Physicians for Human Rights (2023-10-16). California Becomes First State to Ban "Excited Delirium" as a Cause of Death. indybay.org Governor Newsom signs landmark bill following tireless community activism and PHR report on the pseudoscience of "excited delirium"

ecns.cn (2023-10-15). Chinese scholar Lu Haina elected as member of UN Human Rights Council Special Procedures. ecns.cn Chinese human rights scholar Lu Haina was elected as a member from the Asia-Pacific States to the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on discrimination against women and girls at the 54th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, on Friday.

Physicians for Human Rights (2023-10-15). California Becomes First State to Ban "Excited Delirium" as a Cause of Death. indybay.org Governor Newsom signs landmark bill following tireless community activism and PHR report on the pseudoscience of "excited delirium"

presstv.ir (2023-10-16). Adviser to Netanyahu's wife calls for torture of Gazans to death as war on Gaza rages. presstv.ir An adviser to the wife of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for torturing the residents of Gaza to death.

presstv.ir (2023-10-15). Adviser to Netanyahu's wife calls for torture of Gazans to death as war on Gaza rages. presstv.ir An adviser to the wife of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for torturing the residents of Gaza to death.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-10-16). ALBA-TCP exige a Israel respeto a derechos de civiles de Gaza. telesurtv.net El bloque integracionista enfatiza que la violencia de Israel y su bloqueo a suministros vitales viola los propósitos y principios de la Carta de ONU y el Derecho Internacional Humanitario.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-10-16). ONU condena asesinato de joven campesino en Honduras. telesurtv.net La ministra de Derechos Humanos expresó su preocupación y rechazo por la denuncia de uso excesivo de la fuerza por parte de la Policía Nacional.

Ayman Nobani, Al Jazeera. (2023-10-15). Israel Detains, Expels To West Bank Hundreds Of Gaza Palestinian Workers. popularresistance.org Nablus, occupied West Bank — At three o'clock in the morning, Loay Zaqout found himself staring up at Israeli police surrounding him and two of his colleagues where they were staying in Nazareth. | The police began beating them up, shouting insults before arresting them in the early hours on Monday and taking the three Palestinian workers to the station. | "They treated us horribly because, they said, we were from Gaza," the 31-year-old father said. "The police threatened to return us to Gaza and said that our workers' permits were invalid." Zaqout, from the central town of Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip,…

Derek Seidman (2023-10-15). A Worker-Driven Model for Protecting Labor Rights Is Successful — and Expanding. truthout.org If you consume products from capitalist markets today — and, of course, most of us do — you've surely seen your share of labels on name brand items promising that your purchase is "ethical": fair trade coffee, sustainable clothing. The list goes on. Many of these efforts, however, amount to little more than corporate marketing, a kind of image control that became fashionable beginning in the 1990s… |

Editor (2023-10-15). There's No Path to Ending Bloodshed If Palestinian Rights Continue to Be Denied. scheerpost.com

International Association of Democratic Lawyers. (2023-10-15). IADL Statement: Support The Palestinian People. popularresistance.org The International Association of Democratic Lawyers, (IADL) a worldwide NGO of progressive law professionals with consultative status at ECOSOC in the UN, reaffirms its support to the Palestinian people and their legitimate struggle against occupation, aggression, apartheid policies and continuous violations of the rights of the Palestinian people.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-15). Israeli Apartheid System and the Canadian Media Supporting It. libya360.wordpress.com Christo El Morr and Yahya El-Lahib Israeli ground invasion of Gaza stalled…. The CBC and other mainstream media outlets in Canada have had many opportunities to distinguish between misinformation and what is happening on the ground. Yet, they chose to stand with "Israel" against Palestinian rights to self-determination. We don't expect less from a colonial…

Luis De Jesus Reyes (2023-10-15). Moving from rhetoric to action to build socialism. peoplesdispatch.org The organization of the working class internationally, the right of people to health and housing, food sovereignty and the rights of immigrants were at the center of the discussion on Sunday October 15 of the III International Conference Dilemmas of Humanity taking place in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. | On the second day of the meeting, attended by around 500 delegates from more than 70 countries, the presentations were once again centered around the main dilemmas facing humanity today due to the prevailing capitalist system and the advance of imperialism in every corner of the planet. | The day began…

presstv.ir (2023-10-15). Rights group seeks to prosecute UK government over Gaza war crimes complicity. presstv.ir A UK-based legal centre which supports Palestinian rights seeks to initiate a prosecution against the government for complicity in war crimes in Gaza.

