(2019-01-30). 86% of Venezuelans Oppose Military Intervention, 81% Against US Sanctions, Local Polling Shows. globalresearch.ca The vast majority of Venezuelans oppose military intervention and US sanctions to try to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power, according to polling by the local firm Hinterlaces. | *** | More than eight out of ten Venezuelans oppose international intervention, both …
(2019-01-30). Chile: Mapuches Fight For Right to Consultation in Araucania. telesurenglish.net Chile's Mapuche community from Araucania made public on Sunday a communique defending their stance against Plan to Promote Auracania and the National Accord for Peace in Araucania. | RELATED: | Supreme Court Finds in Favor of Mapuche Leader Facundo Jones | The Mapuches also criticized the Chilean government's double standards of conducting two different policies related to human rights. They argued that while the State condemns the Venezuelan government's "alleged" human rights…
(2019-01-30). Sudan: Protests Continue Following Promise to Free Detainees. telesurenglish.net Sudanese authorities announced Tuesday that all detainees held since the beginning of anti-government demonstrations on Dec. 19 will be released. However, the organizers of the protests said no one has been released so far. | RELATED: | Sudan: Bashir Not Stepping Down Despite Month of Protests | The Sudanese Information Ministry said that the head of the Na…
(2019-01-30). Zimbabwe: Lawyers March to Demand Respect for Human Rights. telesurenglish.net Over 150 lawyers participated in the "March for Justice" to the Constitutional Court in Harare, Zimbabwe Tuesday to call for the restoration of the Rule of Law, compliance with the Constitution and respect for human rights. | RELATED: | Rights Defenders Accuse Zimbabwe Security Forces of Torture | According to Africa Metro, a local media, Zimbabwe's lawyers submitted a petition to the secretary of the Judicial Service Commission, Walter Chikwanha, to denounce the abusive procedure…
(2019-01-30). U.N. Seeks Inquiry Into Toxic Waste From Brazil Dam Collapse. telesurenglish.net United Nations human rights experts called Wednesday for an impartial investigation into the deadly collapse of a dam in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and into the toxicity of the waste from the iron ore mine owned by Vale. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro's Son Linked to Suspect of Marielle Franco's Murder | In a statement, the U.N. expert on disposal of hazardous substances B…
(2019-01-30). Sudanese agents briefly detain opposition leader's daughter. aljazeera.com Mariam Sadiq al-Mahdi, deputy head of her father's Umma party, was taken into custody early on Wednesday.
(2019-01-30). Allan Nairn: Trump's Venezuela Envoy Elliott Abrams Is a War Criminal Who Has Abetted Genocide. democracynow.org 
In an ongoing effort to topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Vice President Mike Pence met with members of the Venezuelan opposition at the White House Tuesday alongside Trump's new special envoy to Venezuela, Elliott Abrams. Elliott Abrams is a right-wing hawk who was convicted in 1991 for lying to Congress during the Iran-Contra scandal, but he was later pardoned by President George H.W. Bush. Abrams defended Guatemalan dictator General Efraín Ríos Montt as he oversaw a campaign of mass murder and torture of indigenous people in Guatemala in the 1980s. Ríos Montt was later convicted of genocide. Abrams w…
(2019-01-30). John Bolton Admits US-backed Coup in Venezuela Is About Oil. telesurenglish.net Smashing the claims of "protecting democracy" in Venezuela, the United States National Security Advisor John Bolton said in an interview that they are backing the illegal coup in the South American country because of oil. | RELATED: | China Affirms Support for Venezuela, Condemns Sanctions | "It will make a big difference to the United States economically if we could ha…
(2019-01-30). Venezuela Says Pay For Oil Before Leaving Port. telesurenglish.net President of Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), Manuel Quevedo, said Tuesday that the Venezuelan state-owned company will modify its operations to combat new U.S. sanctions, which will affect its previous international contracts. | RELATED: | US Threatens to Funnel Venezuelan Oil Revenues to Guaido | "Any ship leaving a Venezuelan port, carrying our people's oil, must pay fo…
(2019-01-30). Sanctions of Mass Destruction: America's War on Venezuela. globalresearch.ca From the first moment Hugo Chavez took office, the US has been trying to overthrow Venezuela's socialist movement by using sanctions, coup attempts, and funding the opposition parties. After all, there is nothing more undemocratic than a coup d'état.
