(2023-06-23). Israeli Occupation: How Microsoft, IBM, Cisco and Dell Enable Surveillance and Control in Palestine. mintpressnews.com Multinational tech giants Microsoft, IBM, Cisco Systems, and Dell Technologies are complicit in Israel's human rights violations, enabling surveillance, data collection, and control over Palestinians in the occupied territories.
(2023-06-23). "Human rights" vs the Rights of Humanity. podcasters.spotify.com In this episode, we talk about how frequent it is conveyed that the most important thing to humankind are these vague notions of human rights. Yet as Dr. Fidel Castro told us many times, there is a difference between human rights and the rights of humanity. There can be no discussion of human rights in the name of billions who live without so much as a piece of bread. There can be no discussion of human rights in the world plagued with destructive and imperialist wars. It is the rights of humanity, which must be discussed, that demand an end to all colonial, imperialist, and capitalist wars. And it can only be th…
(2023-06-23). The Visit That Could Reignite Talks Between Washington and Caracas. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jun 22, 2023 | This week, various Venezuelan news outlets have The plane was reportedly carrying Roger Carstens, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the US State Department and current…
(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). 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). 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…
(2023-06-23). John Kiriakou: The Godfather of Whistleblowers. scheerpost.com 
When the author blew the whistle on the C.I.A.'s torture program in 2007, Daniel Ellsberg called to congratulate him and say he had friends at his side. Years later, at a red-carpet event in Hollywood, the "most dangerous man in America" showed what he meant.
(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 …
(2023-06-23). Detainees at Northwest Detention Center launch a hunger strike. fightbacknews.org Tacoma, WA – A small crowd gathered outside of the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) at 6 p.m. June 19 in solidarity with the detainees inside protesting inhumane conditions. The NWDC is a privately owned ICE detention center built on the Tacoma tide flats. The rally was called after a group of detainees launched a hunger strike early in the day. | The rally was hosted by La Resistencia, a grassroots organization led by undocumented immigrants that has been protesting the NWDC and supporting detainees since March 2014. | Activists kicked off the rally with a series of chants including, "Chinga la Migra!" and "How…
(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…
(2023-06-23). John Kiriakou: The Godfather of Whistleblowers. scheerpost.com When the author blew the whistle on the C.I.A.'s torture program in 2007, Daniel Ellsberg called to congratulate him and say he had friends at his side. Years later, at a red-carpet event in Hollywood, the "most dangerous man in America" showed what he meant.
(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 …
(2023-06-23). Detainees at Northwest Detention Center launch a hunger strike. fightbacknews.org Tacoma, WA – A small crowd gathered outside of the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) at 6 p.m. June 19 in solidarity with the detainees inside protesting inhumane conditions. The NWDC is a privately owned ICE detention center built on the Tacoma tide flats. The rally was called after a group of detainees launched a hunger strike early in the day. | The rally was hosted by La Resistencia, a grassroots organization led by undocumented immigrants that has been protesting the NWDC and supporting detainees since March 2014. | Activists kicked off the rally with a series of chants including, "Chinga la Migra!" and "How…
(2023-06-23). FSB stops smuggling of radioactive substances by Ukrainian agents. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Security Service (FSB) detained Ukrainian intelligence agents who sought to plant radioactive substances in the area of the military operation to blame Russia for it.
(2023-06-23). Russia's FSB Thwarts Plot To Smuggle Radioactive Caesium-137 To Ukraine (Video). southfront.org 
ROSTOV-ON-DON REGION, RUSSIA — JULY 15, 2019: Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers detain two members of a cell of the Islamic State terrorist organization (banned in Russia). Video screen grab/ Russian Federal Security Service/TASS. | On June 23, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had detained five people who were trying to buy 1 kg of radioactive Cesium-137 for $3.5 million on behalf of a citizen of Ukraine. | In a statement, the security service said th…
(2023-06-23). Heartbreaking Disparity: Child Detainees in Canada vs. Israel. cjpme.org This analysis exposes the disparity in the way that Palestinian children are treated.
(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). Hunger strike threat by Palestinian prisoners forces concessions. iacenter.org By Ted Kelly June 21, 2023 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. Credit: Samidoun.net Why? Because the organized and coordinated efforts of the incarcerated Palestinian workers have already managed to win some concessions from the Israeli occupation forces. A statement signed by the Administrative Detainees' Committee in Occupation Prisons dated June 17, 2023, reads…
(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
(2023-06-24). World Report] How the Denver Principles changed health care for everyone. thelancet.com The Denver Principles, a bill of rights for people living with HIV, was written 40 years ago. Miriam Lewis Sabin, The Lancet's North American Editor, reports from Washington, DC.
(2023-06-23). 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)…
(2023-06-23). Disability activists blockade Sydney Road, call for accessible tram stops. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-23). Democrats continue attacks on immigrants in Chicago and Illinois. wsws.org Far from providing sanctuary to immigrants, Democrats in Chicago and Illinois are attacking their rights and leaving them to languish in unsanitary conditions with little access to food while health care and housing assistance benefits are cut.
(2023-06-23). Australian authorities blocking prosecutions over lawyer who spied on clients. wsws.org For a decade, Victoria Police brazenly violated the most basic legal and democratic rights, using a criminal barrister as a secret informant. No one will be held to account.
(2023-06-23). On the fundamental rights of the sex workers and others in India | Pradip Baksi. mronline.org 
It is for about one and a half decades now that our Sex Workers are raising the issues related to their lack of professional, legal and social rights before the members of the Other Sections of our society.
(2023-06-23). Pride Has Always Been About Ending Mass Incarceration. aclu.org 
(2023-06-23). Cops tried to slap him with a pricey ticket, but he turned the tables on them. therealnews.com 
Arkansas resident Shawn Chaperone was cut off by a reckless driver and was shocked that police chose to pull him over. However, it was the local police department's turn to be surprised when they discovered how well Shawn knew his rights and local ordinances! Join us for this episode of the Police Accountability Report, which illustrates the importance of knowing your rights and the dangers of arbitrary police power. | Production: Stephen Janis, Taya Graham | Post-Production: Stephen Janis, Adam Coley |
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(2023-06-22). Poor People's campaigners bring call to end poverty to Congress. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Poor People's Campaign members and their allies descended on Congress advocating an end to poverty in the U.S. But on that issue and others like workers' rights and slashing the military budge, they got a mixed reaction. Several hundred of the campaigners and allies then rallied after a day of lobbying to hear colleagues describe …
(2023-06-22). Remembering Gary Dotterman: Anti-racist Oklahoman, Vietnam vet for peace, and irrepressible gay Communist. peoplesworld.org 
Fighter against racism and Jim Crow segregation in 1960s Oklahoma. Vietnam vet turned peace activist. Advance man for Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign who was standing next to the candidate the night he was assassinated. Gay rights pioneer who pushed the Communist Party USA to turn away from its homophobic past. Advocate of socialism on …
(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). 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). Starbucks Agrees To Settlement For Violating Workers Rights In Seattle. popularresistance.org
(2023-06-23). EDITORIAL PRESS RELEASE "NEW EASTERN OUTLOOK" journal-neo.org 
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(2023-06-23). 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.
(2023-06-23). Iran Joins Forces With Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua To Blow Back US Sanctions. orinocotribune.com 
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell — Jun 19, 2023 | The president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, concluded this Friday in Havana, a trip to Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, that aimed to denounce the U.S. sanctions and imperialist policy suffered by the four countries, and to create new economic and commercial agreements to promote the development of their peoples. The tour succeeded in uniting forces between these countries, which are under heavy unilateral sanctions at a time of economic hardship. | Raisi was received with honors in Caracas by President Nicolás Maduro. This was the starting point of the leader…
(2023-06-22). US Cuba solidarity activists arrested after trying to meet with Senator Bob Menendez, Sanctioner-in-Chief. peoplesdispatch.org Menendez spearheads policies that bring death and destruction to the people of Cuba and Venezuela. Activists were arrested for peacefully demanding he lift these policies…
(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…
(2023-06-23). Deaths at Sea: From the Titan to the Mediterranean. dissidentvoice.org Mortality at sea is becoming a theme of late. The nature of how that mortality has been represented, however, has varied. The death of a billionaire on a quest to see the sunken ruins of the Titanic is treated with saturating interest; the deaths of those making their way across the Mediterranean to seek sanctuary …