Sharon Kyle, LA Progressive. (2023-10-15). School Turmoil Grows As Moms For Liberty Spreads. popularresistance.org Carl Kalauokalani has no children, no background in education and no experience in political or community organizing. Yet a year ago, the San Jose resident started the Santa Clara County chapter of Moms for Liberty, the far-right "parental rights" group stoking the nation's red-hot culture wars. | Why? Kalauokalani, who works for a software support group and lives in one of the bluest counties in California, says he liked Moms for Liberty's stated mission — the protection of "parental rights at all levels of government" — when he looked for a way to change "a dysfunctional education system." | He'd he…

WSWS (2023-10-15). Modi government targets acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy and Kashmiri activist for criminal prosecution for 2010 remarks. wsws.org This flagrant attack on free speech is part of the Modi government's ever-escalating assault on basic democratic rights and non-stop campaign of Hindu communalist incitement.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-15). Mayo Clinic Minute: 3 tips to avoid Halloween hand injuries. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org There are plenty of frights to go around on Halloween, but a hand injury probably isn't one you'd expect. "Interestingly, it's the fourth busiest holiday for hand injuries," says Dr. Sanj Kakar, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon. Dr. Kakar says almost one-third of those Halloween hand injuries are among kids 10 to 14. And most of them happen when people are carving pumpkins. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/XlWXkwaRfa4 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

teleSUR (2023-10-15). Ecuador: Presidential Candidate Luisa Gonzalez Casts Her Vote. telesurenglish.net Wearing a bulletproof vest on Sunday, Citizen Revolution presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez cast her vote in Canuto, a town near Chone city, in the coastal province of Manabi. | RELATED: | "I have every faith and hope that Ecuador is going to take a turn toward dignity," the 45-year-old lawyer said as she remained surrounded by a strong security contingent. | "For justice, dignity, and a homeland with rights," Gon…

Tobias Riegel (2023-10-16). The refugee crises were triggered by warmongers. indybay.org Preventing wars and sanctions would have a preventive effect against refugee movements. But once people are here, they must be treated with dignity. Racism does not solve the problems and it is rather a smokescreen behind which geopolitical causes can be hidden.

Tobias Riegel (2023-10-15). The refugee crises were triggered by warmongers. indybay.org Preventing wars and sanctions would have a preventive effect against refugee movements. But once people are here, they must be treated with dignity. Racism does not solve the problems and it is rather a smokescreen behind which geopolitical causes can be hidden.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-13). Brazil chairs UN meeting to discuss Israeli-Palestinian conflict. plenglish.com The headquarters of the Brazilian presidency reported that the meeting at the United Nations was convened by Brazil to address the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, threats to security and world peace, and escalations of conflicts in the Middle East. | President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appealed to UN Secretary General António Guterres and the international community in defense of Palestinian and Israeli children last Wednesday. | "Let us take advantage of all resources to put an end to the most serious violation of human rights in the Middle East conflict. Children never ought to be taken hostage, no m…

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Israel strikes Gaza Strip using white phosphorus munitions: Monitor. presstv.ir A human rights monitor says Israel is using banned white phosphorus munitions against people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Staff (2023-10-13). Noura Erakat: Western Leaders & Media Are Justifying Israel's "Genocidal Campaign" Against Palestinians. democracynow.org The unfolding crisis in Gaza, where relentless Israeli bombardment has killed more than 1,500 people since Saturday, is "a humanitarian catastrophe," says Palestinian American human rights attorney Noura Erakat. She says Western leaders and the mainstream media have relied on racist, Islamophobic tropes to build a false consensus "that war is inevitable and that whatever consequences come out is the fault of Hamas, thereby further blaming the victims for their own killing and massacres." Erakat also decries the Israeli order that 1.1 million residents in Gaza relocate under threat of a gro…

Vijay Prashad (2023-10-13). The Savagery of the War Against the Palestinian People. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Oct 10, 2023 | Israel's brutal and punctual violence against the Palestinian people in Gaza over the last decade, is in violation of all international conventions on war and human rights | Who knows how many Palestinian civilians will be killed by the time this report is published? Among the bodies that cannot be taken to a hospital or a morgue, because there will be no petrol or electricity, will be large numbers of children. They will have hidden in their homes, listening to the sound of the Israeli F-16 bombers coming closer and closer, the explosions advancing toward them like a swarm…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-12). Cuba advocates in making visible impact of coercive measures. plenglish.com United Nations, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) Cuba advocated making the impact of sanctions on human rights visible during the dialogue promoted with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tàºrk.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Israel strikes Gaza Strip using white phosphorus munitions: Monitor. presstv.ir A human rights monitor says Israel is using banned white phosphorus munitions against people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Staff (2023-10-12). Human Rights Lawyer Michael Sfard: "Israelis Must Maintain Their Humanity Even When Their Blood Boils" democracynow.org Michael Sfard, an Israeli human rights lawyer and expert on international human rights, calls for Israel to act within international law in response to Hamas's attack on civilians Saturday. "My government is waging an attack that seems to be using war crimes to retaliate on war crimes," says Sfard. "They want revenge, as if a revenge would bring back the dear ones that are gone." Sfard says Israel should end its bombing and lift the blockade on Gaza because civilians do not deserve punishment for militant attacks. "Modern international law prohibits, with no exception, collecti…

Manuel Restrepo Domínguez (2023-10-12). La recurrente burla a la ONU por la potencia ocupante en Palestina. globalizacion.ca La declaración universal de derechos humanos de 1948 reconoce que toda acción, política o ley, debe priorizar el respeto por la dignidad humana y a los convenios de ginebra de 1949, dirigidos a aminorar el sufrimiento y recordar que la…

teleSUR- nbb, JGN (2023-10-12). Bolivia logra crear el Grupo de Trabajo sobre derechos campesinos. telesurtv.net El vicecanciller Freddy Mamani participó en las negociaciones para la adopción de la declaración sobre los derechos de los campesinos y de otras personas que trabajan en el área rural.