(2019-01-30). UAE Slammed After Crowd Violence Against Qatari Team. telesurenglish.net Football fans on social media are imploring FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to punish the UAE after Emirati fans pelted Qatari players with shoes and bottles during the Asian Cup semi-final Tuesday. | RELATED: | Twitter Explodes Over Male UAE Gender Equality Award Winners | Emirati fans began the game by booing the Qatari national anthem and ended it by throwing bottles and shoes at the players, who beat the host UAE team 4 – 0. The atmosphere in the stadium becam…
(2019-01-30). Democracy in the Americas: the U.S. Pot and the Venezuelan Kettle. counterpunch.org Venezuela has as much right to call itself a democracy as does the United States. Until that is understood by enough people, the Trump administration will continue to devastate Venezuela's economy with illegal sanctions and push it towards civil war. People can oppose President Donald Trump's economic sanctions and incitement of a military coup without acknowledging More
(2019-01-30). A War for Oil? Bolton Pushes Privatization of Venezuela's Oil as U.S. Ratchets Up Pressure on Maduro. democracynow.org 
As the Trump administration continues its attempt to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the U.S. has imposed a de facto embargo on oil from Venezuela's state-run oil company. The new sanctions include exemptions for several U.S. firms, including Chevron and Halliburton, to allow them to continue working in Venezuela. We speak with prize-winning investigative journalist Allan Nairn about the push to privatize Venezuela's oil.
(2019-01-30). Maduro denounces Citgo takeover as 'robbery'. mronline.org 
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro says he plans to take legal action against the United States to defy the sanctions. | Source
(2019-01-30). 30,000 Flee Nigeria Amid Fear of Boko Haram Attack: UNHCR. telesurenglish.net The fear of new attacks from militant group Boko Haram has forced some 30,000 people to flee a northern Nigerian town and cross the border into Cameroon over the weekend, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). | RELATED: | Nigerian Rights Group Estimates 20,000 Kidnapped Girls in Mali | "The [nationwide] hostilities have…
(2019-01-30). Marzieh Hashemi: Journalist returns to Iran after US detention. aljazeera.com Marzieh Hashemi arrives in Tehran, Iranian broadcaster Press TV says, after being held for 10 days in Washington, DC.
(2019-01-30). Incompetence Plus Malice Add Up to Trump's Losing Formula on Immigration. truthdig.com From the beginning of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the immigration issue has defined his political profile. More than anything else, it has opened a window on his authoritarian mind, his disdain for the truth and for democratic institutions. Such contempt has revealed the dangers of Trumpism to much of a nation governed, often imperfectly, by the law. The way immigrants are locked up in detention centers without trial warns us of the possibility of a police state. | Last week, the president's braggadocio crumbled in the face of facts and the strategic opposition of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She clearly…
(2019-01-30). 3 Injured in Iran Police Station Attack. telesurenglish.net An attack consisting of two bomb explosions was perpetrated by the Jaish al-Adl group on a police station in the city of Zahedan, southeastern Iran, injuring three police officers. | RELATED: | US: Iranian TV Anchor Released from Detention Without Charge | The group reported they'd targeted the police station with "two strong bombs," which are allegedly handmade. | "Investigations showed that the explosion was caused by a handmade explosive device, which led to a bomb squad being…
(2019-01-30). Chapter 6: Settlements and Third State Responsibility. amnesty.org …
(2019-01-30). Trump's Venezuela Envoy Is a War Criminal Who Has Abetted Genocide. truthout.org In an ongoing effort to topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Vice President Mike Pence met with members of the Venezuelan opposition at the White House Tuesday alongside Trump's new special envoy to Venezuela, Elliott Abrams. Elliott Abrams is a right-wing hawk who was convicted in 1991 for lying to Congress during the Iran-Contra scandal, but he was later pardoned by President George H.W. Bush. Abrams defended Guatemalan dictator General Efraín Ríos Montt as he oversaw a campaign of mass murder and torture of Indigenous people in Guatemala in the 1980s. Ríos Montt was later…
(2019-01-30). Oklahoma legislators seek to strip teachers of democratic rights. wsws.org A series of bills being introduced on February 4 by state Republicans would punish teachers for striking, participating in political activities and exercising freedom of speech.
