(2023-06-28). The Supreme Court provides authoritative guidance on the application of Article 2 to Coronial investigations and inquests. ukhumanrightsblog.com Introduction The advent of the Human Rights Act 1998, and the incorporation into domestic law of the Article 2 right to life, has transformed coronial investigations and inquests over the last two decades. Lord Bingham's magisterial creation of the 'enhanced' investigation and conclusion in R (Middleton) v West Somerset Coroner [2004] UKHL 10, [2004] 2 AC …
(2023-06-28). Chinese representative firmly refutes false remarks on national security law for Hong Kong at UNHRC. ecns.cn A Chinese representative has stated China's solemn position and firmly refuted the false remarks on the national security law for Hong Kong during an interactive dialogue at the 53rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday.
(2023-06-28). Trans rights are human rights, protesters say. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-27). Venezuela Rejects 'Instrumentalization of Justice' as the ICC Authorizes Resumption of Human Rights Probe. venezuelanalysis.com The Venezuelan government said it would appeal the decision, maintaining that the probe should be closed on the basis of complementarity.
(2023-06-28). UN Expert Demands Immediate Shutting Down Of Guantanamo Prison. popularresistance.org UN special rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin on Monday, June 26, asked the US authorities to shut down the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison and apologize for the torture of inmates. She asked that all persons responsible for such abuses in the last 20 years be held accountable. | Ní Aoláin was addressing a press conference in New York on the occasion of UN's International Day in Solidarity with the Victims of Torture. She also released her report on Guantanamo Bay prepared after visiting the prison earlier this year. | "The US government must urgently provide judicial resolution, apology and guarantees of non-repetiti…
(2023-06-27). New docs link CIA to medical torture of Indigenous children and Black prisoners. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in 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 he…
(2023-06-28). México_Aquila, Michoacán: En lucha por defensa de la vida y los derechos comunitarios. indybay.org México | Aquila, Michoacán: En lucha por defensa de la vida y los derechos comunitarios…
(2023-06-28). Gobierno argentino exige investigación oficial sobre represión en Jujuy. telesurtv.net La Secretaría de Derechos Humanos denunció penalmente al Gobierno de Jujuy por la represión a manifestantes.
(2023-06-28). UN Expert Demands Immediate Shutting Down of Guantanamo Prison, Apology to Inmates. scheerpost.com 
UN special rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the first such expert who was allowed to visit the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison in over 20 years, noted that US' treatment of detainees was "cruel, inhuman and degrading"
(2023-06-27). First UN Investigator Allowed in Gitmo Says Detainees Face 'Cruel, Inhuman' Treatment. news.antiwar.com The first UN investigator allowed inside the notorious US prison at Guantanamo Bay said the 30 remaining detainees in the facility are facing "ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law." UN special rapporteur Fionnuala Ni Aolain issued a report on the facility and told reporters in New York that "significant improvements" have been …
(2023-06-27). Venezuela: Yukpa People Call for Justice for Detainees Amidst Protests. orinocotribune.com Indigenous communities from western Venezuela were injured during a crackdown while trying to reach Caracas to sell handicrafts. | Caracas, June 24, 2023 ( On June 15, Zenaida Romero, her husband Alfonzo Ramos Romero, and Francisco Romero were arrested after the National Bolivarian Police (PNB) attacked a group of Yukpas on the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge ac…
(2023-06-28). Targeting Israel viewed as terrorism by Europol. electronicintifada.net Report portrays defenders of Palestinian rights as extremists.
(2023-06-28). Wednesday 7/5: Voting Rights, Election Laws, Supreme Court & More w/ Rick Hasen, UCLA Law Scholar. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-06-28). SCOTUS Rejects Radical GOP Vote-Rigging "Theory," Could Still End Affirmative Action & Debt Relief. democracynow.org 
The Supreme Court's term is ending this week with rulings on several blockbuster cases. On Tuesday, voting rights advocates welcomed a decision in a major election law case that preserved checks and balances in elections. In a 6-3 decision, the justices dismissed the so-called independent state legislature theory that state lawmakers have nearly unlimited power to make rules for federal elections. This ruling will "empower state courts around the country to block gerrymanders, to police the legislatures and to keep legislators from trying to entrench themselves or advance their party with these egregi…
(2023-06-28). Jeremy Corbyn won't save us — nor should he be expected to. thecanary.co Revolutionary change is not built by people, but by communities. As many oppressed communities will tell you, basing movements largely upon one leader will simply result in states destroying said leader. Martin Luther King and Fred Hampton could attest to that if they hadn't been killed for their advocation for Black rights. Waiting on a …
(2023-06-27). Venezuela: Yukpa People Call for Justice for Detainees Amidst Protests. orinocotribune.com Indigenous communities from western Venezuela were injured during a crackdown while trying to reach Caracas to sell handicrafts. | Caracas, June 24, 2023 ( On June 15, Zenaida Romero, her husband Alfonzo Ramos Romero, and Francisco Romero were arrested after the National Bolivarian Police (PNB) attacked a group of Yukpas on the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge ac…
(2023-06-28). Targeting Israel viewed as terrorism by Europol. electronicintifada.net Report portrays defenders of Palestinian rights as extremists.
