(2023-02-04). AntiStrike Bill Step Toward Forced Labor In Britain? popularresistance.org The U.K. now has government ministers who revel in their contempt for human rights, including anti-slavery protections. | The home secretary, Suella Braverman, has repeatedly and groundlessly asserted that migrants are trying to "game the system" by claiming to have been trafficked. She is doing her best to reframe slavery as an immigration matter and NGOs fear that the government's protection responsibilities will be neglected in favour of establishing a hard-faced and xenophobic deportation policy. | This affront to national and international law has attracted criticism from the United States, the United Nation…
(2023-02-04). [Perspectives] A space to grow. thelancet.com A woman's right to choose what happens to her body is an issue that often makes headlines. In 2022, the US Supreme Court made the controversial decision to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 law which made access to safe abortion a constitutional right. Concerns were also raised by human rights groups in July, 2022, when the UK Government took out references to protect sexual and reproductive health and rights in a multinational statement about gender equality. In her debut novel, Diary of a Void, Japanese writer Emi Yagi tackles the issue of bodily autonomy from an unusual angle—that of a single woman choosing…
(2023-02-04). Palestine Solidarity Conference draws widespread support. greenleft.org.au More than 150 people from across Australia and New Zealand attended the Palestine Solidarity Conference to discuss how to raise public awareness about Palestinian human rights and oppression. Michael Bull reports.
(2023-02-04). UN Human Rights Chief: End Venezuela Sanctions. popularresistance.org The United Nations human rights chief has called for sanctions on Venezuela to be lifted, stating that they "exacerbated the economic crisis and hindered human rights" and created "hurdles" for "the country's recovery and development". | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tàºrk visited Venezuela in January. There, he met with government officials, right-wing opposition leaders, civil society groups, and religious institutions. | "I heard from across the spectrum of people I spoke to, including humanitarian actors and UN agencies, about the impact of sectorial sanctions on the most vulnerable segmen…
(2023-02-04). Two Pro-Government Fighters Killed In IED Attack Near Oil Field In Central Syria. southfront.org 
File image. | On February 4, two fighters of the pro-government National Defense Forces were killed near an oil field in Syria's central region, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | The two fighters were targeted with an improvised explosive device (IED) near al-Hail, one of several small oil fields that are located in the eastern countryside of Homs. The fighters were likely guards of the field. | The London-based monitoring group speculated that ISIS was behind the deadly IED attack. The terrorist group's…
(2023-02-04). TSE de Guatemala rechaza candidatura de lideresa indígena. telesurtv.net Jordán Rodas, exprocurador de Derechos Humanos, anunció a través de su cuenta en Twitter que apelarán en Corte Suprema de Justicia la decisión del TSE…
(2023-02-04). Daily Round-up | Sudan, Israel to sign formal peace treaty & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of developments in the normalization of ties between Sudan and Israel, the condemnation of war-mongering by the US, a summit between Spain and Morocco, and the resettlement of a Guantanamo Bay detainee…
(2023-02-05). 2023 Rosa Parks Day – Transit Equity Week. indybay.org After her arrest, Rosa Parks lost her job as a seamstress and without support from the Civil Rights Movement Leaders moved north to Detroit where her brother Sylvester McCauley an US Army Veteran lived with his large family. Auntie Rosie and Raymond Parks regained human dignity and hope. From 1965-1988 she worked as an administrative aide to U.S. Representative John Conyers.
(2023-02-05). Shattering the Myth of Rosa Parks Reveals the Civil Rights Movement's True History. scheerpost.com By Marc Steiner / The Real News Sanitized histories of the Civil Rights Movement have erased the long history of activism and struggle that defined the life of Rosa Parks long before she defied Jim Crow codes on a Montgomery bus. Yet Rosa Parks's dedication to the Black freedom struggle preceded the Montgomery Bus Boycott …
(2023-02-04). The 2024 Presidential Election is Already About Abortion. americanthinker.com The only path to a Republican victory in 2024 is for those who are uncomfortable defending the rights of the preborn to take their political cod liver oil and toughen up.
(2023-02-04). TSE de Guatemala rechaza candidatura de lideresa indígena. telesurtv.net Jordán Rodas, exprocurador de Derechos Humanos, anunció a través de su cuenta en Twitter que apelarán en Corte Suprema de Justicia la decisión del TSE…
(2023-02-04). Daily Round-up | Sudan, Israel to sign formal peace treaty & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of developments in the normalization of ties between Sudan and Israel, the condemnation of war-mongering by the US, a summit between Spain and Morocco, and the resettlement of a Guantanamo Bay detainee…
(2023-02-05). 2023 Rosa Parks Day – Transit Equity Week. indybay.org After her arrest, Rosa Parks lost her job as a seamstress and without support from the Civil Rights Movement Leaders moved north to Detroit where her brother Sylvester McCauley an US Army Veteran lived with his large family. Auntie Rosie and Raymond Parks regained human dignity and hope. From 1965-1988 she worked as an administrative aide to U.S. Representative John Conyers.
(2023-02-05). Shattering the Myth of Rosa Parks Reveals the Civil Rights Movement's True History. scheerpost.com By Marc Steiner / The Real News Sanitized histories of the Civil Rights Movement have erased the long history of activism and struggle that defined the life of Rosa Parks long before she defied Jim Crow codes on a Montgomery bus. Yet Rosa Parks's dedication to the Black freedom struggle preceded the Montgomery Bus Boycott …
(2023-02-04). The 2024 Presidential Election is Already About Abortion. americanthinker.com The only path to a Republican victory in 2024 is for those who are uncomfortable defending the rights of the preborn to take their political cod liver oil and toughen up.
(2023-02-04). Bolivia and China Agreement for CBC Consortium to Mine Lithium. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. ‚Ä¢ Bolivia and China agreement for CBC consortium to mine lithium ‚Ä¢ 892 million trips for the Chinese new year ‚Ä¢ Extension of rights for migrant workers ‚Ä¢ The challenges of football in China…