(2024-03-08). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 154: Biden's maritime aid corridor to Gaza slammed as 'unrealistic'. mondoweiss.net 
Human rights experts say the Biden administration's proposed maritime corridor is a much less effective solution to addressing the dire needs of Gaza's besieged and starving population than a ceasefire and pressuring Israel to open land crossings.
(2024-03-08). 'Back to the Future': Russia Honors Anti-Colonial Past as the West Backs Neo-Nazis. orinocotribune.com By John Miles — Mar 7, 2024 | The more things change, the more they stay the same in terms of US foreign policy, says one analyst. | The modern political divide between Russia and the West often evokes memories of the Cold War and even World War II, according to author and human rights lawyer Dan Kovalik. | The writer and activist appeared on
(2024-03-08). New "Kibbutz" at Israeli Embassy. indybay.org For the past ten days at the Israeli Embassy, peaceful human rights activists have erected and maintained a presence 24/7 outside of the compound bedecked with numerous Palestinian flags, signs, banners and a memorial dedicated to Aaron Bushnell who last month immolated himself in protest over the war in Gaza whose last words were "Free Palestine."
(2024-03-08). #IWD2024: Gaza women experiencing 'darkest of days' amid war. newarab.com 
Shtayyeh said that Palestinian women are "mourning their loved ones, being killed, displaced, hungry and deprived of the most basic human rights in full views and hearing of the world" in a glaring statement i…
(2024-03-08). Israeli historian: Post-October 7 marks the end of Zionism. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Professor Ilan Pappe, an Israeli historian, recently voiced serious concerns to the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) on Israel's continuous military attacks on Gaza.Pappe described these events as perhaps "the darkest moment" for the Palestinian people and issued a warning that they might represent a turning point in Palestinian history. He underlined that history might remember that the current events mark the beginning of the Zionist project's demise.Speaking on the circumstances, Pappe emphasized how brutal and vicious these endeavors may become, especially when they encounter existential issu…
(2024-03-08). Iran foreign minister says Meta banning Khamenei was 'illegal and unethical'. middleeasteye.net 
Iran foreign minister says Meta banning Khamenei was 'illegal and unethical' | Hossein Amir Abdollahian tells MEE the 'Silicon Valley Empire' wants to censor pro-Palestinian voices | | Hossein Amir Abdollahian at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 26 February (AFP/Gabriel Monnet)…
(2024-03-08). Human rights group urges India to cease military ties with Israel. middleeasteye.net 
Human rights group urges India to cease military ties with Israel | Human Rights Forum lament over India's deepening economic and military ties with Israel, drawing attention to Adani's sale of combat drone to Israel as genocide deepens in Gaza. | | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Israel…
(2024-03-08). Report on Pax Christi Back to Booker's — March 7. fightbackbetter.com @paxchristinj showed up to check @corybooker @senbooker on his stance with Palestine."We want a ceasefire! We want an end to the apartheid. We want justice for all. We want aid for Gaza for all of the starving children. Billions of dollars of our tax money is going to kill children in Gaza. We want Cory Booker to live up to his image of being a human rights champion, of being a human rights defender. We want him to call this what it is: an ethnic cleansing. A genocide!" | @corybooker @senbooker have you addressed your constituents yet? | @paxchristinj is "a region of Pax Christi USA, [and] we promote Christian no…
(2024-03-08). Mar 8, 2024. sitrepworld.info 
‚ô´ Daniel Franàßois-Esprit Auber — Overture (La Sirene) The undiagnosed malignancy at the core of our system is now out in the open, by Alex Krainer Europe Is in Danger of Falling Asleep in Peace and Waking Up in War, by Hugo Dionísio The United States and Israel as International Outliers, Outlaws and Losers, by Daniel Warner Pretending The US Can't Just Drive Aid Into Gaza, by Caitlin Johnstone Israeli channels air snuff videos featuring systematic torture of Palestinians, by Jonathan Ofir Hamas' Official Account, by As'ad AbuKhalil Biden's Bogus Ceasefire Shenanigans, by Kevin Barr…
(2024-03-08). 'We are the masters of the house': Israeli channels air snuff videos featuring systematic torture of Palestinians. mronline.org 
Israeli TV channels aired a number of reports showing the torture and humiliation of Palestinians in Israeli prisons. The videos are consumed by the Israeli public as entertainment, revealing the sadism of Israeli society.