(2019-01-30). Chapter 6: CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY UNDER INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. amnesty.org …
(2019-01-30). Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories: Destination: Occupation digital tourism and Israel's illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. amnesty.org In this report, Amnesty International exposes how four leading online tourism companies and global brands — TripAdvisor, Booking.com, Expedia and Airbnb are listing places to stay or things to do in illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. They are promoting these listings, and profiting from them, despite knowing that these Israeli settlements are illegal under international law and are at the root of a wide range of human rights violations suffered by Palestinian communities. Amnesty International is calling on these companies to stop providing these listings, and on government…
(2019-01-30). Philippines: Peace advocate gunned down in yet another targeted killing. amnesty.org Responding to news that peace advocate Randy Felix Malayao was gunned down by an unidentified man on 30 January while on board a bus in northern Philippines, Amnesty International's Senior Director for Global Operations, Minar Pimple, said: | "The cold-blooded murder of Malayao is yet another addition to the growing list of political activists who have been attacked and killed in the country. |
(2019-01-30). Headlines for January 30, 2019. democracynow.org U.S. Hands Over Assets to Guaidó as Venezuela Restricts His Travel, Intelligence Community Contradicts Trump on Iran, N. Korea, ISIS, Trump Immigration Rule Forces 1st Asylum Seeker Out of U.S., Back into Mexico, Pentagon to Send "Several Thousand" More Troops to U.S.-Mexico Border, Honduras: Rights Groups Slam Guilty Verdict for Opposition Critic María Luisa Borjas, Brazil: 5 Arrested in Dam Collapse That Killed 65, Devastating Environment, Mexico: Tens of Thousands Strike as 27 Factories Reach Deals for Pay Raises, U.K. Lawmakers Order PM Theresa May to Reopen Brexit Negotiations, Cameroon: Security Forces Arre…
(2019-01-30). RECOMMENDATIONS TO STATES ON STEPS TO ENSURE HUMAN RIGHTS IN DRUG POLICY. amnesty.org Governments have an important opportunity during the 2019 High-level Ministerial Segment and the CND regular session to ensure that the next decade in international drug policy is strongly grounded in human rights principles to ensure that drug control efforts are effectively designed to protect people and do not result in further harm. | This briefing contains Amnesty International's recommendations to all UN Member States to ensure that the Ministerial Declaration adopted at the conclusion of the High-level Ministerial Segment contains strong language to ensure that human rights will be respected and protected…
(2019-01-30). China: Tibetan Children Banned from Classes. hrw.org 
| | A notice in Qinghai's Nangchen county, published in December 2018, titled "Urgent notice concerning stopping illegal study classes in monasteries." | © 2018 Private | (New York) — Chinese authorities in Qinghai province should immediately lift their ban on Tibetan children attending classes in local monasteries, Human Rights Watch said today. Informal classes taught by monks during school holidays have become popular in Tibetan area…
(2019-01-30). Defying War and Defining Peace in Afghanistan. truthout.org On January 27th, 2019, the Taliban and the US government each publicly stated acceptance, in principle, of a draft framework for ongoing negotiations that could culminate in a peace deal to end a two-decade war in Afghanistan. | As we learn more about the negotiations, it's important to remember others working toward dialogue and negotiation in Afghanistan. Troublingly, women's rights leaders have not, thus far, been invited to the negotiating table. But several have braved potential persecution to assert the importance of including women in any framework aiming to create peace and respect human rights. | A yo…