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-12). Both Israelis and Palestinians Are Victims of Israel's Apartheid System. fpif.org The violence in Gaza and Israel is bringing horrifying new levels of human suffering to both Israelis and Palestinians. | Both sides have committed heinous violations of international law, and all attacks on civilians must be condemned. But if we're serious about preventing such horrors in the future, we have to go beyond condemnation. | A lesson we ignore at our peril is that oppression undermines not only the rights, dignity, and lives of the oppressed, but eventually the security of the oppressors as well. The apartheid system that's been suffocating Palestinians for so long is now also undermining the safety…

Frank Pega, Natalie C Momen, Ali H A Abubakar, Rola Al-Emam, Mohd N Hassan, John Howard, Sadia H Hussein, Sergio Iavicoli, Silvère K Kevi, Spo M Kgalamono, Sk Mamunur Rahman Malik, Guy Mbayo K, Abdinasir Y Osman, Rajesh S Pandav, Raja R Pote Shrestha, Dipendra R Singh, Xin Sun, Marin K Wotobe, Maria P Neira (2023-10-14). Comment] Monitoring workers' health: focus on rights, determinants, and equity. thelancet.com The Lancet Series on Work and Health1—3 recognises that changes in the world of work are causing new occupational hazards to physical and mental health and increasing health inequalities within and between countries. These changes have profound implications for official workers' health data and monitoring systems, which have become a global health priority as the world seeks to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).4,5 These monitoring systems are public goods that provide international organisations, governments, and communities the evidence base for policy and practice that ensures health for all…

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). Decades before Snowden, this American patriot waged war against illegal surveillance in the US By: Robert Bridge. midwesternmarx.com ​In the 1970s, US Army Captain Christopher Pyle blew the lid on government agencies' domestic spying Former undercover agent Christopher Pyle testifies before the Senate Constitutional Rights subcommittee that the Army has spied on politicians and thousands of ordinary Americans on February 24, 1971. © Bettmann Archive/Getty Images In 1970, a US Army captain went rogue after he discovered that the military was conducting surveillance on dissidents across …

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Raeisi: No new order will take hold in region until Palestinian rights upheld. presstv.ir Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says no new order will take hold in the region until the rights of Palestinian people are upheld.

Tamara Nassar (2023-10-13). Settlers go on killing spree in West Bank. electronicintifada.net Soldiers join in the violence, rights group says.

WSWS (2023-10-13). Australian students denounce attacks on Gaza and hypocrisy of Labor's Voice campaign. wsws.org "In the referendum, the media is saying we need to acknowledge indigenous rights. But when something happens in Palestine, they ignore the rights of the Palestinians."

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-10-12). Famine looms in Gaza amid Israeli carpet bombing. electronicintifada.net Rights groups call for immediate international intervention to stave off humanitarian catastrophe.

Michel Moushabeck (2023-10-12). There's No Path to Ending Bloodshed If Palestinian Rights Continue to Be Denied. truthout.org Since last weekend I've been glued to the news and frantically checking on my family and friends in Gaza and the West Bank. I grieve for the loss of Palestinian and Israeli lives and I mourn with all those who lost loved ones and those who continue to suffer the consequences of the longest occupation in modern history. This week's violence did not start with Hamas's October 7 act of armed… |

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Raeisi: No new order will take hold in region until Palestinian rights upheld. presstv.ir Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says no new order will take hold in the region until the rights of Palestinian people are upheld.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). US, Qatar Agree to Deny Iran Access to $6 Billion of Its Funds. news.antiwar.com The US and Qatar have agreed to deny Iran access to $6 billion of its own funds that were recently released as part of a prisoner swap deal with the US, The New York Times reported on Thursday. The $6 billion was frozen in South Korea due to US sanctions on Iran that were re-imposed …

infobrics (2023-10-12). Russian Oil Producers Open New Export Route to UAE. infobrics.org Russian oil producers supplied their first cargoes of CPC Blend crude to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in August and September, opening up a new export route as Moscow looks to find new customers and skirt Western sanctions…

Staff (2023-10-12). IMF Projects Venezuela's Economy to Grow in 2023 and 2024. orinocotribune.com The latest report presented by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) contains positive forecasts for the economies of Latin America for the end of this year and 2024, largely thanks to the weight of Brazil and Mexico, the two largest economies in the region. | In the case of Venezuela, the IMF predicts, despite the ongoing illegal economic war waged on the country—euphemistically referred to as "sanctions"—the economy will grown by 4% in 2023 and 4.5% in 2024. | : 1.5% | Germany: 0.9% | France: 1.3% | Italy: 0.7% | Spain: 1.7% | Japan: 1.0% | Canada: 1.6% | China: 4.2% | India: 6.3% | Russia: 1.1% | B…