Daily Archives: September 14, 2019

2019-09-14: Social Media Postees

British judge jails Assange indefinitely, despite end of prison sentence
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The ruling, which confines Assange to prison indefinitely, is the latest in a series of attacks on his legal and democratic rights by the British judiciary.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/assa…

Protest of India's rule over Kashmir
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2019-09-14
Chanting "From Kashmir to Palestine, occupation is a crime," over 100 people, mostly immigrants from Kashmir, rallied on Sept. 6 outside the Masjid Al-Madinah Upper Darby Islamic Center near Philadelphia to call attention to India's recent human rights' abuses and violations of Kashmir's sovereignty. | Continue reading Protest of India's rule over Kashmir at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/14/protest-of-indias-rule-over-kashmir/

No letup in Trump's war on immigrants as 37-year-old Mexican man dies in ICE custody
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The recent Supreme Court ruling effectively eliminating the right to asylum is but the latest and sharpest expression of the attack on the rights of immigrants.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/immi…

Yemen Was Called the Forgotten War, but Activists Are Refusing to Forget
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-14
| Janine Jackson: When observers who have spent years in war-rocked places describe events as "staggering," you know you're talking about a disturbing new order. That's how the UN humanitarian coordinator in Yemen responded to the September 1 bombing by Saudi Arabia of a detention center in southwest Yemen that killed more than 100 people, some believed to be prisoners of war. And yet this h…
truthout.org/audio/yemen-was-called-the-forgotten-war-but-activists-are-refusing-to-forget/

Yemen Was Called the Forgotten War, but Activists Are Refusing to Forget
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-14
| Janine Jackson: When observers who have spent years in war-rocked places describe events as "staggering," you know you're talking about a disturbing new order. That's how the UN humanitarian coordinator in Yemen responded to the September 1 bombing by Saudi Arabia of a detention center in southwest Yemen that killed more than 100 people, some believed to be prisoners of war. And yet this h…
truthout.org/audio/yemen-was-called-the-forgotten-war-but-activists-are-refusing-to-forget/

Extinction Rebellion co-founder arrested on Heathrow drone protest second day
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-14
An Extinction Rebellion co-founder has been arrested for the second time in three days after trying to fly a drone near Heathrow Airport during an environmental protest, the group said.Roger Hallam was detained on Saturday while attempting to disrupt flights at Britain's busiest airport with the device.The activist had been arrested on Thursday during a pre-emptive wave of arrests ahead of the climate change action and was bailed with conditions not to be within five miles of any airport or possess drone equipment, Extinction Rebellion (XR) said. | Footage appears to show him being dragged into a van by several p…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/09/14/extinction-rebellion-co-founder-arrested-on-heathrow-drone-protest-second-day/

New Hearing to be Held for Peruvian Opposition Leader
teleSUR -EF, LA | telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-14
Peru's Constitutional Court (CC) will hold a hearing Sept. 25 regarding the appeal filed by opposition leader Keiko Fujimori whose lawyers are seeking to annul the legislator's preventive detention that has kept her in prison since late October 2018 on allegations of corruption. | RELATED: | Us Judge Keeps Peru Ex-President in Prison to Wife's Protest | The date was announced Friday by Constitutional Court President Ernesto Blume one day after the court reduced Fujimori's pretrial…
telesurenglish.net/news/New-Hearing-to-be-Held-for-Peruvian-Opposition-Leader-20190913-0016.html

There Can be no Workers' Rights without Peace and Social Justice: Ajamu Baraka
Ajamu Baraka | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
"War and militarism are class issues." | Black Alliance for Peace national organizer and Black Agenda Report editor Ajamu Baraka delivered the following remarks to the International Trade Union Forum in Solidarity with Workers and People to Break the Economic …
globalresearch.ca/there-can-be-no-workers-rights-without-peace-and-social-justice-ajamu-baraka/5689070

Baltimore Displays Inflatable 'Trump Rat' to Greet US President
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-13
Dozens of protesters gathered in downtown Baltimore on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump made his first visit to the city since he blasted it as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." | RELATED: | Trump Fired Bolton for Going Against Easing Iran Sanctions | "A 14-foot inflatable Trump rat feels like an appropriate form of protest for th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Baltimore-Displays-Inflatable-Trump-Rat-to-Greet-US-President-20190913-0004.html

Buffalo demonstrates solidarity with El Paso Firme
Ellie Dorritie | workers.org | 2019-09-13
Im/migrant rights supporters held a rally and march in Buffalo, N,Y., on Sept. 7 in solidarity with El Paso Firme, taking place in El Paso, Texas, on the same day. The National Action Against White Supremacy was called by the Border Network for Human Rights, RAICES Texas, the National Day . . . | Continue reading Buffalo demonstrates solidarity with El Paso Firme at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/12/buffalo-demonstrates-solidarity-with-el-paso-firme/

Maduro: 'Tremendous Scandal', Guaido With Colombian Narcos
teleSUR -EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-13
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called the images of self-declared interim president Juan Guaido next to members of the Colombian paramilitary group, Los Rastrojos, a "tremendous scandal." | RELATED: | Maduro: 12m #NoMoreTrump Petitions to be Presented to UN | During a Friday address to the nation, President Maduro said the photos represent Guaido's "criminal alliance with the paramilitary drug gang, Los Rastrojos." The photos were revealed Thursday over Twitter by human rights def…
telesurenglish.net/news/Maduro-Tremendous-Scandal-Guaido-With-Colombian-Narcos-20190913-0011.html

