(2022-02-13). The West does not need cause for sanctions against Russia – Foreign Ministry. tass.com Russia has already been living for a decade in the phase of active sanctions, while there were indirect sanctions before, concealed as lists, threats of stop lists and pinpoint sequestration, official spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova added…
(2022-02-13). Biden Seeks to Seize Afghanistan's Assets. juancole.com By John Sifton | Asia Advocacy Director | — ( Human Rights Watch ) — The Biden administration has decided to recommend directing $3.5 billion of Afghanistan's $7 billion in foreign currency reserves in the United States to a trust fund for humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, while agreeing to release another $3.5 billion to families …
(2022-02-13). President Moon and the Beijing Olympics. journal-neo.org 
On February 4, 2022, the Winter Olympic Games opened in Beijing, where 63 South Korean athletes will compete for medals in six sports. On December 6, 2021, Jen Psaki said that the United States is "diplomatically boycotting" the Beijing Winter Olympics because of human rights violations in China. The next day, on December 7, the …
(2022-02-13). But How Do You Stop Putin and the Taliban? davidswanson.org When I suggest not stealing billions of dollars from Afghanistan, and thereby not causing mass starvation and death, otherwise intelligent and informed people tell me that human rights demands that theft. Starving people to death is a means of protecting their "human rights," in fact. How else can you (or the U.S. government) stop Taliban …
(2022-02-13). Thursday 2/24: Voting Rights Town Hall: The Future of Voting Rights in U.S. indybay.org Virtual/online event…
(2022-02-12). Casualties Reported Following New Turkish Drone Strike on Northeastern Syria (Video). southfront.org 
File image. | Late on February 12, a Turkish combat drone targeted a vehicle in the northeastern Syrian town of Amuda, which is held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). | The vehicle was reportedly parked in the center of the town, next to an office of the People's Protection Units (YPG), when it was struck. The YPG, which is designated by Turkey as a terrorist group, is the core faction of the SDF. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, several people were wounded as a…
(2022-02-12). Palestinians, Israelis unite against settler attack on West Bank. themilitant.com Over a dozen masked unsanctioned settlers in the West Bank attacked a group of Palestinian farmers and their supporters from Israel Jan. 21 as they were planting trees by the village of Burin, south of Nablus. The attackers used clubs and threw rocks at the group, and poured gasoline on a nearby car and set it on fire. At least seven people were injured, the most serious hospitalized in Israel. The assailants came from Givat Ronen, an outpost not authorized by the Israeli regime. | Organized by Rabbis for Human Rights and the Olive Harvest Coalition, the Israeli groups drove to Burin to join with Palestinian resi…
(2022-02-12). Central Syria: Russian Airstrikes Kill, Wound Scores Of ISIS Terrorists. southfront.org 
2712070 10/04/2015 Russian servicemen attach a Kh-25 high-precision missile to a Su-24 aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Dmitriy Vinogradov/RIA Novosti | At least 16 terrorists of ISIS were killed and more than 30 others were wounded in recent Russian airstrikes on Syria's central region, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on February 12. | According to the London-based monitoring group, the airstrikes, which targeted different parts of the central region, took place between Febr…
(2022-02-12). Covid-19 and Democracy — Nicaragua v Canada. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Sefton Nicaragua 2018 — police officer Gabriel de Jesús Vado Ruiz, tortured, murdered and set on fire by opposition thugs in Masaya in 2018 (Photo from opposition social media video) From 2018 onwards, Canada's government has denounced Nicaragua in international forums as a repressive dictatorship and followed the US authorities in imposing illegal unilateral…
(2022-02-12). Denuncian asesinato de otro líder social en Valle del Cauca. telesurtv.net Desde la firma del acuerdo de paz en 2016 han sido ultimados 1308 líderes, lideresas sociales y defensores de Derechos Humanos en Colombia.
(2022-02-12). The Heat: Women in Afghanistan. america.cgtn.com 
From the humanitarian crisis to women's rights, we take an in-depth look inside Afghanistan.
(2022-02-12). Venezuela: Storage Bottleneck Causes Setback in Oil Output and Exports. venezuelanalysis.com Caracas is reportedly in talks with bondholders to restructure its debt while Chevron is allegedly lobbying Washington for a sanctions waiver.
(2022-02-12). US Sanctions on Afghanistan are Complicit in Mass Hunger, even as Biden withholds $3.5 bn in Afghan Money. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Kevin Liptak and Natasha Bertrand report at CNN that the Biden administration has decided to split the $7 billion in Afghanistan government money held in the US and confiscated last August when the Taliban took over the country. $3.5 billion will be released for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan itself, while …
(2022-02-12). US & European Partners Finalizing Anti-Russia Sanctions, SWIFT Ban Off Table – Reports. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States and its European partners are finalizing sanctions targeting major Russian banks should the Ukraine situation escalate, but banning Russia from the SWIFT financial system is off the table, Reuters reported citing US and European Union officials.
(2022-02-12). Biden is rooting for Russia to invade Ukraine, Tulsi Gabbard says. rt.com 
The former US congresswoman suggests US and NATO want Moscow to attack so they can impose "draconian" sanctions and enrich the military-industrial complex | President Joe Biden and his NATO allies could easily prevent war in Ukraine but would rather see Russia invade their ally to justify harsh sanctions against Moscow and spur a money-making cold war, former US congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard said on Friday in a Fox News interview with Tucker Carlson. | Gabbard, an Iraq war veteran who ran unsuccessfully for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, made her comments as Biden's administration and US media outl…