(2023-05-27). Obituary] Mathura Prasad Shrestha. thelancet.com Public health expert, human rights activist, and former Health Minister of Nepal. Born on May 6, 1936 in Kathmandu, Nepal, he died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on Feb 20, 2023 in Kathmandu, aged 86 years.
(2023-05-26). People's Health Tribunal Finds Shell And Total Energy Guilty. popularresistance.org A panel of environmental and human rights activists acted as judges in a People's Health Tribunal organized by African communities impacted by the operations of extractive corporations Shell and Total Energy. Supported by organizations like Medact, We the People, the People's Health Movement, #STOPEACOP, and others, they found the corporations guilty of harming the health of people across Africa. Nnimmo Bassey, Jacqueline Patterson, Kanahaus Manuel, and Dimah Mahmoud condemned Shell and Total's activities, stating that they were "extremely harmful to the livelihoods, health, right to shelter, quality of life, rig…
(2023-05-25). Lawsuit exposes horrific conditions in Washington D.C. jail. wsws.org The conditions that impact the United States' most poor and vulnerable in the country's capital are a clear exposure of the government's rank hypocrisy about "human rights" and "democracy."
(2023-05-25). 'Apartheid' designation ignored as Israel kills children in Gaza AGAIN. mronline.org 
Israel's recent bombing of the Gaza Strip from May 9—13 killed 33 Palestinians, including seven children. FAIR looked at coverage of these attacks from the Washington Post, New York Times and CNN, and didn't find a single reference to Israel as an apartheid state, despite this being the consensus in the human rights community.
(2023-05-25). Israel: US voices support for civil society groups targeted by legislation. middleeasteye.net 
Israel: US voices support for civil society groups targeted by legislation | Israel set to clampdown on human rights groups through a new bill that will restrict foreign funding | Thu, 05/25/2023 – 08: 53 | A man walks past a billboard advertising a campaign by Israeli rights group B'Tselem ahead of the US President's official visit, Bethlehem, 13 July 2022 (AFP) | The United States on Wednesday voiced supp…
(2023-05-27). Correspondence] An open letter from Syrian to Ukrainian war-displaced medical students. thelancet.com In my fifth year of medical school, staying in Syria was no longer safe. Medical facilities, including teaching hospitals, were systematically targeted and health-care providers were detained, tortured, and subsequently killed. The theme of those days was waiting for the unknown. I spent every minute preparing my mind for the worst. In the recollection of the why, when, and how, the recurring memory was the moment when I was forced to leave the only home I had ever known. The theme thereafter became foreignness.
(2023-05-26). Judge sentences Anthony Gay to 7 years of torture; Anthony's fight continues. fightbacknews.org Peoria, IL – Activists, family members and supporters of Anthony Gay rallied outside the U.S. Central District Court in Peoria, Tuesday morning, May 23. Members of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression led the group in chanting, "Free, free Anthony Gay" and "The people united will never be defeated" before entering the courthouse for Anthony's sentencing hearing. | Anthony Gay is a political prisoner. He was incarcerated at 21 years old for a minor offense and held in solitary confinement for 22 years in Illinois prisons. Much of that time was spent in Tamms Correctional Center, a torture…
(2023-05-25). The US Continues to Try to Suppress Details About Its Torture Programs. truthout.org In the Blindman's Buff variation of tag, a child designated as "It" is tasked with tapping another child while wearing a blindfold. The sightless child knows the other children, all able to see, are there but is left to stumble around, using sounds and knowledge of the space they're in as guides. Finally, that child does succeed, either by bumping into someone, peeking, or thanks to sheer dumb… |
(2023-05-25). Programa Político de la OSCL ahora disponible en español. fightbacknews.org El libro traducido al español del programa político de la Organización Socialista Camino de la Libertad ya está disponible. Esperamos que esta nueva traducción ayude a traer ideas revolucionarias a una mayor audiencia, incluyendo al movimiento de la liberación Chicano y el movimiento para los derechos inmigratorios. | OSCL es una organización que reconoce la existencia de la nación Chicano de Aztlán y miramos la lucha por su liberación como parte importante de nuestra estrategia para la revolución en los Estados Unidos. La introducción de nuestro programa dice: | En 1846, Estados Unidos lanzó una guerra que re…
(2023-05-26). US Troops To Train Peruvian Armed Forces, Proves US Behind Coup. popularresistance.org Amid continuing social upheaval five months after the parliamentary coup against Pedro Castillo, the Peruvian Congress, controlled by the hard right, has approved the entrance of US troops into national territory to train the Peruvian military and National Police beginning June 1st through the end of the year. This comes after the Supreme Court ruled that protest is not a protected right under the 1993 Fujimori dictatorship era constitution. This also comes after a visit from the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Peaceful Assembly and Association Clément Nyaletsossi Voule stated that there was no evidence of…
(2023-05-26). HDP, pseudo-left back anti-refugee, anti-Kurdish candidate Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu in Turkish elections. wsws.org The Kurdish-nationalist HDP is backing Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu's right-wing campaign even after he pledged to attack the democratic rights of Kurds and refugees.
