2020-12-13: Social Media Postees | Positive Practices: Human Rights Monitor

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ICE Is Targeting Women in Sanctuary With Obscure Laws and Retaliatory Fines
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-13
Around Thanksgiving, another letter from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrived for Hilda Ramirez at Austin, Texas', St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. The federal immigration agency's latest correspondence informed Ramirez that she was being fined $59,126 as a "civil penalty pursuant to section 274D of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)." Essentially, the federal immigration agency was once again warning the Indigenous Guatemalan asylum-seeker of a gigantic fine for not compl…
truthout.org/articles/ice-is-targeting-women-in-sanctuary-with-obscure-laws-and-retaliatory-fines/

The Handmaid's Tale: making a drama out of a crisis
news.un.org | 2020-12-13
The Handmaid's Tale, a critically acclaimed television series which has won 38 Emmy awards, may be about a fictional "alternative reality", but the show's creators have gone to great lengths to ensure that references to themes such as climate change, human rights abuses, and refugees, are as real and accurate as possible, by collaborating closely with UN experts.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1079082

Jeremy Corbyn announces a new, global project for peace and justice
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-12-13
The wait is over. The announcement Jeremy Corbyn was due to make on Sunday 13 December at 2: 30pm has been revealed. He's launching a new, global initiative. And you can get involved too. | The 'Corbyn Project': | The Project for Peace and Justice officially went live on Sunday 13 December. It says its mission statement is: To bring people together for social and economic justice, peace, and human rights, in Britain and across the world. | The Peace and Justice Project will back campaigns, commission reports and develop…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/12/13/jeremy-corbyn-announces-a-new-global-project-for-peace-and-justice/

Philippines: Labor movement demands release of Human Rights Day 7
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-13
Fight Back News Service is circulating this December 11 joint statement from the Council of Global Unions Philippine affiliates. | PH affiliates of global unions demand release of HRD7, stop arrests of PH unionists | We strongly deplore the simultaneous raids of residences and the consecutive arrests of trade union organizers, Dennise Velasco of Defend Jobs Philippines, Romina Astudillo, Deputy Secretary-General of Kilusang Mayo Uno-Metro Manila, Mark Ryan Cruz, Regional Executive Committee of KMU-Metro Manila, Jaymie Gregorio Jr. of KMU-Metro Manila, Joel Demate of Solidarity of Labor Rights and Welfare (SOLAR)…
fightbacknews.org/2020/12/12/philippines-labor-movement-demands-release-human-rights-day-7

The COVID-19 RT-PCR Test: How to Mislead All Humanity. Using a "Test" To Lock Down Society
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-13
The misuse of the RT-PCR technique is used as an intentional strategy by some governments, supported by scientific safety councils and by the dominant media, to justify the violation of a large number of constitutional rights, the destruction of the economy with the bankruptcy of entire active sectors of society,…
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-rt-pcr-how-to-mislead-all-humanity-using-a-test-to-lock-down-society/5728483

Honduran Refugee Caravan Denied at Guatemala Border
teleSUR, ce | telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-12
The caravan of Honduran refugees which left the city of San Pedro Sula on Thursday, headed for the United States, has been prevented from crossing into Guatemala. | RELATED: | New Caravan of Honduran Migrants Sets off To the United States | The migrant refugees were detained by Honduran riot police and told they were required to have a negative Covid-19 test and a passport to enter Guatemala. | Officials of the migration institute indicated that they would not allow the passage…
telesurenglish.net/news/honduran-migrant-caravan-fails-to-enter-guatemala-20201212-0001.html

Go Vote Yourself a Raise, Georgia—You've Long Earned It
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-12-12
Candidates should be pushed to say if they stand with the super-rich profiteering, callous Big Business tycoons or with the people who work for pitiful wages, on the rugged frontlines, and keep our society running. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Tory anger over Navy no-deal threat as trade negotiations enter crunch stage
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-12
Senior Conservatives have reacted angrily to Boris Johnson's handling of the Brexit trade negotiations and the threat to deploy Royal Navy gunboats to patrol UK fishing waters in the event of no-deal.Dad's Navy: The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that four 80-metre armed vessels have been placed on standby to guard British waters from EU trawlers in the event that there is no new agreement on fishing rights after 31 December when transitional arrangements end.Reports also suggested that military helicopter surveillance will be made available and that ministers are considering beefing-up Navy powers in l…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/12/12/tory-anger-over-navy-no-deal-threat-as-trade-negotiations-enter-crunch-stage/

Jewish People Worldwide Applaud Statement On Definition Of Anti-Semitism
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
We, Jewish groups and individuals from across the globe, applaud the recent powerful statement and set of principles signed by 122 Palestinian and Arab academics, journalists, and intellectuals regarding the definition of antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and the way this definition has been applied, interpreted and deployed. | As the letter states so compellingly: " The fight against antisemitism should not be turned into a stratagem to delegitimize the fight against the oppression of the Palestinians, the denial of their rights and the continued occupation of their land."
popularresistance.org/jewish-people-worldwide-applaud-statement-on-definition-of-anti-semitism/

Russian health watchdog says Covid-19 triggers process of 'natural selection' as deaths among elderly and infirm peak
rt.com | 2020-12-12
An official in charge of protecting the rights of Russian hospital patients has bemoaned that Russia, like the rest of Europe, has chosen "miserable quarantine" as a solution to the coronavirus pandemic. | Maxim Starodubtsev, head of the 'Health Care' public protection watchdog, told journalists on Saturday that the healthcare system was struggling to deal with the rise in cases. "In such a situation, natural selection is turned on. That is, patients die – the elderly, those who, in principle, are susceptible to the most severe course of Covid, and chronic patients [with other conditions] who cannot receive ef…
rt.com/russia/509486-health-watchdog-covid-deaths/

Mass protests for reproductive rights erupt in Poland: Why Americans should learn from them
Julie Burkhart | salon.com | 2020-12-12
Poland is a reminder that when authoritarians take power, attacks on reproductive rights often follow…
salon.com/2020/12/12/mass-protests-for-reproductive-rights-erupt-in-poland-why-americans-should-learn-from-them/

'Clumsy PR stunt': Russian Foreign Ministry ridicules 'baseless' US sanctions against Chechen SPORTS & charity entities
rt.com | 2020-12-12

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