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Mexican president calls for Julian Assange's freedom
wsws.org | 2020-01-04
In response to a question from a reporter, Lopez Obrador said the WikiLeaks founder should be pardoned and his torture should be ended.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/04/amlo…

Trump's march to war on Iran aided by Democrats' weakness on sanctions, nuclear deal
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-04
The US assassination of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander, is the culmination of three years of Trump administration…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/04/trumps-march-to-war-on-iran-aided-by-democrats-weakness-on-sanctions-nuclear-deal/

International Criminal Court to investigate Israeli war crimes
wsws.org | 2020-01-04
Human rights groups have told the UN Human Rights Council, which is investigating Israel's use of lethal fire against protestors, that no evidence exists of a single protester killed in Gaza border protests being armed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/04/isra…

Every Friday Demo Basta Save Chelsea & Julian from Torture and Death
Orion the elder | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
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Fighting gentrifiers for the rights of the homeless
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2020-01-04
On New Year's Eve, Cleveland City Councilwoman Dona Brady looked out her upstairs window at demonstrators outside her home. A noisy group was holding a vigil and chanting, "Who're we out here for? The homeless." Cleveland, Ohio WW photo: Martha Grevatt Councilwoman Brady has attempted to prevent the progressive Denison . . . | Continue reading Fighting gentrifiers for the rights of the homeless at Workers.org…
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Trump Order Aimed at Palestine Solidarity, Not Antisemitism
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2020-01-04
by Gregory Shupak Antisemitism is a very real problem–which Donald Trump is exploiting to advance an anti-Palestinian agenda. | President Donald Trump issued an executive order last month to deny funding to post-secondary schools that violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by discriminating against Jewish people. The order notes that such bigotry is rooted in antisemitism, and says that it will determine whether discrimination has occurred by using the non-legally binding working definition of antisemiti…
fair.org/home/trump-order-aimed-at-palestine-solidarity-not-antisemitism/

Censored News Honors Heroes in Resistance 2019
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
Censored News honors our heroes, writers, photographers and translators, as we celebrate their wisdom, courage and fearlessness in the struggle for human rights and justice in the protection of the air, land, water and all living beings.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/02/18829388.php

Russia, Ukraine reach last minute gas transit deal
wsws.org | 2020-01-04
The EU pushed for the Ukraine and Russia to accept a deal following the US announcement of sanctions against the Russian-German pipeline Nord Stream 2.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/04/ukra…

Venezuela requests extradition of defectors involved in attacks on military bases
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-04
Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced on January 2 that the government has filed a formal request to Brazil to extradite the five defectors of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB) detained in Brazil, who were involved in the attack on military bases in the Gran Sabana municipality. | "We have sent our counterpart of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Augusto Aras, a communication informing him of the proceedings for the extradition of 5 former FANB officers involved in the attacks on two military bases in the municipality of Gran Sabana. In this communication we formally request that the…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/04/venezuela-requests-extradition-of-defectors-involved-in-attacks-on-military-bases/

I'm Jewish. I fight anti-Semitism and I support Palestinian rights
Phyllis Bennis | zcomm.org | 2020-01-04
Insisting that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism doesn't make it true. A new generation of young Jews — and a whole bunch of us who aren't so young anymore — know that's wrong…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/im-jewish-i-fight-anti-semitism-and-i-support-palestinian-rights/

UN Concerned over British Government's Failure to Investigate Whether Assange Has Been Subjected to Psychological Torture
Ceren Sagir | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
United Nations special rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer has written to governments to press them to investigate properly evidence that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been subjected to psychological torture. | On December 31 Mr Melzer shared on Twitter a letter …
globalresearch.ca/un-concerned-british-government-failure-investigate-assange-has-been-subjected-psychological-torture/5699511

"Chelsea Manning's incarceration and fines are akin to torture"
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-03
Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, has published a letter to the US government condemning its treatment of Manning…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/03/chelsea-mannings-incarceration-and-fines-are-akin-to-torture/

'Centuries of women's struggles threatened in Modi regime in India'
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-03
The 12th National Conference of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) took place in Mumbai from 27-30 December, 2019. The conference raised the slogan, 'Safeguard our Constitution, Uphold Women's Rights.' Over 700 delegates attended the conference from across the country and debated how to fight the current onslaught of constitutional rights which also poses a grave threat to the rights gained by women through centuries of struggles. The delegates also talk about the struggles they have successfully led in their states.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/03/centuries-of-womens-struggles-threatened-in-modi-regime-in-india/