The Pirates of Gibraltar
Sasan Fayazmanesh | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-13
On April 17, 2019, a tanker named Grace 1 left Iran for an unspecified destination with reportedly 2.1 million barrels of crude oil, worth some $130 million. According to a March 20 report in Reuters about how Iran tries to evade US sanctions, the Grace 1 was "Panamanian-flagged and managed by Singapore-based shipping services firm." The Grace 1, TankerTrackers reported, was built in 1997 and, given its age and size, was not allowed to dock at many ports. It therefore had a history of handling ship-to-ship fuel oil transfers at sea. It would typically receive fuel oil from Iran, the source stated, and then delive…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/13/the-pirates-of-gibraltar/

US Navy Enters Disputed South China Sea Amid Row With Beijing
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-13
A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Friday, the U.S. military said, a move likely to anger Beijing. | RELATED: | China, US Grant Trade Concessions Ahead of New Talks | The busy waterway is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-Chinese relationship, which include an escalating trade war, American sanctions on China's military and U.S. relations with Taiwan. | Commander Reann Mommsen, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fl…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Navy-Enters-Disputed-South-China-Sea-Amid-Row-With-Beijing-20190913-0002.html

The Pirates of Gibraltar
Sasan Fayazmanesh | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-13
On April 17, 2019, a tanker named Grace 1 left Iran for an unspecified destination with reportedly 2.1 million barrels of crude oil, worth some $130 million. According to a March 20 report in Reuters about how Iran tries to evade US sanctions, the Grace 1 was "Panamanian-flagged and managed by Singapore-based shipping services firm." The Grace 1, TankerTrackers reported, was built in 1997 and, given its age and size, was not allowed to dock at many ports. It therefore had a history of handling ship-to-ship fuel oil transfers at sea. It would typically receive fuel oil from Iran, the source stated, and then delive…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/13/the-pirates-of-gibraltar/

West Papua: End Australian and US training of Indonesian military
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-13
civil rights Peter BoyleIssue 1237 Australia West Papua independence Indonesian repressionSeptember 13, 2019″We are winning the struggle with Indonesia," said Benny Wenda, chair of the…
greenleft.org.au/content/west-papua-end-australian-and-us-training-indonesian-military

Sri Lanka still not safe for Tamils
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-13
refugee rights Sri Lankan civil war Tamil rights Chris SleeIssue 1237 Sri Lanka deportation to dangerSeptember 13, 20…
greenleft.org.au/content/sri-lanka-still-not-safe-tamils

Iran: A Club of Sanctioned Countries in Solidarity Against US Economic Terrorism
Press TV | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-13
PressTV Interview — transcript Background links: ifpnews.com/iranian-mps-propose-formatio… www.newsweek.com/russia-china-iran-fight… Excerpts: An Iranian parliamentary faction has come up with the idea of establishing a club of sanctioned countries for concerted action against the US economic terrorism. The chairman of the Parliament's faction on countering sanctions, Poormokhtar, gave a report on the formation of the faction and its …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/iran-a-club-of-sanctioned-countries-in-solidarity-against-us-economic-terrorism/

Exit John Bolton, But Will That Mean An End To His Failed Foreign Policy?
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-12
Leon Neal, Getty Images Many who oppose the aggressive foreign policy of the United States under President Donald Trump, which has resulted in record numbers of bombs dropped, regime change operations against Venezuela, Nicaragua, Iran and Hong Kong, the abusive use of unilateral coercive measures (sanctions) and record military budgets, cheered when uber-hawk, John Bolton …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/exit-john-bolton-but-will-that-mean-an-end-to-his-failed-foreign-policy/

California Outlaws For-Profit Prisons Including ICE Facilities
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-12
California lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday to ban for-profit prisons and migrant detention facilities to operate in the state. | RELATED: | US: Protests Against Salvadoran Deportation, Child with Cancer | California's governor Gavin Newsom still has to sign the bill under which the contracts of private prisons companies with the…
telesurenglish.net/news/California-Outlaws-For-Profit-Prisons-Including-ICE-Facilities–20190912-0024.html

Hostile UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria. Totally Disregards US-NATO Crimes against Humanity
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Established on August 22, 2011, around six months after US launched aggression on the country, the so-called "Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (COI)" is mandated to investigate war-related human rights abuses. | Instead, it produced over …
globalresearch.ca/syria-un-commission-inquiry-country/5688993

In Chicago, Survivors of Police Violence Heal Through Song
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-12
| Over a slice of caramel cake on a Tuesday evening last month, Mark Clements shared his story with me. At the young age of 16, Clements was tortured into confessing to crimes he did not commit. He subsequently spent nearly 30 years in prison. | "You know," he began, settling back into his chair, "when I went to prison, sister, I couldn't read that word right there." He pointed to a bulletin board behind me. The word displayed was "love." | "As a kid, you go into the prison system naive," Clements continue…
truthout.org/articles/in-chicago-survivors-of-police-violence-heal-through-song/

