(2020-10-23). From Texas to Nigeria, end police brutality! workers.org 
Houston Hundreds of people gathered near Wazobia African Market on the southwest side of Houston on Oct. 14 to protest police brutality in Nigeria. They came together to draw attention to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, known in Nigeria for its extrajudicial killings, torture, extortion, frame-ups and blackmail. "End SARS" protests . . . |
(2020-10-23). Justice Ginsburg's example helped mitigate bad outcomes for women globally. indybay.org Climate change exasperates violence against women worldwide — Justice Ginsburg's example helped mitigate bad outcomes. Elected officials say if Barrett is confirmed systemic injustices, women's rights and climate issues will get worse.
(2020-10-22). Israeli NGOs demand government allow UN rights monitors. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli NGOs demand government allow UN rights monitors | Prominent rights groups write to Israel's foreign minister following MEE revelation that OHCHR workers had stopped receiving visas | Thu, 10/22/2020 – 08: 55 | Visitors on a tour held by NGO "Breaking the Silence" walk down Shuhada Street in the West Bank city of Hebron (Reuters) | Major Israeli rights organisations have written to the country's foreign mi…
(2020-10-22). Democrats urge US to boycott G20 summit in Saudi Arabia. middleeasteye.net 
Democrats urge US to boycott G20 summit in Saudi Arabia | Forty-five House Democrats urge government to boycott next month's G20 summit in Riyadh over kingdom's human rights violations | Thu, 10/22/2020 – 16: 08 | Sixty-five members of the European Parliament have also signed letter calling for EU to downgrade attendance at G20 (AFP/File photo) | A group of 45 Democratic lawmakers urged the Trump administratio…
(2020-10-22). Saudi golf tournament 'sportswashing' women's rights abuses, activists warn. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi golf tournament 'sportswashing' women's rights abuses, activists warn | Rights groups urge organisers, participants and sponsors to boycott Saudi Ladies International in November | Thu, 10/22/2020 – 12: 11 | English golfer Meghan MacLaren (pictured) withdrew from the Saudi Ladies International over human rights concerns (AFP/File photo) | A coalition of human rights groups have called for a boyc…
(2020-10-22). Trump administration plan to label human rights groups 'antisemitic' provokes outrage. middleeasteye.net 
Trump administration plan to label human rights groups 'antisemitic' provokes outrage | Amnesty International accuses US government of trying to 'silence and intimidate' rights groups and stop criticism of Israeli policy | Thu, 10/22/2020 – 13: 59 | Amnesty International stages a demonstration outside the UK headquarters of US travel company Tripadvisor in London (AFP) | A number of human rights organisations…
(2020-10-22). The Heat: U.S.-Iran Tensions. america.cgtn.com 
Iran hits back at a U.S. threat to impose sanctions, after a United Nations arms ban on the Islamic Republic expires.
(2020-10-22). Egypt: 49 executions carried out over 10 days in October. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt: 49 executions carried out over 10 days in October | Human Rights Watch report labels executions on the back of unfair trials a 'violation of the right to life'
| Thu, 10/22/2020 – 12: 31 | The report stated that 15 people had been executed on 3 October alone (AFP) | Egyptian authorities executed 49 people between 3 and 13 October, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch. | Accordi…
(2020-10-22). Trump Regime Threatens New Sanctions on Firms Involved in Russia's Nord Stream 2 Construction. globalresearch.ca Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany will be completed and become operational in early 2021. | On Wednesday, Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak announced the following: | "Nord Stream 2 will go operational by the end of 2020." | "One of …
(2020-10-22). Rushed Judicial Confirmation Poses Severe Threat to Civil Rights, Damages Legitimacy of the Supreme Court. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-10-22). Voter Suppression and Right-wing Threats Fail to Keep Millions Away from the Polls. globalresearch.ca Efforts aimed at thwarting the fundamental bourgeois democratic rights of the majority of people in the United States are well underway. | President Donald J. Trump has said repeatedly that mail-in voting and early opportunities to cast ballots are inherently fraudulent …
(2020-10-22). Yemen: Prisoner Swap and What May be Behind It. dissidentvoice.org Transcript of an Interview with Press TV Background The fourth batch of Yemeni detainees has arrived in Sana'a as part of the largest prisoner swap between the country's warring sides. The residents in the capital received 112 prisoners after their plane landed in the Sana'a international airport. 1,081 men will be released in two days. …
(2020-10-22). Independent UN rights experts urge Thai government to allow peaceful protests. news.un.org Calling the latest imposition of a state of emergency in Thailand, a "draconian measure", ‚ÄØUN-appointed‚ÄØhuman‚ÄØrights experts on Thursday urged the Government there to guarantee the fundamental rights of peaceful assembly and free speech.