(2023-05-25). The struggle for affordable housing in New Jersey stretches back decades. peoplesworld.org 
JERSEY CITY, N.J.—In the 1960s, policymakers in the historically Black town of Mount Laurel, N.J., began pricing out Black and Latino residents and demolishing their homes. In 1970, local civil rights activist Ethel Lawrence and other community leaders invited Mayor Bill Haines to Jacob's Chapel, an African American church, to discuss their plan to build …
(2023-05-26). US Troops To Train Peruvian Armed Forces, Proves US Behind Coup. popularresistance.org Amid continuing social upheaval five months after the parliamentary coup against Pedro Castillo, the Peruvian Congress, controlled by the hard right, has approved the entrance of US troops into national territory to train the Peruvian military and National Police beginning June 1st through the end of the year. This comes after the Supreme Court ruled that protest is not a protected right under the 1993 Fujimori dictatorship era constitution. This also comes after a visit from the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Peaceful Assembly and Association Clément Nyaletsossi Voule stated that there was no evidence of…
(2023-05-26). HDP, pseudo-left back anti-refugee, anti-Kurdish candidate Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu in Turkish elections. wsws.org The Kurdish-nationalist HDP is backing Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu's right-wing campaign even after he pledged to attack the democratic rights of Kurds and refugees.
(2023-05-25). The struggle for affordable housing in New Jersey stretches back decades. peoplesworld.org JERSEY CITY, N.J.—In the 1960s, policymakers in the historically Black town of Mount Laurel, N.J., began pricing out Black and Latino residents and demolishing their homes. In 1970, local civil rights activist Ethel Lawrence and other community leaders invited Mayor Bill Haines to Jacob's Chapel, an African American church, to discuss their plan to build …
(2023-05-25). Most Americans Want Gun Reform — But State Laws Have Loosened Since Uvalde. truthout.org New polling demonstrates that a majority of Americans believe it's more important to control gun violence than it is to protect gun rights. The polling demonstrates that voters believe gun reform is necessary to curtail the vast number of gun-related deaths in the U.S. each year. But lawmakers have largely ignored constituents' demands, with the majority of gun laws enacted this year granting… |
(2023-05-25). Quiz: What You Need to Know About Fair Housing. aclu.org Access to housing is a right that should be equally accessible to everyone in the country — but this is sadly far from reality. Although federal protections have been established to eliminate bias-driven hurdles, many practices still exist today that make it harder for Black people and other people of color, women, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and many others to access stable housing. | To create a more just society in which everyone's civil rights are recognized, we must work to end discriminatory housing policies and practices. Test your knowledge and learn more about how the ACLU is advocat…
(2023-05-25). Toxic Contagion: Funds, Food and Pharma. libya360.wordpress.com Colin Todhunter August 18, 2021. A day like no other? For, on this day seed systems, farmer-managed seed systems and farmers' rights on the African continent came under direct attack by a body that should be their primary custodian—the African Union (AU) | Source In 2014, the organisation GRAIN revealed that small farms produce most of…
(2023-05-25). "Governing by Distraction": Florida Union Leader Says Ron DeSantis Is No Friend of Workers. democracynow.org 
Ron DeSantis officially launched his presidential campaign Wednesday, pitting the Florida governor against his former ally Donald Trump and at least five other Republicans in a fight for their party's 2024 nomination. His formal announcement came in a Twitter audio stream hosted by the company's billionaire owner, Elon Musk, and was beset by technical problems. As governor of Florida, DeSantis has signed a slew of bills targeting reproductive rights, immigrant rights, the transgender community, and diversity programs in schools. He has also recently signed legislation to weaken the power of public sec…
