(2023-03-31). Human Rights Experts Call for Withdrawal of Biased UN Report on Nicaragua. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-31). Argentina Celebrates 40 Years Of Democracy And Human Rights. popularresistance.org Last week, Argentina celebrated 40 years of democracy and human rights by hosting the Third World Forum of Human Rights (March 20-24) scheduled in tandem with its National Day of Remembrance for Truth & Justice. The Forum closed with a march and rally on March 24 which marked 47 years since the US-backed military coup that overthrew the democratically elected government on March 24, 1976, and installed the bloodiest dictatorship in the history of #Argentina remained in power until 1983.
(2023-03-31). The Illegal Migration Bill and the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol: The return of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. ukhumanrightsblog.com Anurag Deb and Colin Murray This is not a post about the conflict between the provisions of the Illegal Migration Bill and the European Convention on Human Rights (an issue which has already attracted a considerable amount of critical academic commentary — see here and here). Instead, it is a post about the Bill's potential …
(2023-03-31). Comicomment: U.S. summit makes a mockery of democracy. ecns.cn The United States, with its tattered version of "American-style democracy," hosted the second so-called "Summit for Democracy" this week. However, the country is plagued by chronic issues such as money in politics, racial discrimination, gun and police violence, and wealth polarization. Human rights legislation and justice have suffered an extreme regression, further undermining the basic rights and freedoms of the American people.
(2023-03-31). China releases report on U.S. human rights abuses. ecns.cn The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday released a report titled "U.S. Human Rights Abuse Against Refugees and Immigrants: Truth and Facts."
(2023-03-30). Russia Deployed Air Defense, Radars & Ballistic Missiles At Key Northeastern Syria Base — Report. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. Source: the Syrian Ministry of Defense. | The Russian military has deployed air defense, radars and ballistic missile systems at a key base in Syria's northeastern region, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on March 27. | The base in question is an airfield located near the town of Sarrin in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, which is held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Russian military took over the base in 2019…
(2023-03-30). U.S. Human Rights Abuse Against Refugees and Immigrants: Truth and Facts. ecns.cn
(2023-03-30). Afghan activist Matiullah Wesa's arrest invokes widespread condemnation. peoplesdispatch.org On Monday, March 27, Taliban authorities detained Matiullah Wesa, a prominent activist who has been advocating for the education of Afghan children since 2009. | His arrest has invoked widespread condemnation from activists and human rights defenders, with UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett calling for his "immediate release." | "Alarmed by reports that [Matiullah Wesa] famous educator esp. for [girls], leading civil society member & founder of [Pen Path], has been arrested in Kabul by the Taliban dfA (de facto administration). His safety is paramount & all his legal rights must be respected," Richard Bennett…
(2023-03-30). Chechen Torturers From Syria Sign Deal With Ukraine To Fight Russians. popularresistance.org In early March, Asia Times reported that the Ukrainian government under Volodymyr Zelensky had signed a deal with newly arrived Chechen fighters from Syria to establish an all-Chechen brigade reporting directly to the Ministry of Defense. | Many of the Chechens in Syria had been part of ISIS and other al-Qaeda offshoots like Jabhat al-Nusra, with Chechen commander Abu Omar al-Shishani serving as ISIS Minister of War. | The Chechens wanted to directly fight the Russians with whom they have been at war for more than 300 years—and to fight against Chechen forces on the Russian side led by Ramzan Kadyrov, who s…
(2023-03-30). New Report On US Solitary Confinement. popularresistance.org In prisons and jails across America, between 41,000 and 48,000 people are currently being held in solitary confinement, or "isolation," as it is called in a new study by the Correctional Leaders Association and the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale University Law School. | Those numbers are too high, especially when the United Nations' special rapporteur for torture has called the U.S. practice of using solitary confinement as a punishment a form of torture. Still, as high as the numbers are, they are far lower than they were in 2014. And there is growing support across the country for solitary…
(2023-03-31). President Maduro: Half of PDVSA-Crypto Corruption Detainees Confessing, New Detainees in CVG & PDVSA. orinocotribune.com 
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, demanded that the investigatory bodies of the state were to find all resources and assets held by the mafias and groups involved in the recently unveiled corruption network, in order for it to be reinvested into the state and in attention to the Venezuelan population. "They have to guarantee it," he said, "that all the wealth stolen from the people will be found and reinvested." | Maduro called for the resources to be redistributed so that "we can put them into social programs for our people." The announcement was made this Wednesday, March 29, during the opening of the…
