(2023-09-15). UN Human Rights Council Report on Indigenous and Militarization: What the Report Omits. indybay.org Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham, said a new report to the UN Human Rights Council on militarization and Indigenous Peoples, fails to relay the impacts and is padded with words stolen by college professors from authentic Native people. Ofelia describes the racket of non-profits hustling for money at the United Nations, and the profiteering academics and fake chiefs.
(2023-09-15). Yaqui Assassinated and Disappeared Not Included in New Report to UN Human Rights Council. indybay.org The assassinations and disappearances of Yaqui, in Sonora, Mexico, south of the Arizona border, are not included in the new report of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the impacts of militarization. The report is now being presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
(2023-09-15). Julian Assange And The End Of American Democracy. popularresistance.org The US government has hounded Julian Assange since WikiLeaks first revealed the extent of US war crimes in 2010. In the process of persecuting Assange, the federal government has used every tool at its disposal and even pushed beyond the boundaries that supposedly restrict state power in defense of civil liberties. One of the most insidious tactics is the use of the Espionage Act, which had not been used for against whistleblowers and journalists for almost a century before Assange's case. In the first part of a two-part conversation, lawyer and human rights defender Stella Assange, spouse of Julian Assange, join…
(2023-09-14). UN Human Rights Council Report on Indigenous and Militarization: What the Report Omits. indybay.org Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham, said a new report to the UN Human Rights Council on militarization and Indigenous Peoples, fails to relay the impacts and is padded with words stolen by college professors from authentic Native people. Ofelia describes the racket of non-profits hustling for money at the United Nations, and the profiteering academics and fake chiefs.
(2023-09-14). Yaqui Assassinated and Disappeared Not Included in New Report to UN Human Rights Council. indybay.org The assassinations and disappearances of Yaqui, in Sonora, Mexico, south of the Arizona border, are not included in the new report of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the impacts of militarization. The report is now being presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
(2023-09-14). US to Shift Some Military Aid from Egypt to Taiwan. news.antiwar.com The US will withhold $85 million in annual military aid to Egypt and redirect some of the funds to Taiwan, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The $85 million the US is withholding over human rights abuses is just a small portion of the $1.3 billion in military aid Egypt receives from the US …
(2023-09-14). China issues proposal on reform and development of global governance. ecns.cn The Proposal of the People's Republic of China on the Reform and Development of Global Governance elaborates on China's position and proposition on global security, development, human rights and social, and new frontiers governance as well as on reform of multilateral institutions, Chinese foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday.
(2023-09-14). Headlines for September 14, 2023. democracynow.org Mayor of Flooded Libyan City Says Death Toll Could Rise to 20,000, Environmental Damage Has Brought Earth Outside "Safe Operating Space for Humanity", Morocco Rejects Offers of Foreign Aid as Earthquake Death Toll Nears 3,000, Human Rights Groups Accuse World Leaders of Failing to Act on Atrocities in Sudan, Ukraine Says Attack on Russian Black Naval Sea Fleet Struck Two Warships, Senate Subpoenas Saudi Wealth Fund as It Probes PGA-LIV Merger, New England and Eastern Canada Brace For Hurricane Lee, UAW on Cusp of Historic Strike as Automakers Fail to Meet Worker Demands Despite Massive Profits, “…
(2023-09-16). Comment] Offline: Mahsa Amini—never forget. thelancet.com September 16, 2022: Mahsa Amini died in Kasra Hospital, Iran, after being arrested, tortured, and beaten for allegedly breaking the Iranian Government's strict mandatory hijab law. She was 22 years old and her murder, for that is what it was, triggered unprecedented nationwide protests, which continue in more muted forms to this day. Women publicly cut their hair, they burned their hijabs, and they confronted riot police. These protests posed the most direct threat to Iran's regime since the Islamic revolution of 1979.
(2023-09-15). Presidente de Colombia rechaza acciones del paramilitarismo. telesurtv.net La Fiscalía General de la Nación anunció la conformación de un equipo de investigadores, de la Dirección Nacional de Derechos Humanos, quienes se desplazaron hasta este territorio para socavar información.