One million march in Hong Kong on New Year's Day
wsws.org | 2020-01-03
To develop a genuine struggle for democratic rights, workers, students and young people must break the bonds that have been placed on the movement by various factions of the capitalist class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/03/hong…

Marx and Social Justice: Ethics and Natural Law in the Critique of Political Economy reviewed by Xuanpu Zhuang
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-03
According to McCarthy, Marx rejects the view of justice in liberalism, which is limited to individual rights and fair distribution and provides a new one based on Aristotle's definition of social justice grounded in ethics and politics. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/03/marx-and-social-justice-ethics-and-natural-law-in-the-critique-of-political-economy-reviewed-by-xuanpu-zhuang/

The ICC Will Likely Throw Out Palestine's Case for War Crimes, Norman Finkelstein Says
Philip Weiss | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
Last week supporters of Palestinian human rights were buoyed by the announcement from the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court that she had decided to open a formal investigation of Israel for war crimes in the occupied territories, including the …
globalresearch.ca/icc-likely-throw-out-palestine-case-war-crimes-norman-finkelstein-says/5699471

World Braille Day marks key communication tool for millions
news.un.org | 2020-01-03
Being marked for only the second time ever, World Braille Day on Saturday raises awareness of the importance of the tactile global communication system which helps enable blind and visually impaired people, to realize their full human rights.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1054761

Video: US Sanctions and the Caesar Act, Oil and Gas, Chemical Weapons, and the Syrian Response
Bouthaina Shaaban | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
The Caesar Act is one of the main topics discussed by the Media and Political Advisor in the Syrian Presidency Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban in a thorough must watch and learn from interview with Kamal Khalaf of Al-Mayadeen News channel. | Dr. …
globalresearch.ca/caesar-act-oil-gas-chemical-weapons-syrian-response/5699287

US assassinates Iranian general Qassem Soleimani
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-03
Major general Qassem Soleimani, as well as Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, head of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and five others, was killed in an attack on Baghdad airport that was sanctioned by president Donald Trump…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/03/us-assassinates-iranian-general-qassem-soleimani/

Cuba Reject US Sanctions Against Minister
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-03
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez described as "slanderous" the sanction imposed by the United States against the head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) of the Antillean country, Leopoldo Cintra Frías. | RELATED: | 61 Years Strong: Cuba's Revolution Lives On Despite Blockade | With a message on his Twitter account, Rodriguez "strongly" rejected the measure announced by the U.S. Department of State which prohibits entry into their national territory of Cintra Frías and cl…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-reject-us-sanctions-against-minister-of-ffaa-20200103-0017.html

Nord Stream 2: US Sanctions
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-03
Does Mr. Trump really not grasp that his sanctions left and right — and now on the Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 — is committing economic suicide, not for himself, of course, but for the United States? He attempts to punish not only Russia, but all the corporations, construction companies, Russian, German and from …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/nord-stream-2-us-sanctions/

Around the World in 8 Minutes: The revolutionary life and legacy of Safdar Hashmi
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-03
We take a look at the revolutionary life of Safdar Hashmi and the legacy he left behind along with Germanwings strike and a hunger strike by Palestinian administrative detainee.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/03/around-the-world-in-8-minutes-the-revolutionary-life-and-legacy-of-safdar-hashmir/

UNICEF chief hopes 2020 will be 'a year of peace' for Syria's children
news.un.org | 2020-01-02
Only an end to the war in Syria can bring safety to children there, the head of the UN child rights agency said on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1054661

PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (26 December 2019 — 01 January 2020)
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-02
Summary This week, PCHR documented 198 violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL) by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and settlers in the occupied Palestinian territory. This week witnessed an increase of Israeli violation regarding demolition and settlement activities in addition to settlers' attacks and incursions. …
imemc.org/article/pchr-weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-26-december-2019-01-january-2020/

Federal appeals courts give workers some wins
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-02
WASHINGTON–The U.S. Supreme Court hasn't taken, much less tackled, workers' rights cases in the last six months, but the federal appeals courts have–and they've given workers some wins. That's not to say the appellate victories would immediately set precedents and lay down the law, so to speak, for workers nationwide. That's what the U.S. Supreme …
peoplesworld.org/article/federal-appeals-courts-give-workers-some-wins/

