicted for Aiding Refugees | Salvini, also interior minister, on Thursday demanded the resignations of the mayors of Florence, Palermo and Naples, with the last escalating the row by also offering to take in migrants…
telesurenglish.net/news/Three-Italian-Mayors-Defy-Far-Right-Leader-on-Refugees-Law-20190103-0024.html
Iraq Rejects Iran Sanctions and US Troop Presence
Jim Carey | theantimedia.com | 2019-01-03
(GPA) — In another blow to US control on Iraq, the country's foreign minister warned that Baghdad would ignore US sanctions on Iran. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim laid out the latest step on the path to independence for Baghdad from the US concerning sanctions on Iran by Washington. Although …
Trump's 'Game of Thrones' poster leaves everyone puzzled
RT | rt.com | 2019-01-03
President Trump kicked 2019 off in bizarre style, bringing an oversize Game of Thrones-inspired meme poster to his first cabinet meeting. The poster's appearance has journalists, pundits, and the twitterati confused. | …
rt.com/usa/448006-trump-poster-sanctions-are-coming/
New Film Follows Nobel Peace Winner Nadia Murad's Fight to End Sexual Violence
Shared by Cherise | truthout.org | 2019-01-03
We look at the remarkable story of Nadia Murad, the Yazidi human rights activist from Iraq who was recently awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. Murad was kidnapped by the Islamic State in 2014 and repeatedly raped as she was held in captivity. After managing to escape, Murad fled Iraq and has dedicated her life to drawing international attention to the plight of the Yazidi people. The documentary "On Her Shoulders" follows Murad as she shares her story with the world. The documentary has been shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary and recently received the Columbia Journalism duPont Award. We sp…
truthout.org/video/new-film-follows-nobel-peace-winner-nadia-murads-fight-to-end-sexual-violence/
Young cultural workers take lead in celebrating 50 years of art and culture in the Philippine revolution
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-01-02
Utrecht, Netherlands – Hundreds of cultural workers, youth, human rights and political activists, artists, academics, Filipino and other migrant nationalities and representatives of political parties and formations from all over the world, jampacked the auditorium of center for art and culture in this central Dutch city, December 29, to celebrate "Fifty Years of Art and Culture in the Filipino People's Struggle for National and Social Liberation" and the anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on December 26, 1968. | The celebration was organized by the National Democratic Fron…
fightbacknews.org/2019/1/2/young-cultural-workers-take-lead-celebrating-50-years-art-and-culture-philippine-revolution
As the 115th Congress Ends, Here Are the Important Civil Rights Battles We've Won
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-02
During the last two years of Trump, ACLU activists have won fights ranging from advancing criminal justice reforms to stopping border wall funding. | The past two years have been challenging times, as we have witnessed attacks on our shared values and civil rights from the Trump White House and a Republican-dominated Congress. It can sometimes feel difficult to make change happen, but even in this hostile climate, ACLU activists helped drive key legislative victories to advance civil liberties during the 115th Congress, which ends on Thursday. As the new Congress is sworn in on Thursday, these victories should re…
aclu.org/blog/mobilization/115th-congress-ends-here-are-important-civil-rights-battles-weve-won
Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara–A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last Colony
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-01
In this special rebroadcast of a Democracy Now! exclusive documentary, we break the media blockade and go to occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and Morocco's violent crackdown. Morocco has occupied the territory since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. Thousands have been tortured, imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation. A 1,700-mile wall divides Sahrawis who remain under occupation from those who fled into exile. The international media has largely ignored the occupat…
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/1/four_days_…
An Extraordinary Year for Civil Rights
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-12-31
This was an extraordinary year for the NAACP. From building more political power in communities of color to fighting to protect the federal bench from those who have a record of purposefully harming our communities, we've had great successes–and it was your support that made it all happen. Here's a look at what we did […] | The post An Extraordinary Year for Civil Rights appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/extraordinary-year-civil-rights/
A Disaster for Brazil: Noam Chomsky on Brazil's New Far-Right President Jair Bolsonaro
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-12-31
As Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro prepares to take office on Tuesday, we return to our conversation with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky shortly after the election. Bolsonaro's impending presidency marks the most radical political shift Brazil since military rule ended more than 30 years ago. Bolsonaro is a former Army officer who has praised Brazil's former military dictatorship, spoken in favor of torture and threatened to destroy, imprison or banish his political opponents. Bolsonaro has also encouraged the police to kill suspected drug dealers, and once told a fem…
