(2023-06-22). Is the EU bribing and blackmailing Tunisia to crack down on migrants? peoplesdispatch.org The Workers' Party of Tunisia and human rights groups have condemned an agreement between the government and European countries which seeks to end "irregular migration." They say Tunisia will become a policeman for Europe and crack down on migrants…
(2023-06-22). Missing Links in Textbook History: Civil Rights and Human Rights. scheerpost.com 
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost Human rights invented America. Ours was the first nation in the history of the world to be founded explicitly on such an idea. — Farewell address of President Jimmy Carter January 14, 1981 President Carter was right when he said that "human rights invented America," but he was not …
(2023-06-22). Shipwreck in Pylos. Open Letter by Over 180 Human Rights Organizations. scheerpost.com 
10 years after the two shipwrecks off Lampedusa, Italy, killing around 600 people and causing an immense public outcry, up to 600 people drowned off Pylos, Greece, in the Mediterranean Sea. On June 14, 2023, once again, the European border regime killed people exercising their right to seek protection. We are shaken! And we stand in solidarity with all survivors and with the families and friends of the deceased. We express our deep condolences and grief.
(2023-06-22). International Criminal Court Advancing Global Injustice, Unaccountability and Criminal Agenda against Guardians of Peace. libya360.wordpress.com Prof Hoosen Vawda "Rise, O' all you intelligent, righteous humanoids". Just as the war in Ukraine has become a festering sore in the politically motivated, combined, western, proxy war against Russia, the plight of Palestinians is a chronic human rights violation, festering, as an ulcer, already systemic in its manifestations, generated by Israel in its…
(2023-06-22). Eyewitness Xinjiang: the reality vs. U.S. propaganda. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders June 19, 2023 The author is a co-director of the International Action Center and a contributing editor to Workers World newspaper. A slightly abridged version of this article was published in Global Times. U.S. imperialism's hostility to China is increasing — with military threats, new rounds of sanctions and increasingly wild fabrications. The media have been saturated with allegations of human rights abuses, forced labor, religious persecution and "genocide" — especially of Uygur and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. Sara Flounders, Lee Siu Hin and Arjae Red in front of Id Kah M…
(2023-06-22). AOC Is Boycotting Modi's Address Over "Deeply Troubling" Human Rights Record. truthout.org Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) and a number of other progressives in the House have announced that they're boycotting far right Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to Congress on Thursday, citing Modi's abysmal human rights record and erosion of free press and religion rights in India. Modi is slated to speak before Congress as part of a trip to the U.S. on an invite from… |
(2023-06-22). Modi's State Visit: Biden Embraces Indian Leader Despite Rights Crackdown. democracynow.org 
President Joe Biden is hosting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a four-day state visit this week amid growing concerns about the Indian leader's human rights record. Modi has been prime minister since 2014, during which time he has cracked down on dissent, curtailed the free press, targeted Muslims and other minorities and pushed an aggressive form of Hindu nationalism that violates the pluralistic vision of modern India's founders. For years, Modi was banned from even entering the United States over his role in anti-Muslim riots in 2002 that left over 1,000 dead in Gujarat, where Modi was the…
(2023-06-22). Argentina: Repression Against Indigenous People in Jujuy (+Human Rights in Venezuela). orinocotribune.com 
Police repression of mass protests regarding provincial constitution reforms—threatening the right to protest and land workers' rights—have led to at least 68 people being arrested and 170 injured this Tuesday, June 20. The events in the lithium-rich province of Jujuy, Argentina, have mobilized spokespersons of the international community and human rights defenders around the world. | Reforms of the provincial constitution have deepened the differences between union organizations, indigenous communities, social movements, and the regional government of the opposition leader Gerardo Morales. Governor M…
(2023-06-22). New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners. truthout.org The documentary record of "mind control" experiments conducted by the United States and other governments during the Cold War is just the tip of the iceberg, and our collective ignorance is by design. In early 1973, as the fallout from the Watergate scandal exposed the need for greater congressional oversight of U.S. intelligence agencies, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ordered… |
(2023-06-22). Liberal and "Left" Silence on National Security Police State When Used against Trump and His Supporters. dissidentvoice.org The National Security police state now regards the Democratic Party as a more useful tool to criminalize opposition to US wars and maintain their control over the US government. We see this in the attack on the Uhuru Movement as being in the pay of Russia, in the imprisonment and torture of Julian Assange, in …
(2023-06-22). Presidente argentino: hechos de represión y violencia estatal en Jujuy son inadmisibles. telesurtv.net El mandatario instó al gobernador de Jujuy, Gerardo Morales, a "cumplir con los estándares internacionales de derechos humanos".