(2020-10-22). Wednesday 10/21: Voting Plan, CA Ballot Info, & Voting Rights During COVID-19 Webinar w/ ACLU. indybay.org Online voter webinar and online volunteering opportunities…
(2020-10-22). Justice for Eric Briceno, killed by ELA Sheriffs. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – Family, neighbors, supporters and Centro Community Service Organization (CSO) attended an October 16 press conference, rally and celebration of the life of Eric Briceno, who was killed by East LA Sheriffs in Maywood, California. Other families who have lost loved ones to police killings also joined the Briceno family. Well-known civil rights attorney Samuel Paz had asked Centro CSO to help the Briceno family. | Briceno was killed on March 16 after his parents called 911 for help with a mental health crisis. Briceno was beaten and tased to death in his bedroom, after he woke up to sheriffs shouti…
(2020-10-22). Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Activates Network of 23,000 Legal Volunteers to Safeguard Voting Rights For 2020 General Election. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-10-22). Saudi Arabia, Belarus Among Countries Joining US-Led Coalition Claiming Women Have 'No International Right to Abortion'. commondreams.org Further distancing itself from longtime allies regarding reproductive rights, the Trump administration on Thursday joined 32 countries in signing a declaration claiming that pregnant people have "no international right to abortion." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-10-21). Ex-Mexican Military Head Arrested in U.S. on Drug Charges. Should He Be Tried for Massacres, Too? democracynow.org 
We speak with legendary Mexican investigative journalist Anabel Hernández about a case that has sent shockwaves throughout Mexico: the U.S. arrest of Mexico's former defense secretary for allegedly working with a major drug cartel while heading Mexico's military. General Salvador Cienfuegos served as secretary of defense from 2012 to 2018 in the former government of President Enrique Peña Nieto and has long been accused of human rights abuses, including refusing to allow investigators to interview soldiers who may have been involved in the 2014 disappearance and likely massacre of 43 students from a teachers' col…
(2020-10-21). "A Barrett Confirmation Is a Catastrophe": What Democrats Can Do to Block Trump's Supreme Court Pick. democracynow.org 
Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout says Senate Democrats can still block the confirmation of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, if they use every possible procedural method available to them to slow and frustrate the process. "A Barrett confirmation is a catastrophe," Teachout says. "A 6-3 majority on the court is basically a bomb coming at what is left of our protections against corruption in politics, against corporate money, against what is left of the Voting Rights Act."
(2020-10-21). Trump State Department Plan to Declare Human Rights Groups 'Anti-Semitic' Slammed as 'Desperate,' 'Obscene'. commondreams.org The designation would target humanitarian organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam, sources said. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-10-21). How Trump's tweet signalled $335m Sudan payment to end decades of sanctions. middleeasteye.net 
How Trump's tweet signalled $335m Sudan payment to end decades of sanctions | Agreement between Washington and Khartoum saw Sudan pay millions in compensation to US victims of bombings | Wed, 10/21/2020 – 15: 43 | Sudanese protesters take to the streets on 21 October 2020 in Khartoum and neighbouring cities against a worsening economic crisis (AFP) | A tweet by Donald Trump has sparked wide discuss…
(2020-10-21). Syria still not sharing information on missing US journalist Austin Tice, Pompeo says. middleeasteye.net 
Syria still not sharing information on missing US journalist Austin Tice, Pompeo says | Secretary of State says Washington will not change policy towards Syria to obtain release of detained Americans | Wed, 10/21/2020 – 19: 24 | Austin Tice was detained checkpoint near Damascus in August 2012 while covering Syrian conflict (AFP/File photo) | The Syrian government has not shared any information on the whereabou…
(2020-10-21). Malcolm and Martin come to the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. peoplesworld.org 
[To enhance the reading of this review, I suggest you play this classic in the background.] A couple of new films on the lives of two of the most prominent figures in the civil rights movement, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, were released at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. …
(2020-10-21). European MPs tell Egypt's Sisi to release prisoners of conscience. middleeasteye.net 
European MPs tell Egypt's Sisi to release prisoners of conscience | Egyptian president facing mounting calls by lawmakers from the US and Europe to end his government's rights violations | Wed, 10/21/2020 – 11: 17 | Egypt's President Sisi has been accused by international rights groups of presiding over the country's worst crackdown on human rights in its modern history (AFP/file photo)…
(2020-10-21). "French oil giant Total's projects in East Africa violate human rights, environmental safeguards" peoplesdispatch.org 
A report by Amis de la Terre France (Friends of the Earth) and Survie (Survival) says that the company's projects have threatened more than 100,000 people's livelihoods and created conditions for their displacement without proper compensation…
(2020-10-21). Brennan's Nuremberg Defense: One More Whitewash of the CIA's Torture Program. counterpunch.org 
With his disingenuous memoir, Brennan has now joined forces with former CIA directors and deputy directors such as Tenet, McLaughlin, Goss, and Michael Morell who refuse to recognize the CIA created a sadistic program that went far beyond DoJ guidelines, and then lied about the extent of the torture and the fact that nothing was learned that stopped terrorist activity.
