(2023-08-01). U.S. and Canada Among Top Violators of Indigenous Rights: Mining, Militarization, Schools. indybay.org The United States and Canada are among the top countries violating the human rights of Indigenous Peoples, with mining companies based in the U.S. and Canada linked to assassinations of Native people around the world, Indigenous told the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
(2023-08-01). Nicaraguan Officials Hit With Sanctions Based On False Accusations. popularresistance.org On December 9, 2022, the government of the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on Sadrach Zelodón Rocha and Yohaira Hernández Chirino, the well-known Sandinista mayor and vice mayor of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, accusing both of "promoting and supporting grievous violations of human rights." | The sanctions, subjecting both to "an asset freeze and travel ban," also extended to members of their immediate families. As one of us has known Zeledón Rocha and the rest of his immediate family for more than 30 years, the accusations struck us mostly as false. Furthermore, if they turned out to be true, the punishments seemed str…
(2023-08-01). China is the Leading Force for World Peace. libya360.wordpress.com The Forum on Global Human Rights Governance, themed Equality, Cooperation and Development: The 30th Anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Global Human Rights Governance, was held in Beijing in mid-June 2023. Jointly hosted by the Information Office of China's State Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the China International Development Cooperation…
(2023-08-01). Israel cancels early release policy for Palestinian administrative detainees. peoplesdispatch.org Israel's Minister of Public Security, far-right extremist leader Itamar Ben-Gvir, has introduced another measure to worsen the situation of Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons. On Sunday, Ben-Gvir introduced an amendment to a law and effectively canceled the legal provision for the early release of Palestinians that are being held in administration detention. Human rights group Adalah denounced the policy change calling it "unfair" and warned that it would further worsen living conditions for Palestinian prisoners. | Palestinian administrative detainees are reported to suffer from a range of psychological…
(2023-07-31). Nicaraguan Government Officials Are Being Hit With Sanctions Based on False Accusations. orinocotribune.com 
By John Perry and Erik Mar — Jul 28, 2023 | A Popular Mayor Who Worked to Improve Matagalpa's Public Housing, Health, Transportation, Educational and Recreational Infrastructure Has Been Sanctioned for Human Rights Violations When There is No Compelling Evidence. | Nicaragua Is Among 40 Countries Targeted Under Cruel Sanctions Regime | On December 9, 2022, the government of the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on Sadrach Zelodón Rocha and Yohaira Hernández Chirino, the well-known Sandinista mayor and vice mayor of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, accusing both of "promoting and supporting grievous violations of human r…
(2023-07-31). Former Guantanamo detainees were deported to Kazakhstan, UAE. therealnews.com 
The revelations of widespread torture of detainees at the illegal US naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, rattled the American conscience during the Bush Jr. administration. Two decades later, detainments at Guantanamo continue, but the public has largely moved on. Yet for many former detainees of Guantanamo, release from their former prison has just opened a new chapter of horrors. A recent report from Elise Swain of
(2023-07-31). An Open Letter to President Lula of Brazil. orinocotribune.com By Fred Morris — Jul 20, 2023 | His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil: | On March 17, 2003, I was in your Cabinet as a representative of the National Council of Churches of the United States, asking for your help with the presidents of the non-aligned nations to seek to avoid the war of the United States against Iraq. You received me with a warm embrace, because you remembered my case as a Methodist missionary, collaborator of Dom Hélder Câmara in Recife, kidnapped by the Fourth Army and tortured by the same for 17 days before being expelled from Brazil in 1974. | Unfortunately, Pres…
(2023-07-31). Ten Years After The US Military Verdict Against Chelsea Manning. thedissenter.org 
Support independent journalism on whistleblowers, secrecy, and press freedom-related issues. Become a subscriber of The Dissenter with this It was ten years ago that a United States military judge found Pfc. Chelsea Manning guilty of violating the Espionage Act, along with several other related offenses. She was fortunately acquitted of the most alarming charge levied against her: "aiding the enemy." | Manning provided over 700,000 documents to WikiLeaks, many of which contained evidence of torture, war…
(2023-08-01). Parlamento Europeo: øDemocracia y derechos humanos? globalizacion.ca El 12 de julio, el Parlamento Europeo aprobó una resolución en que lamenta el supuesto deterioro de la democracia y los derechos humanos en Cuba, e insta a las autoridades a poner fin a la política de represión, intensificada en…
(2023-08-01). Indígenas de Jujuy llegan a Buenos Aires en defensa de tierra. telesurtv.net "Jujuy vive una situación de dictadura total disfrazada de democracia, donde los derechos son avasallados y pisoteados", advirtieron los organizadores.
(2023-08-01). Cuba reafirma el socialismo mientras cuenta con su sector privado. peoplesdispatch.org A pesar de la intensificación del bloqueo y de la grave crisis económica, Cuba se mantiene firme en su compromiso de garantizar los derechos de su pueblo.
(2023-08-01). Colombia celebró Encuentro Internacional de Mujeres Afrodescendientes. telesurtv.net El evento contó con la presencia de defensoras de Derechos Humanos y lideresas sociales víctimas de violencia de Colombia y el extranjero.
(2023-08-01). Niger's Sudden Coup Presents France and the U.S. With a Terrorism Dilemma. strategic-culture.org 
On Wednesday evening, a group of Niger's military officers announced the toppling of President Mohamed Bazoum and the suspension of the country's institutions. Since then, Mr Bazoum appears to have been detained by the junta in his own residence. Taking place less than six months after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's historic visit to Niamey, the coup is sending shock waves across the Sahel and in western capitals.
