(2022-04-17). Egypt Decides to Save Itself from Hunger on its Own. journal-neo.org 
Video reports on national TV channels and the Internet about half-empty supermarket shelves in the US and Western Europe are causing widespread nervousness about the world's food security prospects. Despite warnings from Moscow, no one in Europe took into account that with the introduction of provocative Russophobic sanctions, designed to cripple the Russian economy, essential …
(2022-04-17). DPRK slams U.S. for orchestrating efforts to tighten financial sanctions against | Pyongyang. news.xinhuanet.com The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has slammed the United States for orchestrating efforts to tighten financial sanctions against Pyongyang.
(2022-04-17). EU eyeing banking, energy sectors for 6th sanctions package. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — President of the European Commission said that the EU was considering measures against the banking sector, in particular, Sberbank, as well as restrictions in the energy sector in discussing further sanctions against Russia.
(2022-04-17). Iran hosted Afghan refugees even under sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — Iran has hosted Afghan refugees and immigrants for years, even under sanctions without the usual international assistance, Government Spokesperson said in reaction to sending refugees to Rwanda by the UK government.
(2022-04-16). 2022 Election In The Philippines: Repression And Resistance. popularresistance.org I just returned from eight days in Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, where the capital, Manila, is located. For many years, the movement for national democracy in the Philippines has asked for international solidarity, including human rights defenders to aid them in their struggle for economic and political rights. The presence of people from other countries can help diminish the violence of the Philippine military and national police against the movement. In addition, as national elections approach on May 9 there has been a rise in human rights abuses, and so the need for international solidarity is…
(2022-04-16). Bolivia: US Government Has No Moral Authority to Talk About Respect for Human Rights. orinocotribune.com The US State Department has issued a report according to which the human rights of former de facto President of Bolivia, Jeanine àÅñez have been violated. In an interview with Sputnik, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Bolivia, Freddy Mamani, responded to such accusations. | The US Department of State has published a human rights report focusing on several countries around the world. In the case of Bolivia, the report considers that former de facto President Jeanine àÅñez has been unjustly imprisoned, due to pressures from the Luis Arce administration exerted on the judicial system and which, accordin…
(2022-04-16). ALBA-TCP Repudiates US Report on Human Rights. orinocotribune.com The Latin American regional organization Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America has denounced the newly released report by the United States on human rights in different countries. | "The Executive Secretariat of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America — Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) categorically rejects the unilateral Report of the Department of State of the United States of America on Human Rights, published on April 12, 2022," announced a statement published by the block this Friday, April 15. | The executive secretary of ALBA-TCP, Sacha Llorenti, released the statement, whi…
(2022-04-16). Saturday 4/30: Dangerous Truths 3: Frederick Douglass And Other Black Transcendentalists. indybay.org Join us on ZOOM Saturday, April 30 from 1 to 3 PM Pacific Time zoom.us/j/99245067041?pwd=YUFGWE91SXZhUk… | Dial by your location (+1 669 900 6833) Meeting ID: 992 4506 7041 Passcode: 460429…
(2022-04-16). Report exposes rising anti-Asian racism in United States. ecns.cn The China Society for Human Rights Studies on Friday released a report, exposing growing anti-Asian racism in the United States.
(2022-04-16). Activists Celebrate After Biden Grants TPS Status to Cameroonian Immigrants. truthout.org 
Human rights activists on Friday applauded the Biden administration's decision to allow tens of thousands of immigrants from war-torn Cameroon to temporarily live and work in the United States as a victory won by years of Black-led organizing. | The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday "The United…
(2022-04-16). [World Report] "Medical crisis" for Rohingya refugees. thelancet.com Refugees are being relocated to an island in Bangladesh, but human rights concerns are hampering aid. Sharmila Devi reports.
(2022-04-16). ALBA-TCP rechaza informe de Estados Unidos sobre DD.HH. telesurtv.net La Secretaría Ejecutiva de ALBA-TCP afirmó que el informe se usa de manera oportunista para agredir a otros Estados.
(2022-04-16). Más de 12.000 pandilleros han sido capturados en El Salvador. telesurtv.net Organizaciones defensoras de Derechos Humanos y sectores políticos de El Salvador se han pronunciado contra el estado de excepción.
(2022-04-16). Liberal Cities Are Not Immune to Mounting Attacks on Abortion Rights. truthout.org 
An anti-abortion group that masquerades as progressive in an attempt to gain a following in liberal cities suddenly surged into mainstream news headlines this spring after the Washington Metro Police Department recovered five fetuses from the apartment of anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy. | Handy is a member of the group "Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising" (PAAU), which announced its formation in September 2021. The group claims to be "pro-BIPOC" and "pro-LGBTQ," but in practice, the group's actions align with a violent, right-wing anti-abortion tradition. | After a few months of invading clinics and harassin…
(2022-04-16). How The US Does 'Diplomacy'. popularresistance.org The U.S. doesn't do diplomacy. Every country has its own interests. But the U.S. and its pricks in the State Department insist that its interests must have priority over all others. Any country that disagrees with that will be called out on this or that issue or will even get sanctioned.
(2022-04-16). Letter to Biden Exposes Deep Crisis of Venezuelan Opposition. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan opposition is going through a moment of great division, as some sectors of the right-wing opposition have started a public fight against some other sectors that sent a letter to US President Joe Biden requesting relief from the sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the White House. | This division was exposed by statements made by some leaders of the extreme right, through interviews in media and through posts on social media. They have criticized those who signed the letter addressed to the White House and members of the US Congress. | Former leader of opposition party Acción Democrático and fugitive…
(2022-04-16). Russia can use Iran experience to evade sanctions: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) — As Russia faces unprecedented sanctions on virtually all sectors of its economy, it may have to turn to Iran which has more than four decades of experience with Western embargoes, a report by a western media says.