(2019-01-30). Israel/OPT: Tourism companies driving settlement expansion, profiting from war crimes. amnesty.org Online booking giants Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor are fuelling human rights violations against Palestinians by listing hundreds of rooms and activities in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, including East Jerusalem, Amnesty International said today. In a new report, 'Destination: Occupation', the organization documents how online booking companies are driving tourism to illegal Is…
(2019-01-30). Report: Airbnb Profiting From War Crimes, Israeli Settlements. telesurenglish.net Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor are "fuelling human rights violations against Palestinians" by continuing listings in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, human rights organization, Amnesty International said Wednesday. | RELATED: | Airbnb Faces Israeli Class-action Lawsuit Over Boycott of Illegal Settlements | In a report, titled "Destination: Occupation," the organizati…
(2019-01-30). Chapter 8: Conclusion & Recommendations. amnesty.org …
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(2019-01-30). Stone indictment presents no evidence of links between WikiLeaks and Trump campaign. wsws.org WikiLeaks is a media organization that exercised the legally-protected rights of the press to published leaked information.
(2019-01-30). In First Phone Call, Trump Congratulates Guaido on Becoming President of Venezuela. theantimedia.com 
(ZH) — President Trump started a Tuesday morning twitter storm with a tweet warning that Maduro will be "willing to negotiate" after the US starves his teetering regime of badly needed funding via the sanctions that were levied earlier this week. Maduro willing to negotiate with opposition in Venezuela following U.S. sanctions and the cutting off of …
(2019-01-30). 1. Background: The Israeli Occupation. amnesty.org …
(2019-01-30). After Years of Republican Rule, the House Takes on Voting Rights. truthout.org Natalie Landreth, a senior staff attorney at the Native American Rights Fund, remembers testifying before Congress in support of a bill to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act back in 2006. At the time, the reauthorization legislation passed the Senate with a near unanimous approval from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. | "Support for VRA Reauthorization was wide and nonpartisan, Republicans by and large didn't vote against it, it passed something like 96-0," Landreth said in an interview. "Now Sen. Mitch McConnell is suggesting that the H.R. 1 and other voting bills won't even make it to the Senate floor? T…
(2019-01-30). New Oil Sanctions on Venezuela: "Would Destroy What's Left of its Economy" therealnews.com 
National Security Advisor John Bolton announced that the US will freeze Venezuelan assets and block oil payments for Venezuelan oil imports to the US. This would not only be illegal, but would also be yet another crippling blow to the country, says CEPR's Mark Weisbrot
(2019-01-30). Indonesia: Condenado a un año de cárcel por publicar un vídeo en Facebook. amnesty.org Agustinus Yolemal, activista papú independentista, fue declarado culpable de incitación al odio y la hostilidad y condenado a un año de cárcel por el Tribunal de Distrito de Timika, en la provincia de Papúa, el 14 de enero de 2019. Agustinus ha decidido no recurrir, ya que le preocupa la seguridad de su familia y de su hijo, que aparece en el vídeo que publicó en Facebook. El activista, que está detenido desde septiembre de 2018, cumplirá otros ocho meses de cárcel.
(2019-01-30). Chapter 3: Israeli Settlements and International Law. amnesty.org …
(2019-01-30). Israà´l et territoires palestiniens occupés: : Destination : Occupation: Le tourisme numérique et les colonies de peuplement israéliennes illégales dans les territoires palestiniens occupés: Synthese. amnesty.org Les entreprises du numérique ont révolutionné les codes de l'industrie du tourisme. Au lieu d'organiser leurs vacances à l'aide d'agences de voyage traditionnelles, les consommateurs peuvent à présent tout réserver en ligne. De leur cà¥té, Airbnb, Inc. (Airbnb), Booking.com B.V. (Booking.com), Expedia Group, Inc. (Expedia) et TripAdvisor, Inc. (TripAdvisor) leur proposent un choix sans précédent de lieux où séjourner et d'attractions touristiques pratiquement partout dans le monde.