(2023-05-25). Iranian press review: Taliban figure mocks Raisi over water rights demands. middleeasteye.net 
Iranian press review: Taliban figure mocks Raisi over water rights demands | Meanwhile, authorities ban grape juice trading and remove Qassem Soleimani's biography from Tehran book fair | Thu, 05/25/2023 – 16: 15 | Taliban's General Mubeen Khan filling up a yellow plastic jug with water and offering it to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a sarcastic video (Screengrab/social media)…
(2023-05-25). Paraguayan authority impeaches MP Galeano. plenglish.com Asuncion, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan judge Gustavo Amarilla confirmed the beginning of a trial for alleged money laundering and criminal association against legislator Erico Galeano as of this Thursday, the day the Electoral Justice proclaimed him senator-elect. The authority stated to the ABC Color newspaper that the trial ratification of the accused, until now a member of the Chamber of Deputies, is possible according to the Law because that instance on Thursday notified against him a deprivation of special rights, which was long debated by the public opinion.
(2023-05-26). U.S. Claims Wagner Supplied Anti-Aircraft Missiles To Sudan's Rapid Support Force. southfront.org 
RSF fighters with Chinese-made FN-6 systems. Via Twitter. | Russia's Wagner Group has supplied anti-aircraft missiles to the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF) in Sudan, the United States Department of Treasury said on May 25. | The accusations came in a statement announcing new U.S. sanctions against the head of Russia's Wagner Group in Mali, Ivan Aleksandrovich Maslov."Most recently in Sudan, the Wagner Group has been supplying Sudan's Rapid Support Forces with surface-to-air…
(2023-05-25). France's foreign policy towards the Arab world is colonial, backward, and detached from reality, says Syria. peoplesdispatch.org Former colonial power France had supported the anti-Assad forces in Syria with the objective of regime change, which prolonged the war in the country. France also became part of the US-led illegal unilateral sanctions regime against Syria…
(2023-05-25). Venezuela Rejects 'Cynical' US Report on Terrorism: 'Sanctions Are the Real Terror'. venezuelanalysis.com Caracas condemned the US' "infamous war on terror" and the imposition of economic sanctions against one-third of the planet.
(2023-05-25). Germany Wants Sanctions On Russia's Nuclear Cooperation With Europe. southfront.org 
Click to see the full-size image | Written by Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant. | Once again, Germany makes it clear that it is willing to sacrifice its own strategic interests just to match US geopolitical plans. The country is launching a campaign to extend the boycott of Russia to the level of sanctions against the nuclear sector, which will seriously harm Berlin and other states, but will favor American interest of increasing tens…
(2023-05-25). The Human Consequences of Economic Sanctions: Event Summary. scheerpost.com 
By Francisco R. Rodríguez and Mark Weisbrot / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) On May 19, 2023, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) brought together leading experts in the study of economic sanctions to help to answer a critical, but often-ignored, question: What are the human consequences of US economic sanctions? …
(2023-05-25). Journey to St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Crimea. dissidentvoice.org 
At the end of April of this year, the two of us ventured together to Russia. We went with the purpose of fact-finding and also to make a point that we do not believe that Russia should be isolated from the world through sanctions and travel bans. At this moment, Russia is more isolated from …