www.democracynow.org/2018/12/31/a_disast…
UDHR: Setting Limits On Power Still Pending Since 1948
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-12-31
An attentive review of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights suggests that 70 years on we have not fully averted the kinds of mistakes that the drafters of the UDHR sought to prevent from ever being repeated | The post UDHR: Setting Limits On Power Still Pending Since 1948 appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/udhr-setting-limits-on-power-still-pending-since-1948
The Long Hand of U.S. Intervention: The Intercept's 2018 World Coverage
The Intercept | theintercept.com | 2018-12-31
Many of the world's troubles are legacies of American intervention. In Iraq, there is the continuation of a war that began with the U.S. invasion in 2003. One of the casualties is an American citizen imprisoned in Iraq for more than a decade, a victim of torture, secret evidence, and witnesses who later recanted. Decades of U.S. meddling in Central America, and support for repressive dictatorships there, have undermined social fabrics; gangs are rampant, and if joining them is easy, getting out is not. In Yemen, where the Saudi-led war has been supported by the U.S. military, children are dying of starvation. |
theintercept.com/2018/12/31/the-intercept-2018-world/
UAE: Rights Defender's Conviction Upheld
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-31
Ahmed Mansoor speaks to Reuters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 30, 2011. | © 2011 Reuters | The United Arab Emirates Federal Supreme Court, the country's court of last resort in state security cases, on December 31, 2018, upheld a 10-year sentence for Ahmed Mansoor, an award-winning human rights activist, Human Rights Watch said today. | In May, an Abu Dhabi court sentenced Mansoor to 10 years in prison for "defaming" the UAE on s…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/31/uae-rights-defenders-conviction-upheld
Bahrain: Rights Defender's Conviction Upheld
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-31
Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab arrives for his appeal hearing at court in Manama, February 11, 2015. | © 2015 Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters | (Beirut) — The Bahrain Court of Cassation, the country's court of last resort, on December 31, 2018 upheld a five-year sentence for Nabeel Rajab, a prominent human rights defender, Human Rights Watch said today. | The sentence arose from comments criticizing torture in a Bahrain prison and the Saudi-…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/31/bahrain-rights-defenders-conviction-upheld
Canada's Barbaric Policies Toward Native Peoples (2/2)
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-12-30
MP Niki Ashton tells Paul Jay that Canadian government policy in Indigenous communities must be premised on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the principle of respect for free, prior, and informed consent in cases of land development | The post Canada's Barbaric Policies Toward Native Peoples (2/2) appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/canadas-barbaric-policies-toward-native-peoples-2-2
The Courts Consistently Brushed Back Trump's Assaults on Immigrants in 2018
ACLU | aclu.org | 2018-12-28
From family separation to the asylum ban, our independent judiciary stepped in to ensure that the president is not above the law. | This article was originally published in t he Los Angeles Times. | For immigrants, there's no way to sugarcoat 2018. The Trump administration enacted a series of draconian policies targeting noncitizens, and the one that will most define the year — and this administration — is the separation of thousands of children, some less than a year old, from their mothe…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/courts-consistently-brushed-back-trumps
The First Step Act Is a Small Step for Incarcerated Women
ACLU | aclu.org | 2018-12-27
While the law ends two gender-specific indignities of federal incarceration, it only begins to scratch the surface for incarcerated women. | The enactment of the First Step Act earlier this month will bring some much-needed change to our criminal justice system. But the First Step Act remains just that, a first step — particularly with respect to the impact that mass incarceration has had on cisgender women and trans people. | The legislation ends two gender-specific indignities…
aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/women-prison/first-step-act-small-step-incarcerated-women
Amber Heard: I Spoke Up Against Sexual Violence and Faced Our Culture's Wrath
ACLU | aclu.org | 2018-12-27
It's time to reform institutions that protect men accused of abuse. | This piece was originally published in The Washington Post. | I was exposed to abuse at a very young age. I knew certain things early on, without ever having to be told. I knew that men have the power — physically, socially and financially — and that a lot of institutions support that arrangement. I knew this long before…
aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/violence-against-women/amber-heard-i-spoke-against-sexual-violence-and-faced-our
Muslim Ban: Meet the Yemeni Americans Suing Trump in an Attempt to Reunite with Loved Ones
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-12-26
A group of Yemeni Americans have filed a new federal lawsuit over President Trump's Muslim ban. The suit alleges the State Department has revoked previously approved visas, preventing many Yemenis from reuniting with their families living in the United States. We speak to two of the plaintiffs and the Center for Constitutional Rights, which brought the lawsuit.
