WSWS (2022-04-28). Human rights attorney Steven Donziger released after nearly 1,000 days in arbitrary detention. wsws.org After he was released from home confinement on Monday, Donziger vowed to continue the fight to force Chevron to comply with the terms of a $9.5 billion lawsuit won in 2011 on behalf of 30,000 people living in the Ecuadorian rainforest.

teleSUR -mcs -HIM (2022-04-28). ONU concluye que exjuez fue parcial en juicio contra Lula. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con el Comité de DD.HH. de ONU, los derechos políticos del exjefe de Estado fueron violados.

WSWS (2022-04-28). Biden looking to delay end to Title 42 mass expulsions of migrants at US-Mexico border. wsws.org The use of Title 42 as a "border security" measure is a flagrant violation of international and domestic law. It effectively overturns the right to asylum along with all other legal rights of migrants.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-28). Rights groups condemn life sentence to Turkish philanthropist-activist Osman Kavala. peoplesdispatch.org Osman Kavala and seven others were sentenced to long terms in prison on charges of "conspiring to overthrow the government" during the 2013 Gezi protests and involvement in the 2016 coup attempt…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-28). Venezuela Asks International Labor Organization to Study Effects of Sanctions on Workers. orinocotribune.com The government of Venezuela held a meeting with representatives of the International Labor Organization (ILO), as part of the Social Dialogue Forum that is being hosted in Caracas during April 25-28. | Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez urged the ILO representatives to start an investigation regarding the economic hardships endured by countries on which unilateral coercive measures have been imposed by the US with the association of its Western allies. | Rodríguez stated that the investigation should ask: "What happens to sanctioned workers in those countries? How does the blockade affect employers a…

Editor (2022-04-27). Disability rights and human rights — they affect ALL of us. mronline.org Language matters, and in the case of people with disabilities, it matters a lot. Ableism, exclusion, and misconceptions are held up by a foundation of words that are still abundant in U.S. society.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-27). UN rights experts call for resuming funding for six Palestinian groups banned by Israel. peoplesdispatch.org The UN experts urged the international community to acknowledge the lack of evidence against the six group on the terrorism charges leveled by Israel. They also demanded that Israel end the harassment and persecution of Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations…

_____ (2022-04-27). The OAS, Or The 'Ministry Of Colonies'. popularresistance.org On April 24, 2022, Nicaragua's Sandinista government officially booted the Organization of American States (OAS) out of their country. Foreign minister Denis Moncada called the OAS a "deceitful agency of the State Department of yankee imperialism" and in an official statement, the Nicaraguans proclaimed that they "will not recognize this Instrument of Colonial Administration, which does not represent at any time, the Sovereign Union of Our Latin and Caribbean America, and that…violate[s] Rights and Independences, sponsoring and promoting interventions and invasions, [and] legitimizing coups." | In response to N…

WSWS (2022-04-27). Teachers throughout Sri Lanka join one-day strike against the Rajapakse government. wsws.org While teachers joined the strike to fight for their social rights against the government, the trade unions are attempting to divert the struggle behind the opposition parties that would also implement the IMF's austerity agenda.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-27). US sanctions target countries economic recovery amid pandemic. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — Iran's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zahra Ershadi has said that the unilateral US sanctions have seriously targeted countries' economic recovery and development after the Covid-19.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-27). Global Food Security Severely Threatened by Western Sanctions. libya360.wordpress.com Lucas Leiroz A serious food supply crisis appears to be coming. Several countries are facing rising food price inflation due to the side effects of recent events in the geopolitical scenario. The escalation in the Ukrainian conflict has directly influenced the global costs of food products, as one of the main non-military consequences of the…

WSWS (2022-04-27). Teachers throughout Sri Lanka join one-day strike against the Rajapakse government. wsws.org While teachers joined the strike to fight for their social rights against the government, the trade unions are attempting to divert the struggle behind the opposition parties that would also implement the IMF's austerity agenda.