(2023-04-07). The Price of Solidarity: Palestine, Indonesia and the Entitlement of Western "Human Rights" Activism. mintpressnews.com 
The Indonesian government's refusal to host the Israeli team as part of the Under-20 World Cup highlights the hypocrisy of Western human rights activists, argues Dr. Ramzy Baroud.
(2023-04-07). Minneapolis: MPD consent decree falls short and keeps power out of community hands. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following April 6 joint statement of the Twin Cities Coalition 4 Justice 4 Jamar and Minneapolis for Community Control of Police. | Consent decree falls short and keeps power out of community hands | We need an all-elected Civilian Police Accountability Commission to permanently reign in the abuses of MPD | On Friday, March 31, the City of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) announced the signing of a consent decree to address human rights violations by the Minneapolis Police Department. The agreement was negotiated entirely behind closed door…
(2023-04-07). West vs the rest: World opposes sanctions, only US & Europe support them. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
The UN Human Rights Council voted overwhelmingly to condemn sanctions. The only countries that expressed support for unilateral coercive measures were the US, UK, EU member states, Georgia, and Ukraine.
(2023-04-06). UN Human Rights Council Condemns Impact of Unilateral Sanctions. scheerpost.com 
The resolution presented by Azerbaijan on behalf of Non-Aligned countries noted the impact of sanctions on key rights related to life, health, and freedom from hunger. It was predictably rejected by the US and its allies.
(2023-04-06). The United Nations Is Being Used In US Propaganda War Against Nicaragua. popularresistance.org While the United States pays little regard to the human rights of many of its own citizens, it manifests intense interest in those of countries that it regards as its enemies. | Nicaragua, designated by both Trump and Biden as a "strategic threat," is seen as one of those enemies. Of the countries selected for their own annual human rights assessment by the U.S. State Department, Nicaragua merited special attention in 2022, with a 43-page report compared with, for example, only a 36-page analysis of neighboring El Salvador, where 66,000 people have been subjected to mass arrests in the past year. This is part of…
(2023-04-06). Safeguarding Democracy: US should establish a national human rights institution. splcenter.org
(2023-04-06). Police Accountability Leaders Discuss Human Rights-Minneapolis Policing Agreement. unicornriot.ninja
(2023-04-07). People related to chained mother of eight sentenced. ecns.cn Dong Zhimin, the husband in a high-profile case of a woman being trafficked, tortured and giving birth to eight children, was sentenced to 9 years for abuse and illegal detention.
(2023-04-06). Murder suspects caught after fleeing back to China. ecns.cn Three Chinese men suspected of kidnapping and killing a Chinese woman in Thailand and then returning to China have been detained in Wenzhou, a city in Zhejiang province, local police said on Wednesday.
(2023-04-06). Hunger strikes at ICE detention centers protest slave labor. workers.org 
Protesters outside Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield, California, June 4, 2020. "GEO is a billion-dollar company, and they're paying us $1 a day," 21-year-old detainee Cruz Martinez said. "They're getting rich off of us." (tinyurl.com/bdfm4y9h) On Feb. 16, Martinez and over 80 incarcerated immigrants began a hunger strike . . . |
(2023-04-06). PSUV's Hugo Cabezas Arrested in Corruption Crackdown. orinocotribune.com A presentation hearing of 13 new detainees for corruption in the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana and Cartones de Venezuela has been held, in which former PSUV leader Hugo Cabezas is one of the detainees. | This information was released on Wednesday, March 5, by the minister for communication and information, Freddy àëáñez, via social media. He added that Pedro Maldonado, Edgar Sánchez, and Felipe Contreras from the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG), among others, were also presented. | Hugo Cabezas served as a PSUV deputy until his appointment as president of Cartones de Venezuela, a Venezuelan state…
(2023-04-06). PSUV's Hugo Cabezas Captured in New Round of Corruption Arrests. orinocotribune.com A presentation hearing of 13 new detainees for corruption in the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana and Cartones de Venezuela has been held, in which former PSUV leader Hugo Cabezas is one of the detainees. | This information was released on Wednesday, March 5, by the minister for communication and information, Freddy àëáñez, via social media. He added that Pedro Maldonado, Edgar Sánchez, and Felipe Contreras from the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG), among others, were also presented. | Hugo Cabezas served as a PSUV deputy until his appointment as president of Cartones de Venezuela, a Venezuelan state…
(2023-04-06). Police Accountability Leaders Discuss Human Rights-Minneapolis Policing Agreement. unicornriot.ninja
(2023-04-07). People related to chained mother of eight sentenced. ecns.cn Dong Zhimin, the husband in a high-profile case of a woman being trafficked, tortured and giving birth to eight children, was sentenced to 9 years for abuse and illegal detention.
