(2024-01-18). Rapporteur calls for strong actions to stop genocide in Gaza. plenglish.com Madrid, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, today called for stronger actions to stop the genocide in Gaza.
(2024-01-18). War on Gaza: Israel killed a Palestinian's family. Then they tortured him. middleeasteye.net 
War on Gaza: Israel killed a Palestinian's family. Then they tortured him | Mohammed al-Kilani was among a family of 55 sheltering in Sheikh Radwan, Gaza City. Then Israeli forces stormed their apartment, executing his father, wife and 12-year-old son | Thu, 01/18/2024 – 09: 00 | Israeli soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, in a handout picture released by the Israeli army on 12 January 202…
(2024-01-18). 8th International Seminar For Peace And Abolition Of Foreign Bases. popularresistance.org The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and the World Peace Council (WPC), are calling for the participation in the VIII International Seminar on Peace and for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, which will take place in the province of Guantanamo, on May 4 and 5, 2024. | Once again, this conference will take place in the province of Guantanamo, where there is the oldest U.S. military base that remains against the will of the Cuban people and government. The Guantanamo Base has become synonymous with torture and imperialism, which for 121 years has illegally occupied 117 square kilometers o…
(2024-01-18). Promulgan Decreto-Ley para el régimen laboral de personas privadas de libertad. cubadebate.cu El Consejo de Estado de la República de Cuba ha emitido el Decreto-Ley 81/2023, que establece un régimen laboral especial para las personas privadas de libertad que trabajan dentro o fuera de los establecimientos penitenciarios. La medida tiene como objetivo promover la reinserción social y garantizar los derechos de las personas en condiciones de trabajar.
(2024-01-18). Israeli forces retrieve bodies of 21 detainees from Gaza cemetery. albawaba.com
(2024-01-18). Israel Condemned for "Cultural Genocide" After Blowing Up University in Gaza. truthout.org The Israel Defense Forces' detonation of more than 300 mines planted at Israa University in Gaza on Wednesday provided the latest evidence that Israel's objective in its bombardment of the enclave is not self-defense, rights advocates said. "This is not self-defense," said Chris Hazzard, an Irish member of the United Kingdom's Parliament. "This is not counter-insurgency. This is ethnic-cleansing."… |
(2024-01-18). Blackouts in Gaza must not be used as 'weapons of war': Rights group. aljazeera.com Gaza is under a weeklong sustained telecoms outage, the longest since the onset of the war with Israel.
(2024-01-18). Sudan's war sees fighting in World Heritage Sites. newarab.com 
The Regional Network for Cultural Rights said it "strongly condemns the incursion by the Rapid Support Forces (
(2024-01-18). Johnson to GOP Lawmakers in Louisiana: Ignore Court Order to Draw Black District. truthout.org United States Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, is urging GOP legislators in his home state to continue fighting against a federal court ruling that the state's congressional maps are unconstitutional and violate the voting rights of Black residents. That court order, which was upheld by an appellate court in November, requires the legislature to redraw its maps to… |
(2024-01-18). Missouri Voters Start Signature Drive to Put Abortion Rights on November Ballot. truthout.org A coalition of abortion rights groups in Missouri has launched a signature drive to place a state constitutional amendment before voters, with hopes of gathering enough names to get abortion on the November ballot. After the U.S. Supreme Court upended federal abortion protections in a ruling in June of 2022, "trigger laws" banning or severely restricting abortion access took effect in several… |
(2024-01-18). Ukraine envoy praises Cyprus support for sanctions on Russia. devdiscourse.com Cyprus is making an "extremely important" contribution in increasing sanctions pressure on Moscow, said Ukraine's ambassador to the east Mediterranean island, which was long in the spotlight for close business ties with Russia. Cyprus all but severed those ties when it followed its European Union partners in slapping sanctions on Moscow over the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
(2024-01-18). Lukashenko explains import substitution using McDonald's withdrawal as example. eng.belta.by Aleksandr Lukashenko said: "I'd like to mention one very vivid example. I mentioned McDonald's for a reason. Sanctions were introduced by Americans. They decided to stop their operations and leave Belarus. The door is open. Feel free to leave. We didn't stop anyone from leaving and we didn't force them to leave either."
(2024-01-18). Venezuelan FM: Non-Aligned Movement supports Palestine, opposes sanctions. eng.belta.by According to him, during the meeting, the foreign ministers of the NAM countries "expressed support for Palestine and spoke against the illegal restrictive measures". He stressed that the Non-Aligned Movement was stepping up at a time "when imperialism made its choice in favor of wars".
(2024-01-18). US Congressional Resolution Calls for Annulling the Monroe Doctrine and Ending Sanctions. dissidentvoice.org Now, 200 years after President James Monroe first promulgated his dictate giving the Yankees dominion of the rest of the hemisphere, a congressional resolution calls for annulling the Monroe Doctrine and replacing it with a "new good neighbor" policy. The intent is to "foster improved relations and deeper, more effective cooperation" with our neighbor nations. …
(2024-01-18). The loss and destruction of Gaza's football stadiums. newarab.com 
"I used to be in a stadium with a packet of popcorn and a soda to enjoy two hours of football. Now, I am here, displaced and a refugee, with only my clothes," begins Ahmed Hamada, who fled from his town in Gaza to seek refuge at the Al-Dorra Stadium. | "I never imagined in my life that the stadium would be a home to me one day." | "After Israel unleashed their brutal war, these small spaces of leisure turned into piles of rubble, while football stadiums became unprotected sanctuaries for evacuees from the north of Gaza" | Life in Gaza before October 7 was already not that fun-laden for people. Their entertainm…