(2023-09-15). Solidarity call for Can Atalay! internationalviewpoint.org "Can Atalay is unconstitutionally detained in prison based on politically charged 'Gezi Park Trials' after being unjustly convicted of 'attempting to overthrow the government'." | – | / |
(2023-09-14). Egypt detains teachers' rights advocate who was part of government-sponsored dialogue. middleeasteye.net Egypt detains teachers' rights advocate who was part of government-sponsored dialogue | Zahran was 'forcibly disappeared' for days before being charged and his arrest has prompted a protest by a major rights group | Thu, 09/14/2023 – 11: 10 | Zahran is a leading teachers' rights activist and a spokesperson for teachers at a government-sponsored national dialogue (Mohamed Abdel Karim Zahran, Facebo…
(2023-09-14). Solidarity call for Can Atalay! internationalviewpoint.org "Can Atalay is unconstitutionally detained in prison based on politically charged 'Gezi Park Trials' after being unjustly convicted of 'attempting to overthrow the government'." | – | / |
(2023-09-14). France: Algerian woman who moved to IS-controlled Raqqa as minor faces deportation. middleeasteye.net France: Algerian woman who moved to IS-controlled Raqqa as minor faces deportation | The woman born and raised in France was 15 when she was taken to Islamic State territory by her mother and uncle | Thu, 09/14/2023 – 13: 53 | A woman carries her child at a prison camp for IS-linked detainees in northeastern Syria (AFP/Delil Souleiman) |
(2023-09-14). Ben-Gvir seeks to tighten noose around prisoners. electronicintifada.net Rights groups protest "vengeful discrimination" against political detainees.
(2023-09-14). Suspected member of 'Freedom to Russia' legion detained in Moscow. tass.com He could face up to 20 years in prison…
(2023-09-15). New charges filed against Ukrainian tycoon Kolomoysky. tass.com Kolomoisky was informed about the new charges in the pre-trial detention center, in the presence of his lawyer…
(2023-09-16). Perspectives] Jesse Ehrenfeld: AMA President striving to improve health equity. thelancet.com Jesse Ehrenfeld became the 178th President of the American Medical Association (AMA) in June, 2023. Alongside this role, at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Milwaukee, WI, USA, he is Senior Associate Dean, Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, and Director of the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment, a MCW philanthropy focused on improving health and advancing health equity. He is the first openly gay AMA President and a campaigner for LGBTQ+ rights, health equity, and diversity in health care.
(2023-09-14). Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion. america.cgtn.com In Mexico, women's rights activists, lawyers and the medical community are carefully reviewing a recent abortion decision by that nation's Supreme Court. | The justices ruled that federal laws which criminalize abortion are unconstitutional.
(2023-09-14). South Korean government targets democratic rights. wsws.org In language reminiscent of the country's past dictatorships, President Yoon has denounced anti-government opposition as the result of "communist totalitarianism" influence and "anti-state forces."
(2023-09-15). In Niger, neither generals nor ECOWAS. internationalviewpoint.org "While the coup plotters in no way represent an alternative for Niger, the economic sanctions and threats of military intervention by ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), backed by Macron, are a real danger for the population." | – | / |
(2023-09-15). Seoul sees possibility of sanctioning Russia for violating UN Security Council resolutions. tass.com Earlier, South Korea joined the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the West due to a special operation in Ukraine…
(2023-09-14). Saudi-US arms deal called off over ties to sanctioned Russian, Chinese firms: Report. middleeasteye.net
(2023-09-14). US sanctions five Turkish firms in wide-ranging Russia crackdown. middleeasteye.net
(2023-09-14). In Niger, neither generals nor ECOWAS. internationalviewpoint.org "While the coup plotters in no way represent an alternative for Niger, the economic sanctions and threats of military intervention by ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), backed by Macron, are a real danger for the population." | – | / |
(2023-09-14). Anti-Russia sanctions not to affect gas hub creation — source. tass.com Turkey plans to involve many other players in trade via the hub in the future, the source in the area of strategic planning in Turkey's energy sector noted…
(2023-09-14). Japan to preserve anti-Russian sanctions, but be guided by national interests — official. tass.com Japan's new Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, however, noted that "Japan and Russia are neighbors" and need to "react as neighbors" on some issues such as economic activities, including fisheries, and maritime security…
(2023-09-15). Beijing sanctions U.S. firms on Taiwan arms sales. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning announced on Friday sanctions on two companies in the United States involved in Washington's constant arms sales to the Taiwan region, in a resolute move to safeguard China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity.