Monthly Archives: September 2022

2022-09-24: News Headlines

____ (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.

Staff (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.

John Zarocostas (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.

A Guest Author (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 . . . |

A Guest Author (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 . . . |

TeleSUR -ysm, DRL (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.

TeleSUR (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…

Eva Bartlett (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 …

Staff (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.

Dave DeCamp (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

Ariadne Eljuri (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…

Jon Rainwater (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 …

Joseph Zimmer (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.

Dania Akkad (2022-09-23). Pegasus and Other Spyware Threatens UN Human Rights Work, Guterres Warns. globalresearch.ca

KATIE (2022-09-23). Palestinians thank UNSG Guterres for condemning Israeli spyware's role in human rights abuses. bdsmovement.net

Chauncey K. Robinson (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 …

JANET (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.

Staff (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…

Stephanie Hedgecoke (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 . . . |

TeleSUR (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…

TeleSUR (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…

21st Century Wire (2022-09-23). US Senate's CIA Torture Report to Remain Secret for 'National Security'. globalresearch.ca

Margie Mason, Robin McDowell (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 …

Liberation Staff (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.

Infobrics (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…

Infobrics (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…

A guest author (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 . . . |

Deweylaura (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 …

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2022-09-23: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (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

Jon Rainwater (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 …

Stephanie Hedgecoke (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 . . . |

A guest author (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 . . . |

A. Majumdar (2022-09-22). PDF of September 22 issue. workers.org Download the PDF. Amazon, Starbucks say 'get back' Workers say fight back! Indigenous Peoples Day People's Townhomes Capitalist culture in sports In the streets for reproductive justice Jeanette Merrill °Presente! Alex Saab case breakthrough Saladin Muhammad, Rest in power! Tear Down the Walls: Walk to free Leonard Peltier Pennsylvania prison . . . |

Infobrics (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…

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-22). EU May Not Find Consensus on New Russia Sanctions. news.antiwar.com The European Union's leadership wants to issue new sanctions against Russia in response to planned referendums on joining Russia that will be held in Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine. | But the EU has struggled On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrel said the bloc would work quickly to impose new sanctions, alt…

TeleSUR (2022-09-22). Russia and Ukraine Swap Prisoners. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Russia's Defense Ministry spokesperson Major General Igor Konashenkov confirmed the reception of 55 Russian servicemen after a prisoner swap with Ukraine. | RELATED: | The regime of Volodymyr Zelensky freed Russian soldiers and military personnel belonging to the Armed Forces of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. They received medical and psychological care in Russian facilities, w…

Infobrics (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…

Answer Coalition (2022-09-22). Statement condemning the OHCHR's 'Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China'. answercoalition.org

____ (2022-09-22). China's UN envoy rejects accusations over abuse of ethnic minorities. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Wednesday rejected accusations by the United States, Britain and the European Union that China commits human rights abuses against its ethnic minorities.

_____ (2022-09-22). Statement Condemns 'Assessment Of Human Rights Concerns' In China. popularresistance.org We strongly condemn the publication by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of its Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. In the words of former OHCHR lawyer and human rights expert Alfred de Zayas, this document "should be discarded as propagandistic, biased and methodologically flawed." | Based on substandard research methods and biased sources, the Assessment is completely lacking in credibility. It treats arms of the military-industrial complex, such as the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), along with professional a…

WSWS (2022-09-22). Top US official visits Sri Lanka to bolster strategic ties. wsws.org Wherever it intervenes, Washington's posturing over "poverty," "human rights," "democracy" and "good governance" is to camouflage its predatory geopolitical interests.

_____ (2022-09-22). The Hot Trend Of Refusing To 'Serve'. popularresistance.org Lee Camp highlights the brave Israelis who refuse to sign up for the Israeli Occupation Forces as a protest against their government's genocidal policies. Military service is mandatory in Israel so the young people who refuse to take part in the military occupation of Palestinian land face months of jail time. The risk they take is a small but important part of a global movement standing for the rights of the Palestinian people.

