(2021-07-19). Esraa Abdel Fattah among six released in Egypt after months in pre-trial detention. peoplesdispatch.org Six people, including well-known political activist Esraa Abdel Fattah, were released from prison in Egypt on the eve of the Islamic festival of Eid Al-Adha. Others released on Sunday, July 18, include human rights lawyer Mahienour el-Masry; journalists Mostafa al-Asar, Moataz Wadnan and Gamal al-Gammal; and deputy head of the Socialist People's Alliance Party Abdel Nasser Ismail. The six political detainees were released over the last two days as a gesture from the government in the lead-up to the Islamic holidays. They were being held in pre-trial detention, which comes with a legal limit of two years beyond wh…
(2021-07-19). Nicaragua: U.S. Sanctions Will Disrupt Sustainable Beef Production and Reforestation. libya360.wordpress.com Richard Kohn, Ph.D. Recently, there have been reports in the news media that Nicaragua is destroying its rain forests and allowing beef ranchers to convert them to pastures in the country's vast nature reserves. A network of supposed human rights and environmental groups are calling for an increase in the intensity of sanctions against Nicaragua,…
(2021-07-19). Colombia Announces Police Reforms Aimed at Stemming Abuses. latinorebels.com BOGOTàÅ, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Iván Duque on Monday announced reforms to the nation's police forces that are meant to improve accountability and decrease human rights abuses, following weeks of protests in which officers were accused of killing at least two dozen demonstrators.
(2021-07-19). Evo Morales Denounces New U.S.-Led Operation Condor. covertactionmagazine.com Plan follows precedent of 1970s state-sponsored assassination campaign targeting leftists. Operation Condor was a U.S.-directed secret intelligence program in the 1970s and early '80s in six South American U.S.-backed dictatorships—Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay—that resulted in the torture and "disappearance" of thousands of people. The victims included dissidents and leftists, union and peasant …
(2021-07-19). Honoring the suffragists, women in white march for voting rights. peoplesworld.org 
(2021-07-19). Challenging Supremacy: BLM, Palestine and the Struggle for Equal Rights in Burma. counterpunch.org The recent outbreak of violence between Israel and Gaza in May, which resulted in 248 Palestinian and 12 Israeli lives lost, may just seem like the latest in a series of tragedies in that region. Yet this clash may actually mark a turning point in the long-running conflict. What set it apart is not the
(2021-07-19). This Texas Democrat Doesn't Want Proud Boys Standing Over His Grandmother as She Votes. thenation.com This Texas Democrat Doesn't Want Proud Boys Standing Over His Grandmother as She Votes…
(2021-07-19). Western Governments Chided At Arms Conference For 'Enabling' Arab Regimes. popularresistance.org Western nations and arms companies are complicit in aiding regimes in the Middle East to spy on their citizens, speakers at an international conference shedding light on the human rights implications of the arms trade, said on Saturday. | Attendees at Selling Death: why the international arms trade must be controlled, which was backed by former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn, decried what they said was a "corrupt" arms trade that reaped huge profits for the "global military-industrial complex." | The Egyptian human rights activist, Sherif Mansour spoke of "the quiet war" which he says takes place every day acr…
(2021-07-19). 'Human Folly, Not Human Achievement': Oxfam Slams Bezos Space Trip as Billions Suffer on Earth. commondreams.org "Bringing an end to two decades of unjust and abusive military detention of Muslim men at Guant√°namo is a human rights obligation and a national security necessity," said the ACLU.
(2021-07-19). As UN Human Rights Chief Urges Stricter Rules, Snowden Calls for End to Spyware Trade. commondreams.org
(2021-07-19). Protesters support permanent residency for Rajan. greenleft.org.au Refugee rights supporters rallied outside the Northern Hospital to show their support for a Tamil refugee who has been detained for more than 11 years. Chris Slee reports.
(2021-07-19). Refugee car convoy case adjourned again. greenleft.org.au The cases of 18 refugee rights activists who participated in a car convoy last year have been adjourned to October 4. Chris Slee reports.
