Daily Archives: September 10, 2022

2022-09-10: News Headlines

Bay Action To Free Julian Assange (2022-09-10). Thursday 9/22: Press Conference: SF Chronicle-End Your Silence On The Jailing And Extradition Of Julian A. indybay.org San Francisco Chronicle | 5th & Mission St. | San Francisco…

Staff (2022-09-10). Iran reacts to US frequent sanctioning of Intel. Ministry. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman condemned the US Treasury Department's move to recurrently sanction the Iran Intelligence Ministry.

Infobrics (2022-09-09). The Hypersonic Potential of India-Russia Military-Technical Cooperation. infobrics.org Amidst Russia's deployment of the MiG-31 fighter aircraft armed with hypersonic Kinzhal missiles to its Kaliningrad region, the threat of American sanctions targeting India-Russia military-technical cooperation remains omnipresent, including in the area of co-development of hypersonic missiles…

Infobrics (2022-09-09). China Fills Void as Foreign Brands Flee Russian Market. infobrics.org Chinese cars, televisions and smartphones are replacing German and South Korean imports in Russia as its market is reshaped by sanctions and an exodus of brands…

Infobrics (2022-09-09). SA Stands to Gain from Chances for Trade Amid Sanctions Against Russia. infobrics.org If investors are willing to commit capital to the local economy, should the country embrace such business deals or demand restraint?>

____ (2022-09-09). Digital yuan solutions enjoy major upgrade. ecns.cn China launched an advance payment solution based on digital yuan smart contracts on Thursday in the latest step to further enhance the e-CNY's role of reducing transaction costs and better protect consumer rights.

_____ (2022-09-09). Sanctions Are Destructive, Illegitimate, And Totally Bipartisan. popularresistance.org What right does the United States have to starve civilians to achieve political goals? Despite its obvious importance, this question is largely absent from mainstream discourse. Through economic sanctions, or economic warfare, the U.S. can unilaterally collapse economies and generate famine in foreign countries. The civilian death toll from sanctions is often equal to—and sometimes greater than—the toll from conventional warfare. Yet on both sides of the aisle, it is taken for granted that we have the "right" to impose destitution on civilian populations in order to advance our interests. The U.S. adm…

Editor (2022-09-09). LA Ended a Zero-bail COVID Rule, and Now the Jail Population Is Growing. scheerpost.com

Ricardo Mimbela (2022-09-09). Ask the Experts: How to Start Small and Make a Big Impact During This Election. aclu.org With the midterms coming up, we are chatting with some of our great volunteers about what issues are most important to them, and how they motivate voters to cast their ballots. We hope these conversations inspire you to vote for your values and join us in this once-in-a-generation battle to protect our nation. | This week, we spoke to Marci Iacobucci, a Brooklyn-based team leader with the ACLU People Power phone bank team since 2017. Marci is the senior vice president, executive creative director at DDB Worldwide, a marketing agency, serves on the board of Open Pride, and is co-chair of Omni Women. But even wi…

____ (2022-09-09). UN chief appoints Volker Turk of Austria as human rights chief. ecns.cn UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday appointed Volker Turk of Austria as the next United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, following approval by the UN General Assembly.

Staff (2022-09-09). US imposes new sanctions against Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 09 (MNA) — The United States has imposed sanctions on one person and four entities in a new round of anti-Iranian sanctions, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on Thursday.

Staff (2022-09-09). Iran reacts to violation of Iran diplomats rights in Albania. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman expressed Iran's concern following the news published in some media about the inappropriate interaction of local authorities in Tirana with the Iranian embassy and its members.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-09-09). ONU nombra a nuevo Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos. telesurtv.net El austriaco Volker Türk había sido nominado por Guterres para sustituir a Michele Bachelet al frente de la oficina de Derechos Humanos.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-09-08). Zelensky Rings New York Stock Exchange Bell as Euro Dips Below Dollar. mintpressnews.com As the Ukraine proxy war triggers economic crisis across the West, Zelensky has kicked of a campaign inviting foreign investors to plunder his country and is crushing the labor rights of his citizens.

Staff (2022-09-08). Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Musa defeats the jailer after 33 days of hunger strike. samidoun.net After 33 days of hunger strike, Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Musa has defeated the jailer. Musa, 44, is jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention. He will be released on 6 December 2022, confirmed the Muhja al-Quds Foundation. Ahmad Musa suffers from serious heart conditions that require medication and has been repeatedly transferred back and …

Fvorinoco (2022-09-08). Venezuela's Foreign Minister Demands Release of EMTRASUR Plane & Crew. orinocotribune.com Faría reiterated that detaining the plane is an illegal act. SURES (Studies and Defense in Human Rights) submitted a report to the UN Special Rapporteur regarding the Venezuelan plane hijacked in Argentina. ALBA-TCP echoed demands for the release of the aircraft. | Three months after the initial event, Venezuela's Minister for Foreign Affairs Carlos Faría expressed his solidarity with the victims of the hijacking of the EMTRASUR plane, and demanded the release of the aircraft and its crew. | "To #A3MesesDelSecuestroDelAvisión from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, we raise our voice with more force so that…

Molly Comeaux (2022-09-08). NYC failing migrants sent from Texas. liberationnews.org Since April, Texas governor Greg Abbott has ordered the chartering of buses to transport between 8,000-9,000 migrants to Washington, DC and New York City. Operation Lone Star is a political retaliation to the Biden administration ending the Remain in Mexico order from former President Trump and the status of these cities as sanctuary cities for asylum seekers.

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