(2023-06-28). Wednesday 7/5: Voting Rights, Election Laws, Supreme Court & More w/ Rick Hasen, UCLA Law Scholar. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-06-28). SCOTUS Rejects Radical GOP Vote-Rigging "Theory," Could Still End Affirmative Action & Debt Relief. democracynow.org The Supreme Court's term is ending this week with rulings on several blockbuster cases. On Tuesday, voting rights advocates welcomed a decision in a major election law case that preserved checks and balances in elections. In a 6-3 decision, the justices dismissed the so-called independent state legislature theory that state lawmakers have nearly unlimited power to make rules for federal elections. This ruling will "empower state courts around the country to block gerrymanders, to police the legislatures and to keep legislators from trying to entrench themselves or advance their party with these egregi…
(2023-06-28). Jeremy Corbyn won't save us — nor should he be expected to. thecanary.co Revolutionary change is not built by people, but by communities. As many oppressed communities will tell you, basing movements largely upon one leader will simply result in states destroying said leader. Martin Luther King and Fred Hampton could attest to that if they hadn't been killed for their advocation for Black rights. Waiting on a …
(2023-06-28). US Supreme Court rejects far-right "independent state legislature" theory. wsws.org While the Democrats are hailing the ruling as the salvation of democracy, workers would make a fatal error if they placed any confidence in the Supreme Court or looked to it to defend their basic rights.
(2023-06-27). Chinese-American worker and activist arrested for advocating for peace between US and China. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in Labor leaders and organizers are banding together to demand justice for Chinese-American unionized worker and activist Li Tang "Henry" Liang. Liang was indicted and then arrested in early May in Boston in retaliation for exercising his free speech rights. "The federal government h…
(2023-06-27). The Historic New Law Protecting Fairness for Pregnant Workers. aclu.org 
Today marks a historic moment in the lives of our nation's pregnant workers: after more than a
(2023-06-27). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: Struggle For Dignity and Rights in Jujuy Continues China Was the Subtext in Modi's Visit to Washington Peru's Former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez Arrested on Rebellion and Conspiracy Charges Is the EU Bribing and Blackmailing Tunisia to Crack Down on Migrants? [NEWS ITEM TEXT] Struggle For Dignity and Rights …
(2023-06-27). Supreme Court Keeps Navajo Nation Waiting for Water. scheerpost.com 
Decades of negotiations between the tribe and Arizona over water rights have proven fruitless. The court case was the Navajo Nation's bid to accelerate the process and secure water for its reservation.
(2023-06-27). SCOTUS Ruled in Favor of Voting Rights. Southern Black Voters Made That Happen. truthout.org The Supreme Court this week allowed Louisiana to redraw its congressional districts to fairly represent Black voters. This action comes on the heels of the court's decision earlier this month in Allen v. Milligan, in which one of us was a key plaintiff, finding that Alabama's new congressional maps dilute the power of Black voters in the state. These developments deliver a much-needed victory for… |
(2023-06-27). Organizers assemble for major conference to resist DeSantis, establish the Emergency Committee to Defend the Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On June 24, over 130 people packed the Maureen Gauzza Library in Tampa early Saturday morning to join in the fight to defend the Tampa 5, activists charged with felonies, some facing up to ten years in prison for exercising their free speech rights. | An aim of the conference was uniting progressive people and movements to fight for civil liberties in Florida and against the reactionary agenda of Governor Ron DeSantis. | Attendees joined three panel discussions titled: "Florida Students Fight to Save Public Education," "Unions: A Worker's Last Defense Against DeSantis," and "Civil Liberties in the A…
(2023-06-28). "Diplomatic relations with Syria should be restored and sanctions lifted": Interview with Gunnar Lindemann, German Parliament Member. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-28). Israel approves thousands of illegal settlement units in occupied West Bank. peoplesdispatch.org The sanction for 5,700 housing units was described by a Palestinian government official as an "open war against the Palestinian people." He added that "all settler colonialism in all the occupied Palestinian territories is illegitimate and illegal"
(2023-06-28). Headlines for June 28, 2023. democracynow.org Supreme Court Rejects GOP's Radical "Independent State Legislature Theory", Canadian Wildfire Smoke Brings Hazy Skies to Europe, "Very Unhealthy" Air Alerts in U.S. Cities, Russian Missile Strikes Restaurant in Ukraine's Kramatorsk, Killing 9 and Wounding Dozens, Belarusian President Says He Convinced Wagner Chief to Call Off Mutiny in Russia, U.S. Sanctions Companies Profiting from Wagner Group Mining Concessions in Africa, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio Wins Reelection, Nurses in Texas and Kansas Hold One-Day Strike to Demand Safe Staffing Levels, DOJ Report Finds Mi…
(2023-06-27). No More Astana Peace Talks for Syria. strategic-culture.org The migrant tragedies at sea are a direct result of the U.S.-EU sanctions which strangle the Syrian people and prevent them from recovery at home. | The Astana peace talks for Syria began in 2017 and recently met in Kazakhstan on June 20-21. It surprised many when the Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister