(2023-02-16). China makes 'great leap forward' in human rights protection: senior diplomat. ecns.cn Over the past years, China has made "a great leap forward" in protecting all Chinese people's economic, social and cultural rights "in a coordinated manner".
(2023-02-16). Peruvian organizations take legal action against Dina Boluarte over killings of protesters. peoplesdispatch.org A group of Peruvian human rights organizations and independent lawyers, on Wednesday, February 15, filed a legal complaint against Dina Boluarte, her ministers, and police chiefs over the deaths of six people killed during protests in the Apurímac region in December 2022. | The complaint states that during the first five days of demonstrations against Boluarte's assumption of power, which began on December 7, 2022, six people were killed, 83 were injured, and dozens were arrested and tortured at the hands of police officers. | According to a statement by the Legal Defense Institute—one of the organizations…
(2023-02-16). Communist Party of Swaziland continues campaign to boycott 'farcical' elections despite arrests and torture. mronline.org 
In Swaziland, only individuals approved by the local chiefs of King Mswati III can contest elections, and the parliament cannot hold the monarchy accountable. Pro-democracy activists have been calling for a boycott of the elections which are scheduled for August.
(2023-02-16). China makes 'great leap forward' in human rights protection: senior diplomat. ecns.cn Over the past years, China has made "a great leap forward" in protecting all Chinese people's economic, social and cultural rights "in a coordinated manner".
(2023-02-16). Peruvian organizations take legal action against Dina Boluarte over killings of protesters. peoplesdispatch.org A group of Peruvian human rights organizations and independent lawyers, on Wednesday, February 15, filed a legal complaint against Dina Boluarte, her ministers, and police chiefs over the deaths of six people killed during protests in the Apurímac region in December 2022. | The complaint states that during the first five days of demonstrations against Boluarte's assumption of power, which began on December 7, 2022, six people were killed, 83 were injured, and dozens were arrested and tortured at the hands of police officers. | According to a statement by the Legal Defense Institute—one of the organizations…
(2023-02-16). Communist Party of Swaziland continues campaign to boycott 'farcical' elections despite arrests and torture. mronline.org In Swaziland, only individuals approved by the local chiefs of King Mswati III can contest elections, and the parliament cannot hold the monarchy accountable. Pro-democracy activists have been calling for a boycott of the elections which are scheduled for August.
(2023-02-16). Golden Globe award winner Argentina, 1985 examines trial of military junta leaders. wsws.org The movie is based on the 1985 criminal trial of the leaders of the military junta responsible for the abduction, kidnapping, rape, torture and murder of hundreds of thousands of people.
(2023-02-16). Hunger strike vs. torturous conditions in Washington state. workers.org 
Tacoma, Washington Over 80 detainees went on a hunger strike Feb. 1 at the ICE Processing Center, formerly the Northwest Detention Center, in Tacoma. In an effort to crush the strike, they were quickly tear-gassed at the beginning of their heroic stance. The immigrant detainees struck against torturous conditions at . . . |
(2023-02-16). Iran: A Post-Islamist Society Revolts Against an Islamist State. socialistproject.ca Zan, Zendegi, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom) is the motto of Iran's most recent democratic social movement, which sparked after the death in detention of Zhina Mahsa Amini by so-called Iran's morality police on 16 September 2022. This nationwide progressive movement, largely led by women and other Iran's subalterns, has shaken the ideological foundation of the Islamic Republic of Iran — the discourse and the institution of the velayat-e faqih (guardianship of the jurist) — and the entirety of the current Islamist state in Iran. | The Zan, Zendegi, Azadi movement has revealed that the ruling Islamist…
(2023-02-17). Indonesian courts convicts soldiers for killing and mutilation of West Papuans. peoplesdispatch.org The rare conviction by a military court for the gruesome killing of four Papuans in August was welcomed by civil society groups and rights advocates…
(2023-02-17). Oppose the Sri Lankan government's anti-democratic attack on local elections. wsws.org The government's ongoing attempts to postpone the elections is a part of its broader attacks on the social and democratic rights of working people who are beginning to rise up against its brutal austerity measures.
(2023-02-16). California Tribes, E.J. group file comments on voluntary water agreements with the State Water Board. indybay.org "As long as the state upholds historic water rights, that we all know to be racist and unfair, we will continue to have first- and second-class California communities," said Dillon Delvo, Executive Director, Little Manila.
