(2023-10-10). Al-Qassam Commander: 'Today, People Claim Their Revolution'. popularresistance.org The Zionist colonial occupation occupied our Palestinian homeland and displaced our people, destroyed our towns and villages, committed hundreds of massacres against our people, killing children, women, and elderly people and demolishing homes with their inhabitants inside in violation of all international norms and laws and human rights conventions. | We have previously warned the Israeli occupation against continuing their crimes and appealed to world leaders to work on putting an end to the Israeli crimes against our Palestinian people and detainees and their holy sites and homeland and to put pressure on the…
(2023-10-09). Omar Barghouti: 'Change can only come from a strong international grassroots movement to challenge the Israeli occupation'. greenleft.org.au 
Palestinian human rights activist and co-founder of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Omar Barghouti was joined by author and journalist Antony Loewenstein for a webinar hosted by Jews Against the Occupation and the Tzedek Collective, on September 28, report Jim McIlroy and Laurie MacSween.
(2023-10-09). Israel massacres Palestinian families in Gaza reprisal strikes. electronicintifada.net Human rights groups warn of "unprecedented number of killings" ahead of rumored ground invasion.
(2023-10-09). WHO launches new guidance for better quality in mental health care. plenglish.com Geneva, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) Ahead of World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) are jointly launching new guidance, entitled "Mental health, human rights and legislation: guidance and practice", to support countries to reform legislation in order to end human rights abuses and increase access to quality mental health care.
(2023-10-09). Palm Oil: The Ingredient Behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction That's Probably in Your Home Right Now. counterpunch.org "Oil palm is one of the world's most prominent and effective vegetable oils globally, and is contributing 40 percent of global trade volume in vegetable oils," said Beatriz Fernandez, who manages the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)'s partnership in the GCRF Trade, Development and the Environment Hub, during a high-level dialogue held on August 30, 2022, in Jakarta and online,
(2023-10-09). "Do You Hear the Bombing?": Gazan Human Rights Lawyer Raji Sourani Describes Israeli Siege of Gaza City. democracynow.org 
"Do you hear the bombing?" asks our guest Raji Sourani in Gaza City, as Israel reportedly bombed the Islamic University of Gaza nearby him and intensified its bombardment after it declared war against Hamas. The award-winning human rights lawyer and director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza describes the situation in Gaza, where Israel has now cut off food and electricity, and responds to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling Gazans to leave, calling it "nonsense," and asks, "Where to? We don't have safe passage."…
(2023-10-09). "Dark Days": Israeli Human Rights Leader Orly Noy on Israel's War on Palestinians After Hamas Attack. democracynow.org 
Israel has declared war on Hamas after Hamas fighters launched a surprise coordinated attack over the militarized border, the largest in decades. In a military operation titled "Al-Aqsa Storm," as many as 1,000 fighters from Hamas broke out of the blockaded Gaza Strip and carried out an unprecedented attack inside Israel on Saturday morning. Hamas cited the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the blockade of Gaza and increasing settler violence in the occupied West Bank as reasons for the move. Israel responded by pounding the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, which hit housing blocks, tunnels a…
(2023-10-09). Rising Israeli Settler Violence. dissidentvoice.org 
There was a 196% increase in acts of Israeli settler violence from 2017-2022, with an even more alarming projection of the rise of settler violence in 2023. This visual tells the story of long-running impunity for escalating human rights violations against Palestinians.
(2023-10-09). Is The Intercept A Deep State Success Story? popularresistance.org Max Jones and Diego Ramos welcome former CIA analyst and torture program whistleblower John Kiriakou. After bringing a much needed reminder of the history of the torture program following the latest 9/11 anniversary on the Scheer Intelligence podcast, we wanted to ask John about the state of the media's relationship with whistleblowers and taking the case of the Intercept's controversial handling of multiple whistleblower accounts as a shining example of the eroding ethics and competence of journalism in the US. John takes us through his personal history with the media, shedding his wisdom on where we're at in th…
(2023-10-09). Israel's Policy of Ongoing Torture. counterpunch.org Israeli policy toward Gaza and the other Palestinian Territories has been one of premeditated torture. The present Israeli government, through its support for the settlers' movement, has brought the real motive behind this policy to light and it is not "self-defense." The real motive is dispossession and ethnic cleansing until recently pushed incrementally so as
(2023-10-10). Venezuela aboga por el respeto a derechos del pueblo palestino. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado venezolano sostuvo que los hechos ocurridos en la zona, ha sido calificado por Naciones Unidas y organismos de Derechos Humanos, como "el nuevo apartheid"
(2023-10-09). Crackdown on Press Freedom in India Leaves 50 Detained and Over 100 Homes Raided. orinocotribune.com Indian authorities carried out mass raids and detentions under the guise of the draconian UAPA on the morning of October 3. | The homes of over 100 journalists, contractors, and former employees associated with the progressive news outlets Newsclick and Peoples Dispatch, as well as Tricontinental Research Services were raided by Indian authorities in the early morning of October 3 in the capital New Delhi. Several raids were also carried out in the cities of Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Mumbai. According to local reports around 50 individuals were taken to police stations for additional questioning. | Newsclick…
(2023-10-10). 'All Muslims should help people of Palestine, reclaim their usurped rights'. presstv.ir Iraq's top Shia cleric urges all Muslims across the world to help the Palestinian people amid the Israeli regime's relentless strikes on Gaza.