(2023-04-06). Murder suspects caught after fleeing back to China. ecns.cn Three Chinese men suspected of kidnapping and killing a Chinese woman in Thailand and then returning to China have been detained in Wenzhou, a city in Zhejiang province, local police said on Wednesday.
(2023-04-06). Hunger strikes at ICE detention centers protest slave labor. workers.org Protesters outside Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield, California, June 4, 2020. "GEO is a billion-dollar company, and they're paying us $1 a day," 21-year-old detainee Cruz Martinez said. "They're getting rich off of us." (tinyurl.com/bdfm4y9h) On Feb. 16, Martinez and over 80 incarcerated immigrants began a hunger strike . . . |
(2023-04-06). PSUV's Hugo Cabezas Arrested in Corruption Crackdown. orinocotribune.com A presentation hearing of 13 new detainees for corruption in the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana and Cartones de Venezuela has been held, in which former PSUV leader Hugo Cabezas is one of the detainees. | This information was released on Wednesday, March 5, by the minister for communication and information, Freddy àëáñez, via social media. He added that Pedro Maldonado, Edgar Sánchez, and Felipe Contreras from the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG), among others, were also presented. | Hugo Cabezas served as a PSUV deputy until his appointment as president of Cartones de Venezuela, a Venezuelan state…
(2023-04-06). PSUV's Hugo Cabezas Captured in New Round of Corruption Arrests. orinocotribune.com A presentation hearing of 13 new detainees for corruption in the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana and Cartones de Venezuela has been held, in which former PSUV leader Hugo Cabezas is one of the detainees. | This information was released on Wednesday, March 5, by the minister for communication and information, Freddy àëáñez, via social media. He added that Pedro Maldonado, Edgar Sánchez, and Felipe Contreras from the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG), among others, were also presented. | Hugo Cabezas served as a PSUV deputy until his appointment as president of Cartones de Venezuela, a Venezuelan state…
(2023-04-06). Venezuela's Public Ministry: 51 People Detained on Corruption Charges So Far. orinocotribune.com A total of 51 people have been detained for being involved in different acts of corruption across Venezuela, reported Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab. At a press conference, Saab explained that the detainees include, but are not limited to, those related to the PDVSA-Crypto cases, the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG) case, as well as detained judges and regional/parliamentary officials. | "To date, there are 51 people who have been detained for various corruption schemes, including that of PDVSA-Crypto, CVG, and detained judges," the Attorney General announced this Wednesday, March 5. "When…
(2023-04-06). 7 April, Ottawa: Hands off Al-Aqsa! Emergency Protest. samidoun.net 
🚨OTTAWA — EMERGENCY PROTEST FOR AL-AQSA🚨 In the past two nights, Zionist Occupation Forces stormed the al-Aqsa mosque and brutally shot, assaulted, detained and forcibly removed Palestinian Muslim worshippers. The worshippers were in al-Aqsa performing i'tikaf, a part of Ramadan's rituals where Muslims remain in mosques overnight to pray. The desecration of one of Jerusalem's …
(2023-04-06). Migrant Deaths in Mexico Put Spotlight on US Immigration Enforcement Policy. latinorebels.com Among the factors that led to the fire-related deaths of migrants in a detention facility in Juárez is the decadeslong immigration enforcement policies of the U.S. and Mexican governments that have seen the number of people kept in such facilities skyrocket.
(2023-04-08). [Obituary] Judith Heumann. thelancet.com Disability rights activist. Born on Dec 18, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA, USA, she died on March 4, 2023 in Washington, DC, USA, aged 75 years.
(2023-04-07). China has no choice but to take countermeasures in response to India's unfair treatment of Chinese journalists: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China has no choice but to take appropriate countermeasures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese media organizations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday, urging India to correct its mistakes.
(2023-04-06). Stacey Abrams to Join Howard University Political Science Faculty as Endowed Chair. moguldom.com Historically Black University Howard University in Washington, D.C., has tapped politician and voter rights advocate Stacey Abrams to join its political science faculty. The former Georgia gubernatorial candidate will take an endowed chair at the HBCU. Her role will focus on race and politics. Abrams, the former two-time candidate for Georgia governor, will be the …
(2023-04-06). Mary Pinotti Kaessinger: Revolutionary, disability justice and rights fighter, labor organizer — Rest in power! workers.org 
The Disability Justice and Rights Caucus of Workers World Party (WWP) sadly announces the passing of our magnificent leader, Mary Pinotti Kaessinger, on March 14, 2023, at the age of 77. Mary Pinotti first became politically aware in the 1960s, during the Civil Rights Movement and the movement to protest . . . |
(2023-04-06). Inside the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in Africa. greenleft.org.au Colonial-era laws are still used to oppress LGBTQ+ Africans, writes Efemia Chela, but the struggle to organise grassroots mutual aid and for legal rights continues.
(2023-04-06). The code behind the far right's success. nationofchange.org Forget the deplorables and focus instead on the persuadables.
(2023-04-06). Rights groups urge UN to refrain from adopting skewed definition of anti-Semitism. peoplesdispatch.org In a letter, rights groups expressed concern that the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition has been used to muzzle criticism of Israel and advocacy of Palestinian rights by equating them with anti-Semitism…
(2023-04-06). Headlines for April 6, 2023. democracynow.org Israel Raids Al-Aqsa Mosque for Second Night, Bombs Gaza in Response to Rocket Fire, New Studies Find Ice Sheets Are Vulnerable to Rapid Collapse from Global Heating, Saudi and Iranian Envoys Agree to Reopen Embassies in China-Brokered Deal, France's Macron Asks China's Xi to "Bring Russia to Its Senses" over Ukraine, House Speaker Meets Taiwanese President, Urges Speed-Up of U.S. Arms Deliveries, Pence Won't Appeal Order to Testify to Federal Grand Jury over Jan. 6 Insurrection, Indiana, Idaho and Kansas Latest States to Pass Laws Violating Trans Rights, Texas Agrees to Pay $144M to…
(2023-04-06). In Michigan, a Historic Victory for Abortion Rights. aclu.org 
Last year's decision overturning Roe v. Wade proved to be a major galvanizing moment for people who support abortion rights in communities across the country as some bans already on the books began to go into effect. One of those states is Michigan, where a grassroots coalition had growing concerns about an archaic 1931 abortion ban that could go into effect if the Supreme Court overturned Roe, and had already been working to prepare. Their tireless work put abortion rights on the ballot with Proposition 3, which secures the right to reproductive freedom in Michigan, protecting abortion, prenatal care, birth c…
(2023-04-06). UK: Support grows for no-confidence vote in Royal College of Nursing officials. wsws.org The initiative taken by petition organisers is a crucial one, asserting the rights of rank-and-file nurses against the RCN's unaccountable bureaucracy.
(2023-04-07). China's top office on Taiwan affairs sanctions diehard separatist Hsiao Bi-khim. ecns.cn
(2023-04-07). Sanctions against diehard 'Taiwan independence' separatist Bi-khim Hsiao announced. ecns.cn A spokesperson for the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Friday announced sanction measures against diehard "Taiwan independence" separatist Bi-khim Hsiao.
(2023-04-06). Regime change proceeds: State Departments sanctions Georgian judges, assassinations feared next. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaApril 6, 2023 Georgian Judges Sanctioned by US State Department Speak Out Against Accusations Mikheil Chinchaladze, Levan Murusidze, Irakli Shengelia and Valerian Tsertsvadze, the judges from the Georgian "judicial clan" who were sanctioned by the U.S. State Department on April 5, have made their first comments on the sanctions imposed yesterday by the US …
(2023-04-06). Canada Must Condemn, Sanction Brutal Israeli Attack on Al-Aqsa Worshippers. globalresearch.ca