(2021-12-14). No action against personnel responsible for killing Afghan civilians in August drone strike, says US defense department. peoplesdispatch.org Several human rights groups have questioned the internal investigation by the Pentagon which called the drone strike inside a residential building in Kabul an "honest mistake". 10 Afghan civilians including seven children, were killed in the US drone strike in August…
(2021-12-14). Over a Year After His Election, President Biden's Human Rights Commitments Fail to Meet the Moment. aclu.org Throughout his presidential campaign, then-candidate Joe Biden The United States' meager commitments presented before last week's Summit for Democracy are illustrative. Instead of undertaking new initiatives to protect democracy, advance racial justice, and implement U.S. obligations on human rights, the Biden adm…
(2021-12-14). Parade of hurting people prods lawmakers to pass Build Back Better. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—One by one, advocating ending income inequality, strengthening and restoring voting rights, cutting military spending, extending the child care tax credit, raising the minimum wage, and more, a parade of people hurting from exploitation by corporations, the economic elite, and their political allies, took a hand-held microphone in D.C. Monday to campaign for their combined …
(2021-12-14). Minneapolis takes to the streets for International Human Rights Day. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Despite a 12-inch snowfall, more than 60 people marched in recognition of International Human Rights Day in Midtown Minneapolis, shutting down a major business thoroughfare on December 11. | The Anti-War Committee (AWC) united with the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC), the Council for American-Islamic Relations — MN (CAIR-MN), the Climate Justice Committee (CJC), Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar Clark (TCC4J), Women Against Military Madness (WAMM), and the Minnesota branch of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) to put on the event. | The ongoing trial of K…
(2021-12-13). How to Chill Free Speech: Defamation Down Under. dissidentvoice.org The free speech argument in Australia has always been skewed. Lacking the confidence, courage and maturity to have a bill of rights that might protect it, Australia's body politic has stammered its way to the frailest of protections. The Australian High Court has done its small bit to read an implied right into one of …
(2021-12-13). USA successfully appeals Assange case. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In Government of the United States v Julian Assange [2021] EWHC 3313 (Admin), the High Court allowed the appeal of the United States of America against the ruling of Westminster Magistrates' Court, thereby permitting the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder to the US where he faces criminal charges relating to the unlawful obtaining and publication …
(2021-12-13). They're killing him: Assange's stroke reveals the Western version of the Saudi bone saw. mronline.org 
They are killing Julian Assange. Experts agree that they are killing him. Assange's stroke is just another item on the mountain of evidence we already had for this.
(2021-12-13). Knights Close the Ranks: New Sanctions Against Belarus. moderndiplomacy.eu Another package of sanctions has been introduced against the Republic of Belarus. The USA, UK and Canada simultaneously announced restrictive measures against a number of Belarusian officials, security officials and persons close to the government structures. The restrictions also affected a number of Belarusian legal entities. These countries openly say that the imposed sanctions are …
(2021-12-13). Iran Threatens Sanctions Against US Over Treatment Of Black Americans. popularresistance.org The Iranian government vowed today to impose sanctions on the United States over racial and policing issues. | Secretary-General of Iran's Human Rights Office Kazem Gharibabadi said the Islamic Republic will publish a list of American entities and individuals involved in human rights abuses. They will then be subject to sanctions from Iran, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. | Gharibabadi did not offer specifics on what the sanctions will entail, but said the move relates to policing issues in the United States, particularly in regard to Black Americans. | "Human rights experts confirmed that pol…
(2021-12-13). Ten contradictions that plague Biden's 'Democracy Summit'. mronline.org 
Biden hopes to secure his place at the head of the "Free World" table by coming out as a champion for human rights and democratic practices worldwide.