Administration to Drop Obama-Era Water Protection Rule
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-12
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday revoked an Obama-era regulation that shielded many U.S. wetlands and streams from pollution but was opposed by developers and farmers who said it hurt economic development and infringed on property rights. | Environmental groups criticized the administration's action, the latest in a series of moves to roll back environmental protections put into place under President Barack Obama. | The 2015 Waters of the United States rule defined the waterways subject to federal regulation. S…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-administration-to-drop-obama-era-water-protection-rule/

Marca Bristo leaves behind a legacy of disability justice
Michelle Zacarias | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-12
After a long battle with cancer, disability justice pioneer Marca Bristo passed away this week. The veteran community organizer was one of the key players in drafting and passing the Americans with Disabilities Act, civil rights legislation that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities. Bristo also founded Access Living, a Chicago-based disability rights organization that …
peoplesworld.org/article/marca-bristo-leaves-behind-a-legacy-of-disability-justice-rights/

Stop Jailing Kids: Australian Boy Pleads UN Human Rights Body
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-12
A 12-year-old Indigenous boy from Australia's Northern Territory addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva Wednesday during the 42nd session, appealing to its members to help bring an end to the jailing of children in Australia. | RELATED: | 'Can't Feel My Heart': Caged Migrant Children Face PTSD Report Warns | "I want adults to stop putting 10-year-old kids in jail," Dujuan Hoosan said before the council, becoming the youngest person to speak at the U.N. body. | In his speec…
telesurenglish.net/news/Stop-Jailing-Kids-Australian-Boy-Addresses-UN-Human-Rights-Body-20190912-0020.html

Trump's Asylum Crackdown Intensifies the Fight for Refugee Rights
Jack Herrera | thenation.com | 2019-09-12
Trump's Asylum Crackdown Intensifies the Fight for Refugee Rights…
thenation.com/article/trump-asylum-mexico-policy/

Annexing Jordan Valley would end 'illusion' of a meaningful two-State solution: UN rights expert
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-12
Israel's intention to annex the Jordan Valley is illegal and threatens chances for a meaningful two-State solution with the Palestinians, a UN independent human rights expert has said.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046222

Trump Condemned for Refusing to Grant Protected Status to Dorian Victims
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-12
| Reports late Wednesday that the Trump administration will not offer Temporary Protected Status to Bahamians displaced by Hurricane Dorian drew outrage from lawmakers and rights advocates, who condemned the decision as an inhumane…
truthout.org/articles/trump-condemned-for-refusing-to-grant-protected-status-to-dorian-victims/

Venezuela Oil Production Continues Decline as China Cancels More Shipments
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-12
Russian oil giant Rosneft blasted threats of US sanctions as "unfair competition."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14654

EU Extends Economic Sanctions Against Russia for 6 More Months
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-12
The Council of the European Union (EU) announced Thursday that it extends for six months the sanctions against Russia arguing that this country has undermined Ukraine's sovereignty and independence. | RELATED: | US, Canada, EU Join Forces to Intimidate Russia with Sanctions | The EU sanctions, which are being extended until March 15, 2020, consist of the assets freezing and travel bans against 170 Russian individuals and 44 entities. | In addition to these measures, the European…
telesurenglish.net/news/EU-Extends-Economic-Sanctions-Against-Russia-for-6-More-Months-20190912-0013.html

Venezuela Oil Production Continues Decline as China Cancels More Shipments
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-12
Russian oil giant Rosneft blasted threats of US sanctions as "unfair competition."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14654

Facebook sanctions Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu over hate speech violation
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-12
Facebook has sanctioned the page of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu because of a violation of the company's hate speech policy.Facebook said the social network had suspended for 24 hours the page's bot, or automated chat function.The page had called on voters to prevent the establishment of a government composed of "Arabs who want to destroy us all — women, children and men".The Facebook logo displayed on a smartphone (Dominic Lipinski/PA)…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/09/12/facebook-sanctions-israels-benjamin-netanyahu-over-hate-speech-violation/

Gates Foundation Award for Indian PM and 'Despot-in-the-Making' Narendra Modi Draws Anger From Rights Advocates
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-12
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For climate solutions, listen to First Nations' peoples
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-12
Indigenous rights Pip HinmanIssue 1237 Australia Murray-Darling Basin crisis ecosystems First Nations peopleSep…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-solutions-listen-first-nations-peoples

Climate Strike: It's gunna be huge
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-12
Climate change Climate Strike climate emergency workers' rights & unions Kerry SmithIssue 1237 Australia
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-strike-its-gunna-be-huge

Nationalism, borders, and the state
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-11
Last summer, protesters in Oregon set up a makeshift camp outside the Portland office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Similar encampments soon spread across the country, from Chicago to Los Angeles and New York. Horrified by stories of family separation and images of children in detention centers along the southern border, a consequence of […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/11/nationalism-borders-and-the-state/

The FBI Was Deeply Involved in CIA Black Site Interrogations Despite Years of Denials, Guantánamo Defense Lawyer Says
Margot Williams | theintercept.com | 2019-09-11
The word haunting the austere courtroom was torture. Torture not only tormented the perpetrators; it has delayed justice for the families of 9/11 victims.
theintercept.com/2019/09/11/fbi-cia-black-site-guantanamo/