www.democracynow.org/2018/12/26/muslim_b…
The Battle to Stop Family Separation
ACLU | aclu.org | 2018-12-26
How a Congolese mother and child set in motion an extraordinary battle that exposed government conduct unprecedented in its cruelty and carelessness. | This piece originally appeared at The New York Review of Books. | In March 2017, John Kelly, then Secretary of Homeland Security, said in an interview with CNN that the Trump administration was considering a national policy to separate parents f…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/battle-stop-family-separation
UN Members Thwart China's Bid to Gut Funds for Myanmar Probe
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-24
Smoke is seen rising from Burma's Taung Pyo Let War village from across the border in Bangladesh. | | © 2017 Private | United Nations member countries thwarted an attempt by China to slash proposed funding for investigations into Myanmar's ethnic cleansing campaign against Rohingya Muslims. This ensures that a newly established UN body will have the necessary financing to gather and preserve criminal evidence for future trials. | After marathon negotiations — during which China called for cutting the propos…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/24/un-members-thwart-chinas-bid-gut-funds-myanmar-probe
Iraq/Kurdistan Region: Risk of Double Trials for ISIS Ties
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-23
Cigarette burns cover the hands and arms of 18-year-old "Karim." Kurdish authorities held him for 13 months. He then returned home and was rearrested by authorities under Baghdad's control, who tortured and held him for months. | © 2018 San Saravan | (Beirut) — Sunni Arab boys who serve prison time in Iraq's Kurdistan region for Islamic State (also known as ISIS) connections risk rearrest after their release if they try to reunite with their families…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/23/iraq/kurdistan-region-risk-double-trials-isis-ties
Bangladesh: Violent Campaign Targets Opposition
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-22
Police rush Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supporters at a protest on February 9, 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh. | © 2018 Allison Joyce/Getty Images | (New York) — A repressive political environment in Bangladesh ahead of the December 30, 2018 national elections is undermining the credibility of the process, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Bangladeshi authorities should impartially investigate allegations of election violence and ensure that…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/22/bangladesh-violent-campaign-targets-opposition-0
#SaveHakeem — Stop deportation of Bahraini refugee
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-21
Bahraini refugee Hakeem Al-Araibi has been held in detention in Thailand since November 27, facing the terrifying prospect of deportation to the country where he was tortured. | Al-Araibi fled to Australia in 2014 and was accepted as a refugee. In November, he travelled on UN travel documents to Thailand for a short holiday with his wife. When he arrived at Bangkok airport, Al-Araibi was arrested under an Interpoll "Red Notice" (an international arrest warrant) issued by the Bahrain government. | Interpol is not meant to issue red notices for refugees, so this red notice should never have been issued for Al-Araib…
greenleft.org.au/content/savehakeem-%E2%80%93-stop-deportation-bahraini-refugee
US: Don't Return Asylum Seekers to Mexico
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-21
The port of entry to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. © 2017 Human Rights Watch | (Washington, DC) — The US Department of Homeland Security has announced a policy, effective immediately, that will return asylum seekers to Mexico while their claims are processed in the United States. This raises serious concerns about whether asylum-seeking adults and families will be obstructed in their ability to pursue their asylum claims…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/21/us-dont-return-asylum-seekers-mexico
US Deporting Iraqis Without Valid Documents
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-20
Protesters rally outside the federal court just before a hearing to consider a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Iraqi nationals facing deportation, in Detroit, Michigan, US, June 21, 2017. | © 2017 Reuters/Rebecca Cook | (Beirut) — The United States government has deported at least 30 of a planned 1,400 people originally from Iraq back to their country, in some cases threatening long imprisonmen…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/20/us-deporting-iraqis-without-valid-documents
Iran: Imprisoned Dissident Dies
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-20
Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj, Iran. | © 2004 Private | (Beirut) — Iranian authorities should immediately carry out an independent and impartial investigation into the death of an imprisoned activist on a hunger strike, Human Rights Watch said today. Anyone found responsible for wrongdoing in the death of Vahid Sayadi Nasiri should be held accountable. Iranian authorities have systematically failed to conduct transparent investigations into at least prio…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/20/iran-imprisoned-dissident-dies
Déjà vu on the Greek-Turkey Border
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-20
Migrants that crossed the land border between Greece and Turkey are seen at the Pre-Removal Detention Center in the village of Fylakio, Northern Greece, February 24, 2017. | © 2017 Alexandros Avramidis /Reuters | Ten years ago, I documented a systematic pattern of brutal Greek border police pushbacks of migrants and asylum seekers at the Evros River border that divides Greece and Turkey. Last week, as I edited a new Human Rights Watch report, I felt as though I was re-reading my old report. | Here's a paragraph fro…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/20/deja-vu-greek-turkey-border
Ten Good News Stories for Kids in 2018
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-20
