(2021-10-03). Forbes Reveals Why the US Government Is Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. dissidentvoice.org Alex Saab is "the key that unlocks the Venezuelan monetary mystery—that is, how a country facing sanctions from the US, the UK and the European Union—is still able to export things like gold and oil…and really the only man who can actually explain how the country [Venezuela] survives today," according to Forbes. The US would …
(2021-10-03). Water Justice for Occupied Palestinians is demanded by UN, as Israeli Squatters Use 87% of Aquifers. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The United Nations High Commission on Human Rights formally reported on Friday on the unjust water situation in the Palestinian West Bank, which is under Israeli military occupation and subject to an illegal colonization effort by Israel to displace the indigenous population with Israeli squatters. A draft of the report …
(2021-10-03). Detention of Ex-Bolivian President Anez Extended by Five Months, Daughter Says. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – A Bolivian judge has ordered to extend the pre-trial detention of former interim Bolivian President Jeanine Anez for another five months, Anez's daughter, Carolina Ribera, has announced.
(2021-10-03). Borrell says JCPOA must be implemented, sanctions lifted. en.mehrnews.com The European Union's top diplomat said that everyone must go back to full implementation of the JCPOA, which means a return of the US into the agreement with the lifting of sanctions.
(2021-10-03). Masacre de Tlatelolco: Uno de los mayores crímenes en México. telesurtv.net La Revolución Cultural de 1968 fue conocida por contribuir a lucha de los derechos estudiantiles y la reivindicación de los movimientos populares.
(2021-10-03). Guantanamo Bay and the Legacy of the Global "War on Terror" libya360.wordpress.com Abdul Rahman Detainees upon arrival at Camp X-Ray, January 2002. Photo: Shane T. McCoy, U.S. Navy The failure of the successive governments in the US to shut Gitmo in which the majority of the detainees, past and present, were never charged with any crime formally, even after spending years in prison and suffering inhuman acts…
(2021-10-03). Iranian-Backed Forces Are Training On Drones In Eastern Syria — Report. southfront.org 
illustrative image. | The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is training pro-government fighters in the eastern Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor on the use of drones, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on October 3. | According to the London-based monitoring group, 25 fighters are taking part in the training course which is being held at a farm located in the outskirts of the town of al-Mayadin in southern Deir Ezzor. | Iranian officers are reportedly training pro-government fighters on fiv…
(2021-10-03). Dubai Expo says six workers died, 72 'seriously injured' in lead-up to world fair. middleeasteye.net 
Dubai Expo says six workers died, 72 'seriously injured' in lead-up to world fair | Disclosure comes after rights groups accused the UAE of flaunting 'image of openness' to divert attention from its systemic human rights abuses | Sun, 10/03/2021 – 11: 42 | The opening ceremony of Dubai Expo 2020 on 30 September (Reuters) | Six workers have died and more than 70 have been seriously injured…
(2021-10-03). Russian Airstrikes Hit Greater Idlib As Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Prepares For Chemical Weapons Provocation. southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On October 3, a new wave of Russian airstrikes hit the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib where al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is in control. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Russian airstrikes targeted the outskirts of the town of Kinda in the western countryside of Idlib as well as the al-Akrad Mount in the northern Latt…
(2021-10-03). GIGS UP! UC AFT Lecturers FIGHT GIG Slave Labor. indybay.org UC-AFT lecturers are fighting for labor rights and against Gig conditions. They rallied at UC Berkeley on 9/29/21 and AFT-UC Council bargain team member David Walter talked about their Gig conditions.
(2021-10-03). Wealthy Countries Must Share Pandemic Relief Aid, Organizations Say. indybay.org In a letter to finance ministers, 250 organizations call on wealthy countries to donate IMF emergency currency they don't need to poor countries. In August, the IMF created $650 billion in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to support global coronavirus response. More than $400 billion went to wealthy countries and $230 billion went to developing countries.
(2021-10-03). US Sanctions Blamed as Venezuela Denounces Frozen Order for Medicines. orinocotribune.com 
One of Portugal's largest banks is holding up a $12.7 million order to fund shipment of medical supplies and vaccines to Venezuela due to US sanctions on the South American country. | A $12.7 million order of critical medicines and medical supplies, placed by Venezuela's development bank with the Pan American Health Organization, has been held up for more than two months as a result of unilateral coercive measures imposed on Venezuela by the US government. The request, frozen by the Portuguese bank Novo Banco, covers more than 30 million syringes, 6 million vaccines against measles, mumps, and rubella, 5.5 millio…
(2021-10-02). ONU insta a garantizar derechos humanos de migrantes haitianos. telesurtv.net Solicita a los Gobiernos que sopesen sus necesidades de protección y permitan su acceso a vías migratorias regulares.