(2023-03-30). Headlines for March 30, 2023. democracynow.org In Landmark Vote, U.N. General Assembly Asks for World Court's Opinion on Climate Crisis, U.S. Auctions Oil and Gas Leases in Vast Section Gulf of Mexico, Despite Biden's Climate Pledges, Seniors Sue Switzerland over Deadly Heat Waves Caused by Climate Crisis, Mexico to Bring Charges Against 8 People over Deadly Fire at Juárez Detention Center, Senate Votes to Repeal AUMFs 20 Years After Illegal Invasion of Iraq, Finland Poised to Become NATO Member, Russia Detains WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich, West Virginia and Kentucky Republicans Impose More Anti-Trans Laws, Jill Biden Attends Nashville School Sho…
(2023-03-30). PDVSA-Crypto Corruption Case Detainees Officially Charged. orinocotribune.com 
A presentation hearing of 23 people allegedly involved in the "PDVSA-Crypto" corruption plot was held, comprising 20 officials from Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the National Superintendence of Crypto-assets (Sunacrip), and other businessmen, as well as three judges accused of plots in the judiciary. | Venezuelan Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, announced via social media that the detainees were presented this Tuesday, March 28, before the Second Control Judge. Nine public officials, ten businessmen, and one former deputy were presented, as well as three judges also accused of corruption. Saab pointed out…
(2023-03-31). Thursday 4/6: Debunking the Parents Bill of Rights Teach-in. indybay.org Online teach-in…
(2023-03-31). Proposed Texas bills would undermine voting rights for millions. liberationnews.org 
The most alarming of these bills, SB 2, would increase the charge of illegal voting from a Class A Misdemeanor to a second-degree felony, placing it on equal footing with manslaughter, aggravated assault and robbery.
(2023-03-31). Tenants to City: Expand the Moratorium, Ban Evictions! indybay.org Eviction notice? Back rent? Know your rights, and how to use them.
(2023-03-30). PDVSA-Crypto Corruption Case Detainees Officially Charged. orinocotribune.com A presentation hearing of 23 people allegedly involved in the "PDVSA-Crypto" corruption plot was held, comprising 20 officials from Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the National Superintendence of Crypto-assets (Sunacrip), and other businessmen, as well as three judges accused of plots in the judiciary. | Venezuelan Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, announced via social media that the detainees were presented this Tuesday, March 28, before the Second Control Judge. Nine public officials, ten businessmen, and one former deputy were presented, as well as three judges also accused of corruption. Saab pointed out…
(2023-03-31). Thursday 4/6: Debunking the Parents Bill of Rights Teach-in. indybay.org Online teach-in…
(2023-03-31). Proposed Texas bills would undermine voting rights for millions. liberationnews.org The most alarming of these bills, SB 2, would increase the charge of illegal voting from a Class A Misdemeanor to a second-degree felony, placing it on equal footing with manslaughter, aggravated assault and robbery.
(2023-03-31). Tenants to City: Expand the Moratorium, Ban Evictions! indybay.org Eviction notice? Back rent? Know your rights, and how to use them.
(2023-03-30). Anti-LGBTQ Parents Bill of Rights Is a Cruel Attack on Our Kids and Our Schools. truthout.org Republican lawmakers in Congress are unleashing their hate on families like mine nationwide, all while speaking disingenuous words about "parents' rights." As a queer parent with a trans partner and a child in public school, I have a visceral understanding that the "Parents Bill of Rights Act" passed by the U.S. House on March 24 has nothing to do with empowering parents, and everything to do with… |
(2023-03-30). FBI Indicts 16 East Cleveland Police Officers for Civil Rights Violations. moguldom.com A total of 16 current and former East Cleveland police officers have been indicted in the past six-and-a-half months for civil rights violations. Among the 16 who were indicted by the FBI is former police chief Scott Gardner, who was indicted in September on several counts of theft and fraud. East Cleveland, Ohio, is nine …
(2023-03-30). Dartmoor and the Right to Wild Camp: Whigs and Hunters for the 21st Century? ukhumanrightsblog.com 
"The principal issue in this case is whether section 10(1) of the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 ("the 1985 Act") confers on the public a right not only to walk or ride a horse on the commons but also to camp there overnight." This is the beguilingly simple opening to the judgment of Sir Julian Flaux …
(2023-03-30). April 4 Wisconsin court race critical for abortion rights and 2024 election nationwide. peoplesworld.org 
There has never been a judicial election anything like the one underway now in Wisconsin. The candidate who wins the swing seat in the race is expected to determine the future of abortion rights in Wisconsin and very possibly whether the fascist Republican right is able to win the presidential election in 2024. The candidates, …
(2023-03-30). Palestinian Prisoners' Movement Victory. popularresistance.org After the escalation of Zionist attacks against the achievements gained by the prisoners' movement over the years, and the attempts of the fascist Ben Gvir to seize our rights by enacting laws and policies such as the laws for the execution of prisoners, revocation of nationality, and deportation of prisoners and former prisoners, as well as the attacks on the achievements of daily life of the prisoners' movement, such as cutting access to water, setting brief times for bathing and the imposition of dozens of punitive measures, such as repeated transfer and isolation, led the prisoners' movement to take action.