(2023-06-22). Hunger strike threat by Palestinian prisoners forces concessions. workers.org 
Credit: Samidoun.net Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, who had been held without charges by Israeli authorities, were poised to launch a mass hunger strike beginning on June 18. But in a statement by The Administrative Detainees' Committee of the Palestinian prisoners' movement, the strike has been postponed. Why? Because the organized . . . |
(2023-06-22). Detained and Interrogated by British Counter-Terrorism Police, with Journalist Kit Klarenberg. mintpressnews.com Last month, on his way back to Great Britain, MintPress contributor Kit Klarenberg was detained and interrogated. The investigative journalist was met at the airport by six anonymous plainclothes counter-terror officers, who seized his electronic devices, and memory cards and took his fingerprints and DNA. | Under Schedule Three, Section Four of the U.K. 2019 Counter-Terrorism and Border Act, they grilled him for over five hours, asking probing questions on everything from his opinions on the current British leadership to Vladimir Putin to 9/11. | Kit Klarenberg joins "MintCast" host Mnar Adley to discuss the inc…
(2023-06-22). Panama seizes 26.2 tons of drugs. plenglish.com Fifty-six operations were carried out in different coastal areas and territorial waters of Panama, a press release stated. | A total of 17 tons of cocaine, 8.3 tons of marijuana, and 68 packages of cocaine paste, a drug similar to crack, have been seized, the SENAN reported. To date, 97 people in connection with drug trafficking have been detained in Panama.
(2023-06-22). Six US Citizens Indicted in Venezuela on Conspiracy Charges and Related Crimes (+Operation Gideon). orinocotribune.com According to a report by news outlet It is worth noting that six of the eight Americans detained are being prosecuted for conspiracy and related offenses. Two of the prosecuted have already sentenced to 24 years in prison each: Airan Berry and Luke Alexander Denman. According to…
(2023-06-22). Peru's former prime minister Betssy Chávez arrested on rebellion and conspiracy charges. peoplesdispatch.org On Tuesday, June 20, the Peruvian National Police arrested former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez for the alleged crimes of rebellion and conspiracy against the state. Chávez was arrested at her home in the southern city of Tacna after the Supreme Court ordered 18 months of pre-trial detention for her. The charges against Chávez stem from
(2023-06-22). 1 Year After "Roe" Overturn, Most Americans Say Ruling Has Been Bad for Country. truthout.org Nearly one year to the day that the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights protections by upending precedent established in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, new polling shows that most Americans are opposed to the anti-abortion ruling. The survey, a CBS News/YouGov poll conducted on June 14-17, was published just days before the first anniversary of the Dobbs v. |
(2023-06-22). FL Org Gathers Signatures for Ballot Measure to Undo State's 6-Week Abortion Ban. truthout.org An effort to enshrine abortion rights in the Florida state constitution is gaining steam, and will likely be included on the 2024 general election ballot if current trends hold steady. However, the proposed amendment faces some hurdles before it can be accepted on the ballot, including passing muster in the state's conservative Supreme Court. For the petition to be considered… |
(2023-06-22). Sunday 6/25: Equal Rights Advocates Contingent in San Francisco Pride Parade 2023. indybay.org Contingent meet up near Embarcadero in San Francisco | (exact location to be given after you RSVP)…
(2023-06-22). Disability activists blockade Sydney Road, call for accessible tram stops. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-22). Starbucks Agrees To Settlement For Violating Workers Rights In Seattle. popularresistance.org
(2023-06-22). Biden's Asylum Policy Continues Tradition of US Cruelty to Haitians. truthout.org As the repressive Trump-Biden Title 42 asylum policy ended on May 11, migrant rights advocates hoped that humane asylum rules would follow. Title 42, which allowed the U.S. government to expel asylum seekers with no due process, led to nearly 3 million expulsions since Donald Trump initiated the ill-conceived policy in 2020. The Biden administration, however, "has made it a practice of recycling… |
