Sanctuary Leaders Fight Back Against ICE's "Psychological Violence" and Fines
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-07
Ivan Ramirez, a 13-year-old Guatemalan asylum seeker, says he can't remember a time in his life when he felt free. Now that the federal government intends to fine his mother more than $300,000, he worries that whatever semblance of safety they have in sanctuary is being threatened. | Ivan and his mother Hilda Ramirez came to the United States fleeing familial violence in 2014. Since then, they have been "under attack" by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the elder Ramirez said. They were detained together for almost a year after first arriving in the United States. Since their release from detention,…
truthout.org/articles/sanctuary-leaders-fight-back-against-ices-psychological-violence-and-fines/
So This Is What It's Like
David Rovics | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-07
Concentration camps in the United States are nothing new. As has been widely reported, one of the many new, austere, prison camps for dividing up and indefinitely detaining families for the crime of being refugees that has recently opened up is one in Oklahoma that was previously used for the same purposes during the Second …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/so-this-is-what-its-like/
In Palo Alto, 300 Demonstrators Protest Detention Camps
Text: RR Photos: Jack Owicki, Pro Bono Photo | indybay.org | 2019-07-07
On July 2, tens of thousands of people attended over 175 protests across the US to call on the Trump administration to close detention camps where migrants are being held under horrific conditions. Palo Alto, California, the site of one such protest, is the location of grassroots effort Caravan to Clint, a group that goes on trips to a children's detention facility outside El Paso.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/05/18824448.php
SF Jews Demand Closure of Detention Camps
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2019-07-07
"We've Seen This before, Never Again is Now" | Photos and Text: Leon Kunstenaar…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/06/18824488.php
Day of Action: 2nd Detention Camps Protest
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2019-07-07
Protests Resume at SF Federal Building | Photos and text: Leon Kunstenaar…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/07/18824521.php
Trump Blames Migrants for Appalling Conditions at Detention Centers
Jake Johnson via Common Dreams | indybay.org | 2019-07-07
Reposted from Common Dreams under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/04/18824445.php
Another Whitewashed Trial of War Crimes by USA Invader
DLI | indybay.org | 2019-07-07
The latest acquittal (except for an "unauthorized posing of a photo of a prisoner" charge) of a Navy SEAL is another case of Imperialist impunity of war crimes in America's global "War on Terror." Special Op. Chief Edward Gallagher was cleared of all other far more serious charges, including one for killing an injured teenage ISIS fighter in Iraq in 2017. He was released without having to serve any more time, since his sentence of 4 months for the "photo posing" charge has been offset by his pretrial detention. Apparently, this is a prime example of "victor's justice" in America's long history of overseas Imperia…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/04/18824437.php
More Details Emerge About Horrible Conditions at Immigration Detention Centers
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-07
A DHS Inspector General report and a visit by members of Congress to detention centers, the inhumane conditions become clearer and spark more outrage…
therealnews.com/stories/more-details-emerge-about-horrible-conditions-at-immigration-detention-centers
Venezuelan Government Slams 'Biased' UN Human Rights Report
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-07
Despite recognizing the negative impact of US sanctions, the report contains no recommendation for the measures to be lifted.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14575
Thousands of Voices Are Telling the Supreme Court: Don't Roll Back LGBTQ Rights
Ria Tabacco Mar | commondreams.org | 2019-07-07
President Trump has told the Supreme Court it should be legal to fire someone just because they're LGBTQ. The president may be a bully, but he's just one voice. Wednesday, more than 2,000 voices from across the country joined together to tell the Supreme Court: Don't roll back our rights.
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/07/thousands-voices-are-telling-supreme-court-dont-roll-back-lgbtq-rights?cd-origin=rss
Nurses picket in Long Beach, Ca. for workers' rights
Ian Matthews | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-07
"The hospital is trying to get as much out of them, with as little resources as possible."
