2023-11-19: News Headlines

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-11-19). Peru highlights the validity of human rights in Cuba. plenglish.com Lima, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) The recent election of Cuba as a member of the UN Human Rights Council is due to the validity of these on the Island, Peruvian analysts agreed in pointing out in a forum on the matter.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-11-19). UN Human Rights Chief denounces horrendous attacks on schools in Gaza. plenglish.com United Nations, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Tàºrk, today denounced Israel's horrendous attacks against schools in the Gaza Strip in a statement calling for an end to these violations.

IAN KATUSIIME (2023-11-18). Museveni human rights record 'disgusting'. independent.co.ug Justice Minister Mao leads outcry at Human Rights Convention COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | A legislator lying frail on a hospital bed after a long detention. UP to 32 political prisoners charged in the General Court Martial. Thousands unaccounted for after abductions. A tough law against homosexuality. An American couple getting fined Shs100m for torturing …

Staff (2023-11-18). Manipur violence: Pay Rs 10L to kin of all those killed, NHRC tells state govt. muslimmirror.com Guwahati : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said it has asked Manipur government to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation each within four weeks to the next of kin of all the people who died in ethnic clashes since May. After completing its two-day camp here to hear cases from the northeastern states, …

Alison Avigayil Ramer (2023-11-19). Bassem and Ahed Tamimi are in Israeli prison because they stand for Palestinian freedom. mondoweiss.net I have known the Tamimi family for 13 years and have seen how Israel systematically targets non-violent activist and movements. Ahed and Bassem Tamami are currently being detained because they stand for Palestinian freedom.

presstv.ir (2023-11-19). Yemeni forces seize Israeli ship in Red Sea, detain 52 crew onboard. presstv.ir The crew were under investigation and their nationalities were being verified by the relevant Yemeni agencies.

WSWS (2023-11-18). Australian government rams through bill to impose unprecedented restrictions on released detainees. wsws.org The ruling establishment, currently led by the Labor Party, is ripping aside fundamental democratic rights, flouting even the extremely limited protections of basic legal rights in Australia's 1901 Constitution.

Steve France (2023-11-19). Maryland lawmakers threaten leading immigrant advocacy group for urging Gaza ceasefire. mondoweiss.net Maryland state senators are threatening to cut funding to the largest immigrant rights group in the Mid-Atlantic region after it spoke out in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Julia Conley (2023-11-18). Alumni Withhold Donations Over University Repression of Pro-Palestine Protests. truthout.org Alumni of at least three elite U.S. universities are adding their voices to the growing resistance to the United States' unquestioning support for Israel's bombardment of Gaza — announcing Friday that they would withhold donations to their alma maters unless the schools reverse their suspension of pro-Palestinian rights groups on campus. More than 2,000 graduates of Columbia University and Barnard… |

Mike Ludwig (2023-11-18). Priced Out and Fed Up, Tenants Demand a National Renters Bill of Rights. truthout.org Dozens of tenant activists who rent homes and apartments backed by federal mortgages across the country converged on the offices of a corporate mega-landlord in Washington, D.C. on Friday with a clear message: Rent is too damn high, and the Biden administration must act now to protect tenants from profiteering landlords who operate federally financed properties. The tenant activists concluded a… |

Juan M. Garcia (2023-11-18). Russian Foreign Ministry summons Czech chargé d'affaires. plenglish.com Moscow, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) The Czech chargé d'affaires in Moscow, Jiri Cistecky, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry to express a protest against the inclusion of Russian property in his country's the list of sanctions, the Foreign Ministry reported on Saturday.

Staff (2023-11-18). Washington Eases Sanctions on PDVSA and Conviasa. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the issuance of two new licenses authorizing some transactions with Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and publically owned airline Conviasa. | According to OFAC,

Staff (2023-11-18). Washington Eases Sanctions on PDVSA and Conviasa. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the issuance of two new licenses authorizing some transactions with Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and the publicly-owned airline Conviasa. | According to OFAC,

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