(2022-01-29). Assassination of journalists sparks outrage in Mexico. peoplesdispatch.org On January 25, hundreds of journalists took to the streets across Mexico to protest against the assassinations of three fellow professionals this month. Journalists, joined in solidarity by members of human rights and social organizations, held vigils and demonstrated in
(2022-01-29). Indigenous Prisoner in Struggle Marcelino Ruíz Gómez Shows Solidarity with Journalists Under Attack in Mexico. itsgoingdown.org Statement from Indigenous prisoner in struggle Marcelino Ruíz Gómez showing solidarity with journalists in Mexico after three journalists have already been killed just this year To the Zapatista Army of National Liberation To the Human Rights Defenders To the National and International Sixth To the National Indigenous Congress To the Indigenous Governing Council To the…
(2022-01-29). Former minister for integrity Simon Lokodo is dead. plusnews.ug Former Minister of State for Ethics & Integrity in the Office of the President of Uganda, Father Simon Lokodo has passed away. The news of his passing has Saturday morning been confirmed by the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) where he has been a member. The body says the former Minister died from Switzerland where …
(2022-01-29). Video: #FreedomConvoy2020: Canada Unity's MOU to the Senate Was Turned Down. globalresearch.ca On December 10th 2021 (International Human Rights Day), Canada Unity and partners delivered our memorandum of understanding to the Senate of Canada… | They wouldn't accept it… OUR GOVERNMENT SHOWED US THEIR TRUE COLOURS | Posted in …
(2022-01-29). [Comment] Offline: Sex and power during a pandemic. thelancet.com "At the height of the pandemic, women were underrepresented across the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and related subgroups advising cabinet on the coronavirus response." This conclusion comes from the Fawcett Society, which campaigns for gender equality and women's rights at work, in its latest report, Sex and Power 2022. It's impossible to disagree—at least in the UK. Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance, together with Jonathan Van-Tam and Neil Ferguson, became the very masculine face of Britain's response.
(2022-01-29). Florida students protest anti-abortion bill at state capitol, disrupt House subcommittee meeting. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On January 27, members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) from across Florida gathered at the State Capitol to protest HB5, which is widely known as the "abortion ban bill." 70 activists gathered on the steps of the building where the Florida House meets, including dozens who traveled from Tampa and Jacksonville to join Tallahassee activists in opposing this bill. | SDS made it clear that they view this bill as an attack on reproductive rights, women's rights, and the right to choose what to do with your body. They and many others gave speeches to oppose it wholeheartedly. | The abo…
(2022-01-29). Guaidó May Ask US to Ease Sanctions on Venezuela for Government to Return to Dialogue with Opposition. orinocotribune.com According to a report from Guaidó stated that this plan is "on the table, aimed at strengthening the opposition in its role as…
(2022-01-28). International Migrant Alliance report from the Texas/Mexico border. workers.org 
Last December a five-person delegation from the International Migrant Alliance-USA (IMA) traveled to Texas to work with the South Texas Human Rights Center (STHRC), based in Falfurrias, Texas, 60 miles north of the Mexican border. On Jan. 22 the delegation reported virtually on their trip. IMA-USA delegation at the border . . . |
(2022-01-28). US approves massive arms sale to Egypt despite deteriorating human rights situation. peoplesdispatch.org The USD 2.5 billion arms deal was approved despite calls by rights groups and even some members of Congress for a tougher stance on Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who Donald Trump once called "my favorite dictator"
(2022-01-28). Beijing Reportedly Gives UN Human Rights Chief Bachelet Clearance to Visit Xinjiang After Olympics. sputniknews.com After years of negotiating, the United Nations human rights chief could soon pay a visit to Xinjiang Autonomous Region, where the US and right-wing non-governmental organizations have accused China of human rights abuses against the Muslim Uyghur population.
(2022-01-28). Michael Smith and Zachary Sklar: Michael Ratner Was a Revolutionary Lawyer Like No Other. scheerpost.com Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC, 11th January 2006. [Photo by Jonathan McIntosh] | Click to subscribe on: When Michael Ratner died in 2016, the world lost one of the great human rights lawyers of the past century. A descendant of holocaust survivors, Ratner embodied the courage an…
(2022-01-28). Sunday 1/30: America's Torture Chamber: 20 Years of Guantanamo… It Must Be Closed NOW! indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2022-01-28). Mujeres uruguayas se movilizan en defensa de sus derechos. telesurtv.net Unas 30 agrupaciones de la sociedad civil se movilizarán este viernes tras un nuevo hecho de violencia basada en género.