Harrowing Cables Detail How the CIA Tortured Accused 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Jeopardizing the Case Against Him
Daniel DeFraia | theintercept.com | 2019-09-11
Thirteen recently declassified cables reveal interrogators' attempts to turn detainees into collaborators in the war against Al Qaeda.
theintercept.com/2019/09/11/khalid-sheikh-mohammed-torture-cia/

A Memoir From Hell: Samantha Power Will Do Anything for Human Rights Unless It Hurts Her Career
Jon Schwarz | theintercept.com | 2019-09-11
A new book by Obama's ambassador to the U.N. won't honestly tell us what she saw on the mountaintop because she wants to get back there.
theintercept.com/2019/09/11/a-memoir-from-hell-samantha-power-will-do-anything-for-human-rights-unless-it-hurts-her-career/

Incarcerated Pregnant Women Face Enormous Challenges With Few Reproductive Rights
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-11
Kimberly Haven, Reproductive Justice Inside Coalition Director, talks about the horror stories from pregnant women in prisons that were originally designed for men. Haven talks about what needs to change to protect women and their unborn children that will eventually come home to the community.
therealnews.com/stories/challenges-incarcerated-pregnant-women-face-are-enormous-with-few-reproductive-rights

UN report on Syria conflict highlights inhumane detention of women and children
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-11
As the people of north-west Syria face intensifying violence, tens of thousands of women and children continue to be kept in "inhumane conditions" in a remote camp on the other side of the country, UN-appointed independent investigators said on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046102

Iran thaw coming? After firing chief hawk, Trump hints at lifting sanctions on Tehran
rt.com | 2019-09-11
Days after saying he had "no problem" meeting his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani and soon after firing his hawkish adviser John Bolton, US President Donald Trump has hinted he may lift some sanctions on Tehran. | Iran has been under crippling US economic sanctions since the US unilaterally withdrew last May from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, or Iran Nuclear Deal). Relations between Washington and Tehran have since deteriorated, with the sanctions accompanied by a military buildup in the Persian Gulf and back-and-forth threats from both sides. | But, speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Trum…
rt.com/usa/468605-trump-lift-iran-sanctions/

Irwin Cotler: Anti-Palestinian, Pro-Terrorist, Anti-Human Rights
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-10
If the ancient storyteller Aesop was correct and "a man is known by the company he keeps" what can we learn about Irwin Cotler from his friends and associates? As I've written, the former Liberal justice minister has been a leading anti-Palestinian activist for decades. More recently, he has sought to unseat Venezuela's government and …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/irwin-cotler-anti-palestinian-pro-terrorist-anti-human-rights/

Nicaragua 'crisis' still cause for concern amid murder, torture allegations: Bachelet
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-10
Nicaragua's on-going human rights crisis can be resolved peacefully through dialogue, the UN's top rights official said on Tuesday, before expressing concern about allegations of torture and murder of protesters involved in last year's anti-Government demonstrations.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046012

Tuesday's Daily Brief: Afghanistan 'direct talks' needed, Nicaragua rights crisis, Bangladesh monsoon and Libya detainees latest, Dorian update
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-10
A recap of Monday's top stories: All Afghans must participate in peace process; Nicaragua's rights crisis can be resolved says Bachelet; Rohingya refugees impacted by monsoon rains; Libya detainees to be evacuated to Rwanda; and multiple donors show solidarity with the Bahamas.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046082

From a Lebanese Refugee Camp to Harvard, Ismail Ajjawi Inspires Other Palestinian Students
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-10
Today marks a week since Ismail Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student who was denied entry into the United States, began classes with his fellow Harvard freshmen. Ajjawi was initially turned away at Boston's Logan Airport after immigration officials searched his phone and computer, and interrogated him about his religion and social media posts by friends that were critical of U.S. policy. He was then forced to return home to Lebanon, but his case provoked outrage on the Harvard campus and among some Palestinian rights and academic freedom groups. Ajjawi, who is attending Harvard on a full scholarship, was edu…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/10/palestini…

Scourge of slavery still claims 40 million victims worldwide, 'must serve as a wakeup call'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-09
Incidents of modern-day slavery are "only likely to increase" as a result of some of biggest challenges facing the world today, a UN expert outlined in a report for the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045972

Georgia Kumho Tire workers opt for union
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-09
Macon, GA – Workers at the Kumho Tire factory in Macon, Georgia, voted to join the United Steelworkers (USW) union, September 7, nearly two years after the initial vote was marred by the company's numerous violations of workers' rights. | While some legal challenges remain before the election results are official, the initial vote count showed 141 votes for the union and 137 against, with 13 challenged ballots still to be resolved at an upcoming hearing. | About 325 workers would be in the USW bargaining unit at Kumho. | An administrative law judge issued an order in May for a new vote at the Kumho factory after…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/9/georgia-k…

We are 'burning up our future', UN's Bachelet tells Human Rights Council
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-09
The Human Rights Council opened in Geneva on Monday with a warning from the UN's top rights official that, with forest fires raging in the Amazon, "we are burning up our future, literally".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045862

Georgia Kumho Tire workers opt for union
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-09
Macon, GA – Workers at the Kumho Tire factory in Macon, Georgia, voted to join the United Steelworkers (USW) union, September 7, nearly two years after the initial vote was marred by the company's numerous violations of workers' rights. | While some legal challenges remain before the election results are official, the initial vote count showed 141 votes for the union and 137 against, with 13 challenged ballots still to be resolved at an upcoming hearing. | About 325 workers would be in the USW bargaining unit at Kumho. | An administrative law judge issued an order in May for a new vote at the Kumho factory after…
fightbacknews.org/2019/9/9/georgia-kumho-tire-workers-opt-union

