(2023-07-24). Takeaways from the UN Special Rapporteur Report on Guantanamo. transcend.org On 26 Jun 2023–the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture–,the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism released the final report of her technical visit to the Guantanamo detention facility. It covers the rights of victims of terrorism, the rights of detainees at Guantánamo, and the rights of former detainees–with a fair amount of detail.
(2023-07-24). UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine: Israel Has Turned All of Palestine into 'An Open-Air Prison' to Further Annexation Plans. transcend.org 16 Jul 2023 – Francesca Albanese's June report to the UN Human Rights Council says Israel uses physical, bureaucratic, military, and surveillance means to "de-Palestinianize" the occupied territory, threatening "the existence of the Palestinians as a people."
(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…
(2023-07-24). U.S. to establish national monument to Emmett Till. peoplesworld.org 
U.S. President Joe Biden will establish a national monument to honor Emmett Till, the black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured, and killed in 1955 after being accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and his mother, a White House official said at the weekend. Mr. Biden will sign a proclamation on …
(2023-07-24). Jeffrey Tumlin: our buses aren't jails. indybay.org This is an open letter from San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) employees regarding the events of July 8th, 2023 at the annual Dolores Park Hill Bomb, where Muni buses were used by the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to transport detained teenagers to SFPD's Mission Station.
(2023-07-24). Armed Incident Leaves Three Dead in Guatemala Prison. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, at least three people died after a confrontation between inmates of a prison located in the north of Guatemala's capital. | Related: | According to the Ministry of Interior of Guatemala, the deputy director of the prison, a policeman and a prisoner died due to the incident that occurred in the Preventive Detention Center for Men in zone 18. | The Guatemalan agency indicated that in addition to the three dead, at leas…
(2023-07-24). Labor must end immigration detention and offshore processing, protesters say. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-24). Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Ohio Voters Back Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative. truthout.org A new poll published this week demonstrates that a majority of Ohio residents support expanding abortion rights beyond the six-week ban that's currently on the books, and will likely back a voter-led initiative that's set to appear on the ballot. Voters will decide this fall whether the state constitution should be amended to enshrine abortion rights, as a signature-driven initiative surpassed the… |
(2023-07-24). North Carolina GOP's Plan to Hijack Elections Should Concern Voters Everywhere. truthout.org The Supreme Court recently prevented Republicans from hijacking state and county election boards in its 6-3 ruling against North Carolina Republicans in Moore v. Harper. If the state GOP had been successful, they would've been able to run federal-level elections in North Carolina and across the country without any pathway for citizens to challenge unfair election laws. But voting rights are still… |
(2023-07-24). 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.
(2023-07-24). 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…
(2023-07-24). "Chaos & Violence": NYC to Pay $13M to Those Attacked by Police in 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests. democracynow.org 
In a landmark $13 million settlement, New York City has agreed to pay 1,300 people attacked by police while protesting the Minnesota police murder of George Floyd in 2020. Sow v. City of New York yielded the largest total payout to protesters in a class-action suit in U.S. history, totaling about $10,000 per person. The suit focused on how police violated protesters' civil and constitutional rights by making mass arrests and using excessive force that included improper use of pepper spray and using a tactic called kettling to trap and arrest protesters before a curfew went into effect. The case used a video…
(2023-07-24). Refugee rights rally demands Labor ends cruel temporary visas. greenleft.org.au 
(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 …
(2023-07-24). 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…
(2023-07-24). "Chaos & Violence": NYC to Pay $13M to Those Attacked by Police in 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests. democracynow.org In a landmark $13 million settlement, New York City has agreed to pay 1,300 people attacked by police while protesting the Minnesota police murder of George Floyd in 2020. Sow v. City of New York yielded the largest total payout to protesters in a class-action suit in U.S. history, totaling about $10,000 per person. The suit focused on how police violated protesters' civil and constitutional rights by making mass arrests and using excessive force that included improper use of pepper spray and using a tactic called kettling to trap and arrest protesters before a curfew went into effect. The case used a video…
(2023-07-24). Refugee rights rally demands Labor ends cruel temporary visas. greenleft.org.au
(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 …