(2022-02-14). Colombia is Bleeding to Death. libya360.wordpress.com Alejandra Garcia Even though you wouldn't know if you only followed the corporate media, in January violence continued to spiral in Colombia. Human rights movements recorded an increase of attacks against police stations, military bases, and civilians and reported assassinations and intimidation against social leaders in several departments. In February, the panorama has been no…
(2022-02-14). Take Action in Canada: Call on Puma to end its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association. samidoun.net 
Take one-minute to write to the head of Puma Canada and Puma North America. Be part of the February 12, 2022 global #BoycottPuma campaign! Lets give Puma the boot! Global sportswear manufacturer Puma is involved in violations of international law and human rights. Puma is the main sponsor of the Israel Football Association (IFA), which includes teams in Israel's …
(2022-02-14). Leftist President of Honduras Blocks Indigenous Community's Eviction. orinocotribune.com Andrea Germanos — Feb 10, 2022 | The Human Rights Ministry called the evictions a "clear violation of the human rights of over 100 families who live in the sector in an ancestral Lenca territory that dates from the year 1739." | Honduras' new leftist president on Wednesday Human Rights Mini…
(2022-02-14). Can Israel Stop the World from Saying 'Apartheid'? Concealing the Suffering in Palestine. transcend.org 2 Feb 2022 — Statements by Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups (including B'Tselem, Al-Haq and Addameer) as well as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch—are a reflection of the facts witnessed on the ground, and no amount of Hasbara 2.0 can erase these facts.
(2022-02-14). Hobart City Council calls for release of Park Hotel refugees. greenleft.org.au The Hobart City Council has added to the pressure on the federal government to release refugees from indefinate detention at the Park Hotel prison in Melbourne. Chloe DS reports.
(2022-02-14). Climate & Punishment: How Incarcerated People Face Increasing Threat of Fires, Floods & Extreme Heat. democracynow.org 
A damning new investigation by The Intercept details the climate risks facing incarcerated people in more than 6,500 detention facilities across the country, including wildfires, floods and extreme heat. We feature a 10-minute video report that includes the stories of people behind bars and their families who are fighting for justice, and speak with reporter Alleen Brown, who says the climate crisis, coupled with the deterioration of detention facilities, places the U.S. mass incarceration system at a "crossroads" between being reinvested in or defunded. The report also includes a new database, which…
(2022-02-14). Malaysian officials dampen prospects for giant, secret carbon deal in Sabah. mronline.org 
An agreement for the rights to the natural capital covering 2 million hectares (4.9 million acres) in Malaysian Borneo for the next 100 years "in its present form is legally impotent," according to Nor Asiah Mohd Yusof, the attorney general for the state of Sabah.
(2022-02-14). "The Plurinational State of Chile": The First Step in Restoring Native Peoples' Long-Forgotten Rights. libya360.wordpress.com Gustavo A Maranges The Commission on the Political System of Chile's Constituent Assembly has passed an initiative to turn the South American country into a Plurinational State. It was passed with 19 favorable votes, only three votes against, and a similar number of abstentions. This is the first step to include such a progressive achievement…
(2022-02-14). Hedges: Democrats, the More Effective Evil. scheerpost.com 
"Let's Make a Deal," an original work by Mr. Fish. | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | When all else fails, when you are clueless about how to halt a 7.5% inflation rate, when your Build Back Better bill is gutted, when you renege on your promise to raise the minimum wage or forgive student debt, when you can't halt the Republican suppression of voting rights, when you have no idea how to handle the pandemic which has claimed 900,000 lives — 16% of the world's total deaths although we are less than 5% of the world's population — when the stock market fluctuates on wild rollercoaster rides…
(2022-02-14). Protesting the trans discriminatory 'Religious Discrimination Bill'. greenleft.org.au Prime Minister Scott Morrison has temporarily shelved its "Religious Discrimination Bill", after public outcry drove some Coalition MPs to cross the floor. This video footage, by Peter Boyle, was taken at a protest organised by Community Action for Rainbow Rights.
(2022-02-14). Thursday 2/24: Voting Rights Town Hall: The Future of Voting Rights in U.S. indybay.org Virtual/online event…
(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). Turkish Strikes Kill Or Wound Three SDF Fighters Building Fortifications In Norther Raqqa (Videos). southfront.org 
Image: aa.com.tr | On February 13, a fighter of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was killed and two others were wounded when a series of Turkish artillery strike hit the outskirts of the town of Ain Issa in the northern countryside of Raqqa, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | The London-based monitoring group said that the fighters were overseeing the construction of fortifications near Ain Issa refugee camp. | From its side, the Hawar News Agency repor…
(2022-02-13). But How Do You Stop Putin and the Taliban? warisacrime.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). America's Real Adversaries Are Its European And Other Allies. popularresistance.org The Iron Curtain of the 1940s and '50s was ostensibly designed to isolate Russia from Western Europe — to keep out Communist ideology and military penetration. Today's sanctions regime is aimed inward, to prevent America's NATO and other Western allies from opening up more trade and investment with Russia and China. The aim is not so much to isolate Russia and China as to hold these allies firmly within America's own economic orbit. Allies are to forego the benefits of importing Russian gas and Chinese products, buying much higher-priced U.S. LNG and other exports, capped by more U.S. arms. | The sanctions…
