(2021-11-23). 1500 rally and march in Chicago against Rittenhouse verdict. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – A front banner read, "Stop white supremacy" as people hit the street in Chicago's Loop on November 20 to condemn the injustice in the court in Kenosha, Wisconsin the day before. A jury complying with the instructions by a racist judge sent the message that white racists and police can kill with impunity while African Americans and other oppressed nationalities can be killed, tortured and jailed without justification. | The Black and Latino youth leading the march were outraged and confrontational with Chicago police when they pressed in on the march at its end. | The rally was called by the Chicago…
(2021-11-23). Jacksonville demands DOJ charge Rittenhouse, stop racist vigilantism. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville, FL – Around 80 people gathered at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Jacksonville, November 20 after the acquittal of racist vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse, demanding the Department of Justice file civil rights charges. Organized by the Jacksonville Community Action Committee, they were joined by Florida State Representative Angie Nixon (who spoke), members of the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville, UNF SDS, Take Em Down Jax, Florida Rising, DSA Jax, Our Revolution along with other community members and activists. | The rally was started with chants of, "Do your job, DOJ, don't let Kyle get away" along wi…
(2021-11-23). Raids, Arrests and Death Threats: Israel's Strategy of Silencing Human Rights Defenders. libya360.wordpress.com Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo On October 21, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced the issuance of a military order designating six prominent Palestinian human rights groups as 'terrorist organizations'. Gantz claimed that they are secretly linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a socialist political group that Israel considers, along…
(2021-11-23). Detention of a minor for his own protection — round two. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
The Court of Appeal has recently upheld the High Court decision that Section 38 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ("PACE") is not incompatible with Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") insofar as it purports to authorise the detention of minors for their own protection, in the case of Archer v Commissioner …
(2021-11-23). Push to allow detained refugees access to library services. greenleft.org.au Despite efforts by librarians and City of Melbourne councillors to provide library services to refugees detained in the Park Hotel prison it has still not been approved. Marlon Toner-McLachlan reports.
(2021-11-23). Detention is a Crisis: Take Down Prison Profiteers! itsgoingdown.org 
In the wake of more jaw-dropping revelations about the Heartland Alliance in Chicago, local abolitionists call for continued actions. On Saturday, November 20, around 3: 30 PM, a teenager risked his life when he went out a fourth-floor window in an attempt to escape a Heartland Alliance detention facility at 3500 S Giles Ave. He was…
(2021-11-23). Malcolm X's Daughter, Malikah Shabazz, Found Dead In Brooklyn. moguldom.com Malikah Shabazz — one of the twin daughters of revolutionary civil rights activist Malcolm X and wife Dr. Betty Shabazz — was found dead in her Brooklyn home Monday, Nov. 22. She was 56. The youngest of Malcolm X's daughters, Shabazz was found unconscious by her daughter, according to ABC7NY. Authorities have said they are …
(2021-11-23). Your Mini Guide to Discussing Abortion Rights at the Dinner Table. aclu.org With multiple abortion cases at the Supreme Court and a continuing onslaught of anti-abortion restrictions sweeping the states, abortion is likely to come up in conversations about the news — including among friends and family during the holidays. | Here, we share a handy reference guide on this timely issue — full of the quick, crucial facts on abortion rights you'll want to be equipped with if it comes up at your dinner table. | Abortion is The right to abortion…
(2021-11-23). Obama receives largest ever gift from Jeff Bezos. rt.com 
Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos has given a $100 million gift to the Obama Foundation, which will finance its global leadership programs and see the plaza at their lavish Chicago presidential center named after a civil rights leader. | The foundation headed by former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle
(2021-11-23). United States: Exonerations reveal FBI's leading role in Malcolm X assassination. greenleft.org.au A federal judge exonerated Muhammad Aziz and fellow accused, Khalil Islam, for the assassination of revolutionary Black rights leader Malcolm X, reports Malik Miah.
(2021-11-23). Unlike US, Iran never left JCPOA: Iran FM spokesman. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman has reminded the US government that its call on Iran for "mutual return to JCPOA" is a failed attempt to deflect attention from the continuation of its oppressive sanctions on Iran.
(2021-11-22). Facebook Tells LA Police To Stop Spying On Users And Collecting Their Data With Fake Accounts. moguldom.com Facebook has strict policies against users setting up fake accounts on the social network, and the Los Angeles Police Department is in violation of those terms and policies, according to a letter from the social media giant's assistant counsel for civil rights, Vice President Roy Austin. Austin wrote a cease and desist letter asking the …
(2021-11-22). Terror designations promote tolerance of apartheid. electronicintifada.net US has given its implicit blessing of attack on human rights groups.
