(2022-01-12). Headlines for January 12, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Supports Senate Bypassing Filibuster Rule to Pass Voting Rights Legislation, FDA Head Says "Most People" Will Get COVID; Students Protest School Safety Protocols, Red Cross Warns of Blood Supply Crisis Amid Pandemic, Anthony Fauci Accuses Sen. Rand Paul of Endangering His Life by Spreading Lies Around Pandemic, 19 People Reported Killed in Tigray Airstrikes on Same Day Biden Speaks with Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed, Coast Guard Rescues 176 Haitian Migrants from Boat as Biden Admin Continues Mass Deportations, DOJ Forms Domestic Terrorism Unit, NC Protesters Demand Justice for Jason Walker, a Black Man Shot Dead…
(2022-01-12). Biden Backs Filibuster Reform to Pass Voting Rights Bills After Sustained Grassroots Pressure. democracynow.org 
We go to Atlanta, Georgia, where President Biden and Vice President Harris spoke on Tuesday to pressure Congress to pass critical voting rights legislation. Biden endorsed changing the Senate rules to prevent a minority of senators from filibustering the bills. We speak to two leaders in the voting rights movement about the importance of passing the bills, particularly for people of color. "Right now 40 senators can stop 100 senators from having a vote, and that is absolutely unheard of anywhere else in our democracy," says Ben Jealous, who attended Biden's speech and is president of People for the American Way a…
(2022-01-12). Biden gives lip service to voting rights in Atlanta as legislation remains stalled in Senate. wsws.org Biden's speech was another empty gesture by the Democratic Party as it continues to abandon any defense of democratic rights.
(2022-01-12). Biden gives lip service to voting rights in Atlanta as legislation remains stalled in Senate. wsws.org Biden's speech was another empty gesture by the Democratic Party as it continues to abandon any defense of democratic rights.
(2022-01-12). Guantanamo Is a Global Symbol of US Torture and Power Abuse. telesurenglish.net The notorious Guantanamo Bay detention facility, a symbol of U.S. torture and abuse of prisoners, marked on Tuesday the 20th anniversary of the first prisoners' arrival, amid renewed calls that it be shut down and America reflect on its poor human rights record. | RELATED: | "Today is a day to reflect, and to act," U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar wrote in an op-ed published in Teen Vogue on Tuesday. "For those of you who don't know much about…
(2022-01-12). Conservatives on Supreme Court Poised to Block Biden's Vaccine and Mask Mandates. zcomm.org The reactionary "justices" seem more inclined to shield corporate profits and red states' rights than to protect the health and safety of the people…
(2022-01-12). Wednesday 1/12: Guantánamo, Off the Record: 20 Years in the Fight. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…
(2022-01-12). Netizens Mock Eric Trump Complaining About 'Mean Lady Suing His Dad' Amid Letitia James' Probe. sputniknews.com Last month, Donald Trump filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block Letitia James' investigation into his business, accusing the New York AG of violating his constitutional rights.
(2022-01-11). Headlines for January 11, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Coronavirus Cases and Hospitalizations Soar to Record Highs, Warming Oceans Set New Temperature Records in 2021 as Climate Crisis Worsened, U.N. Appeals for Nearly $5 Billion in Afghanistan Aid as 1 Million Children Face Severe Malnutrition, Amid Talks with U.S., Russia Says Ukraine Must Never Be Allowed to Join NATO, North Korea Tests Hypersonic Missile for Second Time in a Week, Lithuania Pays $113,000 to Guantánamo "Forever Prisoner" Tortured at CIA Black Site, Former DEA Informant Arrested over Alleged Role in Plot That Assassinated Haiti's President, El Salvador Reopens Probe into 1989 Massacre of Jesui…
(2022-01-11). Headlines for January 11, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Coronavirus Cases and Hospitalizations Soar to Record Highs, Warming Oceans Set New Temperature Records in 2021 as Climate Crisis Worsened, U.N. Appeals for Nearly $5 Billion in Afghanistan Aid as 1 Million Children Face Severe Malnutrition, Amid Talks with U.S., Russia Says Ukraine Must Never Be Allowed to Join NATO, North Korea Tests Hypersonic Missile for Second Time in a Week, Lithuania Pays $113,000 to Guantánamo "Forever Prisoner" Tortured at CIA Black Site, Former DEA Informant Arrested over Alleged Role in Plot That Assassinated Haiti's President, El Salvador Reopens Probe into 1989 Massacre of Jesui…