Monday's Daily Brief: Suicide death every 40 seconds, rights chief on climate change link, Venezuela, Dorian updates, desertification summit latest
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-09
A recap of Monday's top stories: Someone dies by suicide every 40 seconds says new report; UN rights chief highlights climate change threat, and "devastating toll" on Venezuela; deputy chief Amina Mohammed says halting desertification is a key part of climate action; health agency pledges millions to Hurricane Dorian response.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045952

2019-09-14: News Headlines

Joe Piette (2019-09-14). Protest of India's rule over Kashmir. workers.org Chanting "From Kashmir to Palestine, occupation is a crime," over 100 people, mostly immigrants from Kashmir, rallied on Sept. 6 outside the Masjid Al-Madinah Upper Darby Islamic Center near Philadelphia to call attention to India's recent human rights' abuses and violations of Kashmir's sovereignty. | Continue reading Protest of India's rule over Kashmir at Workers.org

WSWS (2019-09-14). No letup in Trump's war on immigrants as 37-year-old Mexican man dies in ICE custody. wsws.org The recent Supreme Court ruling effectively eliminating the right to asylum is but the latest and sharpest expression of the attack on the rights of immigrants.

WSWS (2019-09-14). British judge jails Assange indefinitely, despite end of prison sentence. wsws.org The ruling, which confines Assange to prison indefinitely, is the latest in a series of attacks on his legal and democratic rights by the British judiciary.

teleSUR -EF, LA (2019-09-14). New Hearing to be Held for Peruvian Opposition Leader. telesurenglish.net Peru's Constitutional Court (CC) will hold a hearing Sept. 25 regarding the appeal filed by opposition leader Keiko Fujimori whose lawyers are seeking to annul the legislator's preventive detention that has kept her in prison since late October 2018 on allegations of corruption. | RELATED: | Us Judge Keeps Peru Ex-President in Prison to Wife's Protest | The date was announced Friday by Constitutional Court President Ernesto Blume one day after the court reduced Fujimori's pretrial…

Sasan Fayazmanesh (2019-09-13). The Pirates of Gibraltar. counterpunch.org On April 17, 2019, a tanker named Grace 1 left Iran for an unspecified destination with reportedly 2.1 million barrels of crude oil, worth some $130 million. According to a March 20 report in Reuters about how Iran tries to evade US sanctions, the Grace 1 was "Panamanian-flagged and managed by Singapore-based shipping services firm." The Grace 1, TankerTrackers reported, was built in 1997 and, given its age and size, was not allowed to dock at many ports. It therefore had a history of handling ship-to-ship fuel oil transfers at sea. It would typically receive fuel oil from Iran, the source stated, and then delive…

Ellie Dorritie (2019-09-13). Buffalo demonstrates solidarity with El Paso Firme. workers.org Im/migrant rights supporters held a rally and march in Buffalo, N,Y., on Sept. 7 in solidarity with El Paso Firme, taking place in El Paso, Texas, on the same day. The National Action Against White Supremacy was called by the Border Network for Human Rights, RAICES Texas, the National Day . . . | Continue reading Buffalo demonstrates solidarity with El Paso Firme at Workers.org

Ajamu Baraka (2019-09-13). There Can be no Workers' Rights without Peace and Social Justice: Ajamu Baraka. globalresearch.ca "War and militarism are class issues." | Black Alliance for Peace national organizer and Black Agenda Report editor Ajamu Baraka delivered the following remarks to the International Trade Union Forum in Solidarity with Workers and People to Break the Economic …

teleSUR (2019-09-13). Baltimore Displays Inflatable 'Trump Rat' to Greet US President. telesurenglish.net Dozens of protesters gathered in downtown Baltimore on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump made his first visit to the city since he blasted it as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." | RELATED: | Trump Fired Bolton for Going Against Easing Iran Sanctions | "A 14-foot inflatable Trump rat feels like an appropriate form of protest for th…

teleSUR (2019-09-13). US Navy Enters Disputed South China Sea Amid Row With Beijing. telesurenglish.net A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Friday, the U.S. military said, a move likely to anger Beijing. | RELATED: | China, US Grant Trade Concessions Ahead of New Talks | The busy waterway is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-Chinese relationship, which include an escalating trade war, American sanctions on China's military and U.S. relations with Taiwan. | Commander Reann Mommsen, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fl…

teleSUR -EF (2019-09-13). Maduro: 'Tremendous Scandal', Guaido With Colombian Narcos. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called the images of self-declared interim president Juan Guaido next to members of the Colombian paramilitary group, Los Rastrojos, a "tremendous scandal." | RELATED: | Maduro: 12m #NoMoreTrump Petitions to be Presented to UN | During a Friday address to the nation, President Maduro said the photos represent Guaido's "criminal alliance with the paramilitary drug gang, Los Rastrojos." The photos were revealed Thursday over Twitter by human rights def…

