Daily Archives: April 18, 2022

2022-04-18: News Headlines

SouthFront5 (2022-04-18). What Ukrainians did to Ukrainians. Atrocities By Nationalist Tornado Battalion (Videos, English Titles, 18+). southfront.org Remembering the past to understand the present. | The Tornado battalion crimes case is a criminal case opened in connection with numerous grave crimes committed by the personnel of the Ukrainian volunteer battalion Tornado during the armed conflict in Donbas. | According to the Ukrainian Military Prosecutor's Office, the battalion's fighters practiced inhuman killings, torture and rape against civilians. In addition, one in four of the Tornado personnel was found to have a criminal record. The investigation received a large public and political resonance, and the trial was subjected to strong pressure from repres…

teleSUR, DRL, JL (2022-04-18). Pdte. boliviano destaca Central Obrera por reivindicar derechos. telesurtv.net El presidente boliviano encabezó los homenajes de celebración de los 70 años de la principal central obrera del país.

Michael Lyon (2022-04-18). Tuesday 4/19: Threats to Democracy, Elections and Voting Rights. indybay.org us02web.zoom.us/j/86398037030?pwd=MzlLVV… | Meeting ID: 863 9803 7030 Passcode: 709990…

WSWS (2022-04-18). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE to hold picket and public meeting to fight for socialist perspective in the mass anti-government protests. wsws.org The SEP supports the demand that the president resigns but goes further in advancing a socialist program of action for the working class to defend its social and democratic rights.

news.xinhuanet (2022-04-18). 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.

Max Blumenthal (2022-04-17). "One less traitor": Zelensky oversees campaign of assassination, kidnapping and torture of political opposition. thegrayzone.com While claiming to defend democracy, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky has outlawed his opposition, ordered his rivals' arrest, and presided over the disappearance and assassination of dissidents across the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has framed his country's war against Russia as a battle for democracy itself. In a carefully choreographed address to US Congress on March 16, Zelensky stated, "Right now, the destiny of our country is being decided. The destiny of our people, whether Ukrainians will be free, whether they …

_____ (2022-04-17). BDS Fights Heat Up Across Campuses. popularresistance.org On April 7 the student government at Ohio State University passed a resolution calling on the school to divest from companies connected to human rights abuses in Palestine. The two companies targeted are Hewlett Packard Enterprise, who provides technology to the Israeli military, and Caterpillar Inc., whose bulldozers are used to demolish Palestinian homes. "The passage of this resolution is merely one milestone on the long journey to the Palestinian people's eventual triumph," said the school's SJP chapter in a statement. "We urge our supporters to remain vigilant and empowered as we take our next steps for acco…

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-17). Black lives never mattered in so-called Land of Dreams. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — In reaction to the killing of another black man by US police, Iran's Secretary of Judiciary Human Rights Council said that black lives have never mattered and will never matter in the so-called Land of Dreams.

Staff (2022-04-17). Police busts 1.4 tons of illicit drugs in Isfahan province. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — The police commander of Isfahan province announced that during an operation, members of two smuggling groups were detained and 1.4 tons of narcotics were busted.

_____ (2022-04-17). Gross Negligence In For-Profit Prison Health Care. popularresistance.org By law, people in prison have a right to get the health care they need. In the late 1970s, the U.S. Supreme Court decision Estelle v Gamble set the standard for medical rights of prisoners. But prison authorities are being criminally negligent in not providing adequate health care to incarcerated people. | As the jailed population ages, 40% have chronic health conditions. The cost of providing health care has skyrocketed and local, state and federal governments have contracted with for-profit prison health care companies as a way of tightening their budgets. | Private companies give a per diem rate for basic and…

Staff (2022-04-17). Panama: Social Movements Reject Blinken's Visit (Persona Non Grata). orinocotribune.com Social movements in Panama have expressed their repudiation of the upcoming visit of US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. | After the US State Department confirmed Blinken's visit to Panama during April 19 and 20 to attend a regional meeting on migration, the National Front for the Defense of Economic and Social Rights (FRENADESO) declared the head of the State Department "persona non grata." | Blinken will participate in the Ministerial Conference on Migration and Protection, which is expected to be attended by foreign ministers and defense ministers of a number of Latin American and Caribbean nations to discu…

Staff (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). 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 …

Marzieh Rahmani (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.

news.xinhuanet (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.

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