2022-06-23: News Headlines

Editor (2022-06-23). UK to introduce new 'bill of rights' after migrant deportation defeat. mronline.org Britain will begin legislating for a new 'bill of rights' on Wednesday, giving the government the authority to disregard European Court of Human Rights judgments.

TeleSUR Desk (2022-06-23). Another Young Ecuadorian Dies During National Strike. mronline.org "It is worrying how military and police violence has escalated against those who exercise their right to protest and resist," said the Alliance of Ecuadorian Human Rights Organizations.

Editor (2022-06-23). Julian Assange, Alina Lipp, and Anne-Laure Bonnel—When truth becomes a crime in the West. mronline.org Julian Assange, Alina Lipp and Anne-laure Bonnel are three journalists who are paying a high price for telling the truth in the West: attempts to suffocate them financially, followed by censorship, threats of imprisonment or imprisonment altogether, and even physical and psychological torture in the case of Assange.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-23). David Castillo sentenced to 22.5-year jail term for assassination of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres. peoplesdispatch.org Members of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, which was founded by Berta Cáceres, have said that true justice will not be delivered until the 'intellectual authors' of the crime are prosecuted and sentenced…

Editor2 (2022-06-23). Canada Steps Up Surveillance of Indigenous Peoples to Push Pipelines. orinocotribune.com By Nick Cunningham &#1 ; Jun 19, 2022 | An International Human Rights Body Condemned Canada's Treatment Of Indigenous Communities Opposing Two Major Oil And Gas Pipelines. | Canadian police and security forces have intensified their surveillance and harassment of Indigenous people in recent months in an effort to clear the way for the construction of two long-distance oil and gas pipelines in British Columbia, earning the condemnation of international human rights observers. | "The Governments of Canada and of the Province of British Columbia have escalated their use of force, surveillance, and criminalization of…

____ (2022-06-23). 192 key fugitives arrested in China's special campaign. ecns.cn Chinese police have caught 192 key fugitives of crimes against the control of the national border and frontier in an ongoing campaign since September 2021, the National Immigration Administration said Thursday.

____ (2022-06-23). China to establish national demonstration zones for IPR protection. ecns.cn China will establish a batch of demonstration zones for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection by 2025, according to a notice recently published by the National Intellectual Property Administration.

Jordan Schachtel (2022-06-23). Already Expired: Moderna's upcoming Omicron shot is formulated for a variant that no longer exists. globalresearch.ca Moderna's reformulated mRNA COVID injection, the highly touted — and continuously delayed — "Omicron vaccine," was tailored to an Omicron subvariant that no longer exists. | The pharmaceutical company's Omicron-specific shot was formulated for the BA.1 subvariant of Omicron, which hasn't …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-22). 'Ukraine Fatigue' Intensifies as Sanctions Boomerang Ravages Western Economies. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic On February 24, the political West sounded decidedly self-confident as it expected Russia was heading back to the disastrous 1990s, with the country's social and economic prospects seemingly in tatters. Russian forex reserves were stolen, banks cut off from SWIFT, Western airspace banned, while anything remotely connected to Russia and its magnificent civilizational contributions…

Staff (2022-06-22). Russia: US Mercenaries Captured in Ukraine Must Be Tried. orinocotribune.com Russia has confirmed that the two captured US mercenaries will be punished for their crimes committed during the war in Ukraine. | Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov said on Sunday, June 19, in an interview with US television network MSNBC, that Russia considers that "they [the detained US mercenaries] should be held accountable for the crimes they have committed and those crimes should be investigated. They have been detained in the right place to ensure that the investigation of their crimes is carried out." | According to Peskov, the captured mercenaries are "soldiers of fortune" who have participated in illeg…

Margaret Kimberley (2022-06-22). The Problem with Juneteenth. orinocotribune.com By Margaret Kimberley &#1 ; Jun 15, 2022 | Juneteenth was a people's holiday with deep meaning for the descendants of enslaved people. But the declaration of an official federal holiday has turned it into an opportunity for corporate exploiters and cynical politicians to show pretend concern for Black people. At best Juneteenth provides a history lesson and an opportunity for much needed political education. | "The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of pr…

_____ (2022-06-22). Venezuelan's View: Petro Victory In Colombia, US Sanctions, Iran Pact. popularresistance.org Multipolarista host Benjamin Norton speaks with Venezuelan journalist Jesús Rodríguez Espinoza, editor of independent news outlet the Orinoco Tribune, about the victory of left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro in Colombia's presidential election, the easing of a few US sanctions, and Venezuela's 20-year cooperation agreement with Iran.

Benjamin Norton (2022-06-22). Mexico's President AMLO demands freedom for Julian Assange, 'prisoner of conscience' and 'best journalist of our time'. multipolarista.com Mexico's left-wing President López Obrador denounced US hypocrisy and reiterated his call to free Julian Assange, calling him a "prisoner of conscience" and the "best journalist of our time, in the world." At a press conference, AMLO played a WikiLeaks video showing the US military killing civilians in Iraq.

