Anti-Trump-themed 'Immigrant Food' restaurant owned by lobbyists for right-wing Latin American coup leaders who fueled migration crisis
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-30
The shocking story of how a couple of wealthy Latin American regime-change hitmen exploited immigration rights, international food, and a…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/30/anti-trump-immigrant-food-lobbyists-coup-fueled-migration-crisis/

Anti-Trump-themed 'Immigrant Food' restaurant owned by lobbyists for right-wing Latin American coup leaders who fueled migration crisis
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-30
The shocking story of how wealthy Latin American regime-change hitmen exploited immigrant rights, international food, and a pliant DC media…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/30/anti-trump-immigrant-food-lobbyists-coup-fueled-migration-crisis/

No War, No Sanctions on Iran
We Insist | indybay.org | 2020-01-30
January 25, 2020…a fabulous San Francisco turnout at the last in a series of emergency protests prompted by Trump's assassination of Iran's General Qasem Soleimani.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/30/18830196.php

The Torturers and the 'Ticking Bomb': How Torture Became Routine in the Global War on Terror
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
With all the media excitement focused on the impeachment of President Donald Trump, it comes as no surprise that some recent additional insights into how the United States became a torture regime have been largely ignored. It has been …
globalresearch.ca/how-torture-became-routine-global-war-terror/5702318

How Not to Fight Antisemitism
Independent Jewish Voices | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Executive Summary | Antisemitism is a form of racism and as such must be opposed on general anti-racist principles, in solidarity with other anti-racist struggles and in concert with the principles of human rights and equality for all. Unfortunately, both the | …
globalresearch.ca/how-not-fight-antisemitism-critique-international-holocaust-remembrance-alliance-working-definition-antisemitism-ihra-wda/5702297

Indigenous Women File OECD Specific Instance Against Credit Suisse for Rights Violations Regarding Pipeline Financing
commondreams.org | 2020-01-30
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/01/30/indigenous-women-file-oecd-specific-instance-against-credit-suisse-rights?cd-origin=rss

US Sanctions Bar Iran from Accessing $5B Energy Export Revenue
Tsvetana Paraskova | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Due to the U.S. sanctions on Iran, Tehran is unable to use or transfer US$5 billion in revenues it has received from Iraq for supplying natural gas and electricity to its neighbor, an Iranian official told local media on Wednesday….
globalresearch.ca/us-sanctions-bar-iran-accessing-5b-energy-export-revenue/5702309

Iran says US decision to sanction nuclear chief is 'childish' and shows 'despair,' won't slow program down
rt.com | 2020-01-30
The US decision to sanction Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi as part of its maximum pressure campaign against Tehran shows Washington's "despair" and won't slow down the country's civilian nuclear program, state media said. | The sanctions are a "sign of America's despair" and "a political game played by Washington," Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) told the Fars news agency. | "These sanctions have no value and are childish measures," he said, adding that they will have "no impact" on the country's civilian nuclear work which "will continue with full force based…
rt.com/news/479619-iran-salehi-us-despair/

Psychologist responsible for devising torture methods testifies at Guantanamo Bay hearing
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
James Mitchell, an Air Force veteran and psychologist who was a leading architect of torture methods used at US "black sites" testified that he threatened to cut the throat of the son of detainee Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/tort…

Man shoots at Delhi protesters, 1 student hurt
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-30
An unidentified man shot and injured a student outside India's premier Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university in the capital, New Delhi, on Thursday, local media reported. | Brandishing a pistol in full glare of Delhi police and media, the man shouted towards the protesters: "Yeh lo azadi"

Greek lawmaker rips apart Turkish flag in EU Parliament
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-30
A Greek MEP ripped apart a Turkish flag on the floor of the European Parliament late Wednesday.The action took place during debate over the large number of refugees on Greek islands, with Greek lawmaker Ionannis Lagos blaming Turkey for the situation before tearing apart a Turkish flag.In the session, EU lawmakers were debating the humanitarian situation on the Greek islands, when Lagos said most Greeks are against illegal migration.Lagos then accused the European Union of ignoring the rights of Greeks."What situation are we talking about right now… people are killing, stealing… [but] all we are talking about…
yenisafak.com/en/news/greek-lawmaker-rips-apart-turkish-flag-in-eu-parliament-3510888