liberationnews.org/nurses-picket-in-long-beach-ca-for-workers-rights/
DPRK Criticizes Japan's Efforts to Keep Sanctions
plenglish.com | 2019-07-07
Pyongyang, July 7 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People"s Republic of Korea (DPRK) criticized on Sunday that Japan continues insisting on keeping sanctions and pressure against it, ignoring the unprecedented atmosphere of reconciliation and peace that the peninsula is experiencing.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…
How the Sanctions Harm My Iranian-American Family
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-07
"What's wrong?" I asked my mother, as I saw her broken expression. She was on the phone, speaking with my grandparents in Iran. "A terrible thing has happened," she replied. | My grandparent's home in Tehran had been broken into. The thieves took everything they could carry — my grandmother's jewelry, my uncle's prized watch collection, his wedding band, and some cash. Perhaps the only thing left untouched was the grand, ornate Persian rug in their living room. | My grandfather had left the house for 10 minutes for afternoon prayers at the mosque. Now, he swears to never leave his home unattended again. He…
truthdig.com/articles/what-sanctions-mean-for-my-iranian-american-family/
Increasing Pressure on Europe to Salvage Nuclear Deal, Iran Announces Plans to Exceed Uranium Enrichment Cap
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-07
Iran increased pressure on European leaders to provide relief from crippling economic sanctions and salvage the 2015 nuclear deal with an announcement Sunday that the Middle Eastern country is set to exceed the pact's uranium enrichment cap. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/07/increasing-pressure-europe-salvage-nuclear-deal-iran-announces-plans-exceed-uranium?cd-origin=rss
Australian Student Expelled From North Korea For 'Spying Acts'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-06
The official news agency for North Korea stated on Saturday that an Australian student was expelled from the country after spending ten days in detention for "spying acts" through his work with foreign media. | RELATED: | Nuclear Talks To Resume After Surprise Trump-Kim Meeting | The student,Alek Sigley, who had been held in North Korea since June 25, was an active social media user and also a regular contributor to international media organizations including NK News about his time in…
telesurenglish.net/news/Australian-Student-Expelled-From-North-Korea-For-Spying-Acts-20190706-0003.html
Hundreds join Trans Pride march through Dublin
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-06
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of Dublin to support Trans Pride.The second annual protest for the rights and needs of the trans community saw participants gather at the Garden of Remembrance and march to Merrion Square on Saturday.The march took place on the anniversary of the death of Marsha P Johnson, famous for participating in the Stonewall rebellion which sparked a global movement for LGBTQI+ liberation, and those gathered were asked to remember her as the fight for trans rights continues.Noah Halpin, of the This Is Me campaign, called on the Government to do more.Hundreds of people joined the…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/07/06/hundreds-join-trans-pride-march-through-dublin/
UN Report on Human Rights in Venezuela Faulty by Design
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-06
Following Michelle Bachelet visit to Venezuela last June, the official report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was released on July 4, a day …
globalresearch.ca/un-report-human-rights-venezuela-faulty-design/5682848
Medicare for all means radical change, not just reforms
Esteban Guevara | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-06
Healthcare, along with education, jobs, and affordable housing, are essential human rights indispensable for everyone.
liberationnews.org/medicare-for-all-means-radical-change-not-just-reforms/
'Weaponizing human rights': UN chief Bachelet's Venezuela report follows US regime change script
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-06
Former UN special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas slams UN High Commissioner Bachelet's report on Venezuela as a politicized collection of…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/06/weaponizing-human-rights-un-high-commissioner-bachelets-venezuela-report-follows-us-regime-change-script/
Video: British Marines Seized Iranian Oil Tanker
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-06
On July 4, a detachment of Royal Marines and the authorities in Gibraltar seized a supertanker suspected of carrying oil to Syria on the belief it was breaching EU sanctions. 30 Royal Marines from 42 Commando were involved in the …
globalresearch.ca/video-british-marines-seized-iranian-oil-tanker/5682839
US Economic and Military Terrorism
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-06
Sanctions and tariffs are favored economic US weapons of war by other means, especially the former. They're used to inflict economic pain and collective punishment. | The Vienna-based International Progress Organization calls sanctions "an illegitimate form of collective punishment of the …
globalresearch.ca/us-economic-military-terrorism/5682702
Obama: Front Man for Washington's Imperialism
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-06
Clarity Press is a good publisher for authors willing to provide real information in place of the officially sanctioned controlled explanations of our time. A current example is Jeremy Kuzmarov's assessment of Obama, Obama's Unending Wars. The forty-fourth president …
globalresearch.ca/obama-front-man-washingtons-imperialism/5682860
Over 1000 union educators protest Houston Detention Center
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-05
Houston, TX – July 4 saw union educators push for freedom for refugees and undocumented families. After a daylong meeting of the annual National Education Association's annual Representative Assembly, a massive group of educators demonstrated their anger at Trump's concentration camps for children and families. | Rank-and-file education workers organized the protest within less than 48 hours of arriving at the convention. The group marched around a detention center located in downtown Houston, holding signs reading "Free the children!" and "Close the camps!" As they marched, they chanted "Up up with education! Do…
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Six children among 53 confirmed fatalities after Libya detention centre airstrikes: Security Council condemns attack
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-05
The toll from Tuesday's reported airstrikes on a detention centre in the suburbs of Tripoli has risen to 53 dead and more than 130 injured among the "severely traumatized" surviving migrants and refugees, UN aid agencies said on Friday, reiterating their appeal to close all such facilities in the embattled country.