(2023-06-22). How AI Is Enabling Racism & Sexism: Algorithmic Justice League's Joy Buolamwini on Meeting with Biden. democracynow.org 
We speak with Dr. Joy Buolamwini, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, who met this week with President Biden in a closed-door discussion with other artificial intelligence experts and critics about the need to explore the promise and risk of AI. The computer scientist and coding expert has long raised alarm about how AI and algorithms are enabling racist and sexist bias. We discuss examples, and she lays out what should be included in the White House's "Vision for Protecting Our Civil Rights in the Algorithmic Age."…
(2023-06-22). The Argentine President Condemns Violence in Jujuy. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez denounced the police brutality occurring in Jujuy, where Governor Gerardo Morales is attempting to implement a legal reform that restricts citizens' rights. | RELATED: | "Violence cannot be the response that a subnational government provides to the legitimate demands of communities. Denying the right to protest restricts constitutional liberties and hinders democratic life," he emphasized. | The…
(2023-06-21). Non-Fungible Tokens: Blockchain Technology and the Legal Framework. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the latest episode of Law Pod UK, Robert Kellar KC discusses the developing law on NFTs with Victoria Walters, library learning advisor at the Bristol campus of the University of Law. We are grateful to Victoria and the University for the permission to repost this interview. As Robert explains, the "token" is a crypto …
(2023-06-22). Drug control body says U.S. smearing China over fentanyl. ecns.cn China's drug control authority has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United States' smearing of China and sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals for allegedly involved in drugs.
(2023-06-22). Canadian Sanctions on Russia: Powerless Rage With a Boomerang Effect. orinocotribune.com
(2023-06-22). The Rise and Fall of US Dollar Supremacy & How Sanctions Backfire w/ Prabhat Patnaik. thealtworld.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS1yrs58DPE | The power of the dollar sustains U.S. imperialism. But rising multipolarity, an overuse of U.S. sanctions, the rise of alternative trading arrangements that sidestep the dollar, and a very obvious crisis of western capitalism have led to panic about a decline in dollar hegemony. What gives the dollar so much power in the first place? What would a world without dollar hegemony look like? What would it mean for those in the imperial core who benefit from this system? How about those in the third world on whose backs dollar hegemony is built? And where does the war in Uk…
(2023-06-22). US Non-Compliance With 'Mexico Talks' Agreement Affects Venezuela's Electrical Grid. orinocotribune.com When the "Second Agreement for the Social Protection of the People" was signed in Mexico, within the framework of the Dialogue and Negotiation Table, also known as the Mexico Talks, the priority consisted of addressing, with the expected unfrozen financial resources, the most decisive social and economic injuries to the Venezuelan population. These hardships occur as a consequence of the expansive and generalized use of US illegal "sanctions" including economic and wage limitations, difficulties in accessing food, reduced availability of vaccines and other supplies in public healthcare centers, and failures in bo…
(2023-06-22). US Cuba solidarity activists arrested after trying to meet with Senator Bob Menendez, Sanctioner-in-Chief. peoplesdispatch.org Several activists with the National Network on Cuba, CODEPINK, and IFCO/Pastors for Peace were arrested on June 22 after trying to have a meeting with New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez in his office in Washington, DC. Activists were attempting to meet with Menendez to urge him to lift the US blockade against Cuba and take …