(2023-03-30). India: Long march by farmers succeeds after gov't accepts demands. greenleft.org.au Indian farmers held a successful march to demand crop price guarantees, land ownership rights for tribal farmers, immediate financial relief and loan waivers, reports Peoples Dispatch.
(2023-03-30). Masar Badil: We demand the cancellation and boycott of the "Israel Universities Festival" in Brazil! samidoun.net 
The Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, condemns the "Israel Universities Festival," a normalization fair being organized at Unicamp — Campinas State University in Brazil on April 3, 2023. This is a Zionist event hostile to the Palestinian people and their rights, and we urge those responsible at the university to cancel this …
(2023-03-30). Here's How New Mexico is Leading the Way for Voting Rights. aclu.org 
Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy, and protecting that right is one of the central obligations of our government. Due to partisan gridlock in Congress, the federal government has not acted to restore some of the original protections of the New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham just signe…
(2023-03-30). India: Long march by farmers in Maharashtra succeeds after gov't accepts demands. greenleft.org.au Thousands of Indian farmers in the state of Maharashtra held a successfu long march to demand crop price guarantees, land ownership rights for tribal farmers, immediate financial relief and loan waivers, reports Peoples Dispatch/Globetrotter News Service.
(2023-04-01). [World Report] Ukraine invasion impacting Russian health care. thelancet.com Sanctions imposed since Russia's invasion of Ukraine are beginning to affect an already demoralised health system. Ed Holt reports.
(2023-03-30). The Capital of the Multipolar World: A Moscow Diary. strategic-culture.org In Moscow you feel no crisis. No effects of sanctions. No unemployment. No homeless people in the streets. Minimal inflation. | How sharp was good ol' Lenin, prime modernist, when he mused, "there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen". This global nomad now addressing you has enjoyed the privilege of spending four astonishing weeks in Moscow at the heart of an historical crossroads — culminating with the Putin-Xi geopolitical game-changing summit at the Kremlin. | To quote Xi, "changes that haven't been seen in 100 years" do have a knack of affecting us all in more way…
(2023-03-30). US Threatened To Invade International Criminal Court. popularresistance.org Many countries in the Global South have denounced the International Criminal Court as a neocolonial institution, biased in favor of the West. Its leadership has been dominated by Europeans, and as of 2016, only Africans had been brought to trial at the court. | In a rare point of agreement, the United States has also opposed the International Criminal Court (ICC) since its inception. The US is not a member of the ICC, and Washington has even imposed sanctions on its top officials and threatened to arrest judges and prosecutors. | In fact, when the court first opened in the Netherlands in 2002, the United States p…
(2023-03-30). Chinese premier opposes abuse of unilateral sanctions, long-arm jurisdiction. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday opposed the abuse of unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction, picking sides, bloc confrontation and "a new Cold War."
(2023-03-30). Caricature of North Korea in U.S. Media Obscures Kim Regime's Adaptive Response to Sanctions and Economic Achievements of Country. covertactionmagazine.com In advance of a webinar hosted by the Canadian chapter of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF), which describes itself as a global network of peacemakers, to which I was invited to speak in February 2023, I was asked four important questions. The mainstream media would not ask me such questions. Is there something wrong with …
(2023-03-30). Minnesota pushes for Cuba to be taken off terror list. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On March 26 Cuba solidarity activists responded to the national call for monthly car caravans to end the U.S. blockade of Cuba and to take Cuba off the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list (SSOT). The 18-car caravan flew Cuba flags and displayed pro-Cuba signs while they drove down Lake Street through a Latino neighborhood. It was welcomed with car honks and fist pumps. | In the last days of Trump in office, he added Cuba back on the SSOT. During Biden's campaign to become president, he indicated he would take them off the list as well as revoke the 247 additional sanctions Trump had imposed, n…
