(2022-09-24). Xinjiang introduces human rights achievement at event of UN human rights council. ecns.cn An online meeting to introduce the human rights situation in Northwest China's Xinjiang region was held on the sidelines of the 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday.
(2022-09-24). Tehran reacts to Blinken claims on human rights in Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani reacted to the US Secretary of State's baseless claims on human rights in Iran.
(2022-09-24). [World Report] Volker Tàºrk appointed top UN human rights chief. thelancet.com The global health and humanitarian communities have high expectations of the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.
(2022-09-24). Pennsylvania DOC reclassifies Latinx incarcerated workers as 'white'. workers.org 
By Bryant Arroyo and Betsey Piette In late August, environmental justice advocate and Puerto Rican political prisoner Bryant Arroyo was notified that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Pennsylvania Justice Network, arbitrarily and without prior notice, changed his Hispanic/Latino race classification to "white." The misnamed "Justice" Network is . . . |
(2022-09-24). Hail Indigenous Peoples Day — Support Workers World. workers.org 
Boston's proclamation last year that the second Monday of October every year would be Indigenous Peoples Day, "in lieu of" Columbus Day, was a victory for Native peoples, since the creation of U.S. settler colonialism, the theft and devastation of their lands and cultures, denial of all rights, the torture . . . |
(2022-09-24). Presidente cubano manifiesta apoyo al Código de las Familias. telesurtv.net El Código integra los derechos pasados y presentes, que con el tiempo han construido generaciones de cubanos.
(2022-09-23). Cuba: Family Code a Matter of Rights and Responsibility. telesurenglish.net Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel met with leaders, families and promoters of the referendum approval of the new Family Code. The meeting was broadcast on national television. | RELATED: | "Truly sensitive and moving life stories that speak of the importance of the Family Code for everyone," said the President through his official Twitter account about the meeting he held with various sectors of society, including representatives o…
(2022-09-23). Ukrainian Army War Crimes Include Shelling of Ambulences, Firetrucks, and Rescue Workers in the Donbass Republics—Similar to Israelis and U.S. Backed Terrorists in Syria. covertactionmagazine.com Local residents describe the perpetrators of these crimes—who have received lavish U.S. funding—as "shameless," "scumbags" and "terrorists." Heroic rescue workers in Donbas should be accorded rights under international law to help people without being targeted In the more than eight years of bombing the civilians of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, Ukraine has committed …
(2022-09-23). Comisiones parlamentarias intercambian con jóvenes de diferentes sectores. cubadebate.cu Los directivos de las comisiones de Atención a la Juventud, la Niñez y los Derechos de Igualdad de la Mujer, y de Educación, Cultura, Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular (ANPP) sostuvieron este viernes un encuentro con jóvenes dirigentes y trabajadores de los sectores de la Educación, Cultura, Ciencia, Tecnología, Medio Ambiente y Biocubafarma, en el Capitolio Nacional.
(2022-09-23). Russia, Ukraine Carry Out Major Prisoner Swap Brokered by Turkey and Saudi Arabia. news.antiwar.com Russia and Ukraine carried out a major prisoner swap this week Ukraine said Wednesday that it freed 215 people from Russia, including
(2022-09-23). UN Secretary-General Urges Removal of Obstacles to Russian Fertilizer Exports. orinocotribune.com The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, urged nations on Thursday, September 22, to eliminate all obstacles stopping Russia's exports, especially fertilizers. Guterres also welcomed the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine. | During his speech at the UN Security Council, Guterres emphasized the need to bring these products to farmers in order to avoid a serious food crisis. | "It is essential that all states remove every remaining obstacle to the export of Russian fertilizers immediately. We need to get them to farmers at a reasonable cost, and on to fields as soon as possi…
(2022-09-23). 87% Of World Doesn't Support West's New Cold War On Russia. popularresistance.org Two former US diplomats have acknowledged that the vast majority of the global population does not support the West's new cold war on Russia. | In a Newsweek op-ed titled "Nearly 90 Percent of the World Isn't Following Us on Ukraine," ex diplomats Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell wrote: | While the United States and its closest allies in Europe and Asia have imposed tough economic sanctions on Moscow, 87 percent of the world's population has declined to follow us. Economic sanctions have united our adversaries in shared resistance. Less predictably, the outbreak of Cold War II, has also led countries that we…
(2022-09-23). Statement About Progressive Values and Palestinian Rights. peaceaction.org Today Peace Action's executive Director Jon Rainwater made the following statement about attacks on Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who at a recent webinar stated that progressives should "not accept this idea that you are progressive, except for Palestine any longer" and that "you cannot claim to hold progressive values, yet back Israel's apartheid government." "Progressive values …
(2022-09-23). This Constitution Week Let's Stop Using Brands That Support Prison Slavery. commondreams.org An estimated $14 billion in wages are stolen every year from incarcerated workers across the country.