IACHR Requests Precautionary Measures for Former Ecuadorean VP
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-02
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) requested Thursday precautionary measures in favor of former Vice President of Ecuador Jorge Glas, jailed since October 2017 after being sentenced to six years in prison as part of a case linked to the bribe plot of the Brazilian company Odebrecht which Glas denies to have taken part of. | RELATED: | Pabon: Fear and Persecution Can Hurt the Pillars of Democracy | Glas' attorney Fausto Jarrin announced it with a photograph that sho…
telesurenglish.net/news/iachr-asks-to-protect-the-life-and-integrity-of-jorge-glas-20200102-0021.html

Dr. Ashrawi: Israel's Plan to Replace Jerusalem UNRWA Schools a Part of War on Palestinian Rights
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-02
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), on Thursday, condemned the announced plan of the Israeli municipality in occupied Jerusalem, to replace UNRWA-run schools. "The announced plan of the so-called Israeli municipality in occupied Jerusalem, to replace UNRWA-run schools, is an extension of …
imemc.org/article/dr-ashrawi-israels-plan-to-replace-jerusalem-unrwa-schools-a-part-of-war-on-palestinian-rights/

Anglophone vs Francophone in Cameroon
J.B. Gerald | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-02
On an ugliness scale of one to ten, if the U.S. Guantanamo prison is 7, the French military in Algeria 8, Pinochet's controls of Chile 9, and the Inquisition 10, the severity, scale and number of Cameroon military human rights violations is possibly 4 and a half. Still, is the suffering of any victim ever …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/anglophone-vs-francophone-in-cameroon/

Egyptian human rights lawyer assaulted by suspected cops
shweta | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-01
Gamal Eid was physically assaulted by a group of armed men, whom he believes were police officers, on December 29, Sunday. The men, numbering around 10-12, were armed with pistols and proceeded to pour paint all over Eid…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/01/egyptian-human-rights-lawyer-assaulted-by-suspected-cops/

First Lady of the World: Eleanor Roosevelt's Impact on New Deal to U.N. Declaration of Human Rights
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-01
2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote, and we begin the new decade with a New Year's Day special about one of the most influential women in U.S. politics: first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. She served as the first lady of the United States from 1933, when her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt took office, until his death during his fourth term in office in 1945. She went on to serve as United States delegate to the United Nations General Assembly and spearheaded the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights. President Harry Truman later called her the "First Lady…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/1/eleanor_ro…

Palestinian administrative detainee Ahmad Zahran has been on hunger strike for 100 days
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-01
Israeli authorities had earlier committed to not renewing his period of administrative detention once it expired in October but failed to honor their promise. This led Ahmad Zahran to once again launch a hunger strike…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/01/palestinian-administrative-detainee-ahmad-zahran-has-been-on-hunger-strike-for-100-days/

France's Undocumented Migrants Are Fighting for Their Rights
Harrison Stetler | thenation.com | 2019-12-31
France's Undocumented Migrants Are Fighting for Their Rights…
thenation.com/article/france-migrants-macron-refugees/

Headlines for December 31, 2019
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-31
Protests Rage Outside U.S. Embassy in Iraq After U.S. Airstrikes Kill 24, Hate Crime Charges Filed Against Suspect in Hanukkah Stabbing in NY, Texas Church Shooter Had Long Criminal History, NYT: Top Officials Failed to Convince Trump to Release Withheld Ukraine Aid, Death Toll from Crackdown on Protests in India Rises to 27, Five Kashmiri Political Leaders Released from Detention, Sudanese Court Sentences 29 to Death for Killing Teacher in Anti-Protest Crackdown, Thousands Flee to the Ocean to Escape Australia Wildfires, Former Nissan Head Flees Japan to Lebanon to Escape Trial on Financial Crimes, New York Sett…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/31/headline…

2019: The UN News year in photos
news.un.org | 2019-12-31
From sustainable development to economic development, and human rights to humanitarian aid, UN News provides daily coverage across all of the Organization's key issues — health, migration, climate change and so much…
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/12/1054401

Israel/Palestine war crimes probe 'momentous step forward', says UN rights expert
news.un.org | 2019-12-31
An independent UN human rights expert hailed on Tuesday, the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to consider a formal criminal investigation into allegations of war crimes in Palestine as a "momentous step forward in the quest for accountability" in the five-decade-long Israeli occupation.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/12/1054541