Kushner Urges Israel Not to Annex Chunks of the West Bank as Knesset Vows to 'Fast-Track' Vote
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-30
President Trump's so-called 'Deal of the Century', the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, recognises Israeli claims to sovereignty over Israeli settlements in the West Bank, solidifying the rights of the estimated 400,000 Israeli nationals living in these areas.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001301078179392-kushner-urges-israel-against-annexing-chunks-of-west-bank-as-knesset-vows-to-fast-track-vote/

New Polling Shows That for the First Time Ever, a Majority of Americans Support Decriminalizing Sex Work
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-30
For the first time ever, a majority of American voters somewhat or strongly support decriminalizing sex work, according to new polling results published Thursday as part of a broader report from 28 human rights and public health groups. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/30/new-polling-shows-first-time-ever-majority-americans-support-decriminalizing-sex?cd-origin=rss

'A Champion of Workers Rights': 200,000-Strong Postal Workers Union Endorses Sanders for President
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-30
"We believe it is in the best interests of all postal workers, our job security, and our union to support and elect Bernie Sanders for president." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/30/champion-workers-rights-200000-strong-postal-workers-union-endorses-sanders?cd-origin=rss

Outpouring of Grief After Missing Mexican Monarch Butterfly Defender Homero Gómez González Found Dead
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-30
Mexican conservationist Homero G√≥mez Gonz√°lez was found dead Wednesday, about two weeks after he was reported missing, provoking a wave sorrow from allies and advocates worldwide as they honored his work running a butterfly sanctuary in the state of Michoac√°n. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/30/outpouring-grief-after-missing-mexican-monarch-butterfly-defender-homero-gomez?cd-origin=rss

Jeremy Corbyn slams Donald Trump's so-called 'peace plan' for Palestine
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-29
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan would "lock-in illegal Israeli colonisation" and deny Palestinian people their fundamental rights. He added that Britain must tell the US they are "wrong" on the issue.Boris Johnson, meanwhile, provided encouragement to the proposal which would leave sizeable areas of the occupied West Bank in Israeli hands.Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has dismissed Trump's plan as a "conspiracy deal".Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Corbyn said of the US president's idea: It will annex Palestinian territory, lock-in illegal Israeli colonisation…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/01/29/jeremy-corbyn-slams-donald-trumps-so-called-peace-plan-for-palestine/

Trump unveils farcical Mideast "peace plan" as Netanyahu is indicted
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
Timed to meet the immediate needs of both Trump and Netanyahu, the plan sanctions all of the policies of the Israeli right and is guaranteed to be rejected by the Palestinians.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/isra…

Afghanistan: Probe Starts Into Alleged Abuse of About 546 Boys
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
An investigation into the alleged abuse of more than 500 schoolboys in Afghanistan has been launched after a pedophile ring was discovered last year in the country's Logar province, The Guardian last reported Wednesday. | RELATED: | Chile: 6 Military Police Detained for Sexual Abuse in Protests | "We are in the process of running a comprehensive, impartial investigation," a spokesman for the attorney general's office said, adding that a committee had been created. | The move c…
telesurenglish.net/news/Afghanistan-Probe-Starts-Into-Alleged-Abuse-of-at-Least-546-Boys-20200129-0020.html

Leaked Report Shows United Nations Suffered Hack
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-29
GENEVA

PACE ratifies full credentials of Russian delegation, rejecting five-nation challenge
rt.com | 2020-01-29
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has once again confirmed that Russia's delegation enjoys full rights within the international body, after they were challenged by five member nations, led by Lithuania. | PACE delegates overwhelmingly voted to confirm Russia's credentials on Wednesday: 96 of them supported the move, with 44 votes against it and seven abstentions. | A challenge on "substantial grounds" was raised earlier this week by Lithuanian delegate Emanuelis Zingeris, who claimed that Moscow supposedly does not comply with the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights. Other is…
rt.com/news/479533-russia-delegation-rights-ratified-pace/

'This Type of Surveillance Threatens Us All' – CounterSpin interview with Chip Gibbons on FBI vs. 1st Amendment
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-01-29
Janine Jackson interviewed Defending Rights & Dissent's Chip Gibbons about the FBI vs. the First Amendment for the January 17, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/this-type-of-surveillance-threatens-us-all/

Coalition to March on DNC threatens lawsuit as Milwaukee government denies democratic rights
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-29
Milwaukee, WI – On the evening of January 27, organizers for the Coalition to March on the DNC held a press conference outside City Hall to announce their intention to sue the city if their permit to rally and march is not delivered. Despite having reserved the rotunda inside the building, the press conference was forced to be held outside. | This was the result of a city council representative not booking the room for that evening, even after all proper procedures were followed by the Coalition. This is further proof that the City of Milwaukee is trying to silence the freedoms of speech and assembly of the peopl…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/29/coalitio…

We're Back in Court this Week Defending Access to Safe Abortion in Kentucky
Amber Duke | aclu.org | 2020-01-29
The ACLU is back | in court today once again to stop Kentucky's attempt to block access to | abortion. We've been here before. Over the past three years, the Kentucky | General Assembly has passed bill after bill that limits

Brazil: Ministry Prefers 'Abstinence' Instead of Sex Education
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP) Tuesday took a position against encouraging sexual abstinence as a method to avoid teen pregnancy, which is the policy option actively promoted by the Women, Family, and Human Rights Ministry that is currently headed by evangelical pastor Damares Alves. | RELATED: | Brazilian Indigenous Tribes to Sue Bolsonaro Over Crude Remarks | The SBP argues that the only effective option in this matter is to offer both access to health services an…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Ministry-Prefers-Abstinence-Instead-of-Sex-Education-20200129-0008.html

Over 120 Trans People Murdered in Brazil in 2019: Study
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Brazil is still the most perilous country in the world for transexual people, according to the report issued Wednesday by LGBT rights association Antra on the National Day of the Visibility of Trans people. | RELATED: | Brazil: Ministry Prefers 'Abstinence' Instead of Sex Education | According to the document, 124 trans people – whose gender identity does not match their sex assigned at birth – have been…
telesurenglish.net/news/Over-120-Trans-People-Murdered-in-Brazil-in-2019-Study-20200129-0015.html

Austria's Green-right alliance sells out migrants
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-29
climate justice immigration rights Jacob Andrewartha Margarita WindischIssue 1251 Austria Austrian Greens…
greenleft.org.au/content/austria-green-right-alliance-sells-out-migrants

Bangladesh's garment workers: the human faces behind 'fast fashion'
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-29
workers' rights & unions Paul GregoireIssue 1251 Bangladesh garment workersJanuary 29, 2020In the backstreets of Dhaka's Mirpur precinct, towards the end of lunchtime on a Friday, streams of garment workers make their way back towards the gates of the…
greenleft.org.au/content/bangladesh-garment-workers-human-faces-behind-fast-fashion

Asylum-Seekers Are Being Abandoned in Guatemala in a New Policy Officials Call a "Total Disaster"
Ashoka Mukpo | aclu.org | 2020-01-28
In late November, U.S. immigration authorities began | deporting some Central American asylum-seekers to Guatemala under a new | policy that makes it nearly impossible for them to seek asylum in the U.S. | But Guatemalan human rights workers say that their country's | asylum system isn't capable of handling even the relatively small numbers that | have been sent there so far, and that asylum seekers' precarious status in the | country has already pushed many to leave. | "They're preferring to move on…
aclu.org/news/human-rights/asylum-seekers-are-being-abandoned-in-guatemala-in-a-new-policy-officials-call-a-total-disaster

SPLC sues Alabama school district for violating students' due process rights after cell phone is mistaken for gun
splcenter.org | 2020-01-28
Andre and his friend were taking turns on a cell phone, playing a video game called Last Day on Earth: Survival

As Barnier's words highlight the farce of UK law, citizens' rights campaigners vow to fight on
Peadar O'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-01-28
On 27 January, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier spoke at Queen's University Belfast. And his words gave some hope to Irish citizens living in the north of Ireland. Barnier said: Whilst Northern Ireland will no longer be part of the EU, people born and raised here that choose to be Irish citizens will still be EU citizens. This means they can continue to move and reside freely within the EU. The UK has committed to upholding their rights, and they cannot be discri…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/01/28/as-barniers-words-highlight-the-farce-of-uk-law-citizens-rights-campaigners-vow-to-fight-on/

Libya: UN report urges accountability for deadly attack against migrant centre
news.un.org | 2020-01-27
Warring parties in Libya, as well as foreign governments supporting them, are being urged to investigate deadly airstrikes last July which killed at least 53 migrants and refugees at a detention centre in the northwest of the country.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1056052

South Florida protest demands: No war on Iran
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-27
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Philippines: Scrap Visiting Forces Agreement for national sovereignty
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-27
Fight Back News Service Is circulating the following Jan. 26 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The Communist Party of the Philippines challenges GRP President Rodrigo Duterte to walk his talk and actualize the termination of the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). For decades, the Filipino people have demanded the abrogation of the VFA which has allowed for the trampling of Philippine sovereignty by US military forces, as well as numerous human rights violations including rape and murder. | However, the Filipino people are keenly aware of Duterte's tirades against the US government…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/27/philippi…

Under Pressure in Impeachment Trial, Trump Steps Up Attacks on Reproductive Rights
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-27
Donald Trump on Friday became the first sitting president in U.S. history to attend the so-called March for Life, the annual anti-abortion rally held in Washington, D.C., that draws thousands of participants. President Trump

"Ours to Tell": New Film Highlights Personal Stories About the Importance of Abortion Access
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-27
As Roe v. Wade faces unprecedented attacks, the new short film "Ours to Tell" puts a human face to the fight for reproductive justice and highlights those whose stories are often sidelined by the media: LGBTQ communities and communities of color. The film focuses on Ylonda, Nick, Hannah and Brittany, four people who discuss how having access to abortion shaped their lives. The film was directed by Rayka Zehtabchi and was created by Planned Parenthood and We Testify. For more on the film, as well as the state of reproductive rights in the United States, we speak with Renee Bracey Sherman, founder and executive dir…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/27/ours_to_t…

End discrimination against women and children affected by leprosy
news.un.org | 2020-01-26
Governments must put an end to the informal segregation and institutionalized neglect of hundreds of thousands of women and children affected by leprosy, an independent UN human rights expert said on Sunday, World Leprosy Day.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1056011

US citizen detained and interrogated by DHS agents about anti-war movement solidarity with Venezuela
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-25
A US citizen who participated in the Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective was detained, searched and interrogated for the second time…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/24/us-citizen-detained-interrogated-dhs-venezuela/

Hundreds of Thousands of Iraqis Protest Against US Occupation
The Mind Unleashed | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-24
(TMU)

Amendment 4 is Still on the Line. Here's What's New
Orion Danjuma | aclu.org | 2020-01-23
The right to vote cannot depend on how much money you have. That's what a federal court ruled in October, when it blocked Florida's attempt to force returning citizens

US Airstrike Kills 15 Civilians in Afghanistan, Including 3 Women and 3 Children
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-23
(ANTIWAR.COM)

A Torturer Meets His Victims: CIA Psychologist Defends Brutal Methods at Guantánamo Military Hearing
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-22
On Tuesday, the psychologist identified as the "architect" of the CIA's torture program testified for the first time to the war court at Guantánamo Bay. James Mitchell was in the courtroom for a pretrial hearing for five 9/11 suspects who had been subject to torture, euphemistically called "enhanced interrogation techniques." Mitchell and his partner, Dr. Bruce Jessen, were paid $81 million to help design the CIA's torture methods, including some of the agency's most abusive tactics. The pair had no prior experience in interrogation. At the hearing, Mitchell reportedly told defense lawyers he only came to Guantán…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/22/cia_tortu…

CBP Deported an Iranian Student With Valid Visa, Defying Court Order
Carol Rose | aclu.org | 2020-01-21
Last night, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) deported an Iranian student with a valid visa, despite a federal court order prohibiting his removal. | Shahab Dehghani arrived at Boston Logan Airport on Sunday, January 19 to study at Northeastern University, where he was enrolled. Customs officials detained him and questioned him for hours, abruptly revoking his student visa, which the State Department granted after a year of intense vetting. | As CBP tried to put Shahab on the next available flight, supporters and friends gathered at night in the arrivals hall at Logan to demand that CBP stop deporting…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/cbp-deported-an-iranian-student-with-valid-visa-defying-court-order

Conspiracy Theories, Threats of Violence Loom Over Coming Gun Rally in Richmond
splcenter.org | 2020-01-16
Gun-rights activists and antigovernment extremists are planning a protest in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday fueled by antigovernment conspiracy theories and accompanied by online calls for violence.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/16/conspiracy-theories-threats-violence-loom-over-coming-gun-rally-richmond

SPLC Statement on the Detainment of Iranians and Iranian Americans
splcenter.org | 2020-01-06
The following statement is by Southern Poverty Law Center Interim President and CEO Karen Baynes-Dunning following reports that Iranians and Iranian Americans are being detained and questioned at U.S. ports of entry:…
splcenter.org/news/2020/01/06/splc-statement-detainment-iranians-and-iranian-americans