(2023-11-26). Israel deports human rights defender documenting Palestinian home demolitions. mondoweiss.net 
Alison Russell was detained by Israeli forces while documenting home demolitions in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank. She was deported following a perfunctory hearing where Israeli police accused her of "supporting terrorism."
(2023-11-26). Harvard is on the wrong side of history, again. mondoweiss.net 
Harvard's current suppression of Palestinian rights advocacy is a decades-long tradition. Instead of learning from past mistakes, Harvard is once again punishing students advocating for human rights.
(2023-11-26). West votes against democracy, human rights, cultural diversity at UN; promotes mercenaries, sanctions. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
The West voted against the rest of the world on United Nations General Assembly resolutions, opposing democracy, human rights, and cultural diversity, while supporting mercenaries and unilateral coercive measures (sanctions).
(2023-11-26). Block The Bombs: Palestine Activists Protest Boeing Facility In Missouri. popularresistance.org Hidden in plain sight along a particularly drab stretch of Route 94, just west of the Missouri River in St. Charles, MO, lies a large, plain white building. Almost completely nondescript apart from its size, it is distinguishable from the road only by a pair of small signs identifying it as Boeing Building 598. It is, at present, perhaps the deadliest building in the state. | Amidst an ever-growing civilian death toll exacted by Israel's relentless bombing campaign against Gaza, the displacement of the vast majority of the city's 2 million residents, and numerous other human rights atrocities of various descripti…
(2023-11-25). Iran's top rights official: Criminal Israeli leaders must stand trial. presstv.ir Iran's top human rights official says criminal Israeli authorities must be brought to trial for their atrocities against Palestinians.
(2023-11-26). West votes against democracy, human rights, cultural diversity at UN; promotes mercenaries, sanctions. geopoliticaleconomy.com The West consistently voted against the rest of the world on United Nations General Assembly resolutions, opposing democracy, human rights, and cultural diversity, while supporting mercenaries and unilateral coercive measures (sanctions).
(2023-11-26). Iran's top rights official: Criminal Israeli leaders must stand trial. presstv.ir Iran's top human rights official says criminal Israeli authorities must be brought to trial for their atrocities against Palestinians.
(2023-11-25). Presidente cubano se reúne con representante de Derechos Humanos. telesurtv.net El encuentro coincidió con la celebración en La Habana, en la misma jornada, del IV Diálogo de Derechos Humanos entre Cuba y la Unión Europea.
(2023-11-26). WHO voices concern about al-Shifa chief arrested by Israel. presstv.ir The WHO has voiced concern about the fate of the director of al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip who was detained by Israeli military along with several other senior doctors this week.
(2023-11-25). Indigenous Activists Detained in Oaxaca Following Gathering on Political Prisoners. itsgoingdown.org 
Report on repression of indigenous activists in Oaxaca, Mexico following a conference on political prisoners. On Tuesday, November 21st 2023 three Indigenous land defenders were kidnapped by the State in their hometown of Eloxochitlán (Nguixo), a Mazatec community in Northern Oaxaca. For nine years, Jaime Vidauria Romero, Artemio Vidauria Romero and Ranulfo Vidauria Estrada have…
(2023-11-25). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 49: Four-Day Truce Begins In Gaza. popularresistance.org A planned four-day temporary ceasefire mediated by Qatar began at 7 a.m. on Friday in the Gaza Strip after 48 days of relentless bombardment and fighting. | A first batch of hostages is expected to be released by Hamas and Israel on Friday afternoon, as part of a prisoner exchange deal that is set to see the exchange of 50 Israelis held by Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza since October 7 with 150 Palestinian women and children detained in Israeli prisons. | At 4 p.m. local time, 13 Israeli women and children are scheduled to be taken to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, then flown back to Israel via heli…
(2023-11-25). 39 Palestinian prisoners in first day of exchange achieved by Palestinian Resistance. samidoun.net 
On Friday, 24 November, with the start of the four-day "humanitarian pause" in the ongoing Zionist genocide on Gaza, the Palestinian Resistance extracted the liberation of women and children prisoners jailed by the Israeli occupation. Today, 39 prisoners were released in exchange for a group of Israelis detained by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza; each …
(2023-11-25). Mexican government reaffirms commitment to women. plenglish.com In an official statement, the Government of Mexico ratified its respect for the rights of the female population. | This was stated by the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, in Oaxaca. | She said that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador instructed her to address the structural causes that generate violence, and to work to prevent and inhibit crimes committed in communities, homes and schools. | With this purpose, she explained, the Integral Strategy to tackle Violence against Women and Girls that was permanently implemented in the 15 municipalities of the country with the highes…
(2023-11-25). FBI Labels Anti-Fascists And Anti-Racists As Violent Extremists. popularresistance.org A recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) document titled "Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide" links common protest symbols to "terrorism" — another marker in a common theme of conflating militant protest for social justice with deadly terrorist violence within the United States. Groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Brennan Center have raised warnings about such documents, citing inadequate protections for people's constitutional rights. | In a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on July 27 (PDF), the ACLU voiced deep concern ab…
(2023-11-25). Legal challenge to Australian government's new laws to impose inhuman conditions on released refugees. wsws.org The court challenge underscores the readiness of the ruling political establishment to override even the extremely limited protections of legal and democratic rights in the 1901 Constitution.
(2023-11-25). Editorial] Drug decriminalisation: grounding policy in evidence. thelancet.com The Global Commission on Drug Policy's latest report, published ahead of World AIDS Day on Dec 1, describes decriminalisation of drug use as an essential precursor to ending HIV and viral hepatitis as public health threats. Since its formation in 2011 by political, economic, and cultural leaders, the Commission has advocated for decriminalisation as part of a rights-based approach to drug policy, rooted in scientific evidence and principles of public health, to minimise the harms arising from drug use.
(2023-11-26). US Sanctions Hit Nicaragua's Social Investment Programs. orinocotribune.com 
By John Perry — Nov 7, 2023 | John Perry is based in Masaya, Nicaragua, and writes for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, London Review of Books, FAIR and other outlets. | Which country spends nearly two-thirds of its budget on tackling poverty? When I met Nicaragua's finance minister, Ivan Acosta, he had just presented his 2024 budget to its National Assembly, and he made clear that a large part of it is aimed at doing just that. | In cash terms, Nicaragua's government will spend about 24% more in 2024 than in the current year, which includes a huge increase (43%) in public sector investment. Acosta explai…