2023-01-28: News Headlines

Staff (2023-01-28). President Maduro Meets UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at Miraflores Palace. orinocotribune.com On Friday, January 27, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro received United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tàºrk, with whom he held a brief meeting, at Miraflores Palace in Caracas. | President Maduro reiterated to the UN high commissioner his willingness to work jointly to consolidate actions to protect human rights. | #EnVivo | Reunión con Volker Tàºrk, Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los DD.HH. — Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro)

teleSUR, DRL (2023-01-28). Expolicías son acusados de muerte de afroamericano en EE.UU. telesurtv.net El reverendo Al Sharpton, un líder de derechos civiles de EE.UU., declaró que el crimen de Tire Nichols fue particularmente doloroso debido a la raza de los oficiales.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-01-28). Petro presentará a Congreso colombiano reformas en temas sociales. telesurtv.net Abarcarán las pensiones, la salud, lo laboral y los servicios públicos. Presidente colombiano apuntó que los cambios garantizarán derechos establecidos en la Carta Magna.

Counter Protest in San Francisco (2023-01-28). Reproductive Rights Activists Talk Back to "Walk for Life" Marchers. indybay.org Another year (this the 19th) of Walk for Life bussing in folks from parts afar to the city of San Francisco.

J21 (2023-01-28). Face-Off in San Francisco: Repro Rights v. Walk for Life and Other Extremists. indybay.org Activists on both sides of the reproductive rights issue faced off in San Francisco on January 21, the day before what would have been the th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. | Top photo by Stephanie Moran, ProBonoPhoto…

Staff (2023-01-27). New UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Arrives in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, January 26, the newly appointed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Tàºrk, arrived in Venezuela, in order to work with Venezuelan authorities, NGOs, and opposition leaders. | The top UN official will be visiting Caracas from January 26 to 28, in response to an invitation made by President Nicolás Maduro. Tàºrk is scheduled to meet later with NGOs related to human rights, at the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry in Caracas. |

Staff (2023-01-27). 1, 0+ Scientists Slam Punishment of Colleagues for Peaceful Climate Action. commondreams.org More than 1, 0 scientists on Thursday released a letter declaring that they are "appalled by the recent retaliation against colleagues who dared to exercise their civil and human rights" with a peaceful protest at a December conference in Chicago. Published by news outlets around the world in English, French, and Portuguese, the letter comes after …

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-27). Alto Comisionado de ONU para DDHH realiza visita a Venezuela. telesurtv.net Cumplimenta una invitación realizada por el presidente Nicolás Maduro. La visita oficial se extenderá hasta el 28 de enero.

Fight Back (2023-01-27). Louisianans march on the state capitol, demand repeal of anti-abortion trigger law. fightbacknews.org Baton Rouge, LA – A crowd of about 100 people gathered on Sunday, January 22, at Galvez Plaza in front of Louisiana's Old State Capitol building in Baton Rouge to march on the current capitol building in protest of Louisiana's abortion ban. | Although the streets were mostly empty on the quiet Sunday afternoon, marchers refused to go unnoticed, holding signs and chanting. Organizers yelled through megaphones, "When abortion rights are under attack, what do we do?" The crowd roared in response, "Stand up! Fight back!" | Nancy Davis organized the march, with support from women's rights groups includi…

Codepink (2023-01-27). Statement on the Killing of Tortuguita by Atlanta Police. dissidentvoice.org On January 18th, Tortuguita, a brave and beloved Weelaunee Forest Defender, was killed by Atlanta Police. As people of conscience, as breathers of air, as anti-imperialists, as feminists, pacifists, activists — we condemn this state-sanctioned murder. Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, AKA Tortuguita, is the victim of an expanding and increasingly militarized machine of state violence, …

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