(2023-08-28). UN expert to review albino rights in Panama. plenglish.com Panama, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) United Nations independent expert Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummont is kicking off a visit to Panama on Monday to review the enjoyment of human rights by people with albinism.
(2023-08-28). I4C Showcases Innovative ICARE Program at World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. indybay.org Seven leaders from the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County (I4C) journeyed to Chicago last week to present a workshop at the 9th Parliament of the World's Religions (dating back to 1893). This year's gathering featured 7,000 participants from 90 countries and more than 200 faith traditions, revolving around the theme: "A Call to Conscience — Defending Freedom and Human Rights" with a focus on combating authoritarianism and the climate crisis.
(2023-08-29). The Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights. ukhumanrightsblog.com Introduction On 11 August, a piece from Professor Richard Ekins KC (Hon) set out a case for the UK denouncing the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and leaving the treaty system altogether. One of the main arguments in favour of this is that it would 'restore Parliament's freedom, on behalf of the British people, …
(2023-08-28). 'It's All Top-Down': Activists Hammer BRICS On Human Rights, Environment. popularresistance.org
(2023-08-28). Philippines: Vow to attain justice for the Tiamzons and all victims of state terrorism! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 21 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | One year ago today, Benito Tiamzon (Ka Laan), Wilma Austria (Ka Bagong-tao), together with eight other revolutionaries, were arrested by troops belonging to the 8th Infantry Division, on their way to the coasts of Catbalogan town, Samar. While in the custody of their fascist captors, they were subjected to severe torture before they were subsequently killed. Their lifeless bodies were loaded on a boat and brought to sea where reportedly being exploded. | The torture and murder of the Tiamzons,…
(2023-08-28). Torture Comes Home to Roost. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-28). Philippines: Vow to attain justice for the Tiamzons and all victims of state terrorism! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 21 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | One year ago today, Benito Tiamzon (Ka Laan), Wilma Austria (Ka Bagong-tao), together with eight other revolutionaries, were arrested by troops belonging to the 8th Infantry Division, on their way to the coasts of Catbalogan town, Samar. While in the custody of their fascist captors, they were subjected to severe torture before they were subsequently killed. Their lifeless bodies were loaded on a boat and brought to sea where reportedly being exploded. | The torture and murder of the Tiamzons,…
(2023-08-29). Elizabeth Tsurkov's Iraq travel was not authorized, Princeton confirms. electronicintifada.net Mystery remains over activities of detained Israeli intelligence veteran and graduate student.
(2023-08-28). Palestinian detainee Thaer Halahleh sponsors school uniforms for children in Gaza. samidoun.net 
Palestinian administrative detainee Thaer Halahleh, who has conducted long-term hunger strikes to win his freedom from past imprisonment without charge or trial, sponsored school uniforms for 27 children in the central governorate of Gaza, Palestine, as children and youth head back to school for the new academic year. The uniform sponsorship from prison comes only …
(2023-08-28). Four Palestinian prisoners suspend hunger strikes; nine continuing strikes against detention and injustice. samidoun.net 
Nine Palestinian prisoners are continuing their hunger strikes against arbitrary imprisonent without charge or trial and ongoing injustices inside the Israeli occupation prisons, after four prisoners suspended their hunger strikes after reaching an agreement to end their administrative detention. Zuhdi Abido from al-Khalil, Mohammed Zakarneh and Anas Kamil of Qabatiya south of Jenin suspended their …
(2023-08-28). SPLC demands voting rights protections at March on Washington commemoration. splcenter.org
(2023-08-28). Friday 9/15: 2nd Annual Hip Hop & Civil Rights: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop. indybay.org The Guild Theater | 2828 35th Street | Sacramento, CA 95817…
(2023-08-28). Haitians Reject Kenya's Plan For Armed Intervention. popularresistance.org A Kenyan assessment mission arrived in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on August 20 to evaluate the security situation in the Caribbean country. The 10-member mission met with senior officials of the de-facto government led by Ariel Henry, the police, and the diplomatic corps of other nations during its three-day visit, which concluded on August 23. The visit and the plan was condemned by progressive organizations and rights groups which strongly opposed foreign intervention. | The delegation's visit came weeks after Kenya offered to lead a multinational police force in Haiti to help improve its security and stem…
(2023-08-28). Burna Boy Defends Comments Black Americans Don't Know Their Roots: I Just Said What Malcolm X And Farrakhan Said. moguldom.com Acclaimed Nigerian artist Burna Boy has doubled down on his statements on African-Americans' knowledge of their roots. The 32-year-old musician recently referred to the teachings of civil rights activist Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam's Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan to support his stance. Appearing on Complex's "360 With Speedy" to discuss his upcoming album …
(2023-08-28). Headlines for August 28, 2023. democracynow.org White Supremacist Shooter Kills 3 Black People in Jacksonville; DOJ Investigating as Hate Crime, Rallygoers, Rights Leaders Gather in D.C. on 60th Anniversary of March on Washington, Mnangagwa Declares Victory in Zimbabwe Presidential Election as Challenger Chamisa Calls Fraud, Gabon Shuts Down Internet, Imposes Curfew Following Voting Delays in Nationwide Elections, Niger's Coup Leaders Order Troops to Be on Maximum Alert, Expel French Ambassador, 7 People Shot Dead at Church Rally in Haiti as Gang Violence Spirals, Russian Officials Say DNA Analysis Confirms Yevgeny Prigozhin Died in Plane Crash, Ex-Guate…
(2023-08-29). Youth climate activists inspire UN committee to declare child climate rights. thecanary.co Young people have been leading the way in the fight against climate breakdown — and now, a United Nations committee has recognised their unique rights in the face of the climate crisis and environmental degradation. On Monday 28 August, a key UN rights committee determined that all children are entitled to a clean and healthy …
(2023-08-28). Journalist Sues Over Gag Rules At County Jail In Pennsylvania. popularresistance.org 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 represented by the Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) clinic at Yale Law School and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP).
