Monthly Archives: October 2022

2022-10-23: News Headlines

W Herzberg, U Sander, B Trautvetter (2022-10-23). Negotiated solution – No alternative! indybay.org Does anyone really believe that more and more state-of-the-art weapons, no matter how tough sanctions and huge financial injections could produce peace? …The survival of humanity depends in part on this business of death no longer having a future, and it begins at any moment. Prospects are rising as the forces for survival come together.

TeleSUR, lvm, JGN (2022-10-23). Defienden proyecto sobre comunidad LGBTIQ+ en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net Bajo el lema "No hay nada que curar", más de 130 organizaciones defensoras de los derechos humanos exigieron a los diputados suprimir lo que consideran tortura.

En.mehrnews (2022-10-22). Western countries in dire need of JCPOA: MP. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) — Turning to the process of negotiations on the removal of anti-Iran sanctions, a lawmaker at the Iranian Parliament said that Western countries need Iran's nuclear deal, aka known as JCPOA, direly.

____ (2022-10-22). China envoy denounces rights smears. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Thursday firmly refuted groundless accusations on China's human rights, saying the world does not need condescending remarks or the politicization of human rights.

____ (2022-10-22). China remains committed to following its own path on human rights. ecns.cn China remains committed to following its own path on human rights, and will not accept any condescending lecturing. China opposes the politicization of issues related to human rights, according to Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu.

Ricardo Gomez (2022-10-22). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: An Immigration Detention Profiteer Faces The Music. levernews.com Good things are happening! A group of formerly detained immigrants can advance a lawsuit against a private corporation that operates detention facilities, while the president moved forward with "the single, biggest thing the Biden Administration can do on its own without Congress to improve the accessibility and affordability of health coverage." The largest federation of unions in the country, meanwhile, is finally pouring money into new worker organizing efforts, while indigenous tribes are recovering thousands of ancestral remains from universities that stole them.All this and much more in this week's editi…

En.mehrnews (2022-10-22). Iran attorney general writes to Sweden on Nouri's case. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) — Iran's Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri has penned a letter to his Sweden counterpart to protest the violations of the rights of Iranian citizen Hamid Nouri in Swedish jails.

En.mehrnews (2022-10-22). Taliban says detained, killed several ISIL elements. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) — Afghan news sources, quoting Taliban officials, reported that several ISIL terrorists were detained and killed in the country.

Mickey Z. (2022-10-21). AIDS, Covid-19, Confederate Prisoners and a Million More Stories on Hart Island. dissidentvoice.org What if I told you this story connected poverty, Tony Fauci, the Military-Industrial Complex, the Prison-Industrial Complex, crack, the Civil War, Covid, AIDS, Lou Reed, and my grandfather — and that's just for starters? Hart Island is located at the western end of the Long Island Sound, off the coast of the northeastern Bronx. Despite being only …

Staff (2022-10-21). FM Spox reacts to Canada sanctions on Iranian media. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan'ani said that imposing sanctions on Iranian media shows the absurdity of the West's slogan on freedom of expression.

Staff (2022-10-21). US cruel sanctions violating Iranian women human rights. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — Saying that claims of Westerners in supporting Iranian women are not honest, the Iranian envoy to the UN said the cruel and inhuman sanctions of the US have violated the fundamental rights of Iranian women.

Luis Chirino (2022-10-21). U.S. sanctions target Cuban tourism. america.cgtn.com U.S. sanctions in place against Cuba have long made travel to the island nation difficult for Americans.

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2022-10-22: News Headlines

____ (2022-10-22). China envoy denounces rights smears. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Thursday firmly refuted groundless accusations on China's human rights, saying the world does not need condescending remarks or the politicization of human rights.

____ (2022-10-22). China remains committed to following its own path on human rights. ecns.cn China remains committed to following its own path on human rights, and will not accept any condescending lecturing. China opposes the politicization of issues related to human rights, according to Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu.

TeleSUR, lvm, JGN (2022-10-22). Defienden proyecto sobre comunidad LGBTIQ+ en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net Bajo el lema "No hay nada que curar", más de 130 organizaciones defensoras de los derechos humanos exigieron a los diputados suprimir lo que consideran tortura.

Don Fitz (2022-10-21). US Abortion Rights: Who Would Kill the Gander that Goosed a Golden Egg? dissidentvoice.org The suffering of US women under the iron heel of abortion is intensifying, especially for women of color. This makes it imperative to closely examine possible paths forward. As a teenager during the 1960s I witnessed two political paths that remain imprinted on my mind. LBJ and 14 (b) Even before classes began in 1963, …

Julia Conley (2022-10-21). Progressives Warn of Federal 'Don't Say Gay' Law If GOP Wins Midterms. commondreams.org "The stakes in this election couldn't be clearer," said one rights advocate.

Staff (2022-10-21). US cruel sanctions violating Iranian women human rights. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — Saying that claims of Westerners in supporting Iranian women are not honest, the Iranian envoy to the UN said the cruel and inhuman sanctions of the US have violated the fundamental rights of Iranian women.

Luis Chirino (2022-10-21). U.S. sanctions target Cuban tourism. america.cgtn.com U.S. sanctions in place against Cuba have long made travel to the island nation difficult for Americans.

Staff (2022-10-21). Iran oil sanctions need to be lifted for cutting oil prices. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — US sanctions on Iran and Venezuela's oil and gas need to be lifted if the world wants oil prices to decrease, says, the Turkish foreign minister.

Staff (2022-10-21). FM Spox reacts to Canada sanctions on Iranian media. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan'ani said that imposing sanctions on Iranian media shows the absurdity of the West's slogan on freedom of expression.

Eric A. Gordon (2022-10-21). '(Un)Documents': Queer actor Jesús I. Valles's lyrical journey through immigration papers. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — "Citizenships are volatile fictions," says queer actor, theatermaker and poet Jesús I. Valles. What makes us human can never be captured on a government questionnaire. To the Indigenous inhabitants of a continent, who roamed far and wide to follow their sustenance and the seasons, what difference does it make if they cross …

Amjad Ayman Yaghi (2022-10-20). From Gaza to Istanbul in search of a future. electronicintifada.net Turkey was once the dream destination for Palestinians from Gaza, but the Turkish government's newly hostile policies against immigrants have pushed many to migrate elsewhere, with devastating costs.

Ana Perdigón (2022-10-20). Venezuela's Attorney General Initiates Investigation on 'Nazi Birthday Party'. orinocotribune.com Given the commotion caused on social media platforms by the celebration of a "Nazi birthday" in a restaurant in Caracas, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced this Tuesday, October 18, that the Public Ministry (MP) has appointed a prosecutor to investigate the incident, which could clearly be considered Nazi apologia. | Saab reported that he appointed the human rights prosecutor of the 94th national circuit to investigate the incident and those who were responsible for it. | He mentioned that the organizer of the "celebration" sat in a restaurant in Las Mercedes with groceries, clothing and ute…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-10-20). Dominican Republic: President Abinader's Anti-Haitianism. orinocotribune.com By Ana Belique Oct 12, 2022 | Luis Abinader, president of the Dominican Republic, continues that country's tradition of enacting anti-Haitian policies. | The coming to power of President Abinader in 2020 was surrounded by illusions for many people who believed that a change was beginning for the country, as his campaign slogan claimed. The party in government changed and some people with professional or academic links to the struggle for human rights reached high positions in the State. However, reality quickly showed that the new government would continue along the path of social inequality, clientelism an…

Staff (2022-10-20). Canada imposes new anti-Iran sanctions in support of rioters. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) — Canada imposed illegal sanctions on six Iranian individuals and four entities on Wednesday for alleged defending human rights.

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