(2021-10-22). If all refugees lived in one place, it would be the 17th most populous country in the world: The Forty-Second Newsletter (2021). mronline.org 
On 5 October, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a historic, non-legally binding resolution that 'recognises the right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human right that is important for the enjoyment of human rights'.
(2021-10-22). Diné Organization Files Petition Against United States, Citing Human Rights Violations. popularresistance.org For decades, the people on Navajo Nation have had no drinking water, due to uranium mining. Today, the Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM) submitted the additional documents needed for a petition it filed in 2011 against the United States over the issue, to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
(2021-10-22). Chile: Supreme Court Condemns 19 Agents Of The Dictatorship. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Chile's Supreme Court sentenced 19 agents of the defunct National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) to prison for the kidnapping of the brothers Carlos and Aldo Perez during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990). | RELATED: | In September 1974, these Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) militants were arrested, tortured, and killed. Judge Hernan Crisosto Greisse determined that Carlos Perez was detained in his office by agents of the Milita…
(2021-10-22). A different sort of truth. mronline.org 
In the novel released this year, Mohamedou Ould Slahi offers a glimpse of the world he created to escape Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, writes Alexander Hartwiger.
(2021-10-22). Palestinians Protest In Support Of Prisoners On Hunger Strike, Demand Their Immediate Release. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, October 20, Palestinians staged a protest at the al-Manara square in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank in solidarity with six prisoners who are on hunger strike against their illegal administrative detention in Israeli jails, reported Al Jazeera. Several Palestinian civil society groups and prisoner rights groups participated in the protest, along with the families of those who are on hunger strike. They called for immediate and unconditional release of the six prisoners and expressed fear about their health.
(2021-10-22). New Israeli bill proposes to let police enter homes of Arab citizens without warrant. peoplesdispatch.org Critics argue that in the name of fighting rising crime rates within the Arab community, Israel is legalizing discrimination against Arab citizens. Recently, the policy of indefinite detention. so far followed only in the occupied territories, was extended to Arab citizens of Israel…
(2021-10-22). Biden Says He's Open to Reforming Filibuster to Win Voting Rights. truthout.org 
Rights advocates are applauding President Joe Biden's The president told Anderson Cooper he'd be open to returning to the talking filibuster, which requires senators to speak on the floor of the Senate, to replace the current rules w…
(2021-10-22). Court of Justice of the EU allows prohibition of religious symbols in the workplace. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) sparked controversy with its recent judgment passed down in IX v Wabe eV and MH Màºller Handels GmbH v MJ. This case required the CJEU to again consider the right to freedom of religion. It ruled that employers can ban workers from observing religious symbols, including …
(2021-10-22). Putin Speaks Of Taliban, Ukraine, Values And Energy At The Valdai Club. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On October 21st, Russian President Vladimir Putin held discussions with members of the Valdai club, after giving an address. | Notably, Putin said that the world was moving towards recognizing the Taliban movement and that Washington and Moscow were on the right track following the Geneva summit. | He also thanked Europe for the sanctions."A thank you goes to the Europeans for sanctions in the field of agriculture." They triggered retaliatory steps and encouraged investment in import subst…
(2021-10-21). Headlines for October 21, 2021. democracynow.org Republican Senators Use Filibuster to Block Federal Voting Rights Bill, Biden Touts Compromise Deal After Sens. Manchin and Sinema Reject Build Back Better Agenda, White House Prepares for Mass Vaccinations of Children Aged 5 to 11 in November, Police Unions Oppose COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Senate Questions Rahm Emanual on Police Murder of Laquan McDonald in Ambassadorship Hearing, Syrian Civilians Killed in Idlib Shelling; HRW Warns of Abuses Against Returning Refugees, Ethiopian Gov't Continues Airstrikes in Tigray Amid Mounting Humanitarian Crisis, U.S. Court Rules in Favor of Guantánamo Prisoner Held for 14…
(2021-10-21). The United States Is Doubling Down On Deadly Sanctions. popularresistance.org Washington, DC – The 2021 Sanctions Review Report released by the United States Department of the Treasury on October 18 is an ominous warning. This unsigned report should set off international alarm bells among human rights organizations, international health agencies and peace, justice, and community groups , impacted countries and most countries in the United Nations. | One of President Biden's first actions in office was to call for a review of existing US and multilateral financial and economic sanctions to evaluate whether they are "unduly hindering" targeted countries' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. T…
(2021-10-21). If All Refugees Lived in One Place, It Would Be the 17th Most Populous Country in the World. dissidentvoice.org 
Jaime de Guzman (Philippines), Metamorphosis II, 1970. On 5 October, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a historic, non-legally binding resolution that 'recognises the right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human right that is important for the enjoyment of human rights'. Such a right should force governments who sit …
(2021-10-21). Jailed Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Publishes Prison Writings as Sisi Cracks Down on Dissent. democracynow.org 
The Biden administration says it is withholding about 10% of its annual military aid to Egypt because of concerns over human rights abuses by the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Egypt will still get nearly $1.2 billion in military assistance, even as a new report by Human Rights Watch finds Egyptian authorities have killed perhaps hundreds of secretly held dissidents in extrajudicial executions in recent years. Egypt holds an estimated 60,000 political prisoners, including the prominent activist and blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who appeared in court this week to face charges of spreading "false news"
(2021-10-21). Judges Present Book on Crimes of the Argentinean Dictatorship. telesurenglish.net During an event that will take place at the "Memory Museum" in Buenos Aires on Thursday afternoon, Sergio Torres and Cecilia Brizzio will present the results of the investigation carried out on the human rights violations committed at the Navy Higher School of Mechanics (ESMA) during the last Argentine military dictatorship (1976-1983). | Related | From 2003 to 2019, Torres headed the Court that investigated crimes against humanity in Argentin…
(2021-10-21). Of Spirits, Martyrs & Legends: the Magic & Sorrow of Vietnam's Cà¥n S∆°n Island. counterpunch.org This tropical paradise was a penal colony during the French colonial era and the US War in Vietnam. For 22,000 Vietnamese and some Cambodians, Cà¥n S∆°n Island was literally the last stop on a journey that began with their arrest and incarceration on the mainland. Their crime? Resisting the foreign invader du jour and fighting for their country's independence and unification. In addition to execution, causes of death included disease and torture.