(2021-11-22). European Court of Human Rights holds Croatian authorities responsible for death of migrant child. peoplesdispatch.org An Afghan migrant family was forcefully pushed back from the border by the Croatian authorities in 2017. A six-year-old child in the family was later hit and killed by a train while walking on foot near the Serbian border…
(2021-11-22). New Orleans marks annual transgender March of Resilience. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – On November 19, over 100 trans activists and their friends defiantly gathered at New Orleans City Hall. On the day recognized nationally as Trans Day of Remembrance, their fourth annual Trans March of Resilience emphasized the struggles that trans people face to survive. | The year 2021 has been the deadliest on record for transgender and non-binary people in the U.S., according to Human Rights Campaign. In early November, Marquiisha Lawrence became the 45th trans person reportedly murdered. She was shot in her home in Greenville, South Carolina. This record broke the previous record of 44 repor…
(2021-11-22). New Files Expose Australian Govt's Betrayal of Julian Assange and Detail his Prison Torment. orinocotribune.com 
By Kit Klarenberg — Nov 17, 2021 | Documents provided exclusively to The Grayzone detail Canberra's abandonment of Julian Assange, an Australian citizen, and provide shocking details of his prison suffering | Was the government of Australia aware of the US Central Intelligence Agency plot to assassinate Julian Assange, an Australian citizen and journalist arrested and now imprisoned under unrelentingly bleak, harsh conditions in the UK? | Why have the country's elected leaders refused to publicly advocate for one of its citizens, who has been held on dubious charges and subjected to torture by a foreign powe…
(2021-11-22). What Do an Apology, Reconciliation, and a Sacred Obligation to Constitutionally Guaranteed Rights of First Nations Look Like in Canada? dissidentvoice.org 
They send a hundred RCMP to go protect a pipeline and not protect people's lives so we need to push back. They put industry, they put fracking, they put gas and oil over everyone's lives. — Eve Saint, a Wet'suwet'en land defender In the nineteenth century, Gilbert Malcolm Sproat, a colonial official, wrote an account …
(2021-11-22). Relocating hen harrier chicks to spare grouse for the gun. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
On the one hand, there are raptors. On the other there are game birds. The former are highly protected under statute. The latter bring in serious revenues to rural businesses for shoots. Hen Harriers (image right) are dependent on, amongst other things, the protein from grouse chicks for their young. On the cuteness scale, I …
(2021-11-22). "In Our DNA": Jacob Blake's Father & Uncle on the Family's Long History of Racial Justice Activism. democracynow.org 
Jacob Blake Sr., whose son was shot by Kenosha police in 2020 and left partially paralyzed, says the family is part of a larger movement fighting for victims of police violence and racial injustice. "We were always pro-Black activists and then after this happened to my son, we've become activists for everyone who's been affected," he says. The Blake family has a long history of activism going back to the civil rights movement and beyond. Justin Blake, Jacob Blake's uncle, says it's in the family's DNA. "We cannot sit down, we must make change."
(2021-11-22). The Laura Flanders Show: Native Sovereignty is Key to Climate Justice. roarmag.org In the midst of a national reckoning with white supremacy and colonial history, Indigenous people are demanding a new relationship with DC — honoring the traditional, legal and moral rights of native nations. Earlier this year, a group of Native organizers traveled with a 25-foot totem pole from the Lummi Nation in Washington State to Washington D.C. stopping for ceremonies in communities under threat and gathering messages for the Biden Harris administration. In DC they held a historic meeting with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. | In this episode, we hear what happened in that meeting, how Native movement…
(2021-11-22). Denver students hold rally for reproductive rights. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On November 16, students gathered on Auraria Campus to stand against attacks on reproductive rights. The event was held by Denver Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and The Brazen Project. Members of each organization gave speeches advocating for reproductive rights and bringing attention to the recently enacted Texas Heartbeat Act. Students protested the ban and advanced the demand that women have access to safe and legal abortions in Texas and across the U.S. | As of September 1, abortion is outlawed in Texas once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Heartbeats begin about six weeks after concep…
(2021-11-22). "Autonomy does not evaporate with loss of capacity": Court of Protection. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
This was one of those deeply troubling cases where there was disagreement amongst the family members over whether their incapacitated brother/father should continue with clinically assisted nutrition and hydration. One brother had applied for ANH to be discontinued, but because of the objections of the patient's son, it was said that he would "continue to …
(2021-11-22). We need to out mobilise the far-right conspiracists. greenleft.org.au There are valid concerns about pandemic lockdowns. But, as Zane Alcorn argues, so-called 'freedom' protestors have never marched for other's rights nor been concerned about keeping people safe from COVID-19.
(2021-11-22). The Problem of Sanctions against North Korea. fpif.org North Korea is one of the most heavily sanctioned countries in the world. It has been subject to U.S. and international sanctions for more than 70 years. Those sanctions have come in three overlapping waves, first as a result of the Korean War, then in response to its development of nuclear weapons, and finally to roll back that nuclear program as well as activities such as counterfeiting and cyberterrorism. | These sanctions have contributed to isolating North Korea from the rest of the world. The country has not entirely welcomed this isolation. Despite longstanding suspicions of outside influences, Pyongyang h…
(2021-11-22). The Middle East: Who is Setting Fire to the Entire Region? journal-neo.org 
Representatives of Iran and the G4+1 (Britain, France, Germany, China, and Russia) are expected to hold the seventh round of discussions on lifting US sanctions against the Islamic Republic in Vienna on November 29. Negotiations were suspended in June when the Islamic Republic held presidential elections. Since then, the new Iranian administration has reviewed the details …