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Abu Graib at Home in America
Barbara Nimri Aziz | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-05
"This is not what America is about" argues a U.S. reporter referring to revelations of misogynist, violent, racist behavior by employees of the U.S. Border Patrol 'guarding' migrants held in detention centers.Sorry Mr. Thompson (Pro Publica reporter who broke this story); THIS IS what America is about. Vulnerable people, i.e. women, men and children held…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/05/abu-graib-at-home-in-america/
Immigration Detention Center Conditions Cause Massive Outcry
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-05
The revelation of extreme immigration detention center conditions for exhausted asylum seeking children, who are separated from their relatives, sparked outrage nationwide. In Phoenix, Arizona, Jews for Justice demonstrated, demanding permanent medical staff for Border patrol's Provisional Detention Centers…
therealnews.com/stories/immigration-detention-center-conditions-cause-massive-outcry
Friday's Daily Brief: Sudan power-sharing deal welcomed, hope for Venezuela talks, Rohingya camps flooded, Libya airstrikes update
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-05
Friday's main news stories include: Guterres welcomes Sudan power-sharing deal; six children are among 53 confirmed dead after Libya detention centre airstrikes; Monsoon rains wreak havoc in Rohingya camps; and Bachelet calls for "time and space" in Venezuela.
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Reasons for the 1776 Revolution
Prof. Matthew Stanton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
"Before the Constitution and before the Bill of Rights there was the Declaration of Independence. The founders took little time to enshrine in the Declaration of Independence the most fundamental and primary right from which all other rights flow: that …
globalresearch.ca/reasons-1776-revolution/5682747
Brazil: Millions strike against Bolsonaro's pension reforms
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-05
The streets answered with a resounding "no" to Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's pension reform proposition, to his intentions of restraining rights, and to the continuity of attacks against the people since former president Michel Temer's coup d'etat in 2016. | The protests, part of a general strike called by national union organisations, mobilised millions of people in 360 cities from north to south, across 26 states and the Federal district. | The general strike on June 14 developed out of the unified struggle of national unions, popular movements and progressive sectors fighting for public education and ag…
greenleft.org.au/content/brazil-millions-strike-against-bolsonaro%E2%80%99s-pension-reforms
How businesses have changed since the #metoo movement
Avery T. Phillips | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-05
Equal treatment for women in the workplace has been a point of contention since the advent of the women's rights movement a half-century ago. In more recent years, in-person and online activism have made it possible for women and allies to stand against abuse, harm, harassment and inequality with the #MeToo movement. Studies reveal that 81 …
nationofchange.org/2019/07/05/how-businesses-have-changed-since-the-metoo-movement/
Love and Rights: Contingent or Unconditional?