(2021-10-02). African Bar Association Statement on Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com The following is the statement from the African Bar Association demanding an end to the persecution against Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, who has been detained in Cape Verde since June 2020, facing extradition to the United States. | African Bar Demands an End to the Violation of Court Orders and Respect for the Rule of Law in Africa, in the Case of Venezuelan Diplomat, Amb. Alex Saab. | 1) Whereas the Human Rights Council of the African Bar Association met in Abuja Nigeria from September 12th-14th, 2021. | 2) Whereas the Council took a Holistic overview of the violations of Judicial decisions by mostly the Exec…
(2021-10-02). Georgia Reports No Irregularities in Subnational Elections. telesurenglish.net In Georgia, over 3.5 million citizens were called to the polls on Saturday in local elections amid a political crisis fueled by the arrest of ex-President and opposition leader Mikhail Saakashvili (2004 to 2013). | RELATED: | Saakashvili was detained Friday after arriving in the Central Asian nation from Ukraine. In 2018, he was convicted in absentia for abuse of power, corruption, and covering up evidence. | The Georgi…
(2021-10-02). Syria: Could a European court force France to bring home families of IS fighters? middleeasteye.net 
Syria: Could a European court force France to bring home families of IS fighters? | Fragile hope as European Court of Human Rights prepares landmark ruling on Syria repatriations | Sat, 10/02/2021 – 10: 03 | Two detained French women who fled the Islamic State sit with their children while speaking to a AFP reporter at al-Hol camp on 17 February 2019 (AFP/File photo) | France this week faced legal…
(2021-10-02). UN Finds Steven Donziger's House Arrest Violates International Law. popularresistance.org The world's top human rights legal body just offered a crucial show of support for Steven Donziger, the attorney who won a landmark multibillion-dollar case against an oil giant over pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. The ruling came on the eve of his sentencing in a criminal trial. | On Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights ruled that Donziger's home detention is illegal under international law and called on the U.S. to release him. Donziger will have spent an unprecedented 787 days on house arrest as of Friday in what is one of the most winding and wild court cases that spa…
(2021-10-02). End unilateral coercion, China calls. ecns.cn China's ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday called for the complete and immediate lifting of unilateral coercive measures, stressing that they severely violate human rights and exacerbate humanitarian disasters.
(2021-10-02). Saturday 10/2: UUSF Human Rights Working Group Contigent to the Women's March. indybay.org In front of the S.F. Opera House near the corner of Grove and Van Ness…
(2021-10-02). New report shows deadly impact and global condemnation of U.S. sanctions. workers.org 
Sanctions Kill issued the following news release Sept. 24. A coalition of North American human rights organizations has released a report on the impact and consequences of U.S. sanctions. The report is based on wide-ranging research and interviews with residents of countries which are suffering under U.S. sanctions. The report . . . |
(2021-10-02). UK base linked to US drone strike on Iranian general Qassem Soleimani: Report. middleeasteye.net 
UK base linked to US drone strike on Iranian general Qassem Soleimani: Report | While technically a Royal Air Force base, Menwith Hill is also the largest known overseas site of the US National Security Agency | Sat, 10/02/2021 – 21: 08 | The Royal Air Force Base Menwith Hill in Yorkshire provides communications and intelligence support services to the UK and the US (AFP/file photo) | Human rights groups have…
(2021-10-02). Creating a Powerful, Broad-Based Moral Movement. zcomm.org Today's voting rights and economic justice advocates must apply two key lessons from the courageous activists of a half-century ago…
(2021-10-02). Tuesday 10/12: Community Living Options & Choices for the Mental Health Disabled w/ Disability Rights CA. indybay.org Online webinar…
(2021-10-02). Saturday 10/2: Vallejo: Solidarity March for Reproductive Rights. indybay.org Meet at Vallejo City Hall, 555 Santa Clara St., Vallejo, CA 94590 | Wear a Mask. Please follow current COVID guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/…
(2021-10-02). Video: IYSSE Australia members oppose AUKUS alliance and anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org "History has shown that war is incompatible with democratic rights."
(2021-10-02). Third Parties May Disappear From Ballot Under Freedom to Vote Act Provision. truthout.org 
Should a major political party use a voting rights bill to rid itself of minor party competition? That appears to be happening with the recently introduced A pared-down version of the For the People Act, S.2747 would eliminate public funding for presidential campaigns by terminating the Presidential Election Campaign Fund — a post-Watergate era reform me…
(2021-10-02). [Perspectives] The power and politics of fetal imagery. thelancet.com The ultrasound image of the fetus in utero is iconic and has transcended the medical domain into our everyday visual culture, where it has been deployed for commercial, social, and political purposes. The power of fetal imagery to inform contentious debates and influence policy and legislation that limit reproductive rights raises important questions about medicine's role in the production, interpretation, and dissemination of these images.
(2021-10-02). Tuesday 10/19: How Indigenous-led Rights of Nature is Transforming Climate Action Now. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-10-02). Turkey escalates threats against Cyprus, Greece. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey vows to 'resolutely' protect its own, TRNC's [Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus'] rights in East Med ==== Turkey conducts militarized foreign policy, creates new Ottoman empire: Cyprus FM Cyprus: Crimea II. With "unwavering support of the Motherland," secessionists insult top Greek prelate Turkey engineering formal secession of northern Cyprus…and another "humanitarian intervention" ==== Turkey …
(2021-10-02). IEN On Bipartisan Infrastructure Package And Build Back Better Act. popularresistance.org Let us be frank. As communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis and fossil fuel extraction, our situation is dire. While we experience unparalleled disaster in the form of floods, fires, droughts, Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples and state-sanctioned violence against Indigenous and Black communities, the crisis at the so-called border, and other results of climate chaos, we know U.S. elected leadership is in the position to redirect course on behalf of Mother Earth and future generations. The truth is, Congress promised our communities they would work to solve the climate crisis and environmenta…
(2021-10-02). Sanctions deprive Iran of accessing to vaccine in due time. en.mehrnews.com In a statement to the UN, Iran criticized the unilateral and inhumane sanctions imposed on the country, saying that these measures deprived Iran of having access to the COVID-19 vaccine at an appropriate time.