(2022-01-25). Headlines for January 25, 2022. democracynow.org Pentagon Puts 8,500 Troops on High Alert as U.S. Warns Russia Is Preparing Ukraine Invasion, Judge Strikes Down New York Mask Mandate, Sarah Palin Tests Positive for Coronavirus After Flaunting NYC Vaccination Requirement, African Union and United Nations Condemn Burkina Faso Military Coup, Guatemala Convicts Ex-Soldiers of Raping Indigenous Women in 1980s, Lourdes Maldonado López Murdered in Tijuana, Third Journalist Killed in Mexico This Month, Turkish Journalist Sedef Kabas Detained for "Insulting" President Erdogan, Police Will Investigate Breaches of COVID-19 Lockdowns at Boris Johnson's Official Residence,…
(2022-01-25). Venezuela To Present 3rd Human Rights Report to United Nations. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuela presents its Universal Periodic Human Rights Review (UPR) at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. This presentation is a commitment that the UN countries must fulfill every five years. | RELATED: | Vice President Delcy Rodriguez is expected to present the Venezuelan universal periodic review through a videoconference that will take place amid the sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council…
(2022-01-25). Lithuania Prepares to Sell Former CIA 'Extraordinary Rendition' Site Where Abu Zubaydah Was Tortured. sputniknews.com The Lithuanian government said it will soon put on the market a barn where it once allowed the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to torture kidnapped terror suspects.
(2022-01-25). Walk For "Life" Disrupted by Women's Rights Protest. indybay.org Justice R.B. Ginsberg, on leave from Heaven, joins activists…
(2022-01-25). Sunday 1/30: Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights: Organizing Conference for Reproductive Rights on Zoom. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2022-01-25). Jury hears opening statements in federal trial of three former cops involved in the murder of George Floyd. wsws.org The federal civil rights trial began on Monday of the three officers who assisted Derek Chauvin as he killed George Floyd in front of bystanders in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.
(2022-01-25). US working to 'divide' Europe — France's Zemmour. rt.com 
Eric Zemmour also insisted there is a need for friendly relations with Moscow | France should work towards improving its ties with Russia by removing sanctions and pivoting away from American influence, a candidate in the country's presidential race has declared, as tensions flare across eastern Europe. | Speaking as part of an interview with the France 5 television channel on Sunday, Eric Zemmour proposed that if he were elected to the top job, "there would be no more sanctions against Russia." He also suggested that the state could show "friendly signals" by lifting punitive measures. | The presidential cand…
(2022-01-24). Burkina Faso President Kabore Detained by Mutinous Soldiers. telesurenglish.net Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been detained overnight by mutinous soldiers. He was taken to a military camp, local media reported Monday. | RELATED: | "The situation is confusing in Burkina Faso. Late on Sunday afternoon, shots were heard near the presidential residence… in Ouagadougou, the capital of a country plagued by jihadist violence and where riots broke out in several barracks. Faced wi…
(2022-01-24). Headlines for January 24, 2022. democracynow.org U.K. High Court Rules Assange Can Request Appeal of Extradition to U.S., U.S. Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers, U.S. Reduces Kyiv Embassy Staff, Weighs Sending Troops to Region as Tensions Mount with Russia, Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill at Least 82 People in Yemen, Including African Migrants, 150 People Killed in Attack on Syrian Prison, Bus Bomb Kills 7 People in Afghanistan; Taliban Officials Arrive in Oslo for International Talks, Reports: Burkina Faso's President Detained by Soldiers Amid Growing Unrest, Armed Men Detain Sudanese Women's Rights Activist Amira Osman, Palestinians Call for Probe in…
(2022-01-24). The Independent Human Rights Act Review and the government's Bill of Rights. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
Do they have anything in common? Relatively little, says Nicola Barker, Professor of Law at the University of Liverpool. When the IHRAR was announced by Robert Buckland in December 2020, it was accompanied by some of the usual rhetoric about the courts "rewriting" legislation, but the more hyperbolic claims about foreign criminals and pet cats were absent. The Terms of …
(2022-01-24). Taliban's 'Luxury' Visit to Norway Blasted as 'Disrespectful to Taxpayers', 'Mockery of the Fallen'. sputniknews.com Criticising her government's ongoing talks with the Taliban* on human rights and humanitarian crises, Norwegian Progress Party leader Sylvi Listhaug said it was as naàØve as "believing in Santa Claus and the Easter bunny at the same time".
(2022-01-24). Legislators urge Biden to overhaul drone program. nationofchange.org Fifty legislators recently sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting him to overhaul U.S. counterterrorism policy to center human rights and the protection of civilians.
(2022-01-24). US terrorism fight yielded no results but killing civilians. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — Secretary of Iranian Judiciary's Human Rights Council said that US counterterrorism policy has resulted in nothing but the killing of civilians and the destruction of their houses.
(2022-01-24). Scores killed in Saudi-led airstrikes, highlighting US-Saudi war crimes. wsws.org On Friday, a Saudi airstrike on a detention center in Saada, northern Yemen, housing African migrant workers transiting through Yemen to Saudi Arabia, killed at least 82 people and wounded 266 more.