(2022-01-11). 20 Years Later, Guantánamo Remains a Disgraceful Stain on Our Nation. It Needs to End. aclu.org Twenty years have passed since the first detainees arrived in Guantánamo Bay, making it the longest-standing war prison in U.S. history. Since 2002, 779 Muslim men and boys have been held at Guantánamo, nearly all of them without charge or trial. Today, 39 men remain indefinitely detained there, and 27 of them have never even been charged with any crime. Fourteen of those 27 have been cleared for transfer or release, some for years. Many of the remaining men are torture survivors; the CIA formerly disappeared some of them at "black sites" before our government sent them to Guantánamo. All of the prisoners have…
(2022-01-11). Coming This 2022: Refugees, Democracy and Human Rights. dissidentvoice.org 
Although 2021 is now behind us, there are many issues that will linger for a while, or much longer, and will certainly dominate much of the news in 2022, as well. These are but a few of the issues. NATO-Russian Brinkmanship Exasperated with NATO expansion and growing ambitions in the Black Sea region, Moscow has …
(2022-01-11). Coming This 2022: Refugees, Democracy and Human Rights. dissidentvoice.org Although 2021 is now behind us, there are many issues that will linger for a while, or much longer, and will certainly dominate much of the news in 2022, as well. These are but a few of the issues. NATO-Russian Brinkmanship Exasperated with NATO expansion and growing ambitions in the Black Sea region, Moscow has …
(2022-01-11). Guantánamo 2.0: Former Prisoner Mansoor Adayfi Says Injustice Continues Even After Release. democracynow.org 
Former Guantánamo Bay detainee Mansoor Adayfi was imprisoned for 14 years without charge before being released in 2016 to Serbia. Adayfi says those released from Guantánamo become "stateless men" who experience a brutal legal limbo even after being cleared of all charges, often released to countries where they have no history or connection with their families. Even exonerated former detainees of Guantánamo "live in the stigma of Guantánamo, viewed by the hosting countries as terrorists, as killers," says Adayfi. He joins advocates everywhere in calling for President Biden to shut the prison down.
(2022-01-11). Guantánamo 2.0: Former Prisoner Mansoor Adayfi Says Injustice Continues Even After Release. democracynow.org Former Guantánamo Bay detainee Mansoor Adayfi was imprisoned for 14 years without charge before being released in 2016 to Serbia. Adayfi says those released from Guantánamo become "stateless men" who experience a brutal legal limbo even after being cleared of all charges, often released to countries where they have no history or connection with their families. Even exonerated former detainees of Guantánamo "live in the stigma of Guantánamo, viewed by the hosting countries as terrorists, as killers," says Adayfi. He joins advocates everywhere in calling for President Biden to shut the prison down.
(2022-01-11). Meet the Muslim Army Chaplain Who Condemned Torture of Guantánamo Prisoners & Then Was Jailed Himself. democracynow.org 
Twenty years ago today, the U.S. military began imprisoning Muslim men at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. We speak with the prison's former Muslim chaplain, James Yee, who was jailed and held in solitary confinement for 76 days after being falsely accused of espionage. All charges were eventually dropped, and he received an honorable discharge. Yee describes how boys as young as 12 to 15 years old were treated as enemy combatants on the prison complex and the widespread Islamophobia that put even Muslim Americans under heavy surveillance. "During my time I was there, it was clear that these individuals were not in any wa…
(2022-01-11). Meet the Muslim Army Chaplain Who Condemned Torture of Guantánamo Prisoners & Then Was Jailed Himself. democracynow.org Twenty years ago today, the U.S. military began imprisoning Muslim men at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. We speak with the prison's former Muslim chaplain, James Yee, who was jailed and held in solitary confinement for 76 days after being falsely accused of espionage. All charges were eventually dropped, and he received an honorable discharge. Yee describes how boys as young as 12 to 15 years old were treated as enemy combatants on the prison complex and the widespread Islamophobia that put even Muslim Americans under heavy surveillance. "During my time I was there, it was clear that these individuals were not in any wa…
(2022-01-11). Guantánamo Turns 20: Ex-Prisoner Moazzam Begg Calls on Biden to Close Site & End Legacy of Torture. democracynow.org 
On the 20th anniversary of the first prisoner's arrival at Guantánamo Bay, we spend the hour with former detainees, starting with Moazzam Begg, who was imprisoned for three years at the military prison and eventually released without ever being charged with a crime. He now advocates on behalf of victims of the so-called war on terror, calling on the Biden administration to follow through on promises to shut down the military prison and release the remaining 39 prisoners. Twenty years after the detention center opened, Begg reflects on the absurdity and lawlessness of Guantánamo, describing how its torture methods…