(2023-02-16). Daily Round-up | Rights groups sue Peru's president for protesters' killings & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we bring you stories of Colombians marching in support of President Gustavo Petro's government, Palestinian prisoners launching a civil disobedience movement, Amnesty criticizing a British firm for its role in evictions in Kashmir, and the US and Papua New Guinea in talks over a defense agreement…
(2023-02-16). Opposition Announces Primaries Date & Schedule. orinocotribune.com 
This Wednesday, February 15, the fragmented far-right Venezuelan opposition set the primary elections date for October 22, with a view of defining a candidate for the presidential elections scheduled for 2024, as announced by the organizers of the process. | "It is our date, we are taking it with the greatest certainty and with the greatest rigor," Jesús María Casal, president of the national primaries commission, told the press, considering that this event is an exercise of electoral rights. The National Commission of Primaries (CNP) of the Unitary Platform opposition alliance was the body in charge of announcin…
(2023-02-16). US College Board capitulates before Florida governor's attack on AP African American Studies curriculum. wsws.org The censorship of the AP African American Studies course in the state is part of a much broader attack by the far right on public education and democratic rights.
(2023-02-16). Calls to withdraw sanctions on earthquake-hit Syria grow louder. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in Editor's note: The original article mistakenly stated that China had offered $4.4 billion in aid to Syria. That figure has been corrected to $4.4 million. | On Monday, February 13, Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Bassam Sabbagh stated before the UN Security Council (UNSC) that all…
(2023-02-16). Sanctions only create suffering for poor people, so why keep imposing them? peoplesworld.org 
For decades, the United States government has used economic sanctions as a supposedly non-violent way of forcing supposed enemy states to capitulate to the will of the U.S. We are told that as opposed to open conflict, sanctions are less violent. At first glance, this might seem true… a more humane form of warfare, if …
(2023-02-16). UN Experts: Iranians With Blood Disorder are Dying Due to US Sanctions. news.antiwar.com UN experts said this week that "The lack of access to medication has resulted in many more deaths," two UN experts, Alena Douhan and Obiora C. Okafor, said, according to a "Since th…
(2023-02-16). U.S. Sanctions on Syria Block aid! End Sanctions NOW! Learn how SanctionsKill. iacenter.org The demands are rising! End the sanctions on Syria. Thousands caught under the rubble. Tens of thousands are homeless. Yet U.S. sanctions are blocking every form of relief. We need an international campaign to END these deadly sanctions. Order 2nd Edition, just released SANCTIONS — A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy: iacenter.org/sanctions-book Download the REPORT: US Sanctions: Deadly, Destructive and in Violation of International Law Get the latest updates at: syriasupportmovement.org The anthology: SANCTIONS: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy challenges a deadly U.S. policy. In 3 mont…
(2023-02-16). U.S. Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Condemned as "Crime Against Humanity" covertactionmagazine.com The U.S. is blaming Zimbabwe's government (which it is conveniently trying to overthrow) for the tragic humanitarian crises afflicting its suffering people. But the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism has now placed responsibility directly on the harsh economic sanctions that the U.S. has been imposing on Zimbabwe for the last 22 years. Just two …
(2023-02-16). Devastating Impacts of Earthquake: Prevailing Sanctions Against Syria. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-16). Now Russia Is Surely Finished… smoothiex12.blogspot.com Talk about sanctions from hell.
(2023-02-16). China issues sanctions against US weapons makers over supplies to Taiwan. peoplesdispatch.org China has imposed sanctions on Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies. It has also indicated that it will take strong action in response to recent US escalation around the "spy balloon" that was shot down earlier this month…
(2023-02-16). Sanctions are killing people in earthquake-hit Syria. peoplesdispatch.org Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News talks about the brutal impact of sanctions on earthquake-hit Syria. She explains how these extensive sanctions are leading to deaths, obstructing vital aid, and preventing reconstruction efforts, even as their authors, the US and its European allies, deliver homilies about democracy. She also talks about how the 'easing' of sanctions by the US is not having any significant impact.
(2023-02-16). How U.S. sanctions block aid to earthquake victims in Syria. workers.org 
Even the ancient citadel in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, was destroyed by the 2023 earthquake. The terrible earthquake that hit a wide area of southeastern Türkiye and neighboring Syria has reportedly killed at least 36,000 people as of Feb. 13, with estimates that this total will reach 50,000. This winter . . . |