(2024-03-08). Houthis: fate of detained British ship's crew solely in Hamas' hands. albawaba.com ALBAWABA: According to a top official in the Hamas military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, Ansar Allah, known as the Houthis. have given them the dossier of a detained ship, according to a top commander inside the Hamas military branch, Al-Qassam Brigades, who spoke with Al-Jazeera. This revelation coincides with heightened Red Sea tensions, as Ansar Allah has escalated its actions recently, alleging Israeli plans to attack Rafah in southern Gaza and continue their siege.The commander of Hamas stated that Ansar Allah contacted Hamas to inquire about possible middlemen for the crew's release from the ship. Notably, Ans…
(2024-03-09). Obituary] Lowitja O'Donoghue. thelancet.com Nurse and advocate for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. She was born on Aug 1, 1932, in De Rose Hill, SA, Australia, and died on Feb 4, 2024, in Adelaide, SA, Australia, aged 91 years.
(2024-03-08). Katrina vanden Heuvel: Foreign Policy Undermines Best Proposals in Biden's SOTU. truthout.org President Biden delivered his State of the Union address Thursday night. In it, he made his case for a second term ahead of this year's presidential election, criticizing Republican front-runner Donald Trump without mentioning him by name, and highlighting his administration's policies to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, reinstate reproductive rights and provide support to Ukraine. |
(2024-03-08). From Afghanistan to Syria: Women's Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA. globalresearch.ca Western heads of state, UN officials, military spokespersons will invariably praise the humanitarian dimension of the October 2001 US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan, which allegedly was to fight religious fundamentalists, help little girls go to school, liberate women subjected to the yoke of the Taliban.
(2024-03-08). Law Pod UK New Episode. ukhumanrightsblog.com Law Pod UK is marking International Womens' Day 2024 with a three-part series exploring gender at the Bar. In this series Lucy McCann and Rajkiran Barhey speak to Lady Justice Whipple, Sally Smith KC, Clodagh Bradley KC, Cara Guthrie, Judith Rogerson, Isabel McArdle, Emma-Louise Fenelon and Chloe Turvill about their experiences in the hope of …
(2024-03-08). PEC Expresses Grief over the Demise of two Bangladeshi Reporters. pressenza.com 
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses profound grief over the demise of two Bangladeshi journalists in a devastating fire that took place in Dhaka. The carnage on 29 February 2024 snatched away the lives of at least 46 people including Abhishruti Shastri and Tusar Hawlader, both of whom worked for Dhaka-based online media outlet Thereport. live. The colleagues and family members identified the bodies of Abhishruti and Tusar at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue. Abhishruti Shastri. Tusar Hawlader | "It's shocking that two young reporters had to lose their l…
(2024-03-08). Justice department and Multichoice partner against piracy. sanews.gov.za Justice department and Multichoice partner against piracy | The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the Multichoice Group have signed an anti-piracy memorandum of understanding (MOU). | The MoU will cover the following areas of collaboration: | Policy development and regulatory frameworks; | Capacity building and experience sharing; | Intellectual property rights protection and anti-piracy partnership, and | Monitoring and compliance. | The department's Director-General, Advocate Doctor Mashabane, said: "[This] marks another milestone in the government's efforts to fight broadcast and content…
(2024-03-08). More Than Half a Million People Evicted in India in 2023: Report. orinocotribune.com The Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), in its latest report titled "Forced Evictions in India: 2022 & 2023," This report, the sixth in a series of annual publications by HLRN on evictions, highlights a significant surge in the number of home demolitions in India between 2022 and 2023, particularly impacting the poor and marginalised populations. | Over this period, more than 150,000 houses were demolished by Indian authorities, resulting in the forceful…