Anonymous103 (2022-09-22). Offence by Anothernewsauthor">: Suppressing Anti-Royal Protest in Britain. southfront.org Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | The right to protest, fragile and meekly protected by the judiciary in Britain's common law tradition, did not really hold much force till European law confirmed it. In the UK, condemning other countries for suppressing rights to protest is standard fare. So it was with some discomforting surprise — at least to a number of talking heads — that people were arrested for protesting against the monarchy after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. | Suc…

TeleSUR (2022-09-22). US to Increase Havana Embassy Staff, Expand Consular Services. telesurenglish.net The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is set to resume full immigrant visa processing for Cubans for the first time since 2017, at the beginning of 2023, saying it hopes to facilitate "orderly migration" into the United States and help reunite families separated by national borders. | RELATED: | The move was announced Wednesday, reversing a 2017 decision by former President Donald Trump to pause full visa…

Paul Armentano (2022-09-22). Democrats Need to Keep Their Promises on Marijuana Reform. otherwords.org In this era of hyper-partisan politics, it's difficult to find an issue that appeals to voters across party lines. But Democratic leaders successfully identified one in the run up to the 2020 election when they pledged to reform America's archaic and unpopular marijuana prohibition laws. "No one should be in jail because of marijuana," then-candidate Biden insisted on the …

Deweylaura (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 …

Staff (2022-09-22). Embassy of the United States in Cuba will restart the issuance of visas in a limited and gradual manner. en.cubadebate.cu The United States embassy in Cuba will restart the issuance of visas in a limited and gradual manner, after keeping the service suspended for more than four years, announced the charge d'affaires of the diplomatic representation, Timothy Zúñiga-Brown. Without specifying a date for the resumption of procedures, he explained that the consular section will offer essential services to US citizens and will process emergency visas for non-immigrants, detailed a Cuban television report.

Staff (2022-09-22). Defending human rights among Iran's serious priorities. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) — Slamming the West's double-standard policies, President Raeisi said that defending human rights is among Iran's serious priorities.

A guest author (2022-09-22). Violent squadron attacks Pennsylvania prisoners. workers.org Credit: Kevin Rashid Johnson By Miley Fletcher The State Correctional Institution Forest, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PA DOC) and the institution's administration ordered the Correctional Emergency Response Team into SCI Forest on Sept. 2 for the second time within a three-month period. The CERT consists of guards from other . . . |

Staff (2022-09-22). President of Mexico describes Julian Assange as a Quixote of freedom of expression. en.cubadebate.cu Julian-AssangeAndrés Manuel López Obrador, president of Mexico, said the day before that Julian Assange, creator of WikiLeaks, is "a Quixote of freedom of expression and does not deserve to be in jail." In his morning press conference yesterday at the National Palace, the president made the comment when referring to the lies and misrepresentations in the opposing press and social networks about his government and civil society.He asked young people to investigate why they have Assange in prison.

Staff (2022-09-22). Papa Francisco: La humanidad está globalizada, pero la pobreza, la injusticia y la desigualdad permanecen. cubadebate.cu "La humanidad está globalizada e interconectada, pero la pobreza, la injusticia y la desigualdad permanecen", comenzó el pontífice en su discurso. "En la actualidad, el mundo sufre un empeoramiento de las condiciones medioambientales; muchas poblaciones o grupos sociales viven de forma indigna en términos de alimentación, salud, educación y otros derechos básicos".

Benjamin Norton (2022-09-21). 87% of world doesn't support West's new cold war on Russia. multipolarista.com Two ex US diplomats admitted 87% of the world's population refuses to enforce the West's sanctions on Russia, showing neutrality over the proxy war in Ukraine. They said "the outbreak of Cold War II" has led countries "to become increasingly multi-aligned," especially in the Global South.

Staff (2022-09-21). Free Hafez Huraini! Call on Canadian diplomats to demand release of imprisoned Palestinian land defender. samidoun.net On 12 September 2022, Hafez Huraini, along with one other local resident of the small Palestinian village of Atuwani and one international, were attacked by armed Israeli settlers while working in the community garden. During the attack, Hafez sustained multiple fractures to his arms and hands. Despite his severe injuries, he was seized and detained …

Staff (2022-09-21). Thirty Palestinian prisoners announce plans for hunger strike to #EndAdministrativeDetention. samidoun.net Thirty Palestinian prisoners jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention have announced they will launch a hunger strike on 25 September 2022. The strike, under the slogan, "Our decision is freedom…our strike is freedom," will demand an end to imprisonment without charge or trial. There are currently over 740 Palestinian prisoners jailed under administrative …

Andreína Chávez Alava (2022-09-21). UN Expert: US Sanctions Undermine Venezuelan People's Right to Health. venezuelanalysis.com Venezuela is currently unable to repair electron microscopes, crucial to diagnose diseases, due to US sanctions.

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