(2021-07-19). New Lawpod UK episode: Vicarious trauma in the legal profession. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
The Covid pandemic has brought the mental health of those within the legal profession into sharp relief. For some people, the past 18 months will have been the first time they have discussed their mental health with clients, colleagues, and supervisors. To celebrate reaching 500,000 listens on the podcast, I wanted to do something a …
(2021-07-19). A simple rule change could trigger mass vaccine demand plus head off other insurrections. nationofchange.org What property-driven, rights-oriented society allows protesters to both spread disease AND violate sacred boundaries?>
(2021-07-19). Saturday 7/17: La Honda: Good Trouble Protest for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org Post Office sidewalk, 8865 La Honda Road, La Honda, CA 94020 | Peaceful Action. Masks & follow all current COVID guidlines.
(2021-07-19). Friday 7/16: Emergency Webinar on DACA Ruling & Immigrant Rights w/ United We Dream. indybay.org Online via livestream recording…
(2021-07-19). Pipe Line 3 Protesters Disrupt Federal Building. indybay.org Rally outside supports those inside who were detained…
(2021-07-19). Monday 7/19: Voting Rights Now! Women's Protest March on Washington D.C. w/ CA PPC. indybay.org Online D.C. livestream & online voting rights actions…
(2021-07-19). Tuesday 7/20: Free Commander X aka Christopher Doyon – Nonviolent cyber activist defending the rights of the homeless. indybay.org Free Commander X aka Christopher Doyon – Nonviolent cyber activist defending the rights of the homeless has court appearance | Join the protest outside the Robert F. Peckham Federal Court House, 280 S. 1st Street, San Jose, California on on the day of his court appearance, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at noon…
(2021-07-19). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place To Work For Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic scored 100% on the Disability Equality Index and was named one of the "Best Place To Work For Disability Inclusion" by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. "The 100% score on the Disability Equality Index shows Mayo Clinic's determination and continuous efforts to create a more equitable society for people with disabilities," says Anjali Bhagra, M.D., medical director for…
(2021-07-19). Israeli Software Company's Spyware Used To Target Hundreds Of Journalists, Activists. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | An Israeli company's spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials and human rights activists around the world, according to an investigation by 17 media organizations, published on July 18th. | One of the organizations, The Washington Post, said the Pegasus spyware licensed by Israel-based NSO Group also was used to target phones belonging to two women close to Jamal Khashoggi, a Post columnist murdered at a Sa…
(2021-07-18). Media Play Up Protests, Play Down Effect Of US Sanctions In Cuba. popularresistance.org A wave of protests in Cuba became the somewhat unlikely focus of global attention earlier this week, the events becoming the worldwide No. 1 trend on Twitter for over 24 hours, as celebrities, politicians and even the president of the United States weighed in on the action. A statement from Joe Biden's office read: | We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba's authoritarian regime. | Media, too, were quick to focus on the story, giving the prot…
(2021-07-18). What They Don't Say About Cuba. popularresistance.org The old-style information war that we have been experiencing for this last week against Cuba, did not start with Biden. Since 2017, the US has been incessantly and inaccurately talking about a social explosion in Cuba with its magical solution of a "humanitarian intervention." At the same time, Trump progressed in his litany of adding more sanctions to the blockade, 243 to be exact, which have been kept intact by the current administration. | In February 2020, the friends of Luis Almagro, Secretary-General of the OAS, and the Florida congressmen, in between taking selfies with the most despicable fascists of the…
(2021-07-18). As Sanctions Intensify, Organizations Tell US To Stop Interfering In Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Thirty-five years ago, on June 27, 1986, the International Court of Justice in the Hague ruled that the United States had violated international law by supporting the contras and mining Nicaragua's harbors- in breach of our country's international obligations "to not use force against another state, not to intervene in its affairs and not to violate its sovereignty." The decision included the need to pay reparations, calculated at over $US 17 billion. The US refused to comply. Over 30,000 Nicaraguans died as a result of the war and their economy was totally destroyed by the time the war ended. | The US went on to…
(2021-07-18). Media Embellish Protests, Downplay Effects of US Sanctions in Cuba. commondreams.org Our government has been corrupted by greed and the money it brings, and that corruption has spread like a cancer to religion, education, and helping professions like healthcare.
(2021-07-18). Saturday 7/17: Oakland: Good Trouble Vigil for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org Preservation Park at pavilion and fountain site, 1233 Preservation Park Way, Oakland 94612 | Peaceful event. Follow all current COVID guidelines.