Press TV (2019-09-13). Iran: A Club of Sanctioned Countries in Solidarity Against US Economic Terrorism. dissidentvoice.org PressTV Interview — transcript Background links: ifpnews.com/iranian-mps-propose-formatio… www.newsweek.com/russia-china-iran-fight… Excerpts: An Iranian parliamentary faction has come up with the idea of establishing a club of sanctioned countries for concerted action against the US economic terrorism. The chairman of the Parliament's faction on countering sanctions, Poormokhtar, gave a report on the formation of the faction and its …

susan_p (2019-09-13). Sri Lanka still not safe for Tamils. greenleft.org.au refugee rights Sri Lankan civil war Tamil rights Chris SleeIssue 1237 Sri Lanka deportation to dangerSeptember 13, 20…

pip.hinman (2019-09-13). West Papua: End Australian and US training of Indonesian military. greenleft.org.au civil rights Peter BoyleIssue 1237 Australia West Papua independence Indonesian repressionSeptember 13, 2019″We are winning the struggle with Indonesia," said Benny Wenda, chair of the…

The Canary (2019-09-12). Facebook sanctions Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu over hate speech violation. thecanary.co Facebook has sanctioned the page of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu because of a violation of the company's hate speech policy.Facebook said the social network had suspended for 24 hours the page's bot, or automated chat function.The page had called on voters to prevent the establishment of a government composed of "Arabs who want to destroy us all — women, children and men".The Facebook logo displayed on a smartphone (Dominic Lipinski/PA)…

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-09-12). Exit John Bolton, But Will That Mean An End To His Failed Foreign Policy? dissidentvoice.org Leon Neal, Getty Images Many who oppose the aggressive foreign policy of the United States under President Donald Trump, which has resulted in record numbers of bombs dropped, regime change operations against Venezuela, Nicaragua, Iran and Hong Kong, the abusive use of unilateral coercive measures (sanctions) and record military budgets, cheered when uber-hawk, John Bolton …

Staff (2019-09-12). Administration to Drop Obama-Era Water Protection Rule. truthdig.com TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday revoked an Obama-era regulation that shielded many U.S. wetlands and streams from pollution but was opposed by developers and farmers who said it hurt economic development and infringed on property rights. | Environmental groups criticized the administration's action, the latest in a series of moves to roll back environmental protections put into place under President Barack Obama. | The 2015 Waters of the United States rule defined the waterways subject to federal regulation. S…

Michelle Zacarias (2019-09-12). Marca Bristo leaves behind a legacy of disability justice. peoplesworld.org After a long battle with cancer, disability justice pioneer Marca Bristo passed away this week. The veteran community organizer was one of the key players in drafting and passing the Americans with Disabilities Act, civil rights legislation that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities. Bristo also founded Access Living, a Chicago-based disability rights organization that …

teleSUR (2019-09-12). California Outlaws For-Profit Prisons Including ICE Facilities. telesurenglish.net California lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday to ban for-profit prisons and migrant detention facilities to operate in the state. | RELATED: | US: Protests Against Salvadoran Deportation, Child with Cancer | California's governor Gavin Newsom still has to sign the bill under which the contracts of private prisons companies with the…

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-12). Hostile UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria. Totally Disregards US-NATO Crimes against Humanity. globalresearch.ca Established on August 22, 2011, around six months after US launched aggression on the country, the so-called "Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (COI)" is mandated to investigate war-related human rights abuses. | Instead, it produced over …

Ricardo Vaz (2019-09-12). Venezuela Oil Production Continues Decline as China Cancels More Shipments. venezuelanalysis.com Russian oil giant Rosneft blasted threats of US sanctions as "unfair competition."

teleSUR (2019-09-12). EU Extends Economic Sanctions Against Russia for 6 More Months. telesurenglish.net The Council of the European Union (EU) announced Thursday that it extends for six months the sanctions against Russia arguing that this country has undermined Ukraine's sovereignty and independence. | RELATED: | US, Canada, EU Join Forces to Intimidate Russia with Sanctions | The EU sanctions, which are being extended until March 15, 2020, consist of the assets freezing and travel bans against 170 Russian individuals and 44 entities. | In addition to these measures, the European…

Jack Herrera (2019-09-12). Trump's Asylum Crackdown Intensifies the Fight for Refugee Rights. thenation.com Trump's Asylum Crackdown Intensifies the Fight for Refugee Rights…

teleSUR (2019-09-12). Stop Jailing Kids: Australian Boy Pleads UN Human Rights Body. telesurenglish.net A 12-year-old Indigenous boy from Australia's Northern Territory addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva Wednesday during the 42nd session, appealing to its members to help bring an end to the jailing of children in Australia. | RELATED: | 'Can't Feel My Heart': Caged Migrant Children Face PTSD Report Warns | "I want adults to stop putting 10-year-old kids in jail," Dujuan Hoosan said before the council, becoming the youngest person to speak at the U.N. body. | In his speec…

United Nations (2019-09-12). Annexing Jordan Valley would end 'illusion' of a meaningful two-State solution: UN rights expert. un.org Israel's intention to annex the Jordan Valley is illegal and threatens chances for a meaningful two-State solution with the Palestinians, a UN independent human rights expert has said.