(2021-10-21). UN: Palestinians detained in Saudi Arabia are held arbitrarily and should be released. middleeasteye.net 
UN: Palestinians detained in Saudi Arabia are held arbitrarily and should be released | UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention says Hamas leader and his son are 'deprived of their liberty' in Riyadh because they are Palestinians | Thu, 10/21/2021 – 13: 57 | Mohammed al-Khoudary, 83, was being treated for prostate cancer at the time of his arrest in April 2019 and has been denied medical treatment while…
(2021-10-21). Uprising continues inside Israeli occupation prisons as more Palestinian prisoners join collective strike. samidoun.net 
Mahmoud al-Ardah, the leader of the Freedom Tunnel operation in which six Palestinian prisoners liberated themselves from Gilboa prison, launched an open hunger strike on 21 October in the Ayalon prison in Ramleh where he is held. He launched his strike to reject the arbitrary penalties and deprivation of rights imposed upon him and his […] | The article
(2021-10-21). Was Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg A White Supremacist Democrat? 3 Things To know. moguldom.com The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was considered a champion for women's rights and liberal policies but how much of a supporter was she for Black Americans? Some Supreme Court followers think she might have been more foe than friend to Black people in America. She was often praised for her bold stances. …
(2021-10-21). IMF Drawing Rights Allocation Discriminates Against Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez accused the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of discriminating against Venezuela during the allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). | RELATED: | "Venezuela will continue to denounce that we are victims of discrimination… Our people are being denied the US$5 billion assigned to our country," Rodriguez said during the 7th Forum of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Dev…
(2021-10-21). Republicans block vote on Democrats' voting reform bill. wsws.org Senate Republicans used a filibuster to block a vote on federal voting rights reform on Wednesday. The "Freedom to Vote Act" is the third Democratic Party voting rights bill to fail to pass the Senate this year.
(2021-10-21). The Cultural Genocide in Palestine: On Sally Rooney's Decision to Boycott Israel. counterpunch.org The pro-Israel crowd on social media was quick to pounce on award-winning Irish novelist, Sally Rooney, as soon as she declared that she had "chosen not to sell … translation rights of her best-selling novel, 'Beautiful World, Where Are You' to an Israeli-based publishing house". Expectedly, the accusations centered on the standard smearing used by
(2021-10-21). Biden administration reinstating Trump's anti-immigrant "Remain in Mexico" policy. wsws.org The Biden administration is using the policies and structures put in place by former President Trump to attack the fundamental rights of migrants seeking asylum in the US through the border with Mexico.
(2021-10-21). Our Future vs. Neoliberalism. counterpunch.org In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results. Progressive leaders in the U.S. Congress are refusing to back down on the Democrats' promises to American voters to reduce poverty, expand rights to healthcare, education and clean energy,
(2021-10-21). Cuba: AG Warns March Organizers of Potential Repercussions. telesurenglish.net Garcia and several members of his digital platform Archipiélago asked the authorities for a permit to hold a "peaceful" demonstration under the rights explicitly stated in the new constitution. However, their demand was turned down by the government, which described it as an "illicit" way of destroying socialism, which is signed as "irrevocable" in the Constitution itself. | RELATED: | Subsequently, the media outlet Cubadebate published…
(2021-10-21). Advocacy Groups Blast US Treasury Sanctions Review for Failing to Address Civilian Harm. venezuelanalysis.com The US Treasury Department's sanctions review sparked criticism for focusing on how to "modernize" coercive measures.
(2021-10-21). US Treasury Opposes Cryptocurrencies to Deepen Illegal 'Sanctions'. orinocotribune.com This week, a broad review was published of the unilateral coercive measures—euphemistically referred to as "sanctions"—administered and enforced by the US Department of the Treasury (USDT). For its preparation, USDT reviewers met with members of Congress and their staff, inter-institutional partners, private actors, foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, academics, and Treasury staff specialized in these illegal actions. Unilateral coercive measures have been labeled by United Nations experts as instruments of collective punishment that likely qualify as crimes against humanity. | The re…