(2023-08-22). Black community activist Bernadete Pacífico murdered in Brazil. peoplesdispatch.org Being included in Brazil's Human Rights Defenders Protection Program (HRDPP) didn't prevent
(2023-08-22). Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz Speaks On 'Goon Squad' Police Torture Case. moguldom.com The "Goon Squad" police torture case has sent shockwaves through the country. Six officers in Mississippi subjected two Black men to unspeakable torture. One of the attorneys fighting for the two victims is Malik Zulu Shabazz, a prominent lawyer known for his advocacy against injustice. Shabazz previously served as the chairman of the New Black …
(2023-08-22). Israeli Naval 'Piracy' Won't Stop Freedom Flotilla Voyage To Gaza. popularresistance.org The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a grassroots people-to-people solidarity movement working to end the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza, has launched numerous Freedom Flotilla voyages since 2008. Joel Opperdoes has served as captain for multiple Flotilla voyages, including in 2012, when his vessel was descended upon and boarded by Israeli naval forces and he and his crew were detained. TRNN contributor, lawyer, and freelance journalist Dimitri Lascaris speaks with Opperdoes aboard The Handala, the flagship vessel of the 2023 Gaza Freedom Flotilla, en route to Oslo, Norway.
(2023-08-22). DHS's Secret Reports On Ice Detention. popularresistance.org Previously confidential records from within the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) confirm years of inadequate medical care, extensive use of solitary confinement, mistreatment of transgender individuals, shortcomings in rape and sexual assault prevention and response, inaccessible services, and other problems disclosed by people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is making dozens of these reports public after a nearly five-year Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) legal battle ended with a judge or…
(2023-08-22). The Imperialist History Behind The Maui Fires. popularresistance.org On August 8, a wildfire began in Lahaina, Maui, that spread to affect over 3,200 acres of the island. As the former capital of the Hawaiian kingdom, Lahaina is a significant historical and cultural site for Native Hawaiians (Kanaka Maoli). So far, over 110 people have been killed by the wildfires, at least 20 people have been injured, and over a thousand people are still missing. At the center of this disaster is the long and ongoing struggle for water and land rights for Native Hawaiians.
(2023-08-22). Chinese Americans and the Affirmative Action Battle: What's Behind It? peacepivot.org 
What's behind the Supreme Court cases ‚öñÔ∏è that put a handful of Chinese Americans at the center of the affirmative action battle? How do Chinese Americans really feel about affirmative action? Retired Judge and Pivot to Peace organizer Julie Tang talks Edward Blum, the anti-civil-rights legal strategist, the U.S. elites that packed the most right-leaning …
(2023-08-22). In Major Win for Indigenous Rights, Ecuador Votes to Ban Oil Drilling in Protected Amazon Lands. democracynow.org 
Ecuadorian voters have overwhelmingly supported a ban on future oil extraction in a biodiverse section of the Amazon's Yasuní National Park — a historic referendum result that will protect Indigenous Yasuní land from development. We speak with Helena Gualinga, a youth Kichwa Sarayaku environmental activist from Ecuador who has fought against oil drilling all her life and says the results of the vote not only set a "crucial precedent" as the first time a country has voted by democratic ballot initiative on resource extraction in the Amazon, but also demonstrates that "Ecuador is a cou…
(2023-08-22). Right-Wing Judges Are Allowing Alabama Trans Health Care Ban to Go Into Effect. truthout.org LGBTQ+ rights advocates in Alabama said late Monday that they were "devastated" by a ruling handed down by three federal judges that, in the coming days, will permit a previously blocked law banning transgender healthcare for minors to go into effect — but pledged to continue fighting so transgender and nonbinary youths in the state can get the care they need. Applying reasoning from the U.S. |
(2023-08-22). State of California recognizing our 2023 International Day for People of African Descent. indybay.org The State of California is poised to join the efforts to elevate International Day for People of African Descent and utilize the influence from the 5th largest economy on earth to align… "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and well-being of their societies".
(2023-08-22). UN finds Australia violated Indigenous peoples' land rights. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-23). Should there be a statutory public inquiry into the murders and attempted murders by Lucy Letby? ukhumanrightsblog.com Why wasn't Lucy Letby stopped sooner? This is the burning question that the families of her victims, and the public, are now asking. Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, has decided that the best means of answering it is a 'non-statutory public inquiry'. But what is such an inquiry, and will it be better than a …
(2023-08-22). Journalist Sues Over Gag Rules At County Jail In Pennsylvania. thedissenter.org 
Support independent journalism on whistleblowers, secrecy, and press freedom-related issues. Journalist Brittany Hailer has sued a county jail in Pennsylvania for "strictly enforcing" gag rules against prisoners and the jail's employees and contractors. Hailer claims the rules allegedly violate her constitutional rights to "gather news and receive information from otherwise willing speakers."The lawsuit is believed to be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by a journalist against such speech restrictions, and Hailer is…
(2023-08-22). State of California recognizing our 2023 International Day for People of African Descent. indybay.org The State of California is poised to join the efforts to elevate International Day for People of African Descent and utilize the influence from the 5th largest economy on earth to align… "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and well-being of their societies".
(2023-08-22). UN finds Australia violated Indigenous peoples' land rights. greenleft.org.au
(2023-08-23). Should there be a statutory public inquiry into the murders and attempted murders by Lucy Letby? ukhumanrightsblog.com Why wasn't Lucy Letby stopped sooner? This is the burning question that the families of her victims, and the public, are now asking. Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, has decided that the best means of answering it is a 'non-statutory public inquiry'. But what is such an inquiry, and will it be better than a …
(2023-08-22). Journalist Sues Over Gag Rules At County Jail In Pennsylvania. thedissenter.org Support independent journalism on whistleblowers, secrecy, and press freedom-related issues. Journalist Brittany Hailer has sued a county jail in Pennsylvania for "strictly enforcing" gag rules against prisoners and the jail's employees and contractors. Hailer claims the rules allegedly violate her constitutional rights to "gather news and receive information from otherwise willing speakers."The lawsuit is believed to be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by a journalist against such speech restrictions, and Hailer is…
(2023-08-23). How US Sanctions Are a Tool of War: The Case of Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
By Celina della Croce — Aug 18, 2023 | On March 26, 2022, Francisco lay in a public hospital bed in Bolívar, Venezuela, roughly eight hours inland from the capital of Caracas. He had been waiting for more than twenty-four hours to be seen by a doctor for fluids filling his stomach in a hot room with no fan or air conditioning. By then he was stick thin, his skin clinging to his bones as he lay on his side, waiting. | When he was finally seen by a doctor and given a prescription, he was also told that the hospital did not have the medicines he needed. His family would need to try to find them on their own. At…
(2023-08-22). The people do not want war: mass protests continue in Niger against ECOWAS threats. peoplesdispatch.org The CNSP has proposed a three-year transition period for Niger as ECOWAS threatens increasingly-unpopular military action. Nigeriens have continued to take to the streets to demand the removal of foreign troops from their soil and for the lifting of "inhumane" sanctions…