Staff (2019-09-12). Trump Condemned for Refusing to Grant Protected Status to Dorian Victims. truthout.org | | Reports late Wednesday that the Trump administration will not offer Temporary Protected Status to Bahamians displaced by Hurricane Dorian drew outrage from lawmakers and rights advocates, who condemned the decision as an inhumane…

Staff (2019-09-12). In Chicago, Survivors of Police Violence Heal Through Song. truthout.org | | Over a slice of caramel cake on a Tuesday evening last month, Mark Clements shared his story with me. At the young age of 16, Clements was tortured into confessing to crimes he did not commit. He subsequently spent nearly 30 years in prison. | "You know," he began, settling back into his chair, "when I went to prison, sister, I couldn't read that word right there." He pointed to a bulletin board behind me. The word displayed was "love." | "As a kid, you go into the prison system naive," Clements continue…

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-09-12). Gates Foundation Award for Indian PM and 'Despot-in-the-Making' Narendra Modi Draws Anger From Rights Advocates. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

pip.hinman (2019-09-12). For climate solutions, listen to First Nations' peoples. greenleft.org.au Indigenous rights Pip HinmanIssue 1237 Australia Murray-Darling Basin crisis ecosystems First Nations peopleSep…

kathy_f (2019-09-12). Climate Strike: It's gunna be huge. greenleft.org.au Climate change Climate Strike climate emergency workers' rights & unions Kerry SmithIssue 1237 Australia

RT (2019-09-11). Iran thaw coming? After firing chief hawk, Trump hints at lifting sanctions on Tehran. rt.com Days after saying he had "no problem" meeting his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani and soon after firing his hawkish adviser John Bolton, US President Donald Trump has hinted he may lift some sanctions on Tehran. | Iran has been under crippling US economic sanctions since the US unilaterally withdrew last May from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, or Iran Nuclear Deal). Relations between Washington and Tehran have since deteriorated, with the sanctions accompanied by a military buildup in the Persian Gulf and back-and-forth threats from both sides. | But, speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Trum…

Staff (2019-09-11). Incarcerated Pregnant Women Face Enormous Challenges With Few Reproductive Rights. therealnews.com Kimberly Haven, Reproductive Justice Inside Coalition Director, talks about the horror stories from pregnant women in prisons that were originally designed for men. Haven talks about what needs to change to protect women and their unborn children that will eventually come home to the community.

Jon Schwarz (2019-09-11). A Memoir From Hell: Samantha Power Will Do Anything for Human Rights Unless It Hurts Her Career. theintercept.com A new book by Obama's ambassador to the U.N. won't honestly tell us what she saw on the mountaintop because she wants to get back there.

Eds. (2019-09-11). Nationalism, borders, and the state. mronline.org Last summer, protesters in Oregon set up a makeshift camp outside the Portland office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Similar encampments soon spread across the country, from Chicago to Los Angeles and New York. Horrified by stories of family separation and images of children in detention centers along the southern border, a consequence of […] | Source

Daniel DeFraia (2019-09-11). Harrowing Cables Detail How the CIA Tortured Accused 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Jeopardizing the Case Against Him. theintercept.com Thirteen recently declassified cables reveal interrogators' attempts to turn detainees into collaborators in the war against Al Qaeda.

United Nations (2019-09-11). UN report on Syria conflict highlights inhumane detention of women and children. un.org As the people of north-west Syria face intensifying violence, tens of thousands of women and children continue to be kept in "inhumane conditions" in a remote camp on the other side of the country, UN-appointed independent investigators said on Wednesday.

Staff (2019-09-11). Headlines for September 11, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Ousts National Security Adviser John Bolton, Palestinians Say Annexation of West Bank Would Be "Paramount to a War Crime", Scottish Court Declares Johnson's Suspension of Parliament Ahead of Brexit "Unlawful", Japan Warns Radioactive Water from Fukushima to Be Dumped into Pacific Ocean, Republicans Win Two Special Congressional Elections in North Carolina, Study: 1,700 Polling Places Have Closed Since Gutting of Voting Rights Act, California Votes to Force Gig Companies to Treat Contract Workers Like Employees, Number of Uninsured Americans Jumps to 27.5 Million, CDC Warns Against Vaping Use as Sixth User D…

Yves Engler (2019-09-10). Irwin Cotler: Anti-Palestinian, Pro-Terrorist, Anti-Human Rights. dissidentvoice.org If the ancient storyteller Aesop was correct and "a man is known by the company he keeps" what can we learn about Irwin Cotler from his friends and associates? As I've written, the former Liberal justice minister has been a leading anti-Palestinian activist for decades. More recently, he has sought to unseat Venezuela's government and …

United Nations (2019-09-10). Tuesday's Daily Brief: Afghanistan 'direct talks' needed, Nicaragua rights crisis, Bangladesh monsoon and Libya detainees latest, Dorian update. un.org A recap of Monday's top stories: All Afghans must participate in peace process; Nicaragua's rights crisis can be resolved says Bachelet; Rohingya refugees impacted by monsoon rains; Libya detainees to be evacuated to Rwanda; and multiple donors show solidarity with the Bahamas.

United Nations (2019-09-10). Nicaragua 'crisis' still cause for concern amid murder, torture allegations: Bachelet. un.org Nicaragua's on-going human rights crisis can be resolved peacefully through dialogue, the UN's top rights official said on Tuesday, before expressing concern about allegations of torture and murder of protesters involved in last year's anti-Government demonstrations.