Girls in India during a hygiene training as part of the Great WASH Yatra. Himanshu Khagta, WASH United, 2012 | A couple of years ago, a friend following me on Twitter said he found my feed really depressing. "Doesn't anything good ever happen for children?" he asked. | Spreading doom and gloom sometimes seems an occupational hazard of human rights work. But I've taken my friend's words to heart and now, as we approach the end of the year, here are 10 good news stories for kids: | A number of armed forces and armed grou…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/20/ten-good-news-stories-kids-2018
ALP National Conference a sham
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-19
Bill Shorten surprised no one with his laughingly tiny reforms at the Australian Labor Party National Conference over December 16–18. | If you expected debate, let alone proposals to stop the Adani coalmine or refugee boat turn-backs or the closure of off-shore detention centres, then you would have been disappointed as these things did not happen. | If you were hoping that there might be a commitment to increase the Newstart Allowance or to back progressive industrial relations reforms that will actually change the rules for workers, you would be doubly disappointed as these things were also rejected. | Cl…
greenleft.org.au/content/alp-national-conference-sham
Britain Should Stand Up for Saudi Women Activists
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-19
British Prime Minister Theresa May (L) stands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the steps of number 10 Downing Street on March 7, 2018 in London, England. | © 2018 Leon Neal/Getty Images | Last week, the British Foreign Office celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Human Rights Day by highlighting the courageous work of human rights defenders around the wo…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/19/britain-should-stand-saudi-women-activists
Guatemala: New Attack on Anti-Corruption Body
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-19
(New York) — The decision by the government of President Jimmy Morales to expel investigators with the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala is a major blow to efforts to bring corrupt officials to justice, Human Rights Watch said today. | Guatemala's President Jimmy Morales attends the Latin America and Caribbean International Economic Forum at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris | © 2017 Charles Platiau/Reuters | On December 18, 2018, the government announced that it was withdrawing the d…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/19/guatemala-new-attack-anti-corruption-body
Myanmar: Disband Panel on Crimes Against Rohingya
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-19
Rohingya refugees walk through rice fields after crossing the border from Myanmar into Palang Khali, Bangladesh, October 19, 2017. | © 2017 Jorge Silva/Reuters | (New York) — Myanmar should disband its commission of inquiry into abuses in Rakhine state because it is clearly unwilling to seriously investigate alleged grave crimes against ethnic Rohingya, Human Rights Watch said today. | At a news conference on December 12, 2018, Rosario Manalo, chair of the Independ…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/19/myanmar-disband-panel-crimes-against-rohingya
Every Single Member of US Congress Approved Crushing Sanctions on Nicaragua
Ben Norton | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-12-14
After defeating a violent US-backed coup attempt, Nicaragua's elected government faces the NICA Act. The bill aims to force the… | The post Every Single Member of US Congress Approved Crushing Sanctions on Nicaragua appeared first on Grayzone Project.
grayzoneproject.com/2018/12/14/congress-sanctions-nicaragua-nica-act/
Occupied Western Sahara: A rare look inside Africa's last colony
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-13
In an exclusive broadcast, US-based independent news outlet Democracy Now! broke the media blockade and visited the occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and occupying power Morocco's violent crackdown. | Morocco has occupied the territory since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. Thousands of Sahrawi people have been tortured, imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation. A 1700-mile wall…
greenleft.org.au/content/occupied-western-sahara-rare-look-inside-africas-last-colony
Goodyear Shutters Venezuela Operations, Blames Sanctions
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-12-12
The tire manufacturer claimed that economic conditions and sanctions have made production "impossible."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14184
German Court Confirms BDS Advocacy is Protected Freedom of Expression and Assembly
LEILI | bdsmovement.net | 2018-12-08
German Court Confirms BDS Advocacy is Protected Freedom of Expression and Assembly: In the NewsA German court confirms that advocating for BDS and Palestinian rights constitutes freedom of expression and assembly, rights that are protected by the German constitution and are essential for democracy. The court ruled that the German city of Oldenburg unlawfully violated these fundamental rights when it revoked a perm…
bdsmovement.net/news/german-court-confirms-bds-advocacy-protected-freedom-expression-and-assembly
Gender violence awareness and murders are both on the rise
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-06
As part of #16daysofactivism, a global campaign to highlight gender-based violence, Domestic Violence NSW (DV NSW) hosted a panel of journalists and rights advocates to address the difficulties in reporting sexual assault and domestic and family violence on November 29. | Jenna Price from the University of Technology in Sydney and co-creator of Destroy the Joint's "Counting Dead Women" project spoke alongside artist, advocate and survivor of family violence Amani Haydar, author and journalist Jess Hill, journalist and advocate against gender-based violence N…
greenleft.org.au/content/gender-violence-awareness-and-murders-are-both-rise
Venezuela's Maduro Seeks 'Golden Finish' to 2018 with International Offensive as Russia & Turkey Blast US Sanctions
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-12-05
Economic, financial, political, military, and counter-terrorism ties were strengthened between Caracas and both countries.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14175