(2023-10-10). Congress Must Address the Root Cause of Violence and Stop Arming Israel. indybay.org WASHINGTON, DC, October 9, 2023—The Israeli government is bombing Palestinian families living trapped under siege in Gaza at this moment, massacring hundreds of native Palestinian people since Saturday. Justice cannot wait.
(2023-10-09). The Weekly Round-up: Rwanda hearing, planning law reforms, mercy killing reforms for prosecution decisions. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news The government's Rwanda deportation scheme begins its battle in the Supreme Court today. Arguing the case for the appellants are In June, the Court of Appeal ruled the policy unlawful because of 'deficiencies' in Rwanda's asylum-processing system. That court found that sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda entailed a 'real risk' of applicants being …
(2023-10-10). Venezuela aboga por el respeto a derechos del pueblo palestino. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado venezolano sostuvo que los hechos ocurridos en la zona, ha sido calificado por Naciones Unidas y organismos de Derechos Humanos, como "el nuevo apartheid"
(2023-10-09). Crackdown on Press Freedom in India Leaves 50 Detained and Over 100 Homes Raided. orinocotribune.com Indian authorities carried out mass raids and detentions under the guise of the draconian UAPA on the morning of October 3. | The homes of over 100 journalists, contractors, and former employees associated with the progressive news outlets Newsclick and Peoples Dispatch, as well as Tricontinental Research Services were raided by Indian authorities in the early morning of October 3 in the capital New Delhi. Several raids were also carried out in the cities of Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Mumbai. According to local reports around 50 individuals were taken to police stations for additional questioning. | Newsclick…
(2023-10-10). 'All Muslims should help people of Palestine, reclaim their usurped rights'. presstv.ir Iraq's top Shia cleric urges all Muslims across the world to help the Palestinian people amid the Israeli regime's relentless strikes on Gaza.
(2023-10-10). Congress Must Address the Root Cause of Violence and Stop Arming Israel. indybay.org WASHINGTON, DC, October 9, 2023—The Israeli government is bombing Palestinian families living trapped under siege in Gaza at this moment, massacring hundreds of native Palestinian people since Saturday. Justice cannot wait.
(2023-10-09). The Weekly Round-up: Rwanda hearing, planning law reforms, mercy killing reforms for prosecution decisions. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news The government's Rwanda deportation scheme begins its battle in the Supreme Court today. Arguing the case for the appellants are In June, the Court of Appeal ruled the policy unlawful because of 'deficiencies' in Rwanda's asylum-processing system. That court found that sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda entailed a 'real risk' of applicants being …
(2023-10-09). Poland's Law and Justice party launches hyper-nationalist campaign in hopes to win third term. peoplesdispatch.org The conservative government in Poland has courted widespread criticism for subjugating the judiciary and attacking abortion rights. It is also facing growing public discontent over its over-stretched support for the war in Ukraine at the expense of Polish citizens…
(2023-10-09). Police raid at VW: Works council members defend their high salaries. wsws.org The German industrial union IG Metall and its works councils at Volkswagen (VW) are always ready to sacrifice the jobs, wages and rights of the workforce upon the altar of "competitiveness" and "return on investment." If, however, their own six-figure salaries are on the line, they defend them by every means possible.
(2023-10-10). Thousands march in Rome for better working conditions, peace in Ukraine. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to demand better working conditions and an end to the conflict in Ukraine without sanctions and European arms supplies.
(2023-10-10). Tuesday 10/10: A Sanctioned World: A Crime Normalized – Voices from Sanctioned Nations. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-10-09). Thousands march in Rome for better working conditions, peace in Ukraine. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to demand better working conditions and an end to the conflict in Ukraine without sanctions and European arms supplies.
(2023-10-09). Tuesday 10/10: A Sanctioned World: A Crime Normalized – Voices from Sanctioned Nations. indybay.org Online via Zoom…