Wikileaks Still Holding Powerful to Account as Founder Julian Assange "Slowly Dies" in Prison
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-12-27
Julian Assange is dying inside Belmarsh Prison in London. Those are his own words, relayed through English journalist Vaughan Smith, who revealed that the Wikileaks founder called him on Christmas Eve to share his greetings. Smith also divulged that Assange told him he is kept in solitary confinement 23 hours per day and is often sedated. | His treatment has elicited protests around the world, from journalists, news organizations, human rights groups and celebrities. Last week a group of Australian doctors asked Foreign Minister Marise Pay…
mintpressnews.com/wikileaks-publishing-state-secrets-julian-assange-slowly-dies-prison/263775/

Headlines for December 24, 2019
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-24
House Could Bring Additional Articles of Impeachment Against Trump, Boeing Fires CEO Dennis Muilenburg over 737 MAX Jet Controversy, NYT: Pentagon May Withdraw U.S. Troops from West Africa, Syria: Up to 100,000 Civilians Forced to Flee Intensification of Fighting in Idlib, Asian Leaders Urge U.S. & North Korea to Move Toward Peace, Report: Canadian Police Were Prepared to Use Lethal Force Against Indigenous Land Defenders, Trump Met with Accused War Criminal Eddie Gallagher, Nigerian Man Dies in ICE Custody in Maryland, Colorado Governor Pardons Woman Who Took Sanctuary to Fight Her Deportation, Former Black Pant…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/24/headline…

China detaining millions of Uyghurs? Serious problems with claims by US-backed NGO and far-right researcher 'led by God' against Beijing
Ajit Singh | thegrayzone.com | 2019-12-21
Claims that China has detained millions of Uyghur Muslims are based largely on two studies. A closer look at these…
thegrayzone.com/2019/12/21/china-detaining-millions-uyghurs-problems-claims-us-ngo-researcher/

One appalling detail in the Queen's Speech shows voting Tory was a vote to ruin your children's future
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2019-12-20
The Queen's Speech on 19 December unveiled Boris Johnson's plans for Britain. | It confirmed that the pledge he made during the election campaign for a £10.50 living wage was, frankly, nonsense — as was the promise not to further weaken workers' rights. And i…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2019/12/20/one-appalling-detail-in-the-queens-speech-shows-voting-tory-was-a-vote-to-ruin-your-childrens-future/

Four Lawyers. Four Projects. One Non-Stop Year
Leila Rafei | aclu.org | 2019-12-20
It isn't news that the Trump administration has kept ACLU attorneys working at breakneck speed for the past three years. In 2019 alone, we saw historic moments and victories–from defeating the citizenship question on the 2020 census and bringing the first trans civil rights case to the Supreme Court, to blocking a wave of abortion bans and many of the administration's attempts to dismantle the asylum system. To name a few. | Here are some of our attorneys' takes on 2019 and the year ahead–what's changed for the better and for the worse, and how the outcome of the 2020 presidential election will a…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/four-lawyers-four-projects-one-non-stop-year

BDS movement defiant after Tories announce anti-boycott measures and threaten international solidarity
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2019-12-20
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigners have responded defiantly to Tory plans to pass an anti-BDS law. | The law is a threat to any international solidarity campaign which seeks to boycott companies or products because of the state policies of another country. As such, it presents a threat to international solidarity efforts as a whole. | Boycotting Israeli apartheid: | BDS is an international movement calling for a boycott of Israeli goods. It also calls for grassroots groups to initiate boycott campaigns against companies complicit in Israel…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/12/20/bds-movement-defiant-after-tories-announce-anti-boycott-measures-and-threaten-international-solidarity/

10 LGBTQ Moments that Defined 2019
aclu.org | 2019-12-19
1. Aimee Stephens goes to the Supreme Court: | In October, the Supreme Court heard its first trans civil rights case ever. The case was brought by our client Aimee Stephens, who was fired from her job at a funeral home solely for being transgender. That's sex discrimination and it violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. | We have yet to see whether the Supreme Court will uphold the civil rights of trans people. But no matter what, history has already been made. | "I'll never forget the feeling of coming out of the Supreme Court and seeing a crowd of trans people and allies chanting to Aim…
aclu.org/news/lgbt-rights/10-lgbtq-moments-that-defined-2019

A Secret CBP Team is Targeting and Detaining Innocent Travelers. We're Suing
Tarek Ismail | aclu.org | 2019-12-18
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is deploying secret teams that target, detain, and interrogate innocent travelers. We're suing to expose their activities. | In November 2018, three CBP officers detained Andreas | Gal, a former chief | technology officer at Mozilla Corporation and current Apple employee, at San | Francisco International Airport after he landed from a business trip to Sweden. | Andr…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/a-secret-cbp-team-is-targeting-and-detaining-innocent-travelers-were-suing

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