(2024-03-08). PMPI General Assembly: "TWENTY: Transformative Work on Environment and Nature's Rights Through the Years" Day 2. pressenza.com 
Bacolod, Western Visayas, Philippines — On March 5, 2024, more than two hundred organizations, including faith-based groups, NGOs, and people's organizations nationwide, participated in the second day of the 7th Philippine Misereor Partnership Incorporated (PMPI) General Assembly. | Most. Rev. Cosme Damian R. Almedilla, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Butuan, who celebrated the mass, took off from the gospel on forgiveness and highlighted that if God always forgives, people can ultimately forgive. Still, he warned that nature might not be able to forgive if humans continue to harm them and violate their rig…
(2024-03-08). Women's Day 2024: America's "Just War" against Afghanistan: Women's Rights "Before" and "After" America's Destructive Wars. globalresearch.ca Unknown to Americans, in the 1970s and early 1980s, Kabul was "a cosmopolitan city. Artists and hippies flocked to the capital. Women studied agriculture, engineering and business at the city's university. Afghan women held government jobs".
(2024-03-08). US Senator Tom Cotton wants to punish 'next Aaron Bushnell'. newarab.com 
US Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) has unveiled two new pieces of legislation aimed at restricting security clearances and demonstration rights for pro-Palestinian government workers and contractors, following the self-immolation of US airman Aaron Bushnell outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. on February 25th. | The announcement was made on Thursday in a statement posted to Cotton's
(2024-03-08). Iran protests: UN finds severe rights violations. newarab.com 
Iran was rocked by widespread demonstrations sparked by the September 2022 death of
(2024-03-08). Breaking the Mold: Gender Discrimination in the Airline Industry. aclu.org 
As a child in New Jersey, I grew up hearing stories of my mother's flight attendant days in South Korea. A few stuck out to me even at a young age — such as hearing she needed to maintain a certain weight to get into the flight attendant program and that she had to quit her job once she got married. I couldn't understand why my mother had to quit her dream job, the job that allowed her to travel to Hawaii and Paris, the two places she had always wanted to go since she was little, just because she got married. My mother also told me how women either lied about being married to keep their jobs or were pres…
(2024-03-08). Democracy Now! 2024-03-08 Friday. democracynow.org Headlines for March 08, 2024; Katrina vanden Heuvel: Biden's Domestic Agenda — Taxes, Reproductive Rights — Undermined by Foreign Policy; Biden's SOTU on Gaza: Israeli Daughter of Freed Hostage & Palestinian American Professor Respond | Headlines for March 08, 2024; Katrina vanden Heuvel: Biden's Domestic Agenda — Taxes, Reproductive Rights — Undermined by Foreign Policy; Biden's SOTU on Gaza: Israeli Daughter of Freed Hostage & Palestinian American Professor Respond…
(2024-03-08). More Than Half a Million People (5 Lakh) Evicted in India in 2023: Report. orinocotribune.com The majority of evictions (58.7%) were conducted under the pretext of 'slum' clearance, 'encroachment' removal, or 'city beautification' initiatives, while other reasons included infrastructure projects (35%), environmental projects (4.7%), and disaster management efforts (0.7%). | The Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), in its latest report titled "Forced Evictions in India: 2022 & 2023," This report, the sixth in a series of annual publications by HLRN…
(2024-03-08). A 15-Foot Peek into Emmett Till's Casket: A Review of King: A Life. counterpunch.org 
There are reportedly 16 biographies of Dr. Martin Luther King. I have read three of them. The first is a book sanctioned by Mrs. Coretta Scott King and edited by Stanford University professor of history Dr. Clayborne Carson: The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. The second is a candidly searing book titled The Plot to Kill