(2022-09-23). Pegasus and Other Spyware Threatens UN Human Rights Work, Guterres Warns. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-23). Palestinians thank UNSG Guterres for condemning Israeli spyware's role in human rights abuses. bdsmovement.net 
(2022-09-23). GOP uses hopes and dreams of immigrants to score political points. peoplesworld.org 
Republican leaders— in their race towards the bottom— are using human beings to score political points with their far-right voting base. Using false promises of shelter and work, the GOP governors of Texas, Florida, and Arizona have been kidnapping and trafficking immigrants exercising their legal right tp appeal for asylum, mainly from Mexico and Latin …
(2022-09-23). Support & Pre-Order New Book 'Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy'. iacenter.org Donate! Pre-Order your book now! Help an international campaign opposing US sanctions on more than 40 countries. A Crime Against Humanity. Help cover our printing costs. All donations of $25 or MORE will receive a copy of Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy A 200 page book produced by the SanctionsKill Campaign, delivered in November, 2022.
(2022-09-23). Learn About Where Secretary Of State Candidates Land On Voting Issues. aclu.org 
Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy, and the fundamental right upon which all other civil liberties rest. The Minnesota Secretary of State is a crucial part of making sure this system runs fairly and accurately so every vote counts. The SOS oversees statewide elections and operates the statewide voter registration system. | The ACLU of Minnesota does not support or oppose candidates, but urges you to cast an informed vote. | | Left: Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon. Right: Candidate for Minnesota Secretary of State Kim Crockett. | Issues | Steve Simon | Kim Crockett | Do you believe the…
(2022-09-23). Walk for Justice: Free Leonard Peltier. workers.org 
The American Indian Movement (AIM) Grand Governing Council held a rally Aug. 31 in Cedar Field Park, Minneapolis, to launch a 15-week march to demand President Joe Biden release Indigenous political prisoner, Native elder Leonard Peltier. The "Leonard Peltier's Walk to Justice" left Minneapolis for the 2 Ω-month march, which . . . |
(2022-09-23). Ecuador: President Removes Police Chiefs and Two Army Generals. telesurenglish.net "I have asked the police commanders to make their positions available, presenting their respective discharges. The National Government will value their permanence in the institution. In addition, I have ordered that generals Freddy Goyes and Giovanni Ponce be dismissed from the institution," Lasso posted on his Twitter account. | RELATED: | President Lasso reacts to the demands of human rights groups, associations of relatives of the disappe…
(2022-09-23). Unity Will Enable Us to Strengthen Our Peoples: PM Golsalves. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves rejected the U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba during the 22nd meeting of the Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America — Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP). | RELATED: | "At the Summit of the Americas many things were said… but so far we have not seen any change with regard to Venezuela and Cuba. The crim…
(2022-09-23). US Senate's CIA Torture Report to Remain Secret for 'National Security'. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-23). Prison labor helped build U.S. capitalists' business empires. peoplesworld.org 
More than 1 years ago, a prison complex known as the Lone Rock stockade operated at one of the biggest coal mines in Tennessee. It was powered largely by African American men who had been arrested for minor offenses—like stealing a hog—if they committed any crime at all. Women and children, some as young as …
(2022-09-23). Horn of Africa communities unite against U.S. sanctions. liberationnews.org 
Hundreds of demonstrators from the Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Somalian diasporas gathered outside the White House to demand an end to U.S. intervention in the Horn of Africa.
(2022-09-22). Moscow Exchange to Launch Trading in the Indian Rupee. infobrics.org Hit by Western sanctions over Ukraine, Russia is actively shifting its trade out of dollars and euros and into the currencies of what it regards as "friendly" countries…
(2022-09-22). China Agrees to Pay for Russian Gas in Rubles. infobrics.org China has agreed to switch away from using US dollars to pay for Russian gas delivered via the Sila Sibiri trunkline as the Kremlin continues to build closer commercial relations with Asian customers to help cope with the impact of Western sanctions…
(2022-09-22). Statement condemns OHCHR's 'Assessment of human rights concerns' in China's Uyghur Autonomous Region. workers.org 
As this map illustrates, U.S. imperialism menaces China with over 400 military bases. The following statement has been initiated by Friends of Socialist China. You can add your name as an individual signatory using the form at socialistchina.org. Once you do so, your name will appear on this page within . . . |
(2022-09-22). Stop using migrants as pawns in your racist games! cpusa.org 
The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) strongly condemns the interstate transfer of migrants seeking asylum. For the past several months, anti-immigration Republican governors have been sending migrants, through deceit and coercion, to northern states and Washington, D.C. They are cruelly using human beings as pawns to score political points. This is being carried out by …