Monthly Archives: August 2023

2023-08-26: News Headlines

Dan La Botz, Stephen R Shalom (2023-08-26). We Oppose McCarthyism and Apologizing for China. internationalviewpoint.org Here's how to oppose Cold War rhetoric and still be an internationalist who supports democracy and human rights. | – | / |

Greg Kremenliev, Terri Moss (2023-08-26). I4C Showcases Innovative ICARE Program at World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. indybay.org Seven leaders from the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County (I4C) journeyed to Chicago last week to present a workshop at the 9th Parliament of the World's Religions (dating back to 1893). This year's gathering featured 7,000 participants from 90 countries and more than 200 faith traditions, revolving around the theme: "A Call to Conscience — Defending Freedom and Human Rights" with a focus on combating authoritarianism and the climate crisis.

| AFP | (2023-08-25). Saudi denounces 'misleading' report on Ethiopian migrant killings. tribune.com.pk Saudi Arabia on Thursday denounced a report accusing the kingdom's border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants since last year, branding it "politicised and misleading". | The New York-based group Human Rights Watch on Monday said Saudi border guards had fired "like rain" on Ethiopians trying to reach Saudi Arabia from Yemen. | HRW accused the Saudi guards of using explosive weapons as part of attacks that appeared to be "widespread and systematic", and said the killings may amount to crimes against humanity. | The report sparked global outrage after its publication, although a Saudi government sou…

John Sifton (2023-08-25). Believe It or Not, the G20 Agrees on (Some) Human Rights Issues. fpif.org But the bloc will be a more credible voice if its members, from the U.S. to host India, confront their own major rights concerns.

Mohammed Hamo (2023-08-25). Gaza photographer captured and tortured by Israel. electronicintifada.net Hatim Abu Sharia spent five years in prison.

MEE staff (2023-08-26). Lebanon: Popular comedian detained after sketch on economic conditions. middleeasteye.net


TASS (2023-08-25). FSB busts up Hizb ut-Tahrir terror cell in Crimea, arrests six members. tass.com According to the security service, the detainees were involved in anti-constitutional activities based on the ideology of destroying secular institutions and overthrowing existing governments…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-25). Norwegian man is detained in psychiatric unit for posting truths on Facebook about conspiracies. expose-news.com Trond Harald H√ •land has been outspoken on social media about the World Economic Forum, climate change and vaccine passports. He has also been critical of the Norwegian health system for what happened …

Organized Voices, AOUON, ACLU NorCal (2023-08-26). Friday 9/15: 2nd Annual Hip Hop & Civil Rights: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop. indybay.org The Guild Theater | 2828 35th Street | Sacramento, CA 95817…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-25). UK Covid Inquiry must address excessive policy responses that hurt young people. expose-news.com Last week more than 40 of the UK's leading child rights charities and experts issued a scathing indictment against the UK Covid inquiry's lukewarm acknowledgement of the impact of lockdown on 14 …

Staff (2023-08-25). Inmate P01135809: Trump Surrenders to Jail in Georgia, Booked on 13 Felony Counts. democracynow.org Former President Donald Trump was booked Thursday at Atlanta's Fulton County Jail on 13 felony charges for attempting to overturn the 2020 election. He paid $20,000, or 10% of his $200,000 bond, through a local bail bondsman, allowing him to be released after about 20 minutes at the jail. He is expected to face trial as early as October. In Atlanta, we speak with two guests: Carol Anderson, a professor of African American studies at Emory University and the author of One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy, among other books on race and civil rights in American politics, and H…

Ayah El-Khaldi (2023-08-25). Israel's Ben Gvir lashes out at Bella Hadid over Palestinians' rights comment. middleeasteye.net Israel's Ben Gvir lashes out at Bella Hadid over Palestinians' rights comment | Far-right politician calls supermodel 'Israel hater' after she rebukes him for his 'inflammatory' remarks | Fri, 08/25/2023 – 13: 29 | Supermodel Bella Hadid wearing traditional Palestinian dress and waving a Palestinian flag at a march in New York in May 2021 (Instagram/@mohamedhadid) | Supermodel Bella Hadid…


