(2023-03-15). South Africa moves to downgrade ties with Israel. greenleft.org.au South Africa's parliament voted on March 7 to downgrade the status of Israel's embassy in the country to "liaison office", due to Israel's continued violation of Palestinian human rights, reports Ben Radford.
(2023-03-14). The Weekly Round-up: The Illegal Migration Bill, Sanctions against gender-based violence, and Legal Aid eligibility. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news The Illegal Migration Bill has been presented in parliament and published. The bill has sparked extensive legal discussion over potential issues of compatibility with the European Convention of Human Rights. Indeed, the government stated their wish to proceed with the bill in the absence of being able to make a statement of …
(2023-03-14). Human Rights Law Centre: 'Fast-track' process designed to fail asylum seekers. greenleft.org.au Sanmati Verma, managing lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, told a forum the Fast Track process was "designed to see people fail". Chris Slee reports.
(2023-03-15). South Africa moves to downgrade ties with Israel. greenleft.org.au South Africa's parliament voted on March 7 to downgrade the status of Israel's embassy in the country to "liaison office", due to Israel's continued violation of Palestinian human rights, reports Ben Radford.
(2023-03-14). The Weekly Round-up: The Illegal Migration Bill, Sanctions against gender-based violence, and Legal Aid eligibility. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news The Illegal Migration Bill has been presented in parliament and published. The bill has sparked extensive legal discussion over potential issues of compatibility with the European Convention of Human Rights. Indeed, the government stated their wish to proceed with the bill in the absence of being able to make a statement of …
(2023-03-14). Human Rights Law Centre: 'Fast-track' process designed to fail asylum seekers. greenleft.org.au Sanmati Verma, managing lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, told a forum the Fast Track process was "designed to see people fail". Chris Slee reports.
(2023-03-14). Pro-Israel Lobby Doesn't Deserve Exemption From Criticism of Money in Politics. truthout.org On March 6-10, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights — the most important human rights body in the western hemisphere — held its 186th period of sessions in Los Angeles, on the campus of UCLA. On February 10, the Biden administration announced the selection of James Cavallaro, my former colleague at Stanford University, as the United States's candidate to serve on the Commission. Cavallaro'… |
(2023-03-14). Torture, Murder and Security Clearances at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. indybay.org The news out of the democratic republic of Chile this week is that the conviction of Jaime Garcia Covarrubias—the former National Defense University / Defense Security Cooperation Agency professor who was since 2008 the target of the Petitioner's disclosures through the NDU/DSCA chain of command—for the torture and murder of an unarmed detainee was upheld by that country's Supreme Court. | Garcia Covarrubias has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his authorship of that crime, one of two involving the torture and clandestine murder of unarmed detainees for which he has already been convicted a…
(2023-03-14). NLG Condemns "Stop Cop City" Music Festival Arrests in Atlanta. indybay.org Law enforcement detained at least 35 people in Atlanta on Sunday, March 5, at a solidarity music festival over a mile away from the Cop City construction site.
(2023-03-14). Former Tamil refugee asks federal gov't to give asylum seekers permanency. greenleft.org.au Australian Tamil Congress director Nimalakaran Sinnakkili called for permanent protection for the remaining refugees and asylum seekers living in the community and those imprisoned in detention centres in Australia and on Nauru.
(2023-03-15). Saturday 3/18: "SisPix: Reproductive Rights" indybay.org ATA Gallery, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco…
(2023-03-15). Activist Leads Fight to Stop Harassment of Vehicular Residents. indybay.org In an extensive and well-documented article on LookOut, activist Reggie Meisler published his research and activism to defend the rights of those in vehicles being harassed by police. Cops have been threatening and ticketing for signs not permitted by the Costal Commission.
(2023-03-15). Sunday 3/19: Conversation with a legislative protector of reproductive rights, Anna Moeller of Illinois. indybay.org Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco | 1187 Franklin St. S.F. TSK Room | and Zoom: zoom.us/j/93421729076?pwd=dXpCQldNN0h4Tl……
(2023-03-15). The UAW sellout at Caterpillar and the way forward. wsws.org We made the decision to found the Caterpillar Workers Rank-and-File Committee earlier this year because we understood, based on the UAW bureaucracy's previous record of sellouts and betrayals, that it would not fight for us, and that any real struggle for workers' rights and interests would have to be organized from below.
(2023-03-14). Denver FRSO hosts International Women's Day rally at State Capitol. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On Wednesday, March 8, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization hosted a rally at the Colorado State Capitol building to celebrate International Women's Day. Two dozen people gathered to answer the call for an end to attacks on women's and reproductive rights, including members of Students for a Democratic Society and the Denver-Aurora Community Action Committee. | FRSO and Denver residents are outraged at the outcome of the Dobbs Supreme Court decision. So-called "trigger laws" banned abortion in 13 states after the decision was made in 2022. In other states, "heartbeat bills" have become law, serio…
(2023-03-14). Is Sharing Caring? Disclosures from the Family Courts to Professional Regulators. ukhumanrightsblog.com The Guardian newspaper reported the decision in Re X (Disclosure to Social Work England: Findings of Domestic Abuse) [2023] EWHC 447 (Fam) with the headline, "social worker who abused ex-partner loses fight to keep details from regulator". Reading that one might instinctively think, "well, of course he lost". For my part, when I read beyond the Guardian's …
(2023-03-14). What Kevin Alexander Gray taught me. nationofchange.org The late civil rights activist and author didn't let elected officials off the hook, no matter how liberal. He understood the importance of intersectionality and what it takes to achieve progressive change.
(2023-03-14). FBI Bookstore Spying in Chicago Eyes Abortion Rights, Cop City, Anti-Development Activists. unicornriot.ninja