(2022-11-26). MP slams Western countries use of human rights as tool. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) — The Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission says that western countries prove their trustworthiness by using and considering human rights as a tool.
(2022-11-26). Marchan contra la violencia de género en El Salvador. telesurtv.net Las mujeres demandaron el respeto de sus derechos y a que no exista impunidad para los hombres que cometen crímenes contra ellas.
(2022-11-25). European workers fight for wages and rights. workers.org 
This article was published in the Nov. 17 issue of Avante, the newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party, giving a roundup of struggles in Europe by the workers, whose living standards have been reduced as they are forced to pay the costs of the pandemic and the U.S./NATO proxy war . . . |
(2022-11-25). Tehran dismisses UN HR Council resolution as null and void. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) — The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected on Friday western countries resolution at UN Human Rights Council as null and void.
(2022-11-25). Gharibabadi calls on Germany to stop deceptive HR policies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) — Responding to the German foreign minister's comments, the Secretary of Islamic Republic of Iran's High Council for Human Rights on Thursday called on Berlin to end its double standards regarding human rights.
(2022-11-25). Court Rules Against Waratah Coal Mine In Landmark Ruling. popularresistance.org The Queensland Land Court has ruled human rights would be unjustifiably limited by a proposal to dig the state's largest coal mine in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland. | First Nations-led activist group Youth Verdict challenged an application by mining company Waratah Coal, owned by billionaire Clive Palmer. | The group of young Queensland activists challenged the mine on the basis it would impact the human rights of First Nations peoples by contributing to climate change. | The coal mine would remove about 40 million tonnes of coal a year for export to South-East Asia, with a forecast life span of 30 year…
(2022-11-25). Syrian Army, Iranian-Backed Forces Held Live-Fire Exercise Near U.S. Garrison In Al-Tanf. southfront.org 
. | Early on November 24, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Iranian-backed armed factions held a joint live-fire exercise near the U.S.-led coalition al-Tanf garrison in the southeastern region of Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) | The London-based monitoring group said that the joint exercise was held right outside the 55-kilometer no-fly zone the coalition maintains around al-Tanf garrison."Regime forces and the Iranian militias present at the outskirts of the 55-kilo…
(2022-11-25). Friday 11/25: Green Friday for Abortion Rights. indybay.org Market and Powell St. BART station | 899 Market St. | SF 94103…
(2022-11-25). Australia: More than 800 rail freight drivers locked out by Pacific National. wsws.org The lockout, following Svitzer's manoeuvre last week, is a further indication that the basic rights of workers to oppose attacks on their pay and conditions are under assault from all sections of the ruling class.
(2022-11-25). Women's Rights Are Essential to Democracy. commondreams.org Several countries with authoritarian structures of government offer powerful examples of denial of women's rights.