Staff (2019-09-10). From a Lebanese Refugee Camp to Harvard, Ismail Ajjawi Inspires Other Palestinian Students. democracynow.org Today marks a week since Ismail Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student who was denied entry into the United States, began classes with his fellow Harvard freshmen. Ajjawi was initially turned away at Boston's Logan Airport after immigration officials searched his phone and computer, and interrogated him about his religion and social media posts by friends that were critical of U.S. policy. He was then forced to return home to Lebanon, but his case provoked outrage on the Harvard campus and among some Palestinian rights and academic freedom groups. Ajjawi, who is attending Harvard on a full scholarship, was edu…

Staff (2019-09-10). Headlines for September 10, 2019. democracynow.org Wilbur Ross Under Fire After Reports of Political Meddling at NOAA, Trump Says "Bad People" from Hurricane-Ravaged Bahamas Trying to Enter U.S., Boris Johnson Dealt More Blows over Brexit Plan as U.K. Parliament Suspended, U.N. Human Rights Chief: Climate Change Greatest Threat to Human Rights, French Summer Heat Waves Linked to 1,500 Deaths, Paraguay: Human Remains Found Under Former Property of Ex-Dictator Alfredo Stroessner, Bangladesh Imposes Mobile Phone Blackout on Rohingya Refugees, North Korea Fires 2 Projectiles After Proposing Renewal of Talks with U.S., Reports: CIA Extracted Russian Informant Who Prov…

Fight Back (2019-09-09). Georgia Kumho Tire workers opt for union. fightbacknews.org Macon, GA – Workers at the Kumho Tire factory in Macon, Georgia, voted to join the United Steelworkers (USW) union, September 7, nearly two years after the initial vote was marred by the company's numerous violations of workers' rights. | While some legal challenges remain before the election results are official, the initial vote count showed 141 votes for the union and 137 against, with 13 challenged ballots still to be resolved at an upcoming hearing. | About 325 workers would be in the USW bargaining unit at Kumho. | An administrative law judge issued an order in May for a new vote at the Kumho factory after…

United Nations (2019-09-09). Monday's Daily Brief: Suicide death every 40 seconds, rights chief on climate change link, Venezuela, Dorian updates, desertification summit latest. un.org A recap of Monday's top stories: Someone dies by suicide every 40 seconds says new report; UN rights chief highlights climate change threat, and "devastating toll" on Venezuela; deputy chief Amina Mohammed says halting desertification is a key part of climate action; health agency pledges millions to Hurricane Dorian response.

United Nations (2019-09-09). Scourge of slavery still claims 40 million victims worldwide, 'must serve as a wakeup call'. un.org Incidents of modern-day slavery are "only likely to increase" as a result of some of biggest challenges facing the world today, a UN expert outlined in a report for the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.

Fight Back (2019-09-09). Georgia Kumho Tire workers opt for union. fightbacknews.org Macon, GA – Workers at the Kumho Tire factory in Macon, Georgia, voted to join the United Steelworkers (USW) union, September 7, nearly two years after the initial vote was marred by the company's numerous violations of workers' rights. | While some legal challenges remain before the election results are official, the initial vote count showed 141 votes for the union and 137 against, with 13 challenged ballots still to be resolved at an upcoming hearing. | About 325 workers would be in the USW bargaining unit at Kumho. | An administrative law judge issued an order in May for a new vote at the Kumho factory after…

United Nations (2019-09-09). We are 'burning up our future', UN's Bachelet tells Human Rights Council. un.org The Human Rights Council opened in Geneva on Monday with a warning from the UN's top rights official that, with forest fires raging in the Amazon, "we are burning up our future, literally".

Staff (2019-09-09). "No Accountability": FBI Investigates ICE Shooting of Undocumented Man in Nashville Suburb. democracynow.org The FBI is investigating the shooting of an undocumented immigrant by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a traffic stop last week. The shooting occurred Thursday at a supermarket parking lot in Antioch, a suburb of Nashville, where workers often gather to be picked up for a day's work. ICE agents were attempting to detain an unnamed 39-year-old Mexican man, who reportedly attempted to flee in a white box truck, when one of the agents shot him twice. It has now been revealed that the ICE agent involved in the shooting is one of the officers who made headlines in July after community members blocke…

Jeff Abbott (2019-09-08). The Other Americans: Colombia's Fragile Peace in Splinters. progressive.org The renewal of armed struggle follows neglect of the peace process from the far right. "[President] Duque is taking advantage of the discourse of Donald Trump to put back in place repressive politics," a human rights defender says.

United Nations (2019-09-08). UN chief welcomes prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine. un.org United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed on Sunday, yesterday's exchange of prisoners and detainees between Russia and Ukraine.

Fight Back (2019-09-07). Texas protest says "No kids in cages" fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX – 60 people showed up at a protest organized by the Progressive Student Union (PSU) at the University of Texas at Arlington, September 4, against the Trump administration's change to of policy on the detention of undocumented children. | Mark Napieralski, an organizer from the Progressive Student Union, spoke about how the Flores Agreement banned holding children indefinitely – and how the Trump administration is moving to keep children in indefinite detention in concentration camps along the southern border. | Speakers at the rally included Minister Katie Hays from the Galileo Church and Harold Ch…