(2022-01-24). Broken promise on MLK holiday—Civil rights strike at Kaiser Hospital. workers.org 
Oakland Somehow, I thought they made Martin Luther King Day a paid holiday for all workers. Well, it seems Kaiser Medical Center didn't get the word. That's why psychologists, social workers and therapists from Kaiser's Oakland and Richmond, California, clinics hit the bricks in a one-day strike on Jan. 17. . . . |
(2022-01-24). One Year Later: How the Biden Administration is Doing on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. aclu.org As President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took office one year ago this month, the ACLU published a
(2022-01-24). Chicago activists denounce crisis pregnancy centers, demand abortion rights. zcomm.org Please Help ZNet Source: Liberation Photo by Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock In commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, activists and community members came out into the streets of Chicago to protest crisis pregnancy centers and demand the federal legalization of abortion. Organized by the
(2022-01-24). Peruvian Congress Obstructs Constituent Assembly. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Peru's President Pedro Castillo strongly criticized the opposition-controlled Congress for approving a bill that modifies the "Law on Participation Rights and Citizen Control" (PRC). As a result, the conditions for calling referendums change in an unconstitutional sense. | RELATED: | He pointed out that Congress insists to maintain a Constitution that mutilates the right to referendum for a Constituent Assem…
(2022-01-24). "The Janes": Meet the Women Who Formed a Collective to Provide Safe Abortions Before Roe v. Wade. democracynow.org 
As conservative justices on the Supreme Court threaten to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortions nationwide, we speak to the filmmakers and a subject of "The Janes" about life before Roe, when a collective of women in Chicago built an underground service for women seeking an abortion. Heather Booth, who founded the Jane Collective as a college student, speaks about adopting lessons from the civil rights movement and antiwar sentiments of the time. "You have to stand up to illegitimate authority," says Booth. The directors of the film, Emma Pildes and Tia Lessin, speak about their m…
(2022-01-24). Iran's UN Rights Restored After Paying Off Membership Arrears. telesurenglish.net Iran's ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi announced that his country regained its right to vote at the UN General Assembly after its membership dues to the organization were paid by South Korea with frozen Iranian funds. | RELATED: | He said that as soon as Iran's arrears are received in New York, the country's voting rights should naturally be restored. South Korea confirmed on Sunday that it has paid Tehran's m…
(2022-01-24). Europe Faces a Moment of Truth Over Russia's Demands on the United States Presence in Europe. journal-neo.org 
The German government has recently refused overflight rights to the Royal Air Force who were sending planes to Ukraine loaded with weapons. The French government also refused overflight rights, which meant that the British planes had to make a long detour to eventually reach their destination. A further development of note in this context was …
(2022-01-24). Leonard Peltier Pleads For Help Amid Constant COVID Lockdowns. popularresistance.org Never mind that he shouldn't be in a federal prison at all. | Leonard Peltier, the Native American rights activist whom the FBI put behind bars decades ago without any evidence that he committed a crime, tells HuffPost that his facility's prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns and failure to provide at least some inmates with booster shots has left him ‚Äï and likely others ‚Äï unbearably isolated and preparing for death. | "I'm in hell," Peltier said in a Friday statement, "and there is no way to deal with it but to take it as long as you can." | Peltier, who is 77 and has serious health pr…
(2022-01-24). Why the Voting Rights Struggle Is a Tipping Point for American Democracy. independentmediainstitute.org E.J. Jenkins vividly recalls the day his mom worked a voter registration drive at a grocery store in Gary, Indiana, and followed one recalcitrant young man to his car, coaxing and cajoling him until he walked back inside and added his name to the rolls. Jenkins took her lead and grew into a dogged activist …
(2022-01-24). "Forced motherhood is female enslavement. When women are not free, no one is free" indybay.org "We're really in a state of emergency as to whether women are going to be treated as both human beings or incubators," Sunsara Taylor, an initiator with a new movement called Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights, told Newsweek.
(2022-01-24). Workers at Kane Community Living Centers vote to join Steelworkers union. fightbacknews.org Pittsburgh, PA – Roughly 500 workers at four Kane Community Living Centers voted unanimously January 21 to join the United Steelworkers union (USW). | Debbie Blakeley, a recreation aide at the Kane Ross Center facility in Ross Township, said that workers voted to join the USW in order to pursue workplace rights and a voice on the job as well as stronger wages and benefits. | "Respect is a big thing for all of us," said Blakeley, who has worked at the Kane Centers for 37 years. "I'm looking forward to working with the union to get what we deserve, because we all work really hard." | The bargaining unit will consis…
(2022-01-24). Vale Fred Moore, 1922-2022. greenleft.org.au Fred Moore spent his life fighting for the underprivileged. He was proud that unions played an important role in pushing for equality and rights for First Nations peoples, he was concerned about women's rights and he was an internationalist. Robynne Murphy bids him farewell.
(2022-01-24). The Weekly Round-Up: Deprivations of citizenship, the state of the union and prison over Pride and Prejudice. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news: On Friday, the Guardian reported on the earlier Freemovement.org quantitative analysis relating to deprivations of British citizenship. While it has been known and reported upon for some time, the analysis demonstrates a continued trend of increased deprivations, with a significant peak in 2017, when the number of people whose citizenship was removed …
(2022-01-24). Montreal rally calls for freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat, Nasser Abu Hmaid and all Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net 
On Sunday, 23 January, campaigners in Montreal gathered on a snowy day outside the Israeli consulate to call for justice and freedom for Palestinian political prisoners. The demonstration, organized by Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU), the Canadian Palestinian Federation of Quebec and Canada Sanctions Israel, came as part of the international Week of Action to …
(2022-01-24). It can't get any worse: Belarusian president says U.S. pushing for war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Lukashenko hits back at threats of U.S. Department of State "Just a day ago I was told about the threats from the U.S. Department of State. They came to our diplomats in New York and laid out their threats: They will impose sanctions if we allow Putin and Russia this or that. If we decide …
(2022-01-24). U.S To Meet Directly With Iran for Nuclear Deal Talks. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the P4+1 representatives met Iranian diplomats in Vienna, aimed to review the guarantees and verifications for the removal of U.S. sanctions if the 2015 nuclear deal is revived. | On Monday, Vienna held an Iranian diplomats and the P4+1 representatives meeting, aimed to revive the Iranian nuclear deal. Jan. 24, 2022.