Dana Sanchez (2022-06-22). Andrew Gillum Indicted For Fraud, Conspiracy, Lying Related To His Campaign: 'This Case Is Not Legal, It Is Political'. moguldom.com Andrew Gillum, 42, who narrowly lost to Ron DeSantis in the 2018 midterm elections as Florida's governor, was charged, along with an associate, by federal prosecutors in 21-count federal indictment Wednesday in Tallahassee. Nineteen of the 21 counts each carry a maximum of 20 years in prison. Gillum was the first Black gubernatorial candidate in …

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-22). Putin Says Russia Will Redirect Exports to BRICS Nations. news.antiwar.com Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of BRICS leaders on Wednesday that Russia is BRICS is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, which together represent more than 40% of the world's population. Russia's BRICS partners have not followed the US-led sanctions campaign, and some have stepped up Russian oil imports…

Scorinoco (2022-06-22). Francia Márquez, Vice President-Elect of Colombia. orinocotribune.com The first fact about the vice president-elect of Colombia, Francia Márquez, is her African descent. However, her origins are more relevant than what is evident at first glance. It was her history as a human rights activist and lawyer for social causes that led her to where she is today. | Márquez was born in 1981, in the village of Yolombó, located in Suárez, a town in the department of Cauca in south-western Colombia where mining is the main factor of economic dependence and social struggles. | A history of militancy against extractivism | Márquez's family depended on the mining industry. While her mother was a…

Aditi Shah (2022-06-22). Without Access to Counsel, Detained Immigrants Face Increased Risks of Prolonged Detention and Unlawful Deportation. aclu.org In January 2022, Gabino Medina, who was held at an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Seneca County, Ohio, tried to reach me and his immigration attorney several times, but his calls wouldn't go through. Gabino informed facility officials that he was having issues with his phone account, but was told not to worry — that he would soon be transferred to another facility and his account would be up and running again soon. A few days later, I finally received a call from Gabino. This time, he was in Mexico. | After preventing Gabino from speaking with me and his immigration…

Ricardo Vaz, Venezuelanalysis (2022-06-22). Venezuela: Housing Movements Rally in Caracas, Hold Meeting with Maduro. venezuelanalysis.com The mobilization was "a message to the bourgeoisie" amidst growing threats to roll back rights secured under the Bolivarian Process.

_____ (2022-06-22). Local Governments Stepping In To Bolster Workers' Rights. popularresistance.org In recent years, cities, counties, and other localities have become innovators and leaders in standing up for working people. Responding to increased inequality, degraded working conditions, and insufficient or inconsistent worker protections at the state and federal level, localities have in many cases joined states as the "laboratories" of experimentation (as Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis described) in relation to workplace matters.1 A number of localities have come to view protecting workers and improving their conditions as part of their core municipal function. | This is a joint project with the Ha…

Anonymous811 (2022-06-22). Lithuania Hides Behind 'Sanctions' To Justify Blockade Of Kaliningrad. southfront.org Trains in Kakiningrad | On June 18, the Lithuanian government imposed sanctions on cargo transit to the Kaliningrad region. This applies to a range of goods: resources, materials, and high technology. | There will be no complete lockdown of Kaliningrad. Restrictions have affected only sub-sanctioned goods (for example, coal, metal, and building materials). up to % of the cargoes, which were transported between the exclave and other regions of the country, including building materials and metals were subje…

Staff (2022-06-22). US Sanctions on Russia Affect Aircraft Production in the US. orinocotribune.com The US-imposed sanctions on Russia have affected the manufacture of aircraft by US multinational The Boeing Company. This is the reason behind its recent suspension of the manufacture of 737 MAX aircraft, due to a lack of titanium and other critical components supplied by Russia. The halt in production was confirmed last According to aviation security expert Roman Gusarov, Russia supplies critical parts and components to the US aircraft man…

____ (2022-06-22). UNGA anti-Iran report on HR 'politically motivated, unjust'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that the recent UN General Assembly (UNGA) report on the human rights status in Iran is politically motivated, unjust and biased.

Editor (2022-06-22). Assange Put on Suicide Watch After Patel Decision, Father Says. scheerpost.com John and Gabriel Shipton at Berlin rally. (Joe Lauria) | By Joe Lauria / After British Home Secretary Priti Patel signed Julian Assange's extradition order on Friday the authorities in Belmarsh prison stripped Julian Assange and threw him into a completely empty cell in an attempt to prevent his suicide, Assange's father has said. | It was just one more instance in which the prison humiliated his son, Shipton told a rally on Tuesday night at the offices of the Junge Welt newspape…

____ (2022-06-22). U.S. must protect its people from gun violence: spokesperson. ecns.cn The United States should protect its people from gun violence, as any government that safeguards human rights should do, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Tuesday.

Staff (2022-06-22). UK systematic racism deeply-rooted in its history. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — The Deputy Head of International Affairs of Judiciary and Secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights has said that the UK's systematic racism is deeply rooted in its history.