(2021-12-13). Abortion Restrictions Could Prompt an Avalanche of Attacks on Bodily Autonomy. truthout.org 
The current fight for abortion rights is more than a domestic battle over state's rights and individual decision making. It is a battle that fits within the broader context of self-determination and human rights. Eroding or outright eliminating the protections stemming from the landmark cases Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey will have tragic consequences for women and pregnant people around the country, as the protected privacy interest in personal decision-making extends beyond a…
(2021-12-13). "You can feel it, Lula president": crowd welcomes former president in Buenos Aires. peoplesdispatch.org The presence of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva marked the return to the streets of the Day of Democracy mobilization in Buenos Aires on Friday November 10. The event began at 3pm in the historic Plaza de Mayo, a symbol of the struggle for human rights. With the slogan "Democracy forever", the mobilization gathered thousands of people. | Lula arrived in the country especially for the occasion. On the same stage where former Uruguayan president Pepe Mujica spoke, followed by vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and president Alberto Fernández, Lula listed the achievements of the so-called "deca…
(2021-12-13). Rights abuses in Myanmar 'deepening on an unprecedented scale'‚ÄØ. moderndiplomacy.eu More than 10 months since Myanmar's military seized power, the country's human rights situation is deepening on an unprecedented scale, the UN rights office, OHCHR, has warned. In a strongly worded statement on Friday, OHCHR said that it was "appalled by the alarming escalation of grave human rights abuses" in the country. "In the last week alone, …
(2021-12-13). La férrea determinación de la gente común de construir un mundo extraordinario. globalizacion.ca El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, ha convocado a 111 países para que asistan a su Cumbre por la Democracia los días 9 y 10 de diciembre, que finalizará el Día de los Derechos Humanos. "Damos la bienvenida a…
(2021-12-13). Talk Show Host Joe Madison Posts Naked Chest From Voting Rights Hunger Strike, Black America Responds. moguldom.com SiriusXM host Joe Madison is still on the hunger strike he started Nov. 8 to protest the lack of legislative action to pass the voting rights bill. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 is proposed legislation that would restore and strengthen parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Portions of the …
(2021-12-13). MLB execs shut down baseball industry in attempt to divide player's union. liberationnews.org 
At midnight on Dec. 2, Major League Baseball executives officially began a "lockout" of players from all team facilities. This results from the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement between the MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association which is the union representing around 1,200 players. Speaking for the MLBPA, executive director Tony Clark stated, "We remain committed to negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement that enhances competition, improves the product for our fans, and advances the rights and benefits of our membership."
(2021-12-13). Louisianans and Texans hold forum to defend abortion and trans rights. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – On December 11, people from Texas and Louisiana came together to discuss recent attacks on reproductive freedom and transgender rights. They held an in-person forum at the New Orleans First Unitarian Universalist Church, with virtual attendance through Zoom and social media. | Participants spoke out against the Supreme Court for validating the Texas abortion ban. Some speakers discussed their experiences rallying against the 15-week ban in Mississippi, which currently threatens the limited right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade. Finally, the forum connected these attacks to the transgender…
(2021-12-13). Gig Workers are in the Driver's Seat in Europe. Is There Hope for the US? inequality.org
(2021-12-13). A Recent Case in Point of What anti-Chinese Sanctions Could Bring. journal-neo.org 
"One gets an impression that the West has lost a culture of political dialogue. The partners have forgotten how to address problems in a civilized manner," said Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Pankin on December 8. Pankin explained that the West most often responds to any decision that does not conform to …
(2021-12-13). US Must Lift Sanctions For Iran To Return To The Nuclear Deal. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Iran's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Bagheri Kani pointed out that the U.S. must lift the sanctions it has imposed on his country in exchange for its return to the 2015 nuclear agreement. | RELATED: | One of the main goals of the Vienna talks was "to establish the conditions that the Americans must meet," said Bagheri Kani, who is also Iran's chief negotiator. Once those conditions are agreed upon, the U.S. will hav…
(2021-12-13). Highland Resistance: How the Che Guevara Commune Confronts the Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina and Chris Gilbert First-hand accounts of the impact of the US sanctions on a coffee and cocoa growing commune in the Venezuelan Andes. The Che Guevara Commune lies on the fertile hillsides that rise up from the shores of Lake Maracaibo in western Venezuela. Historically this has been a cocoa-growing region but…
(2021-12-13). EU Sanctions PMC Wagner for Interfering in Mali's Transition. telesurenglish.net The decision on sanctions against the Wagner company for impeding Mali's democratic transition was approved without any discussion at Brussels' meeting. They will be effective after being publicized in the Official Journal of the European Union. | RELATED: | The individuals listed on the sanctions will be prohibited from using the European Union banking systems and legal entities from making borrowings in the EU countries.