(2020-10-21). Israeli policeman who killed autistic Palestinian charged with reckless homicide. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli policeman who killed autistic Palestinian charged with reckless homicide | Rights group says higher charges should have been levied; defence lawyers say killing was 'tragedy, but not a criminal offense' | Wed, 10/21/2020 – 18: 07 | Demonstrators raise portrait of Iyad al-Halak in protest against Israeli government near prime minister's residence in Jerusalem in July (AFP/File photo) | An Israeli police…
(2020-10-21). Turkish police officers go on trial over killing of Kurdish human rights lawyer. middleeasteye.net 
Turkish police officers go on trial over killing of Kurdish human rights lawyer | Campaigners welcome prosecution years after what they say was a botched investigation into Tahir Elci's death | Wed, 10/21/2020 – 10: 22 | People hold a portrait of Tahir Elci at a cemetery in Diyarbakir on 28 November 2016, during a ceremony in tribute to the late Kurdish lawyer (AFP) | The trial of three police o…
(2020-10-21). Candidate Accountability: Demand a Commitment to a Peace and Human Rights Agenda. globalresearch.ca The novel coronavirus pandemic both revealed and accelerated the irreversible crisis of the global capitalist system and, consequently, the domestic conditions shaping the 2020 U.S. presidential election and every level of U.S. governance. | The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) asserts …
(2020-10-21). Damas rejette l'offre de retrait partiel et d'assouplissement des sanctions proposée par les USA. thealtworld.com Damas a confirmé la visite en Syrie de l'envoyé spécial du président Donald Trump chargé des affaires d'otages, Roger Carstens, et de son haut responsable de la lutte contre le terrorisme, Kash Patel, ainsi que la réunion qu'ils ont tenue avec le directeur syrien de la sécurité nationale, Ali Mamluk (qui est sous le coup de sanctions par l'Union européenne et l'administration américaine). C'était la plus récente de trois visites de ressortissants US à Damas. La première avait eu lieu en 2017, lorsque les Émirats arabes unis ont organisé la visite d'une délégation politique et militaire américaine dont l'avion a a…
(2020-10-21). The US proposed a partial withdrawal and ease in sanctions, Damascus rejected the offer. thealtworld.com Damascus confirmed the visit of President Donald Trump's Special envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens and Senior Director for Counterterrorism Kash Patel to Syria and their meeting with the Syrian Director of the National Security Ali Mamluk (sanctioned by the European Union and the US administration). It was the last of three visits the US took to Damascus where the first one was in 2017 when the United Arab Emirates arranged for a visit of a political and a military US delegation whose plane landed at Damascus airport and met with Mamluk. | The title of the US visit concerned the release of US prisoners arr…
(2020-10-21). Millions of garment workers face job losses in Bangladesh. peoplesdispatch.org According to a recent study conducted by the Center for Global Workers Rights, "millions of workers are at greater risk of losing their jobs" due to global brands "demanding price cuts and delaying payments to suppliers"
(2020-10-21). Demonstrations in Thailand continue as government rejects protesters' demands. wsws.org Underpinning the demands for democratic rights is a growing economic and social crisis for Thailand's youth and working class.
(2020-10-21). UK government steps up attacks on asylum seekers and refugees. wsws.org The Conservative government has no intention of upholding the fundamental "right to asylum" section of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in the aftermath of the Second World War.
(2020-10-21). From Assassinations to Sanctions: Emergency Powers and the Rise of the Imperial Presidency. mintpressnews.com A decades-long push to concentrate power in the Oval Office through emergency response legislation has made the Office of the President more powerful than ever.
(2020-10-21). Freedom of Expression Was Restricted in Ecuador, Report Shows. telesurenglish.net The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) published a report that highlights that freedom of expression was violated during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador, a country where 23 journalists have died from the coronavirus so far. | RELATED: | The Standing Committee for the Defense of Human Rights warned that, under the pretext of public security and health emergency, freedom of expression was viola…
(2020-10-21). Bolivia Is A beacon Of Light For Latin America. popularresistance.org After suffering a coup d'état that cost more than 33 lives, left thousands of people injured, and forced important political figures like President Evo Morales to go into exile to survive, official exit polls say that the Movement for Socialism (MAS) will return to power, in a way previously unheard of in Latin America, through democratic elections! | Unlike what OAS, the EU Commission and other international observers have said about the election being peaceful, in reality journalists were beaten, militant supporters of MAS were detained without justification, and many international observers were openly threate…
(2020-10-21). Eurasian Union able to improve Iran's economy amid sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — Top military Aide to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that Eurasian Union is able to resolve the economic problems of Iran amid sanctions.
(2020-10-21). Citing Pattern of "Violently Suppressing Opposition, Sabotaging a Free and Fair Election, and Rejecting a Peaceful Transfer of Power," Voting Rights Group Sues President Trump and Top Administration Officials For Voter Intimidation. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-10-21). Report Details How Trump Downplays, Ignores Grave Human Rights Violations Around the World. commondreams.org One expert accused the administration of "using all the tools at its disposal to undermine our asylum system." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-10-21). Calling Trump a 'Clear Threat to Our Democracy,' Civil Rights Group Sues Admin. Over Voter Intimidation. commondreams.org "The court should protect the fundamental right to vote by blocking Trump's attempt to prevent a free and fair election." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-10-21). Corporate Constitutional Rights Should Be Focus of Last Presidential Debate. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-10-20). Chomsky: from nuclear weapons to Iran, Trump's worst threats are dangerously ignored. thegrayzone.com Noam Chomsky warns that the Trump administration poses a unique threat to humanity, and its most reckless policies are receiving far too little attention. Noam Chomsky discusses the White House's threats to the New START treaty, the last remaining accord limiting the US and Russia's nuclear weapons arsenals; its latest round of crippling sanctions and threats against Iran; the bipartisan US refusal to accept a Middle East Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone, which would terminate Israel's nuclear weapons program; and the silencing of …
(2020-10-20). Amazonia: In the Flames, They See Money. counterpunch.org Sà¥nia Guajajara delivered this speech to accept the 2020 Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award on behalf of the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB). The Association is standing up to powerful corporations, backed by an oppressive government, to protect indigenous rights and lands — all while fighting a deadly pandemic. On October 15, award-winning author
(2020-10-20). Nova Scotia Fishers' Rights; US Accuses Russians of Cyberwarfare. sputniknews.com Tensions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishermen come to a head in Nova Scotia, Canada, as angry mobs attack.
(2020-10-20). The Communist Party of China: Putting the People First. dissidentvoice.org 
Wherever we lift one soul from a life of poverty, we are defending human rights. And whenever we fail in this mission, we are failing human rights. — Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General Among other items "proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people," the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights …
(2020-10-20). Amy Coney Barrett, Constitutional Precedent, and the Problem of Originalism. counterpunch.org 
Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett is a threat to many constitutional precedents, including Roe v. Wade (abortion rights), National Federation of Business v. Sebelius, (Obamacare), and Obergefell v. Hodges (marriage equality). It may not simply be her ideology or pre-judged opinions that pose the problem, it is her constitutional interpretive method of Originalism that is the issue.
(2020-10-20). Saudi youths face death despite ban on capital punishment against minors. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi youths face death despite ban on capital punishment against minors | Riyadh accused of 'gulf between rhetoric and reality' as young detainees kept on death row despite King Salman's decree | Tue, 10/20/2020 – 13: 54 | Demonstrators stage a mock execution in Washington in protest against Saudi children sentenced to death in the kingdom (AFP/File photo) | Saudi detainees accused of committing crim…
(2020-10-20). Britannic Impunity: Torture and the UK Overseas Operations Bill. counterpunch.org 
It was praised by Michael Clarke, former Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute, as "clear and entire laudable" — at least up to a point. The UK Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill would "give [British] troops serving overseas much-needed extra protection against fraudulent or frivolous claims against them of criminal behaviour." It
(2020-10-20). Russian Cabinet strikes down proposed law to ban transgender people from amending sex assigned at birth on official documents. rt.com 
Russian authorities have rejected amendments to the country's family code, which would have enshrined in law a ban on marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, and restricted transgender people from officially changing gender. | The proposed laws, written by Senator Elena Mizulina, were focused on the rights to be the parent of a child, including changing the rules for deprivation of custody. If passed, the new family code would have taken custody decisions into the hands of the court, meaning that a parent would have to be found guilty before their offspring could be removed. | However, most prominently, the…