(2022-01-11). Guantánamo Turns 20: Ex-Prisoner Moazzam Begg Calls on Biden to Close Site & End Legacy of Torture. democracynow.org On the 20th anniversary of the first prisoner's arrival at Guantánamo Bay, we spend the hour with former detainees, starting with Moazzam Begg, who was imprisoned for three years at the military prison and eventually released without ever being charged with a crime. He now advocates on behalf of victims of the so-called war on terror, calling on the Biden administration to follow through on promises to shut down the military prison and release the remaining 39 prisoners. Twenty years after the detention center opened, Begg reflects on the absurdity and lawlessness of Guantánamo, describing how its torture methods…
(2022-01-11). Black America Rallies Behind Georgia Activist LaTosha Brown As She Refuses To Tap Dance For Biden And Democrats. moguldom.com Georgia activist LaTosha Brown is not shy when it comes to speaking out and her latest comments about voting rights have attracted attacks by supporters of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. The co-founder of Black Voters Matter, Brown is helping lead a coalition of Georgia voting and civil rights groups that planned …
(2022-01-11). Biden Will Back Filibuster Changes After Pressure From Voting Rights Groups. truthout.org 
President Joe Biden plans to give a speech on Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia, to discuss the need to pass voting rights legislation at the federal level — and to express his support for changing the filibuster rule in the U.S. Senate to do so. | Republicans have used the Senate filibuster to block major voting rights bills
(2022-01-11). Haiti: Who Was Truly Behind Jovenel Moise's Killing?>. telesurenglish.net For human rights organizations in the Caribbean nation, the judicial investigation has been blocked since the Inspector General's Office of the National Police intimidated those who initiated the investigations in September 2021. | RELATED: | This report recalls telephone records revealed that same month by the prosecutor Bedford Claude, dismissed after asking the person who replaced Jovenel Moise, the current Pr…
(2022-01-11). Lithuania: Al-Qaeda Suspect at CIA Jail Compensated. telesurenglish.net The European Court of Human Rights granted 100,000 euros, paid by the Lithuanian government in compensation, to a suspected high-ranking al-Qaeda figure in Guantanamo Bay held in a secret CIA prison in the country almost two decades ago. | The European Court of Human Rights awards 100,000 euros as compensation to an alleged senior Al Qaeda official, paid by Lithuania. January 11, 2022.
(2022-01-11). Human right group in Egypt suspends activities citing state persecution. peoplesdispatch.org The Arabic Network of Human Rights (ANHRI) accused the Abdel Fattah al-Sisi regime of waging a war against the organization. ANHRI has been documenting human rights violations and providing legal aid to victims of persecution since 2004…
(2022-01-11). 20 years of Gitmo an affront to 'all humanity,' never-charged ex-prisoner tells RT. rt.com 
Yemeni man who was thrown into notorious US prison in his late teens and spent over 14 years there pleads for its belated shutdown | The abuses and injustices committed at Guantanamo Bay military prison hurt not only people locked up there, but the world in general, former prisoner Mansoor Adayfi believes. He spoke to RT as the jail turned 20. | Adayfi was one of hundreds of Muslim men sent to the infamous US offshore detention facility under the George W. Bush administration only to be held for years without trial and subjected to torture and other forms of degrading treatment. | "As prisoners, we lost years…
(2022-01-11). Expertos de ONU condenan abusos en ilegal base de Guantánamo. peoplesworld.org 
NACIONES UNIDAS, 10 ene (Prensa Latina) Un grupo de expertos en derechos humanos de la ONU condenó hoy los abusos cometidos en la cárcel de la Base Naval de Guantánamo, territorio que ocupa de forma ilegal Estados Unidos en Cuba. Por medio de un comunicado, los relatores independientes del organismo multilateral señalaron que en la …
(2022-01-11). Expertos de ONU condenan abusos en ilegal base de Guantánamo. peoplesworld.org NACIONES UNIDAS, 10 ene (Prensa Latina) Un grupo de expertos en derechos humanos de la ONU condenó hoy los abusos cometidos en la cárcel de la Base Naval de Guantánamo, territorio que ocupa de forma ilegal Estados Unidos en Cuba. Por medio de un comunicado, los relatores independientes del organismo multilateral señalaron que en la …
(2022-01-11). Demandan justicia y reforma de agencias del orden en funeral de niña chilena muerta en operativo policial en EEUU. cubadebate.cu Familiares, amigos y defensores de los derechos civiles asistieron este lunes en Los àÅngeles al funeral de Valentina Orellana Peralta, quien murió por un disparo de un policía de la ciudad el pasado 23 de diciembre. El reverendo Al Sharpton pidió justicia para la adolescente chilena de 14 años y una reforma de las agencias policiales en EE.UU.