(2023-08-28). 60 Years After March On Washington, Black Economic Inequality Persists. popularresistance.org Black Americans have endured the unendurable for too long. Sixty years after the famed March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his landmark "I Have a Dream" speech, African Americans are on a path where it will take 500 more years to reach economic equality. | A new report, Still A Dream, coauthored by Institute for Policy Studies and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, examines the economic indicators since 1963. Our country has taken significant steps towards racial equity since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s.
(2023-08-28). Several weeks after devastating wildfires, Native Hawaiian farmers resist attempt to shift blame. peoplesdispatch.org The ultra-right and the government are behind a narrative that implies that Indigenous sovereignty and water rights are to blame for the delay in dousing the Maui wildfires. Indigenous Hawaiians are resisting this campaign and have put forward a charter of demands…
(2023-08-29). As Mark Meadows Pushes for Federal Trial, Activists Say Attack on Voting Rights at Heart of Georgia Case. democracynow.org 
A judge on Monday set Donald Trump's federal trial for plotting to overturn the 2020 election to begin in Washington, D.C., on March 4 — at the height of the presidential primary season and one day before Super Tuesday. Meanwhile, Trump's former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows testified before a federal judge in Georgia on Monday as part of an effort to move his trial from state to federal court. Meadows is one of Trump's 18 co-defendants in the Georgia racketeering case, and any decisions on his fate could affect the others. Black Voters Matter co-founder Cliff Albright says at th…
(2023-08-28). Israeli Minister Eliyahu: The Palestinians Aren't Under Apartheid, They're Just in a Prison Camp. scheerpost.com 
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Other members of the the extremist Jewish Power Party are adding fuel to the firestorm that broke out last week when the party's leader and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir asserted that Israeli rights to move around the Palestinian West Bank took precedence over Palestinian …
(2023-08-28). The March on Washington was a labor struggle too. therealnews.com 
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom has been rightfully memorialized as an iconic moment in American history, particularly as the venue for Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. Yet a deeper look at the March on Washington can offer a richer understanding of what made the Civil Rights Movement possible, and what organizers today can emulate in the ongoing struggle for racial and economic justice. Beyond the leading lights of the day such as Bayard Rustin, James Baldwin, and A. Phillip Randolph, was a multiracial, working class movement that drew together unions and churches, student org…
(2023-08-28). The Weekly Round-Up: Bibby Stockholm, Children's Rights, and Illegal Evictions. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news The Fire Brigades Union has sent a pre-action protocol letter to the Home Secretary threatening judicial review of her alleged failure to address "serious fire and operational safety concerns" aboard the Bibby Stockholm. The FBU claims that the Home Office has failed to arrange fire drills for asylum seekers or adequate risk …
(2023-08-28). Warren Grills Tax Prep Companies Over Lobby Against Free Tax Filing Services. truthout.org Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-California) are calling out tax preparation companies for "record" lobbying efforts to thwart a new Biden administration plan to massively expand free tax filing across the U.S. In letters sent to tax prep firms Free File Alliance, the American Coalition for Taxpayer Rights, Intuit and H&R Block, the lawmakers pointed out the… |
(2023-08-28). Venezuela Rejects Sanctions & Supports Maduro's Government. orinocotribune.com
(2023-08-28). U.S. Doubles Uranium Imports from Russia. Where are the Sanctions? globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-29). Syria accuses Israel, US of trying to escalate war in the country. peoplesdispatch.org Syria's foreign and expatriate ministry issued a statement on Monday, August 28, accusing Israel and the US of trying to escalate the war in the country by supporting terrorists and aggravating the impact of economic sanctions. The statement called on the UN Security Council to "resume its responsibilities and hold the Israeli occupation accountable for …
(2023-08-29). Crashed an Anti-Syria Lobby Meeting Where They Pushed for a New Caliphate and More Starvation Sanctions. orinocotribune.com 
By Hekmat Aboukhater ∑ Aug 21, 2023 | I crashed the meeting of a lobbying front that ended the life-saving General License 2023 on Syria, and is now pushing to extend Washington's economic war for another 8 years. | Behind closed doors, the former State Department official leading the workshop revealed the group's ultimate goal: partitioning Syria and creating a de facto Caliphate for a rebranded Al Qaeda offshoot. | This July 30, I registered under an alias to join a workshop organized by the Syrian American Council (SAC), the leading voice of the lobby that aims to starve and destabilize Syria into submissi…