Angela (2023-12-14). Friday 12/15: International Human Rights Day Community Art Build and Teach-In. indybay.org 1555 Irving St. | San Francisco, CA…

Black Alliance For Peace, Black Agenda Report. (2023-12-14). On Human Rights Day; The US Is The Greatest Violator Of Human Rights. popularresistance.org As the international community celebrates December 10th as International Human Rights Day, it is imperative that the world also affirm that violators of the fundamental human rights of peoples and nations will be held accountable. | From the war in Ukraine to mass incarceration of Black, Latino and Native Peoples in the U.S. to Obama's ongoing war in Yemen to murderous economic sanctions, coups, assassinations, war and abandonment of Afghanistan, international arms sales, commodification of COVID vaccines, illegal military occupations in Syria and Iraq, the pending invasion of Haiti and the resource wars in the D…

Jordan AK (2023-12-14). Israel's genocidal war on Gaza is an ecological disaster. greenleft.org.au As international solidarity with Palestinian people predicated on human rights continues to develop, it is intersecting with growing outrage over the environmental cost of war, writes Jordan AK.

Tikender Panwar (2023-12-14). World Mountain Day: Impossible to restore ecosystems with current development models. peoplesdispatch.org "Restoring Mountain Ecosystems" is the theme for World Mountain Day, observed across the world on December 11, just a day after Human Rights Day. Why should mountains be celebrated? Because they are part of the evolutionary process of this planet and the larger ecosystem. With the ruining of mountains at the current pace, even the plains will not be able to survive. | Awareness needs to be built that copy-paste models of plains cannot be adopted in the mountains. They are not just ecologically different, and also the fragility in the mountains is high. Hence, the sensitization and campaigns around it should not j…

a guest author (2023-12-14). Stop the torture! Free Dr. Aafia Siddiqui! workers.org The report below is excerpted from Pakistan Aaj TV, followed by excerpts from The News. Incarcerated Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui met with her sister Dr. Fowzia for the second time in two years at a prison hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday. In one of her earlier videos, Dr. . . . |

The Independent (2023-12-14). UPDF soldiers captured on video tortuing suspect, face court martial. independent.co.ug Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers will be tried publicly for the alleged torture of a suspected motorcycle thief. Since Tuesday, a video has been circulating on social media showing the suspect, identified as Nelson Omon, a resident of Lagot Village, Larakaraka Parish in Pubec Parish, Mucwini East …

teleSUR, lfb, DRL (2023-12-14). Denuncian cifra de agresiones contra activistas salvadoreños. telesurtv.net Un integrante de la Red Salvadoreña de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos señaló que la tendencia de estas violaciones va en aumento, en especial contra periodistas, comunicadores y otros activistas.

teleSUR, rzr, MS (2023-12-14). Asesinado líder del gremio del transporte informal en Colombia. telesurtv.net La Defensoría del Pueblo trasmitió la Alerta Temprana 019/23 dirigida a líderes sociales y defensores de Derechos Humanos.

ecns.cn (2023-12-14). Beijing police detain man responsible for leaking personal medical records. ecns.cn A man has been placed under administrative detention by Beijing police for leaking a patient's personal medical records, the public security department of Shunyi district said on Thursday.

Staff (2023-12-14). Behind Enemy Bars: Palestinian and Israeli Prisoners. orinocotribune.com By Robert Inlakesh — Dec 7, 2023 | The fair treatment of Israeli captives by Hamas has become part of the information war between Palestinians and Tel Aviv. Left unsaid is that there remain thousands of Palestinians in captivity who barely survive their Israeli detention. | The issue of Prisoners of War (POWs) taken captive by Hamas-led Palestinian resistance forces has become one of the key justifications for Israel's military assault on the Gaza Strip. | While western audiences are often presented with the image of these groups as bloodthirsty terrorists, a closer look reveals that Hamas and other factions…

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-14). Labor votes down Lidia Thorpe's bill to uphold First Nation's rights in law. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-14). Labor's new punitive refugee laws criticised. greenleft.org.au

geo.tv (2023-12-14). Australia's new migration strategy to reduce post-study work rights. geo.tv Student visa changes may create new hurdles for int'l students as Australia recovers from COVID-19 pandemic…

WSWS (2023-12-14). Irish government seizes on far-right riot as pretext for state clampdown. wsws.org The numerically insignificant far-right draws strength because its agenda corresponds to the needs of the ruling class to destroy democratic rights, scapegoat the most vulnerable, drive down wages and conditions and prepare for war.