Julia Conley (2022-06-22). Civil Rights Groups Demand Biden Cancel at Least $ K in Student Debt Per Borrower. commondreams.org Federal student loans payments are currently scheduled to begin again at the end of August, as households across the country face rising prices due to inflation.

Doctors for COVID Ethics (2022-06-22). J'Accuse! The Gene-based "Vaccines" Are Killing People. Governments Worldwide Are Lying to You the People, to the Populations They Purportedly Serve. globalresearch.ca The Signal of Harm is now indisputably overwhelming, and, in line with universally accepted ethical standards for clinical trials, Doctors for Covid Ethics demands that the 'Covid' vaccine programme be halted immediately.

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-06-22). Aprueban nueva prórroga del estado de excepción en El Salvador. telesurtv.net Organizaciones de derechos humanos de El Salvador han pedido el cese del estado de excepción debido a detenciones arbitrarias.

CID, CA Black Power Network (2022-06-22). Wednesday 6/29: CA's Formerly Incarcerated: Accessing Voting Rights in California. indybay.org Online/webinar…

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-06-22). Trabajadores uruguayos protestan contra política privatizadora. telesurtv.net Los trabajadores consideran esta política de privatización como una medida contra los intereses y derechos del pueblo uruguayo.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-22). Pueblos indígenas de Panamá piden al Gobierno cumplir sus demandas. telesurtv.net Dieron un plazo de 30 días al Gobierno de Laurentino Cortizo para atender varias de sus demandas, entre ellas, las relacionados a sus derechos territoriales.

Staff (2022-06-22). Ecuador: Movimientos sociales denuncian la violencia policial (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Movimientos sociales y organizaciones defensoras de derechos humanos denunciaron este martes que la policía de Ecuador ha reprimido a los manifestantes que se sumaron al paro nacional, que cumple su noveno día, contra las políticas del gobierno de Guillermo Lasso. Entre las denuncias en redes sociales están las asfixias por gases lacrimógenos.

Contributing Writers (2022-06-21). "The First Casualty of War is the Truth". What is Really Happening in Donbass/By Christelle Néant and Dr. Leon Tressell. marktaliano.net A Conversation with Christelle Neant of Donbass Insider on the War in Ukraine By Christelle Néant and Dr. Leon Tressell Global Research, June 21, 2022 To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected …

Benjamin Norton (2022-06-21). Venezuelan's view on Gustavo Petro victory in Colombia, US sanctions, Iran pact. multipolarista.com A leftist Venezuelan journalist discusses the victory of left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro in Colombia's presidential election, the easing of a few US sanctions, and Venezuela's 20-year cooperation agreement with Iran.

_____ (2022-06-21). "Fight poverty, not the poor!": Thousands rally in Washington DC. popularresistance.org Thousands of people gathered in the US capital of Washington DC on June 18 to participate in the 'Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls'. The action was organized by the Poor People's Campaign (PPC) to address a broad range of interconnected issues affecting the country's 140 million poor and low wealth people— including access to health care and housing, systemic racism, the climate crisis, and rising militarism. | The PPC was joined by labor unions, religious organizations, and several climate action, human rights, and civil society groups. The rally t…

_____ (2022-06-21). 'Fight Poverty, Not The Poor!': Thousands Rally In Washington DC. popularresistance.org Washington D.C. – Thousands of people gathered in the US capital of Washington DC on June 18 to participate in the 'Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls'. The action was organized by the Poor People's Campaign (PPC) to address a broad range of interconnected issues affecting the country's 140 million poor and low wealth people— including access to health care and housing, systemic racism, the climate crisis, and rising militarism. | The PPC was joined by labor unions, religious organizations, and several climate action, human rights, and civil society g…

_____ (2022-06-21). How The US Could Lose The New Cold War. popularresistance.org The United States appears to have entered a new cold war with both China and Russia. And US leaders' portrayal of the confrontation as one between democracy and authoritarianism fails the smell test, especially at a time when the same leaders are actively courting a systematic human-rights abuser like Saudi Arabia. Such hypocrisy suggests that it is at least partly global hegemony, not values, that is really at stake. | For two decades after the fall of the Iron Curtain, the US was clearly number one. But then came disastrously misguided wars in the Middle East, the 2008 financial crash, rising inequality, the op…

Ann Brown (2022-06-21). Why Aren't Profiteering Record Labels Attached In The Young Thug YSL RICO Case? moguldom.com Atlanta rapper Young Thug, one of the country's most successful hip-hop artists, is facing 20 years to life in prison after being arrested and charged on May 9 for gang activity as part of a 52-count RICO indictment, along with fellow rapper Gunna and other associates. Prosecutors claim his label YSL (Young Stoner Life) Records is, …

Editor (2022-06-21). Captive labor: Exploitation of incarcerated workers. mronline.org Our nation incarcerates more than 1.2 million people in state and federal prisons, and two out of three of these incarcerated people are also workers. In most instances, the jobs these nearly 800,000 incarcerated workers have look similar to those of millions of people working on the outside.

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