(2023-08-11). Viola Liuzzo Human Rights Hero (1925-1965). wibailoutpeople.org 
In 1965 Viola Liuzzo heeded the call of Martin Luther King, Jr. and traveled from Detroit, Michigan to Selma, Alabama to assist the Selma to Montgomery March. Thirty-nine (39) years old and the mother of five, Viola was horrified seeing, on television, marchers beaten on the Edmond Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965. She called her husband, Anthony Liuzzo — a Teamsters Union business agent — to tell him she was leaving for Alabama because the civil rights movement "was everybody's fight." She drove her 1963 Oldsmobile 8…
(2023-08-11). Estalla huelga de 48 horas en refinería de Repsol en Perú. telesurtv.net Líderes del sindicato han expuestos varias de las violaciones a los derechos de los trabajadores por parte de la petrolera española Repsol.
(2023-08-11). Al menos un muerto y seis detenidos por represión policial en Argentina. telesurtv.net El militante político que resultó muerto se nombra Facundo Molares Schoenfeld, un reconocido periodista y defensor de los derechos humanos.
(2023-08-11). Indígenas exigen a Gobierno de Panamá respetar acuerdo. telesurtv.net Un líder indígena dijo que, de incumplirse, los ngäbe-buglé defenderían sus derechos de salud, educación y a la carretera.
(2023-08-11). Israel's Shin Bet Says It Arrested Iranian Jewish Spy (Photos). southfront.org 
File image. | On August 11, the Israeli Shin Bet security agency announced that it had arrested an Iranian Jew on suspicion of spying for his home country. | The suspected spy, who has relatives in Israel, was detained right after landing in Israel, The Shin Bet said that he admitted that he had come to Israel to gather intelligence and take photos for Iranian intelligence. | Before coming to Israel, the suspect met with Iranian security officials who handed him a tissue box intended for the disp…
(2023-08-11). World Bank Not to Finance in Uganda Because of Anti-LGBTI Law. telesurenglish.net The World Bank insists that the law undermines the institution's efforts to democratize access to development, as "inclusion and non-discrimination are at the core (…) Our goal is to protect sexual and gender minorities from discrimination and exclusion in the projects we finance. These measures are under discussion with the authorities", to which he adds that until laws guaranteeing these rights are passed, public financing will not continue on their part. | This law will institutionalize discrimination and rejection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in Uganda. Aug. 11, 2023.
(2023-08-11). Coronial powers and the rights of the unborn (Part 1). ukhumanrightsblog.com In this two-part article, Maya Sikand KC, Tom Stoate, and Ruby Peacock, explore two difficult questions arising from the inquest into the 'harrowing circumstances' of the death of a baby, Aisha Cleary, at HMP Bronzefield. This first part seeks to answer the question: should coroners have jurisdiction to investigate stillbirths? The second part will examine …
(2023-08-11). Eritrea Celebrates Freedom. popularresistance.org I was honored to speak at the 49th annual National Council of Eritrean Americans conference and festival recently held in Tacoma, Washington. Black Agenda Report has always been a staunch defender of the rights of the Eritrean people to live free from U.S. domination. BAR exposes the lies that are told about that nation by the U.S. and their partners in corporate media. The late Glen Ford was especially keen to explain why this country, which is referred to as a "prison camp" and which is described in the most negative and inaccurate ways possible, is in fact a functioning state which overcomes the hardships crea…
(2023-08-11). Nurses in Portugal push for better rights in both private and public sectors. peoplesdispatch.org Nurses in Portugal wage a battle for better rights and recognition, with recent strikes in both public and private sectors marking a potential surge in activism. The nurses have cited salaries that lag behind those in the public sector and longer work schedules compared to their counterparts in public hospitals…
(2023-08-11). Motion shreds DOJ case attacking Black free speech rights — The Burning Spear. wibailoutpeople.org 
By Spear Staff, August 3, 2023 | The future of the first amendment of the U.S. constitution and the right to engage in peaceful activism and free speech activities hangs in the balance with the case of the Uhuru 3 that includes African People's Socialist Party (APSP) Chairman Omali Yeshitela. | African People's Solidarity Committee Chairwoman Penny Hess and Uhuru Solidarity Movement Chair Jesse Nevel, two white o…