(2023-03-04). [Correspondence] The human rights to water and sanitation, gender equality, and the State. thelancet.com Isha Ray authored an interesting Review1 of my book on the human rights to water and sanitation.2 I appreciate her definition of the book's approach as a compelling "moral and political case for water and sanitation rights" and she made me proud when suggesting that it is aligned with Eleanor Roosevelt's idea that human rights begin in places "so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world".
(2023-03-03). U.S.-led Coalition Reinforces Large Base In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org 
ERBIL, Iraq — An AH-64E Apache helicopter from the 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Saber, hovers prior to taking off to conduct a mission, July 11,2017, Erbil, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Stephen James) | On March 3, the United States-led coalition reinforced one of its largest bases in northeastern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | The London-based monitoring group reported that a convoy, consisting of 30 trucks carrying logistics and…
(2023-03-03). Guantanamo: The Meaning of 120 Years of Illegal Occupation. orinocotribune.com 
By Gustavo A. Maranges — Feb 28, 2023 | To a great many people of the world, the word Guantanamo has become synonymous with torture since the U.S. opened up its military prison center there in 2002. Over 780 people captured by U.S. forces have suffered from massive human rights violations there carried out by the CIA since that time. For the people of Cuba, a society that places human rights and well-being above all else, this is a collective horror carried out on their sovereign soil by a foreign military. | This article hopes to go beyond that because today marks the 120th year of continuous U.S. Naval occ…
(2023-03-03). Meet Thelma Cabrera, the Indigenous Leader Barred from Running in Guatemala's Presidential Election. democracynow.org 
Guatemala's presidential election this year is taking place against a backdrop of worsening repression against journalists, human rights activists and Indigenous environmental defenders. The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a decision by the country's electoral tribunal to bar Indigenous human rights defender Thelma Cabrera from running. Cabrera and her running mate, former human rights ombudsman Jordán Rodas, are members of the leftist political party the Movement for the Liberation of the Peoples. They visited the United States in February to meet with the Inter-American Commission…
(2023-03-03). Indigenous Leader Is Barred From Running in Guatemala's Presidential Election. truthout.org Guatemala's presidential election this year is taking place against a backdrop of worsening repression against journalists, human rights activists and Indigenous environmental defenders. The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a decision by the country's electoral tribunal to bar Indigenous human rights defender Thelma Cabrera from running. Cabrera and her running mate… |
(2023-03-04). [Correspondence] The human rights to water and sanitation, gender equality, and the State. thelancet.com Isha Ray authored an interesting Review1 of my book on the human rights to water and sanitation.2 I appreciate her definition of the book's approach as a compelling "moral and political case for water and sanitation rights" and she made me proud when suggesting that it is aligned with Eleanor Roosevelt's idea that human rights begin in places "so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world".
(2023-03-03). U.S.-led Coalition Reinforces Large Base In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org ERBIL, Iraq — An AH-64E Apache helicopter from the 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Saber, hovers prior to taking off to conduct a mission, July 11,2017, Erbil, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Stephen James) | On March 3, the United States-led coalition reinforced one of its largest bases in northeastern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | The London-based monitoring group reported that a convoy, consisting of 30 trucks carrying logistics and…
(2023-03-03). Guantanamo: The Meaning of 120 Years of Illegal Occupation. orinocotribune.com By Gustavo A. Maranges — Feb 28, 2023 | To a great many people of the world, the word Guantanamo has become synonymous with torture since the U.S. opened up its military prison center there in 2002. Over 780 people captured by U.S. forces have suffered from massive human rights violations there carried out by the CIA since that time. For the people of Cuba, a society that places human rights and well-being above all else, this is a collective horror carried out on their sovereign soil by a foreign military. | This article hopes to go beyond that because today marks the 120th year of continuous U.S. Naval occ…
(2023-03-03). Meet Thelma Cabrera, the Indigenous Leader Barred from Running in Guatemala's Presidential Election. democracynow.org Guatemala's presidential election this year is taking place against a backdrop of worsening repression against journalists, human rights activists and Indigenous environmental defenders. The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a decision by the country's electoral tribunal to bar Indigenous human rights defender Thelma Cabrera from running. Cabrera and her running mate, former human rights ombudsman Jordán Rodas, are members of the leftist political party the Movement for the Liberation of the Peoples. They visited the United States in February to meet with the Inter-American Commission…
(2023-03-03). Indigenous Leader Is Barred From Running in Guatemala's Presidential Election. truthout.org Guatemala's presidential election this year is taking place against a backdrop of worsening repression against journalists, human rights activists and Indigenous environmental defenders. The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a decision by the country's electoral tribunal to bar Indigenous human rights defender Thelma Cabrera from running. Cabrera and her running mate… |
(2023-03-03). Police Reportedly Shoot and Abduct Swaziland Communist Amid Protests Against Africa's 'Last Absolute Monarchy'. towardfreedom.org Mvuselelo Mkhabela was reportedly shot and dragged into a police van, according to the Communist Party of Swaziland. His current whereabouts are unknown. Mkhabela was tortured earlier this month for protesting elections.
(2023-03-04). Acusan a soldados por masacre en Tamaulipas, México. telesurtv.net La Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos denunció que los soldados acribillaron a los jóvenes cuando se dirigían a sus domicilios.
(2023-03-03). Protesters accuse military of custodial killing of daily wager in Kashmir. peoplesdispatch.org The body of Abdul Rashid Dar was recovered from the Zirhama forest of Kupwara district. Dar had been detained in December by security forces who subsequently claimed he had escaped…
(2023-03-03). Meet the Bronx Activists Who Won a Historic Settlement for NYPD's Violent Attack at 2020 BLM Protest. democracynow.org 
New York City has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with peaceful protesters who were violently "boxed in" or "kettled" by NYPD officers during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in response to the police murder of George Floyd in 2020. As part of the settlement, over 300 people who were trapped by police and assaulted with batons and pepper spray, then detained or arrested at a June 4, 2020, protest in the neighborhood of Mott Haven, will each receive $21,500 — believed to be the largest class-action settlement in a case of mass arrest. We are joined by three people who were…
(2023-03-04). From civil rights to transplant awareness, advocate continues to make a difference. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As America celebrates Black History Month, one civil rights activist is celebrating a new lease on life. Dr. Shirley Green-Reese received a kidney transplant in June 2022 at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Her kidney transplant is only one chapter in an incredible life story. Dr. Green-Reese is no stranger to turning challenges into triumphs. In 1963, at the age of 13, she was one of 15 young African American girls who were arrested for peacefully…
(2023-03-04). Wednesday 3/8: International Women's Day: End Women's Poverty – Invest in Caring, Not Killing w/ PPC. indybay.org Online rally for women's rights…
(2023-03-04). Saturday 3/11: Rights of Nature Tribunal: Dangers of Tren Maya Mega Project to Ecosystems & Indigenous. indybay.org Online via Zoom globally (in-person in Yucatan, Mexico)…
(2023-03-04). You're all Palestinians Now: How Harsh Apartheid Policing is being Turned on Israeli Protesters. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Israel's Apartheid state, having honed its instruments of repression against its occupied Palestinians, whom it keeps stateless and without rights, is now turning those tools on the Israeli public itself. Yesterday, Friday, buses full of Israeli protesters attempted to head to Huwwara near Nablus in the Palestinian West Bank to …
(2023-03-04). No, Discussing Israel's 'Right to Exist' is not Antisemitic; States don't have Rights, People Do. juancole.com 
By Nasim Ahmed | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — "Israel's right to exist" has been challenged in expert testimonies by leading scholars Professor John Douglas and Professor Avi Shlaim. Dugard is an advocate of the High Court of South Africa. He has served intermittently as Judge of the International Court of Justice. His …
(2023-03-03). PNC Bank has dropped Donald Trump Jr's account for his news app. americanthinker.com If this was done for ideological reasons, here's a fun legal theory: It violates a fusion of the Civil Rights Act and the Constitution itself.
(2023-03-03). Eastern New Mexico: A frontline in the fight for abortion rights. liberationnews.org 
The right wing is packing local governing bodies in New Mexico with hardline conservatives, many developed by anti-abortion think tanks.
(2023-03-03). Child Labor Investigation Reveals Immigration Policy Changes We Need Now. aclu.org 
Children across the nation are working in dangerous, sometimes lethal jobs in American factories, farms and mills — according to a The kids, who are here without their parents, have fled countries rife with violence and poverty. Many are
(2023-03-03). Congresswoman, activists honor John Lewis by laying wreath at Civil Rights Memorial. splcenter.org
(2023-03-03). 'Good Trouble Quilts': Civil Rights Memorial Center exhibit celebrates John Lewis. splcenter.org
(2023-03-04). House overwhelmingly approves resolution to maintain Syria sanctions after earthquake. thegrayzone.com Every member of the progressive Squad voted for the resolution. Only Republican Reps. Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene voted against it. This article was originally published by Antiwar.com. The House this week voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution to maintain sanctions on Syria following a devastating earthquake that has killed at least 5,900 people in the country, The Cradle reported on Wednesday. The resolution was introduced by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) and received 51 cosponsors. It passed in a vote …
(2023-03-04). China says Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law 'justifiable and necessary'. ecns.cn China's legislation on anti-foreign sanctions is "justifiable and necessary" in order to uphold its sovereignty, security and development interests.
(2023-03-04). NYC: Sunday 3/5 Rally 4pm Commemorating Hugo Chávez U.S. Hands off Venezuela! Free Alex Saab! iacenter.org Join us in commemorating 10 years since the passing of Comandante Hugo Chávez. He strove to liberate the Venezuelan masses from poverty and US imperial domination, to serve the people, and to arm them politically & organizationally. Chávez nationalized Venezuela's natural resources to benefit the people and introduced medical and social programs for the poor. As we mourn our fallen hero, we also pledge to redouble our efforts to defend the socialist values that Comrade Hugo Chávez upheld. Comandante Hugo Chávez Presente! Our demands: * U.S. Hands OFF Venezuela! * NO Sanctions on the Venezuelan people! * FREE kidn…
(2023-03-04). 700,000 Afghans have lost their jobs since Taliban takeover, says UN expert's report. peoplesdispatch.org US sanctions, job losses, business closures, and the reluctance of foreign investors to engage in Afghanistan have had catastrophic impacts on the lives of millions of Afghans. Two thirds of households are facing difficulties in meeting basic food and non-food needs…
(2023-03-04). US announces fresh sanctions against firms involved in Iranian oil and petrochemical exports. peoplesdispatch.org The list of companies sanctioned include a firm based in Vietnam, two in China, one in the UAE, and two in Iran. The US accused these firms of being "knowingly engaging" in the transport of Iranian oil and petrochemicals in violation of existing sanctions…
(2023-03-04). March 4 Demonstrations Against Sanctions. popularresistance.org In solidarity with the Syrian people, suffering the unjust and unilateral coercive economic measures taken by the US and its European allies, the End the Siege Campaign has been established in cooperation between different popular movements and activists in the Arab world, Europe, and North America. | The End The Siege Campaign launches its first international action this Saturday, March 4, 2023, in a series of synchronous protests in Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Canada, Morocco, Lebanon, UK, Slovakia, Ireland, and Germany. The event in Canada will take place at noon this Saturday in front of the US…
(2023-03-04). March 4: Libya Hearing Of The International People's Tribunal. popularresistance.org Join the International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, Coercive Economic Measures for a hearing on the effects and impacts of these policies and practices on the people of Libya. We will hear testimony and reports from expert and direct witnesses, with questions and discussion from our jurors. | Around the world, U.S. sanctions and blockades have had a devastating impact on the lives of everyday people in countries targeted by these kinds of coercive economic measures. More broadly, they have served to push people into poverty and deny them self-determination.
(2023-03-04). US Renews 'National Emergency' Against Venezuela, Keeping Sanctions. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, March 1, US President Joe Biden renewed a directive declaring a state of national emergency "with respect to the situation in Venezuela." Titled Executive Order 13692, the measure was first implemented by former President Barack Obama in 2015 citing an "unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States." The EO was accompanied by sanctions against seven Venezuelan officials. | EO 13692, which has been renewed for another year, provides an expansive basis for the US to continue to impose illegal and brutal unilateral measures against the Bolivarian Repu…
(2023-03-03). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Note to Editors: You are welcome to publish any selection of these news dispatches. Headlines in This News Package: In Jammu and Kashmir, Eviction Drive Sparks Anger and Protests From a Cross-Section of Society New International Sanctions Announced on Myanmar's Junta as Airstrikes, Arrests Keep Country on Edge Pakistani Brothers Finally Leave Guantanamo Bay After …
(2023-03-03). Draymond Green Calls For An End To Black History Month: 'Teach My History From Jan. 1 To Dec. 31'. moguldom.com Black History Month ended on Tuesday, but if NBA star Draymond Green has his way, it'll be done away with for good. His reason: Black History should be taught all year. "Black History Month — at some point, can we get rid of it?" Green asked on Feb. 28, the last government-sanctioned day of Black …
(2023-03-03). Iran and Bolivia United Against the Unilateral Hegemony of the US. orinocotribune.com By Sdenka Saavedra Alfaro — Feb 26, 2023 | The fight for a common front framed in the multilateralist vision, which strengthens the peoples with conscience and worldview against the hegemonic American and European terrorism, which only thinks of invasions, interference, looting and exploitation of natural resources at the cost of death, pain, misery; It is the fundamental strategy in the relations between the countries that today face the blows and the inhuman sanctions of the policies and pressures of imperialism, such is the case of the Islamic Republic of Iran that with its 44 years of resistance has been…
(2023-03-03). US renews "national emergency" against Venezuela, keeping brutal sanctions in place. peoplesdispatch.org President Joe Biden has renewed the Obama-era Executive Order 13692 against Venezuela, citing an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to US national security. The measure has been used to impose an illegal sanctions regime targeting the socialist country, its people, and its economy…
(2023-03-03). Washington Extends Executive Sanction Order Against Venezuela, Caracas Responds. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, March 2, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejected the Venezuelan minister for foreign affairs, Yván Gil, stated via social media that with the renewal of the Executive Order, Biden's administration ext…
(2023-03-03). 4 March, Online Hearing: Libya hearing of the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism. samidoun.net 
Join the International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, Coercive Economic Measures for a hearing on the effects and impacts of these policies and practices on the people of Libya. We will hear testimony and reports from expert and direct witnesses, with questions and discussion from our jurors. The hearing will take place on Saturday, …
(2023-03-03). From Syria To Russia To Afghanistan, Sanctions Just Don't Work. progressivehub.net PHYLLIS BENNIS | IN THESE TIMES…