Soleimani entered Gaza to repel Israeli attacks, blockade
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-15
TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) — Firas Al Najim, a Canada-based human rights activist, points to the role of Martyred Lieutenant General Ghasem Soleimani in the fight against terrorism in West Asia, and his support for Palestinian resistance.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167213/Soleimani-entered-Gaza-to-repel-Israeli-attacks-blockade

The Most Lethal Virus Is Not COVID. It Is War
John Pilger | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-15
John Pilger describes the invisible weapon of past and current wars, and the threat of nuclear war, under cover of the Covid pandemic. This is propaganda, aided by censorship by omission. | Watch Pilger's 2010 film The War You Don't See…
globalresearch.ca/most-lethal-virus-not-covid-war/5732310

The Most Lethal Virus is Not COVID. It is War
John Pilger | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-15
In the midst of the greatest health emergency in modern times, with more than 4 million surgical procedures delayed by the National Health Service, Boris Johnson has announced a record increase of £16.5 billion in so-called defence spending — a figure that would restore the under-resourced NHS many times over.
counterpunch.org/2020/12/15/the-most-lethal-virus-is-not-covid-it-is-war/

UN experts raise concern over charges against US indigenous leader and rights defender
news.un.org | 2020-12-15
Independent UN human rights experts expressed serious concern on Friday over the arrest and charges brought against an indigenous leader, for peacefully protesting a political rally held last July at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, located on treaty lands of the Great Sioux Nation.
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United Nations Sounds Alarms About Rising Violence in Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-15
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday condemned the increase in violence in Colombia, urging President Ivan Duque's administration to take concrete actions to effectively protect the population. | RELATED: | Antioquia: Colombia Counts 83rd Massacre of 2020 | Bachelet noted that the Indigenous Nasa community has been one of the most affected by the violence in 2020, with 66 of its members reported having been killed in the northern Cauca regi…
telesurenglish.net/news/United-Nations-Sounds-Alarms-About-Rising-Violence-in-Colombia-20201215-0004.html

UN documents 375 killings in Colombia in 2020, urges Government action
news.un.org | 2020-12-15
The United Nations has recorded the deaths of 255 people in 66 massacres in Colombia this year, as well as the killing of 120 human rights defenders, the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1080082

US Sanctions Directed against Turkey For Its Acquisition of Russia's S-400 Air Defense System
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-15
The recently imposed targeted sanctions against Turkey and the impending National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2021 ones mandating similar measures against it for its acquisition of Russia's S-400 air defense systems, while illegal in terms of international law and a …
globalresearch.ca/us-anti-turkish-sanctions-strengthen-target-sovereignty/5732357

How US sanctions will affect Turkey's defence industry
Ragip Soylu | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-15
How US sanctions will affect Turkey's defence industry | Penalties over Ankara's S-400 purchase could hinder crucial projects for up to a year until Turkey finds replacements | Ragip Soylu | Tue, 12/15/2020 – 14: 19 | Turkey's Hurjet light combat aircraft, which is produced by the Presidency for Defence Industries, will be affected by US sanctions (Turkish Aerospace) | US sanctions imposed on Turkey on Monday over the…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-us-san…

Protests grow to free, not move, detained refugees
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-12-15
A protest camp has sprung up outside the Mantra Hotel in Preston to try and prevent the detainees from being removed. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
greenleft.org.au/content/protests-grow-free-not-move-detained-refugees

Jacksonville rallies for justice for Devon Gregory and community control of the police
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-15
Jacksonville, FL – On December 11, activists both locally and nationally joined the family of Devon Gregory, an 18-year-old Black man shot 35 times by four Jacksonville Sheriff's officers, in a day of action for Devon. | Earlier that day at around 11 a.m., Gregory's family was joined by their attorney, Kevin O'Conner, and organizers from various groups for a press conference on the steps of city hall. | The demands were for a federal investigation of the case, as well as an end to protections for killer cops that are currently in the Florida Officers' Bill of Rights, so that evidence such as the remaining body ca…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/12/14/jackson…

Relief Package Gives Retroactive Immunity to Corporations From COVID Lawsuits
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-15
One piece of a bipartisan Covid-19 relief package unveiled late Monday would give corporations sweeping and retroactive immunity from coronavirus-related lawsuits, a top Republican priority that civil rights groups, labor unions, a…
truthout.org/articles/relief-package-gives-retroactive-immunity-to-corporations-from-covid-lawsuits/

As Johnson threatens UK's neighbours with gunboats, we revisit the lies underpinning the entire Brexit project
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-12-15
Prime minister Boris Johnson has reverted to 19th century gunboat diplomacy, threatening UK's nearest neighbours and allies over fishing rights. In doing so, he threatens the entire European Union.But we may not have arrived at this sorry state of affairs had it not been for the blatant lies that underpin the entire Brexit project. Let's remind ourselves of some of those many falsehoods and…
thecanary.co/uk/2020/12/15/as-johnson-threatens-uks-neighbours-with-gunboats-we-revisit-the-lies-underpinning-the-entire-brexit-project/

Western Sahara Is the "Reward" to Morocco for Recognizing Israel
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-15