(2022-01-11). Demandan justicia y reforma de agencias del orden en funeral de niña chilena muerta en operativo policial en EEUU. cubadebate.cu Familiares, amigos y defensores de los derechos civiles asistieron este lunes en Los àÅngeles al funeral de Valentina Orellana Peralta, quien murió por un disparo de un policía de la ciudad el pasado 23 de diciembre. El reverendo Al Sharpton pidió justicia para la adolescente chilena de 14 años y una reforma de las agencias policiales en EE.UU.
(2022-01-11). Sixteen Palestinians detained in the occupied Naqab as they resist land confiscation and colonialism. samidoun.net 
The occupied Naqab of Palestine is rising up to reject the colonial plans of the occupation, with the launch of a general strike in the villages of the occupied Naqab to protest against village and home demolitions. Occupation forces attacked Palestinian protesters in the southern part of occupied Palestine, in the Naqab. Palestinians are striking […] | The article
(2022-01-11). Boric Urges Chilean Senate To Pardon 2019 Protests Prisoners. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric asked the Senate to approve before February a bill to pardon the citizens who were detained during the 2019 protests. | RELATED: | "Our team spoke with the prisoners' relatives and understood that their loved-ones situation is difficult and cannot wait any longer," Boric highlighted, adding that the bill shall also repair citizens whose businesses were affected during the de…
(2022-01-11). Cuba Urges The US To Close Guantanamo Bay Prison. telesurenglish.net On the 20th anniversary of the first detainees' arrival to the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday, the Cuban government called for the closure of this atrocious prison, which is illegally located in its national territory. | RELATED: | "Of the 780 prisoners who have ever passed through the base, 429 detainees committed no hostile action against the United States or its allies and only 12 of them have been charged with crimes,…
(2022-01-11). Four ISIL terrorists detained in Iraq's Sulaymaniyah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) — The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that the Sulaymaniyah Intelligence and Security Directorate managed to arrest four ISIL terrorists in the province.
(2022-01-11). Wednesday 1/12: Guantánamo, Off the Record: 20 Years in the Fight. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…
(2022-01-11). Workers' safety should not be sacrificed for the sake of the economy. greenleft.org.au The new exemptions to Public Health Orders which can force sick workers to work represent a serious attack on workers' rights and their health and safety. Sarah Hathway argues that workers and their unions need to draw a line.
(2022-01-11). Iran, Cuba stress strengthening ties to counter US sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) — In a meeting with the Cuban president, the Iranian Vice-President for Economic Affairs Mohsen Rezaei stressed the need to strengthen bilateral relations to counter Washington's sanctions.
(2022-01-11). Understanding Canadian Imperialism. libya360.wordpress.com Owen Schalk Imperialism today is a world system in which Canada, as a Western capitalist power, plays a notable role Imperialism is not only instantiated in military force and unilateral sanctions deployed to influence the sovereign political and economic affairs of a state for the benefit of an external one (usually the United States). Imperialism,…
(2022-01-11). Nicaraguan Lawmaker: Sanctions Won't Reverse People's Decision. telesurenglish.net The sanctions imposed by the European Union and the U.S. on Nicaraguan government officials and relatives of President Daniel Ortega Saavedra will not change the sovereign decision of the majority of the Central American country's inhabitants, which ratified the administration of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, Deputy José Figueroa told Sputnik Agency on Tuesday. | RELATED: | "Nicaragua ratified on Novem…
(2022-01-11). Russia and China Turn the Tables on EU amid Western Sanctions. journal-neo.org 
In recent years, the United States and Europe began to actively use unfair competition by announcing all kinds of unilateral sanctions that violate international law in a frantic desire to achieve some advantage over Russia and China. Washington and its Western allies will take any step they can come up with against China, only to …
(2022-01-11). Russia and China Turn the Tables on EU amid Western Sanctions. journal-neo.org In recent years, the United States and Europe began to actively use unfair competition by announcing all kinds of unilateral sanctions that violate international law in a frantic desire to achieve some advantage over Russia and China. Washington and its Western allies will take any step they can come up with against China, only to …