Laura Flanders | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-05
Kali Akuno asks an important question: where would we be as a world today if people of the left had been as organized in 2008 when the financial crash hit as they'd been in 1980 before thirty years of neoliberalism? Akuno, a co-founder and co-coordinator of Cooperation Jackson in Mississippi, asked this question this past…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/05/love-and-rights-contingent-or-unconditional/
Venezuela: Amid crisis and sanctions, LGBTI activists continue to demand change
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-05
One of the sectors hardest hit by Venezuela's economic crisis is the nation's LGBTI community. Lacking access to life-saving medicines and denied certain rights, activists say there is still much to be done within the revolution. | A recent report by the Washington-based Centre for Economic and Policy Research found that there are more than 300,000 people at risk of death in Venezuela due to a lack of access to medicines or treatment. This includes about 80,000 people living with HIV, many of whom are LGBTI or sexual and gender diverse — the term commonly used in Venezuela. | United States sanctions ha…
greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-amid-crisis-and-sanctions-lgbti-activists-continue-demand-change
Europeans Witness Climate Change, It's Only the Beginning: WWF
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-05
Record-breaking temperatures, droughts and heatwaves across Europe represent the reality of climate change, the global conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said Thursday. | RELATED: | Scotland's Environmental Rights at Risk if Brexit Passes | The region hasn't witnesses seasonal changes at this level since the 1940's, researchers said. | In Ge…
telesurenglish.net/news/Europeans-Witness-Climate-Change-Its-Only-the-Beginning-WWF-20190705-0022.html
Spain: Spear-Studded Activists Protest Pamplonan Bullfights
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-05
Animal rights activists lay nearly naked and prostrate in the San Fermin Square of Pamplona Friday on the eve of the traditional running of the bulls and subsequent bullfight that takes place each year in the Spanish city. | RELATED: | Spain: Supreme Court Rules 'Wolf Pack' Case Is Rape | This year, however, the event was marked by 54 protesters laying still…
telesurenglish.net/news/Spain-Spear-Studded-Activists-Protest-Pamplonan-Bullfights-20190705-0020.html
What Sanctions Mean for My Iranian-American Family
Mina Shahinfar | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-05
What's wrong?" I asked my mother, as I saw her broken expression. She was on the phone, speaking with my grandparents in Iran. "A terrible thing has happened," she replied. My grandparent's home in Tehran had been broken into. The thieves took everything they could carry — my grandmother's jewelry, my uncle's prized watch collection,…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/05/what-sanctions-mean-for-my-iranian-american-family/
After UK seizure of Iranian tanker, ex-official says Iran should seize an 'English tanker' in response
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-05
On 4 July, Royal Marines helped to seize an Iranian oil tanker heading to Syria in order to enforce European sanctions on the war-torn country. Now, a former commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard ( IRGC) says his country should seize a British tanker in response. | Rezaei, who led the IR…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/07/05/after-uk-seizure-of-iranian-tanker-ex-official-says-iran-should-seize-an-english-tanker-in-response/
Iran Threatens Seizure of UK Oil Tanker if Iranian Oil Tanker Not Released
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-05
(ZH) — Iran has called for the "immediate release" of its oil tanker after British Royal Marines boarded and seized it off Gibraltar a day ago after it took a long 90-day trek around the tip of Africa, presumably to evade sanctions enforcement en route to Syria. Authorities had accused the Grace 1 supertanker of illegal smuggling …
Iran Threatens Seizure of UK Oil Tanker if Iranian Oil Tanker Not Released
Canadian Firm's Lobbying Contract with Sudan Military Rulers May Face Police Probe
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Canada's government has referred a lobbying contract between a Montreal-based firm and Sudan's ruling military council to federal police to determine whether the deal violates Canadian sanctions on the country. | A spokeswoman for the Canadian foreign ministry, Global Affairs Canada, …
globalresearch.ca/canadian-firms-lobbying-contract-sudan-military-rulers-may-face-police-probe/5682799
Sanctions: Failure of U.S. Foreign Policy
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-05
President Donald Trump's meeting with North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, on June 30th may turn out to be more than just another publicity stunt similar to the failed "summit" held in Vietnam in February — a political fiasco. The New York Times and other media report that Trump is planning to revise the terms of U.S.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/05/sanctions-failure-of-u-s-foreign-policy/
Paediatricians share children's drawings after release from 'inhumane' US detention camps
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-04
