(2023-11-10). Collective guilt and Collective Punishment. counterpunch.org 
The continued practice of branding other countries and peoples collectively guilty for past or ongoing crimes has not abated. The imposition of collective punishment in the form of mass expulsions, blockades and unilateral coercive measures[1] entails retrogression in terms of civilization and human rights. From the moral and religious perspective, the concept of collective guilt
(2023-11-10). UN Report Details Rampant US Human Rights Violations at Home and Abroad. scheerpost.com 
(2023-11-10). UN Report Details Rampant US Human Rights Violations At Home And Abroad. popularresistance.org A United Nations body has issued a damning report blasting the United States for its rampant violations of a major human rights treaty that it ratified in 1992. | The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) enshrines the rights to life, to vote, and to freedom of expression and assembly; and the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. It forbids discrimination in the enjoyment of civil and political rights based on race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status (which includes…
(2023-11-10). Dock Workers Refuse To Deal With Weapons Ships Heading To Israel. popularresistance.org Workers at the Spanish port of Barcelona announced their refusal to allow any ships carrying weapons to operate inside the port, rejecting the violence practiced by Israel in the occupied territories, and accusing the UN of failing to carry out its role. | The workers said in a statement to their association that it is their duty to adhere to and defend the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at a time when the signatory countries have forgotten about it. | The statement continued: "We decided within the association not to allow ships containing war materials to operate in our port, for the sole purpose of pro…
(2023-11-10). Barcelona Dock Workers Refuse To Deal With Weapons Ships Heading to Israel. orinocotribune.com Workers at the Spanish port of Barcelona announced their refusal to allow any ships carrying weapons to operate inside the port, rejecting the violence practiced by Israel in the occupied territories, and accusing the UN of failing to carry out its role. | The workers said in a statement to their association that it is their duty to adhere to and defend the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at a time when the signatory countries have forgotten about it. | The statement continued: "We decided within the association not to allow ships containing war materials to operate in our port, for the sole purpose of pro…
(2023-11-10). Israel's savage actions in the name of Jews make Jews unsafe. mondoweiss.net 
Jewish thinkers have long warned that Israel's dependence on western Jews' political support to gain impunity for its human rights abuses could contribute to antisemitism in the U.S. and even make Jews' lives "precarious."
(2023-11-10). UN report exposes alarming U.S. human rights violations, urges immediate reforms. nationofchange.org "Systemic racism and injustice": UN slams U.S. for widespread human rights breaches.
(2023-11-10). Palestinian Groups Ask ICC to Arrest Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for War Crimes & Genocide in Gaza. democracynow.org 
We speak with Palestinian human rights lawyer Noura Erakat about a new effort to hold Israel accountable at the International Criminal Court over the war in Gaza, where Israel's monthlong air and ground assault has killed more than 10,000 Palestinians. On Wednesday, three Palestinian rights groups filed a lawsuit with the international body, urging it to investigate Israel for the crimes of genocide and apartheid. The petition also calls for arrest warrants to be issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. International inaction against Isr…
(2023-11-10). Jamil Dakwar on US & Human Rights, Matt Gertz on Mike Johnson. fair.org 
CounterSpin231110.mp3 Truthout ( This week on CounterSpin: Corporate media use at least a couple of largely unexplored lenses through which to present US human rights violations. One is: The US does not commit human rights violations, except by accident, or as unavoidable collateral for an ultimately net-gain mission, be that international or domestic. | The other is: They aren't violations if the US does them, because we're in a civilization war, a fight of good over evil, so all bat…
(2023-11-11). Australian High Court partly overturns indefinite detentions. wsws.org This saga sheds further light on how far the political and judicial establishment has gone in blatantly violating even the most limited protections of legal rights contained in Australia's reactionary 1901 Constitution.
(2023-11-10). Eight Years Since the Detention of Fidencio Aldama. itsgoingdown.org
(2023-11-11). Rights of all people of all ethnic groups in Xizang guaranteed: white paper. ecns.cn Fresh progress has been made in strengthening the political development in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, ensuring the rights of all people of all ethnic groups to be masters of the region and the country.
(2023-11-11). Legal Organizations Put Members of Congress on Notice of Complicity in Genocide. indybay.org The National Lawyers Guild, Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights send Notice & Demand Letter to all Congressional Representatives…
(2023-11-10). Thursday 11/9: US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Power Hour: Jam the Phone Lines for Palestine! indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…
(2023-11-10). Rosas v. Luna. aclu.org
(2023-11-10). Rights of all people of all ethnic groups in Xizang guaranteed: white paper. ecns.cn Fresh progress has been made in strengthening the political development in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, ensuring the rights of all people of all ethnic groups to be masters of the region and the country.
(2023-11-10). Abortion Rights Keep Winning, and Democrats See a Lesson For 2024. scheerpost.com 
(2023-11-10). Legal Organizations Put Members of Congress on Notice of Complicity in Genocide. indybay.org The National Lawyers Guild, Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights send Notice & Demand Letter to all Congressional Representatives…
(2023-11-11). Legal Organizations Put Members of Congress on Notice of Complicity in Genocide. indybay.org The National Lawyers Guild, Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights send Notice & Demand Letter to all Congressional Representatives…
(2023-11-10). Thursday 11/9: US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Power Hour: Jam the Phone Lines for Palestine! indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…
(2023-11-10). Rosas v. Luna. aclu.org
(2023-11-10). Rights of all people of all ethnic groups in Xizang guaranteed: white paper. ecns.cn Fresh progress has been made in strengthening the political development in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, ensuring the rights of all people of all ethnic groups to be masters of the region and the country.
(2023-11-10). Abortion Rights Keep Winning, and Democrats See a Lesson For 2024. scheerpost.com
(2023-11-10). Legal Organizations Put Members of Congress on Notice of Complicity in Genocide. indybay.org The National Lawyers Guild, Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights send Notice & Demand Letter to all Congressional Representatives…
(2023-11-10). Abortion Pills Go Global. scheerpost.com 
Sydney Calkin. Photo courtesy of guest Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play/ Amazon / YouTube / Rumble Check out our video on YouTube as well! After Ohio's recent vote to enshrine the right to have an abortion into the state's constitution, host Robert Scheer dives deeper into one of the underappreciated and underreported aspects of the fight for abortion rights on …
(2023-11-10). PDVSA Signs Oil Production Agreement With French Company. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) signed an agreement this week with French company Maurel & Prom to increase oil and gas production in Lake Maracaibo. This agreement comes after the temporary lifting of US sanctions from the Venezuelan oil industry. The agreement is designed to reactivate the joint venture Petroregional del Lago, located in the Urdaneta oil field in Zulia state. | Venezuelan Petroleum Minister and PDVSA CEO Rafael Tellechea stated that this agreement is very important to achieving the goals of increased production in the country, because "it will allow us to continue st…
(2023-11-10). U.S. Announces New Sanctions Against Anti-Democratic Actors in Guatemala. progressive.org The State Department has issued sanctions against more than a dozen members of the government and private sector in Guatemala because of their attempts to undermine Bernardo Arévalo's victory in Guatemala's presidential election.