(2022-11-25). "You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train": Remembering the People's Historian Howard Zinn at 100. democracynow.org 
In a special broadcast, we remember the legendary historian, author, professor, playwright and activist Howard Zinn, who was born 100 years ago this August. Zinn was a regular guest on Democracy Now!, from the start of the program in 1996 up until his death in 2010 at age 87. After witnessing the horrors of World War II as a bombardier, Zinn became a peace and justice activist who picketed with his students at Spelman College during the civil rights movement and joined in actions such as opposing the Vietnam War. He later spoke out against the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. "I believe neutrality is impo…
(2022-11-25). US Might Give Chevron a License to Pump Oil in Venezuela. news.antiwar.com The US might soon grant Chevron a license to pump oil in Venezuela in a move that would ease crippling sanctions that were imposed on the South American country by the Trump administration. According to The Wall Street Journal, the easing of sanctions is contingent on the implementation of a $3 billion humanitarian project that …
(2022-11-25). Why I'm Thankful For 500 Years Of Indigenous Resistance. popularresistance.org Starting in 1452, under the guise of the Papal Bull Romanus Pontifex and later the 1493 Papal Bull Inter Cetera, the Christian Doctrine of Discovery, European Christians began their efforts to expand colonial rule, and the Christian Empire, throughout the world. | These Papal Bulls sanctioned European Christian Nations to "capture, vanquish, and subdue the saracens, pagans, and other enemies of Christ, to put them into perpetual slavery, and to take all their possessions and property" and were authorized "to take possession of any lands discovered that were not under the dominion of any Christian rulers." | Early…
(2022-11-24). Filipino Movements Criticize US Vice President's Visit. popularresistance.org United States Vice-President Kamala Harris ended her three-day visit to the Philippines on Tuesday, November 22, amid protests by peace advocates and social movements in the country. Harris is the first top-level US official to visit the Philippines after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr took office in June earlier this year. | While President Marcos arranged for a warm reception for Harris, social movements received her visit with a massive demonstration to protest the US' role in the worsening human rights situation in the Philippines. | On Monday, November 21, thousands participated in a massive rally…
(2022-11-24). UN Human Rights Council Launches Probe of Iran's Deadly Protest Repression. commondreams.org "Today's vote sends a clear message to the Iranian authorities that they can no longer commit crimes under international law without fear of consequences," said Amnesty International's Agnès Callamard.
(2022-11-24). UN Special Rapporteur Calls for End of Illegal Sanctions Suffocating Syria. orinocotribune.com Caracas, November 23, 2022 ( "I am struck by the pervasiveness of the human rights and humanitarian impact of the…
(2022-11-24). The beginning of a pushback against Article 2 inquests? ukhumanrightsblog.com In R (Morahan) v HM Assistant Coroner for West London [2022] EWCA Civ 1410, the Court of Appeal robustly rejected a challenge to the earlier decision of the Divisional Court that Article 2 did not apply to drug related death of a voluntarily admitted psychiatric patient. The deceased had died in her own flat in …
(2022-11-24). Removal of gametes from brain dead man would breach his rights to privacy: Court of Protection. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
The 22 year old patient in this case, X, was unconscious in intensive care during the course of this hearing, following a serious stroke. There was virtually no prospect that he would recover. This urgent application by X's parents, out of hours, before Poole J was for a declaration that it would be lawful for …
(2022-11-24). Díaz-Canel and Putin Inaugurate Monument to Fidel Castro in Moscow. orinocotribune.com Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin presided Tuesday over the inauguration ceremony of a monument in Moscow to the eternal leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro. The sculpture stands on the square named after the Commander in the Sokol district. | The monument made of bronze is three meters high and was created in Moscow over a period of half a year. The sculpture depicts Fidel on a rock upon which the map of Cuba is inscribed. The image reflects the heroic path of the man who defended the rights and freedoms of the people in his country, according to a Kremlin stat…
(2022-11-24). 73% Of The World's Population Did Not Call For Russian Reparations. popularresistance.org By this measure, only 27% of the world's population supported the resolution; 73% did not. This is a resounding defeat for US/NATO "soft power." It can only be explained by global antipathy toward the US/NATO side in this war and sympathy for Russia. | Consider that the US has long used bribes and threats to engineer UNGA votes; it controls the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank; it imposes illegal unilateral coercive measures ("sanctions") on a quarter of the world's population; it is prolific and virtually alone in its constant coups and destabilization campaigns against uncooperative governments ar…
(2022-11-24). Iran's exports continued despite unilateral sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (MNA) — Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi said on Thursday that the foes looked for halting Iran's trade and exports with threats and imposing sanctions, but Iran's oil and non-oil exports did not halt for a moment.
(2022-11-24). The Violence Queer and Trans People Face Is State-Sanctioned. truthout.org This story was originally published at On Transgender Day of Remembrance, queer and trans communities were already in mourning. Many of us were marking the day by echoing the names of those who were taken from their kin, their friends, and their (chosen) families. We also woke up to mourn another atrocity —