Pictures drawn by children recently detained by the United States border force depict their "inhumane" treatment, with figures of people in cages.The pictures were drawn by children following their release by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).Detention centres are the first places children go after they are picked up by customs officials.Immediate past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Collen Kraft said: "The cages they are kept in are metal cells. They are kept cold, there is not enough food or water, and they are crowded. There are open toilets and the lights are kept on 24/7."A picture…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2019/07/04/paediatricians-share-childrens-drawings-after-release-from-inhumane-us-detention-camps/
Pediatricians Release Migrant Children's Drawings of Their Time in US Border Prisons
The Mind Unleashed | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-04
(TMU) — Pediatricians have shared harrowing images drawn by migrant children separated from their parents while in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention camps that show people in prison-like conditions. The drawings were released by a social worker at the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas to the American Academy of Pediatrics, who …
Pediatricians Release Migrant Children’s Drawings of Their Time in US Border Prisons
American Concentration Camps, Then and Now
Foreign Policy in Focus | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-04
(FPIF) — In our history textbooks, "Japanese internment," as it's carelessly called, features as a mistake, blunder, or brief departure from constitutional piety following the trauma of Pearl Harbor. The summary detention of 120,000 people of Japanese descent — around 80,000 of whom were American citizens — can be more accurately described as one of the worst …
Libya's Civil War is Becoming a Proxy War
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-04
The shooting down of a Turkish drone near Tripoli and the capture of six Turkish sailors by Gen. Haftar's forces reveals the Turkey's and Egypt's involvement on both sides of the civil war. Meanwhile Haftar's forces are accused of bombing a migration detention center near Tripoli, killing 44 and injuring 130…
therealnews.com/stories/libyas-civil-war-is-becoming-a-proxy-war
The New Bill of Rights
Steve Brodner | thenation.com | 2019-07-04
The New Bill of Rights…
thenation.com/article/the-new-bill-of-rights/
UN human rights chief 'hopeful' Venezuelan authorities are ready to address violations, calls for dialogue
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-04
"The only way out of this crisis is to come together, in dialogue": that was the clear message delivered by Michelle Bachelet, the UN human rights chief, to the Government of Venezuela on Friday, during an address to the Human Rights Council, coinciding with the publication of a new UN report on Venezuela.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041902
British Marines Seize Oil Tanker Suspected of Bringing Iranian Oil to Syria
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-04
British Royal Marines have seized an oil tanker they suspected was headed to Syria, which would be a violation of US and EU sanctions.
British Marines Seize Oil Tanker Suspected of Bringing Iranian Oil to Syria
Trump's 180-degree turn on the S-400: a tactical move or a distraction?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-04
The multi-month crisis between the US and Turkey on the purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems recently took an unexpected turn. According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Donald Trump said that Washington would not impose sanctions over the deal during the summit in Japan. The statements were greeted with amazement all over …
uwidata.com/4135-trumps-180-degree-turn-on-the-s-400-a-tactical-move-or-a-distraction/
As Trump Announces Mass Immigration Raid, Documents Show How ICE Uses Arrest Quotas
Maryam Saleh | theintercept.com | 2019-07-03
As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, at the behest of President Donald Trump, plans mass raids following the July Fourth holiday, newly released documents shed light on the tactics the agency employs during such operations. | The documents, released Wednesday by the immigrant rights groups Mijente, Just Futures Law, and Detention Watch Network, show that ICE officials are building arrest target lists for mass raids to meet specific numbers, even as the agency continues to internally and publicly stress a "public safety" rationale for immigration arrests. | Most…
theintercept.com/2019/07/03/ice-raids-arrest-quotas/
Libya detention centre airstrike could amount to a war crime says UN, as Guterres calls for independent investigation
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-03
An airstrike on a detention centre in Tripoli that killed scores of migrants and refugees "deserves more than condemnation", UN agencies said on Wednesday, as both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the head of the UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL), insisted that it may amount to a war crime.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041792
Tucson protest tells Trump: No raids! No deportations! No family separations!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-03
Tucson, AZ – Over 100 people braved the intense desert sun Tuesday morning, July 2, to demonstrate their anger at Trump's threat for ICE raids aimed at thousands of undocumented families. Many demonstrators also expressed their demand to reunite families and to close the concentration camps operating as detention centers. | Outside the federal building protesters held signs reading "Close the camps!" and "Dismantle ICE!" The group then marched to the Pima County Office to demand an end to the Sheriff's collaboration with ICE and Border Patrol. Organizer from Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Isabel Garcia, said "The…
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