(2023-08-01). Northern China deploys rarely used tool to detain flood. ecns.cn A batch of rarely used flood detention areas in northern China have been put into operation as downpours brought by Typhoon Doksuri swell many water bodies above their danger marks and triggered the highest level emergency response for flood control in some regions.
(2023-08-01). Swedish consulate attacked in western Turkey. plenglish.com As the Mynet news portal reports, the attacker was a Syrian national. The armed attack occurred after the man had problems obtaining a visa. | A female Turkish national who worked at the consulate has been wounded. | The man who attacked Sweden's consulate in western Turkey was emotionally disturbed, the local authorities said on Tuesday. | "At about 12: 45 p.m., a citizen was wounded in an attack by a mentally unstable man in the Konak district. The wounded was taken to a hospital. The attacker was detained with the instrument of the crime. An investigation is underway," the Izmir province authorities said.
(2023-07-31). State of Emergency Leaves 150 Detained in Ecuador. telesurenglish.net Some 150 people have been arrested and 6.7 tons of drugs seized in Ecuador since the State of Emergency decreed by the Government on July 24 in three coastal areas of the country. | RELATED: | The National Director of Anti-Drug Investigation of the Police, Pablo Ramirez, said in a press conference that these results were achieved in multiple security operations carried out between July 24 and 30. | The operation…
(2023-08-01). Protection of private sector highlighted. ecns.cn China's top procuratorate and top court have pledged to intensify efforts to strengthen the legal protection of the rights of private companies, and improve their internal management, to curb crimes at the source.
(2023-08-01). Rainbow activists call for community solidarity to defend trans rights. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-01). Niger's Sudden Coup Presents France and the U.S. With a Terrorism Dilemma. strategic-culture.org On Wednesday evening, a group of Niger's military officers announced the toppling of President Mohamed Bazoum and the suspension of the country's institutions. Since then, Mr Bazoum appears to have been detained by the junta in his own residence. Taking place less than six months after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's historic visit to Niamey, the coup is sending shock waves across the Sahel and in western capitals.
(2023-08-01). Northern China deploys rarely used tool to detain flood. ecns.cn A batch of rarely used flood detention areas in northern China have been put into operation as downpours brought by Typhoon Doksuri swell many water bodies above their danger marks and triggered the highest level emergency response for flood control in some regions.
(2023-08-01). Swedish consulate attacked in western Turkey. plenglish.com As the Mynet news portal reports, the attacker was a Syrian national. The armed attack occurred after the man had problems obtaining a visa. | A female Turkish national who worked at the consulate has been wounded. | The man who attacked Sweden's consulate in western Turkey was emotionally disturbed, the local authorities said on Tuesday. | "At about 12: 45 p.m., a citizen was wounded in an attack by a mentally unstable man in the Konak district. The wounded was taken to a hospital. The attacker was detained with the instrument of the crime. An investigation is underway," the Izmir province authorities said.
(2023-07-31). State of Emergency Leaves 150 Detained in Ecuador. telesurenglish.net Some 150 people have been arrested and 6.7 tons of drugs seized in Ecuador since the State of Emergency decreed by the Government on July 24 in three coastal areas of the country. | RELATED: | The National Director of Anti-Drug Investigation of the Police, Pablo Ramirez, said in a press conference that these results were achieved in multiple security operations carried out between July 24 and 30. | The operation…
(2023-08-01). Protection of private sector highlighted. ecns.cn China's top procuratorate and top court have pledged to intensify efforts to strengthen the legal protection of the rights of private companies, and improve their internal management, to curb crimes at the source.
(2023-08-01). Rainbow activists call for community solidarity to defend trans rights. greenleft.org.au
(2023-08-01). Doctors Are Mobilizing in Ohio and Elsewhere to Protect Reproductive Rights. truthout.org After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly 50 years of federal protection for abortion, some states began enforcing strict abortion bans while others became new havens for the procedure. ProPublica is investigating how sweeping changes to reproductive health care access in America are affecting people, institutions and governments. In her eight years as a pediatrician, Dr. |
(2023-07-31). Sri Lankan free trade zone workers protest against new labour laws. wsws.org While workers want to fight to defend their rights, trade union leaders are calling for the establishment of corporatist bodies that will impose the demands of companies and the government.
(2023-07-31). GOP Lawsuit Asks Ohio Supreme Court to Block Abortion Rights Measure. truthout.org Three days after Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose approved an abortion rights amendment for the November election, Republicans filed a lawsuit asking that the Ohio Supreme Court block the proposed abortion rights amendment from being included on the ballot. Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights has successfully gathered more than 495,000 valid signatures from 55 counties to ensure that the… |
(2023-08-01). Venezuela-Trinidad Gas Project Stalls Over US Sanctions as PDVSA Boosts Fuel Output. venezuelanalysis.com The Maduro government has steadfastly refused to accept US terms that bar Venezuela from receiving cash payments from the project.
(2023-08-01). Sanctions on China, Export Controls on Rare Earths for the US: Two, It Turns Out, Can Tango. scheerpost.com 
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch If Washington intended to bully Beijing economically and indefinitely, July 3 was a rude awakening. That's when China announced export controls on two, vital rare earth metals, germanium and gallium. In and of itself this move clobbers one sector of U.S. industry, such as it is. But even worse is …
(2023-07-31). CEPR Sanctions Watch July 2023. cepr.net In this edition of Sanctions Watch, covering July 2023: The House of Representatives passes an amendment that would block future sanctions relief for Afghanistan; EU and Latin American leaders condemn Cuba embargo as sanctions fuel Havana water shortages; New report finds Iran sanctions hurt everyday people, and disproportionately women and ethnic minorities; Activists call for …