(2023-07-23). Young People Should Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act. scheerpost.com By Jason Kelley / Electronic Frontier Foundation Next week, Congress plans to move a bill forward that is opposed by dozens of organizations, digital rights protectors, LGBTQ+ activists, and human rights defenders: the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). As we've written before, KOSA would lead to censorship and privacy invasions for all social media users. But the most …
(2023-07-23). Guantanamo Features Most Flagrant Human Rights Violation. telesurenglish.net Jose Ramon Cabanas, director of Cuba's Center for International Policy (CIPI), denounced that the prison at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay sees the most flagrant violation of human rights perpetrated by the U.S. administration. | RELATED: | "This is a topic that has been presented again before the international community, but it is one of the longest human rights violations in U.S. history," Cabanas recalled. | Sp…
(2023-07-23). 17 Government Fighters Killed Or Wounded In Blast Near Gaz Field In Central Syria. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On July 22, eight Syrian soldiers and pro-government fighters were killed when a blast hit a bus that was carrying them in Syria's central region. | The deadly blast took place near Tuinan gas field, which is located right on the administrative border between Hama, Homs and Raqqa. In addition to the eight fatalities, nine soldiers and pro-government fighters were wounded. | The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and other pro-opposition news sou…
(2023-07-22). BP Financed Colombian Military. orinocotribune.com By John McEvoy — Jul 19, 2023 | Documents reveal how the oil company offered to finance Bogota's military as it was killing opponents during the 1990s and collaborated with a general accused of kidnap, torture and murder, John McEvoy reports. | BP offered to aid Colombia's "national defence activities" when the country had the worst human rights record in the Western hemisphere | Foreign Office promised to "do anything we could to help BP operate smoothly in Colombia" | Colombian trade unionist who holds BP partly responsible for his kidnapping and torture tells Declassified he hopes "BP will be judged for i…
(2023-07-22). Colombia reporta 92 líderes sociales en primeros meses del 2023. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a la Defensoría del Pueblo el departamento del Cauca reporta 17 líderes y defensores de Derechos humanos asesinados.
(2023-07-23). United Nations Hears Testimony on Violations of Indigenous Rights by Governments, Police. indybay.org The United Nations heard testimony from Indigenous Peoples around the world, on the devastation from mining, ongoing genocide, and murder by federal agents and militarized forces, during this week's session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva.
(2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic received a score of 100 — the highest score possible — on the Disability Equality Index to achieve the recognition. The Disability Equality Index survey includes new questions each year to evaluate whether companies are adopting emerging…
(2023-07-23). Dutch economist let the cat out of the bag about "carbon emission rights" expose-news.com In August 2022, Dutch economist Barbara Baarsma appeared on BNR Newsradio to explain her plan for the carbon dioxide wallet. In doing so, Baarsma, who was CEO of Rabo Carbon Bank until …
(2023-07-22). White Leaders Prevent an Alabama Town's First Black Mayor From Serving. truthout.org Newbern, Alabama — There's a power struggle in Newbern, Alabama, and the rural town's first Black mayor is at war with the previous administration who he says locked him out of Town Hall. After years of racist harassment and intimidation, Patrick Braxton is fed up, and in a federal civil rights lawsuit he is accusing town officials of conspiring to deny his civil rights and his position because of… |
(2023-07-22). What is a Woman? — A War on Biological Reality is being fought by Misogynistic & Child Abusing Men. expose-news.com As a steadfast advocate for women's rights and gender equality for decades, my journey has taken me through tides of societal change. I've witnessed the evolution of the feminist narrative, growing from …
(2023-07-22). Tuesday 7/18: Voting Rights & Fighting Fascism, an SF Gray Panther Forum. indybay.org Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/86465752525?pwd=Tzh1YV… | MEETING ID: 864 6575 2525; PASS CODE: 465295 | PHONE IN: 699-900 9128 US…
(2023-07-22). China Plans to Reach the Moon in 2030. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China. | ‚Ä¢ US companies call for end to sanctions on China | ‚Ä¢ China's GDP grows 5.5% in the first half of 2023 | ‚Ä¢ China plans to reach the Moon in 2030 | ‚Ä¢ Shijiazhuang: City of Rock…
(2023-07-22). BBC Normalizes a Terrorist Organization to Frame Syrian President — Updated. orinocotribune.com By Vanessa Beely — Jul 15, 2023 | The BBC appears to work in lockstep with US and UK deep state to facilitate new raft of sanctions against Syria. | Finally, could I get a comment from the BBC please about why a BBC documentary failed to inform their audience that the organisation interviewed in Idlib, Syria are, in reality. the intelligence arm of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS) a UK and US proscribed terrorist organisation formerly Jabhat Al Nusra (Al Qaeda) and that the individuals interviewed are responsible for war crimes in Syria including the murder of children in Idlib? | The above is taken from an email…
(2023-07-22). Governor of Zulia State Wants End of Sanctions That Are Destroying Venezuela's Industrial Production. orinocotribune.com