(2021-08-17). UK Home Department slammed for insensitive policies on refugees and asylum seekers. peoplesdispatch.org UK home secretary Priti Patel has received widespread criticism for insensitive policies towards asylum seekers from Afghanistan, the handling of the refugee crisis in the English Channel, and controversial plans to open a new detention center for immigrant women…
(2021-08-17). US Treasury Imposes New Sanctions on Iran and Cuba. orinocotribune.com The US Treasury Department announces new sanctions on Cuban officials as well as entities allegedly associated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard. |
(2021-08-17). Kosovo redivivus: Ukraine calls for international intervention against Russia over Crimean Tatars. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Zelensky calls on global community to respond to searches and detentions in occupied Crimea President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the international community to properly respond to the searches and detentions of Crimean Tatars in the temporarily occupied Crimea. **** He noted that the global community must respond appropriately to such violations.
(2021-08-17). Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI-Bolivia) Release 300-Page Report on Human Rights Violations in Bolivia. libya360.wordpress.com Today, the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI-Bolivia) will be releasing a 300-page report on the human rights violations in Bolivia in late 2019. Victims of the brutal coup regime see these findings as important in the pursuit of justice. @PrensaCamila pic.twitter.com/werR5dZTia — Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) August 17, 2021 Arriving here now are some of…
(2021-08-17). Ending Structural Racism in the US Health Care System to Eliminate Health Care Inequities. jamanetwork.com Racial and ethnic inequities in the US health care system have been unremitting since the beginning of the country. In the 19th and 20th centuries, segregated black hospitals were emblematic of separate but unequal health care. Racism resulted in hospitals refusing to desegregate despite the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 until they were forced to under threat of losing federal funds from the newly enacted Medicaid and Medicare programs in 1966. For American Indian and Alaska Native persons, health care has always been and remains to be segregated. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted long-sta…
(2021-08-16). Journalist Ahmed Rashid on the Taliban's Return to Power & What Comes Next for Afghanistan. democracynow.org 
As the Taliban says it will soon declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after seizing control of the country, we discuss their history with award-winning journalist Ahmed Rashid, author of several books, including "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia." "These militants have become very well integrated into Afghan society and into Taliban society," Rashid notes, and if the U.S. wants to capture them, "it's going to be extremely difficult." Rashid also looks at the Taliban's relationship with China, history of human rights abuses against women and whether they will be allowed to cont…
(2021-08-16). Afghanistan: So What Do the Filthy Commie Peaceniks Say Now? counterpunch.org So, people get hurt when you stop waging wars, and peace is dangerous, and . . . and . . . well, women's rights! What do the stupid peace lovers say now? Well, here's what this one says: On September 11, 2001, I said, "Well, that proves all the weapons and wars are useless or
(2021-08-16). Concerns about fate of Afghans grow as Taliban takes control of Kabul. peoplesdispatch.org As the Taliban establishes control over Kabul and foreign diplomats flee the crisis, questions remain over human rights in the country, especially of women and minorities. Meanwhile, the US continues to claim that "the mission is successful"
(2021-08-16). UN Experts Urge Immediate Action to Protect Human Rights, Prevent 'Slaughter of Civilians' in Afghanistan. commondreams.org Border Patrol continues to detain migrants, including children, in appalling outdoor conditions under the Anzalduas International Bridge in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. The Biden administration must close this inhumane detention site now.
(2021-08-16). US Lawmakers and Human Rights Advocates Urge Open Doors for Afghan Refugees. commondreams.org The USDA's relationship with Black farmers has been flawed from the start.
(2021-08-16). Stalled US Debt Relief Is the Latest Setback to Black Farmers. commondreams.org While Haitian people may lack financial resources, the response to the earthquakes must be a #HaitianSolution; solidarity not charity, built on justice, rights, relationships, and Haitian leadership.
(2021-08-16). Death and Profit in US Immigration Detention. orinocotribune.com By Adrienne Pine — Aug 9, 2021 | Paper Presented at the Side Event "Human Rights Situation in USA: Immigration Detention Centers," 47th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. July 2, 2021 | Last July I gave testimony as a country conditions expert witness in a case involving a young Honduran man named Alejandro Lozano. Mr. Lozano was profoundly psychotic, diagnosed also with dissociative symptoms. According to the licensed clinical psychologist who assessed him, Mr. Lozano had not received adequate care in Adelanto, and his symptoms had worsened as a result of the neglect and abuse he had experi…
(2021-08-16). Biden's America Is Back — To Somalia. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size imageWhile Biden keeps pushing his human rights narrative, his latest airstrikes are part of a great power competition. | Written Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | On July 20, the US carried out an airstrike in Somalia against al Shabaab militants — the first one in Somalia under President Joe Biden. It struck again on July 23 and August 1. Last week, it was reported Biden seeks to host a "Summit for Democracy". | According to a…
(2021-08-16). What America's social justice activists can learn from past movements for civil rights. realprogressives.org The challenging lesson from our history is that a deep well of strength and resilience are required for the long struggle to make equity and equality under the law a reality in the United States.
(2021-08-16). Gig Drivers Deserve Workplace Rights. progressive.org These gig-economy goliaths are hell-bent on making sure their workers are considered independent contractors and not employees.
(2021-08-16). Challenge to Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme dismissed by Supreme Court. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
A and B v Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and another [2021] UKSC 27 On appeal from [2018] EWCA Civ 1534 The claimants in the case were victims of human trafficking with unspent convictions in Lithuania. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) provides compensation to victims of crime, apart from where they have unspent criminal convictions …
(2021-08-16). Saturday 8/28: Woman's Rights Day online event. indybay.org Zoom Event. Register at http: //tinyurl.com/WRD-RW…
(2021-08-16). Two Years After the Largest Workplace Raid in U.S. History, a Path Forward for Undocumented Workers. counterpunch.org Immigration agents arrested over 600 undocumented workers at a poultry plant in Jackson, Mississippi two years ago in what remains the largest workplace raid in U.S. history. On the two-year anniversary of that raid, immigrant rights advocates are demanding that U.S. officials take action to repair the harms inflicted on the workers and their communities.
(2021-08-16). Is the End of the Blockade Against Venezuela Here? orinocotribune.com As the process of dialogue between Venezuelan government delegations and opposition factions advances, support increases for lifting illegal sanctions imposed against Venezuela by the White House and European Union, even within the centers of North American power, the United States Congress. | In support, congresspeople from the Democratic Party, the party to which President Joe Biden belongs, sent a letter formally asking the president of the United States to end unilateral coercive measures against the South American country. | The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza Montserrat, reported publication of t…
(2021-08-16). Highlights from President Maduro's International Press Conference. libya360.wordpress.com Unilateral coercive measures are a silent bombardment against the Venezuelan people "The policy of imperialist sanctions is as genocidal as bombarding a country. It is a silent bombardment against an innocent, humble, working and noble population like the people of Venezuela," said President Nicolás Maduro when referring to the coercive measures applied by Washington that…
(2021-08-16). Unilateral coercive measures are a silent bombardment against the Venezuelan people. mppre.gob.ve "The policy of imperialist sanctions is as genocidal as bombarding a country. It is a silent bombardment against an innocent, humble, working and noble population like the people of Venezuela," said President Nicolás Maduro when referring to the coercive measures applied by Washington that have prevented Venezuela from free access to trade of goods and […] | La entrada