(2019-01-30). Israel y los Territorios Palestinos Ocupados: Destino: Ocupación: El turismo digital y los asentamientos ilegales de Israel en los Territorios Palestinos Ocupados- Extracto. amnesty.org Las empresas digitales están revolucionando la forma en que el mundo hace turismo. En lugar de comprar sus vacaciones en los establecimientos de agencias de viajes, como antes, ahora los consumidores y consumidoras pueden reservarlo todo en Internet. A su vez, empresas como Airbnb, Inc. (Airbnb), Booking.com B. V. (Booking.com), Expedia Group, Inc. (Expedia) y TripAdvisor, Inc. (TripAdvisor) les ofrecen una variedad sin precedentes de alojamientos y actividades en casi todos los rincones del mundo. Como consecuencia, estas empresas —que dominan la multimillonaria industria del turismo en Internet— est…
(2019-01-30). Chapter 5: Human Rights Violations | Five Case Studies. amnesty.org …
(2019-01-30). Chapter 4: Online Tourism Companies Doing Business in the Settlements. amnesty.org …
(2019-01-30). Bolton Pushes Privatization of Venezuela's Oil as US Ratchets Up Pressure. truthout.org As the Trump administration continues its attempt to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the US has imposed a de facto embargo on oil from Venezuela's state-run oil company. The new sanctions include exemptions for several US firms, including Chevron and Halliburton, to allow them to continue working in Venezuela. We speak with prize-winning investigative journalist Allan Nairn about the push to privatize Venezuela's oil. | Transcript: | AMY GOODMAN: So, let's go to John Bolton, the national security adviser, on Fox Business. | JOHN BOLTON: We're in conversation with major American compani…
(2019-01-30). Indonesia: Further information: Sentenced to one year in prison for posting FB video: Agustinus Yolemal. amnesty.org Agustinus Yolemal, a Papuan pro-independence activist was convicted for inciting hatred and hostility and sentenced to 1 year's imprisonment by the Timika District Court in Papua Province on 14 January 2019. He has decided not to file appeal as he is concerned about the safety of his family as well as the boy who was implicated in the video he posted on Facebook. Detained since September 2018, Agustinus Yolemal will serve another 8 months in prison.
(2019-01-30). Chapter 2: The Tourism Industry of the Settlements. amnesty.org …
(2019-01-30). Saudi Arabia: 10 Reasons Why Women Flee. hrw.org 
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(2019-01-29). 86% of Venezuelans Oppose Military Intervention, 81% Against US Sanctions, Local Polling Shows. grayzoneproject.com The vast majority of Venezuelans oppose military intervention and US sanctions to try to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power,…
(2019-01-29). 2-year-old expelled by mall, community demands disability rights. fightbacknews.org Wyoming, MI – Discrimination against a two-year-old girl with a disability brought close to 150 people to Rogers Plaza Town Center for "Walking with Claire" on January 27. | On a Sunday afternoon, the normally empty mall was filled with family, friends and disability rights activists wearing, "Walking with Claire" t-shirts. Some held signs reading, "Disabled lives matter!" and "We heart our community! Everybody belongs!" | The large crowd gathered to walk slowly behind Claire and her parents, Andrew Dykstra and Hiliary Goddard-Dykstra, to the far end of the mall. There everyone sat down on the floor together to r…
(2019-01-29). Defying War and Defining Peace in Afghanistan. zcomm.org We in the U.S. have much to learn from Afghan women human rights advocates and the People's Peace Movement regarding the futility of war…