Sarah Anderson (2023-08-25). Respect, Dignity, and the Montgomery Riverfront Brawl. inequality.org Residents of Montgomery, Alabama are still reeling after a brawl in a local riverfront park several weeks ago that captured national headlines. The racial overtones of the incident cannot be ignored, and yet the response to this violent clash gives me hope that Montgomery, a city infamous for its civil rights history, is making progress …

TASS (2023-08-26). Policy of tough sanctions against North Korea exhausted itself — Russian diplomat. tass.com It runs counter to the tasks of restoring trust the Security Council should focus on, Vasily Nebenzya said…

Democracy Files, Orinoco Tribune (2023-08-25). The US Wants To Overthrow Prime Minister Hasina From Power. popularresistance.org An empire doesn't like those who are unwilling to serve its purpose. Since the invasion of Ukraine, the White House made it crystal clear that the nations who denounce or won't support its "unprecedented and expansive" sanctions against Russia, will have to pay a heavy price. The world already witnessed Washington's removal of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan who refused to sing the same tune along with the Empire to wage a war against Russia by visiting Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine. He refused to be a slave of the Western powers and shouted out loud, "What do you think of us? Are we your slaves… tha…

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-25). US Considers Easing Oil Sanctions on Venezuela on Condition of 'Free, Fair Elections'. orinocotribune.com According to a recent report made by Reuters, the US government is reviewing easing oil sanctions on Venezuela. A spokesperson for the White House National Security Council revealed that the US government is drafting a proposal that could ease sanctions on Venezuela's oil sector. | The aim of the sanctions relief would be to allow more companies and countries to import Venezuelan crude oil. However, the US government imposes a condition for the sanctions relief: that the Venezuelan government has to "conduct free and fair presidential elections." | According to the sources consulted by Reuters, the White House is…

TASS (2023-08-25). 'Out of the question': Senior Russian diplomat on inviting Western countries to join BRICS. tass.com Sergey Ryabkov noted that the "most important criterion" for joining BRICS was "the non-application by a potential BRICS participant of illegal sanctions against any member of the association"

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-08-25). Unipolar Hegemony Is A Freakish Historical Aberration: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The US is indisputably the most tyrannical regime on earth. Only the US is instigating wars around the world, circling the planet with hundreds of foreign military bases, starving populations with massive unilateral sanctions and blockades, and working to destroy any nation which disobeys it. No other government has spent the 21st century killing people by the millions in wars of aggression; only the US has. Continually trying to destroy anyone in the world who doesn't obey your dictates is as tyrannical as it gets. | If you point this out you'll ge…

Sarah Anderson (2023-08-25). Respect, Dignity, and the Montgomery Riverfront Brawl. inequality.org Residents of Montgomery, Alabama are still reeling after a brawl in a local riverfront park several weeks ago that captured national headlines. The racial overtones of the incident cannot be ignored, and yet the response to this violent clash gives me hope that Montgomery, a city infamous for its civil rights history, is making progress …

TASS (2023-08-26). Policy of tough sanctions against North Korea exhausted itself — Russian diplomat. tass.com It runs counter to the tasks of restoring trust the Security Council should focus on, Vasily Nebenzya said…

Democracy Files, Orinoco Tribune (2023-08-25). The US Wants To Overthrow Prime Minister Hasina From Power. popularresistance.org An empire doesn't like those who are unwilling to serve its purpose. Since the invasion of Ukraine, the White House made it crystal clear that the nations who denounce or won't support its "unprecedented and expansive" sanctions against Russia, will have to pay a heavy price. The world already witnessed Washington's removal of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan who refused to sing the same tune along with the Empire to wage a war against Russia by visiting Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine. He refused to be a slave of the Western powers and shouted out loud, "What do you think of us? Are we your slaves… tha…

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-25). US Considers Easing Oil Sanctions on Venezuela on Condition of 'Free, Fair Elections'. orinocotribune.com According to a recent report made by Reuters, the US government is reviewing easing oil sanctions on Venezuela. A spokesperson for the White House National Security Council revealed that the US government is drafting a proposal that could ease sanctions on Venezuela's oil sector. | The aim of the sanctions relief would be to allow more companies and countries to import Venezuelan crude oil. However, the US government imposes a condition for the sanctions relief: that the Venezuelan government has to "conduct free and fair presidential elections." | According to the sources consulted by Reuters, the White House is…

TASS (2023-08-25). 'Out of the question': Senior Russian diplomat on inviting Western countries to join BRICS. tass.com Sergey Ryabkov noted that the "most important criterion" for joining BRICS was "the non-application by a potential BRICS participant of illegal sanctions against any member of the association"

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-08-25). Unipolar Hegemony Is A Freakish Historical Aberration: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The US is indisputably the most tyrannical regime on earth. Only the US is instigating wars around the world, circling the planet with hundreds of foreign military bases, starving populations with massive unilateral sanctions and blockades, and working to destroy any nation which disobeys it. No other government has spent the 21st century killing people by the millions in wars of aggression; only the US has. Continually trying to destroy anyone in the world who doesn't obey your dictates is as tyrannical as it gets. | If you point this out you'll ge…

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2023-08-23: News Headlines

Brasil de Fato (2023-08-22). Black community activist Bernadete Pacífico murdered in Brazil. peoplesdispatch.org Being included in Brazil's Human Rights Defenders Protection Program (HRDPP) didn't prevent

Ann Brown (2023-08-22). Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz Speaks On 'Goon Squad' Police Torture Case. moguldom.com The "Goon Squad" police torture case has sent shockwaves through the country. Six officers in Mississippi subjected two Black men to unspeakable torture. One of the attorneys fighting for the two victims is Malik Zulu Shabazz, a prominent lawyer known for his advocacy against injustice. Shabazz previously served as the chairman of the New Black …

Dimitri Lascaris, The Real News Network. (2023-08-22). Israeli Naval 'Piracy' Won't Stop Freedom Flotilla Voyage To Gaza. popularresistance.org The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a grassroots people-to-people solidarity movement working to end the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza, has launched numerous Freedom Flotilla voyages since 2008. Joel Opperdoes has served as captain for multiple Flotilla voyages, including in 2012, when his vessel was descended upon and boarded by Israeli naval forces and he and his crew were detained. TRNN contributor, lawyer, and freelance journalist Dimitri Lascaris speaks with Opperdoes aboard The Handala, the flagship vessel of the 2023 Gaza Freedom Flotilla, en route to Oslo, Norway.

Freddy Martinez, Nick Schwellenbach, POGO. (2023-08-22). DHS's Secret Reports On Ice Detention. popularresistance.org Previously confidential records from within the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) confirm years of inadequate medical care, extensive use of solitary confinement, mistreatment of transgender individuals, shortcomings in rape and sexual assault prevention and response, inaccessible services, and other problems disclosed by people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is making dozens of these reports public after a nearly five-year Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) legal battle ended with a judge or…


Emma Lee, Left Voice. (2023-08-22). The Imperialist History Behind The Maui Fires. popularresistance.org On August 8, a wildfire began in Lahaina, Maui, that spread to affect over 3,200 acres of the island. As the former capital of the Hawaiian kingdom, Lahaina is a significant historical and cultural site for Native Hawaiians (Kanaka Maoli). So far, over 110 people have been killed by the wildfires, at least 20 people have been injured, and over a thousand people are still missing. At the center of this disaster is the long and ongoing struggle for water and land rights for Native Hawaiians.

Pivot to Peace (2023-08-22). Chinese Americans and the Affirmative Action Battle: What's Behind It? peacepivot.org What's behind the Supreme Court cases ‚öñÔ∏è that put a handful of Chinese Americans at the center of the affirmative action battle? How do Chinese Americans really feel about affirmative action? Retired Judge and Pivot to Peace organizer Julie Tang talks Edward Blum, the anti-civil-rights legal strategist, the U.S. elites that packed the most right-leaning …

Staff (2023-08-22). In Major Win for Indigenous Rights, Ecuador Votes to Ban Oil Drilling in Protected Amazon Lands. democracynow.org Ecuadorian voters have overwhelmingly supported a ban on future oil extraction in a biodiverse section of the Amazon's Yasuní National Park — a historic referendum result that will protect Indigenous Yasuní land from development. We speak with Helena Gualinga, a youth Kichwa Sarayaku environmental activist from Ecuador who has fought against oil drilling all her life and says the results of the vote not only set a "crucial precedent" as the first time a country has voted by democratic ballot initiative on resource extraction in the Amazon, but also demonstrates that "Ecuador is a cou…

Julia Conley (2023-08-22). Right-Wing Judges Are Allowing Alabama Trans Health Care Ban to Go Into Effect. truthout.org LGBTQ+ rights advocates in Alabama said late Monday that they were "devastated" by a ruling handed down by three federal judges that, in the coming days, will permit a previously blocked law banning transgender healthcare for minors to go into effect — but pledged to continue fighting so transgender and nonbinary youths in the state can get the care they need. Applying reasoning from the U.S. |




Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-08-22). State of California recognizing our 2023 International Day for People of African Descent. indybay.org The State of California is poised to join the efforts to elevate International Day for People of African Descent and utilize the influence from the 5th largest economy on earth to align… "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and well-being of their societies".

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-22). UN finds Australia violated Indigenous peoples' land rights. greenleft.org.au

Peter Skelton KC (2023-08-23). Should there be a statutory public inquiry into the murders and attempted murders by Lucy Letby? ukhumanrightsblog.com Why wasn't Lucy Letby stopped sooner? This is the burning question that the families of her victims, and the public, are now asking. Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, has decided that the best means of answering it is a 'non-statutory public inquiry'. But what is such an inquiry, and will it be better than a …

Kevin Gosztola (2023-08-22). Journalist Sues Over Gag Rules At County Jail In Pennsylvania. thedissenter.org Support independent journalism on whistleblowers, secrecy, and press freedom-related issues. Journalist Brittany Hailer has sued a county jail in Pennsylvania for "strictly enforcing" gag rules against prisoners and the jail's employees and contractors. Hailer claims the rules allegedly violate her constitutional rights to "gather news and receive information from otherwise willing speakers."The lawsuit is believed to be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by a journalist against such speech restrictions, and Hailer is…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-08-22). State of California recognizing our 2023 International Day for People of African Descent. indybay.org The State of California is poised to join the efforts to elevate International Day for People of African Descent and utilize the influence from the 5th largest economy on earth to align… "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and well-being of their societies".

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-22). UN finds Australia violated Indigenous peoples' land rights. greenleft.org.au

Peter Skelton KC (2023-08-23). Should there be a statutory public inquiry into the murders and attempted murders by Lucy Letby? ukhumanrightsblog.com Why wasn't Lucy Letby stopped sooner? This is the burning question that the families of her victims, and the public, are now asking. Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, has decided that the best means of answering it is a 'non-statutory public inquiry'. But what is such an inquiry, and will it be better than a …

Kevin Gosztola (2023-08-22). Journalist Sues Over Gag Rules At County Jail In Pennsylvania. thedissenter.org Support independent journalism on whistleblowers, secrecy, and press freedom-related issues. Journalist Brittany Hailer has sued a county jail in Pennsylvania for "strictly enforcing" gag rules against prisoners and the jail's employees and contractors. Hailer claims the rules allegedly violate her constitutional rights to "gather news and receive information from otherwise willing speakers."The lawsuit is believed to be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by a journalist against such speech restrictions, and Hailer is…

Celina della Croce (2023-08-23). How US Sanctions Are a Tool of War: The Case of Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Celina della Croce — Aug 18, 2023 | On March 26, 2022, Francisco lay in a public hospital bed in Bolívar, Venezuela, roughly eight hours inland from the capital of Caracas. He had been waiting for more than twenty-four hours to be seen by a doctor for fluids filling his stomach in a hot room with no fan or air conditioning. By then he was stick thin, his skin clinging to his bones as he lay on his side, waiting. | When he was finally seen by a doctor and given a prescription, he was also told that the hospital did not have the medicines he needed. His family would need to try to find them on their own. At…

Tanupriya Singh (2023-08-22). The people do not want war: mass protests continue in Niger against ECOWAS threats. peoplesdispatch.org The CNSP has proposed a three-year transition period for Niger as ECOWAS threatens increasingly-unpopular military action. Nigeriens have continued to take to the streets to demand the removal of foreign troops from their soil and for the lifting of "inhumane" sanctions…

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