(2022-01-28). Palestinians Continue Boycott Of Israeli Military Courts. popularresistance.org Around 500 Palestinians currently incarcerated in Israel under the illegal policy of administrative detention have been boycotting Israeli military courts to protest their detention since January 1. The detainees have since refused to appear for court hearings and sessions regarding the approval or renewal of their administrative detention orders. They are also boycotting appeal hearings, including those in higher courts. According to Palestinian prisoners' rights groups, among those participating in the boycott are three minors and one woman. All of them are being detained without charge or trial by the Israeli…
(2022-01-28). Biden wants Chevron lawyer who helped jail Steven Donziger to stay on as federal judge. liberationnews.org 
In a flagrant insult to climate and Indigenous rights activists, President Biden has renominated Jennifer Rearden, a lawyer for multi-billion dollar polluter Chevron, for a federal judgeship.
(2022-01-28). The Big Lie behind U.S. and NATO policy in Europe. peoplesworld.org 
In a speech in 1881, Wendell Phillips, the famous abolitionist and Native American rights activist, said that history is but "a series of lies agreed upon." The expression originated in 18th century France, with both Voltaire and Napoleon Bonaparte, along with the American transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, expressing versions of it. In truth, however, history …
(2022-01-28). Despite figuring in Oslo talks, the rights of women remain deeply in peril in Afghanistan. peoplesdispatch.org The Taliban and the western powers had very different agenda and aims from the recent talks in Oslo. Thus while the issue of women's rights figured prominently, it is unlikely that much will change on the ground in light of recent developments…
(2022-01-28). Is "Perception-Based Recording" for hate crime compatible with freedom of speech? ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In R (Harry Miller) v The College of Policing [2021] EWCA Civ 1926, the Court of Appeal ruled that current police guidance on the recording of 'hate incidents' unlawfully interferes with the right to freedom of expression. The decision overturns a 2020 ruling by the High Court in which Mr Miller's challenge to the lawfulness …
(2022-01-28). Bloody Sunday 50 years on — a symbol of ongoing injustice. greenleft.org.au On the streets of Derry in British-occupied Northern Ireland on January 30, 1972, writes Stuart Munckton, British soldiers opened fire on an unarmed civil rights protest. Forteen civilians — six of them teenagers — died in the massacre remembered as Bloody Sunday.
(2022-01-28). Thursday February 3 Webinar: In Conversation with Camila Saab, Wife of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com 
Alex Saab is a Venezuelan diplomat the US government has illegally seized and imprisoned for what the US considers "violation" of the illegal US economic warfare on Venezuela. He was in fact assisting Venezuela in legally working around the US blockade on his country by finding the means to import food, medicine, and materials for the Venezuelan oil industry. The US is seeking to coerce Alex Saab into disclosing the methods Venezuela uses to circumvent the US-Canadian-European sanctions with the goal of further tightening the economic blockade and suffering on the Venezuelan people. These sanctions are illegal ac…
(2022-01-28). US And Russia Climb Escalation Ladder. popularresistance.org The corporate media in the United States are breathlessly covering Russia's every move right now while U.S. politicians are aggressively pushing new sanctions and arms shipments to Ukraine. | But how is the conflict viewed from the other side? Dr. Oleg Barabanov, Academic Director of the European Studies Institute at MGIMO University, joins the show to bring light to the issues from the Russian perspective. | Ben Chacko, editor of the Morning Star in Britain, explains why people in the West should be paying close attention to the conflict.
(2022-01-28). Is the End of DPRK Moratorium at Hand? journal-neo.org 
The previous publication on the North Korean missile launches ended on the description of the events that took place on January 14, 2022. The missiles were fired after the North warned of a "stronger reaction" in response to newly imposed US sanctions on six North Korean citizens involved in weapons of mass destruction programs as well …
(2022-01-28). Russia strengthens 'military-technical cooperation' with Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba amid US threats. multipolarista.com Russia said it is expanding "military-technical cooperation" with Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, after Putin had phone calls with the presidents of the three socialist governments, which have been targeted by illegal US sanctions and coup attempts.
(2022-01-28). Inside Ethiopia and Eritrea, facing war and sanctions, with journalist Rania Khalek. multipolarista.com Journalist Rania Khalek discusses her reporting in Ethiopia and Eritrea, as both suffer from foreign-backed war and sanctions, and the geopolitical importance of the Horn of Africa, a key point of conflict in the US new cold war on China.