(2024-03-11). Gaza prison torture by Israel worse than Guantanamo: monitor. newarab.com 
Israeli detention centres have become worse than Guantanamo Bay prison as Palestinians in these prisons are suffering from "shameful forms" of torture, degrading treatment, and the deprivation of their most basic human rights, Euro-Med says. | Thousands of Palestinians have been rounded up from Gaza since the start of the war on 7 October, with hundreds kept in unknown locatio…
(2024-03-11). The abolition of slavery in Mauritania. pressenza.com By the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, international conventions denounce and prohibit the enslavement of human beings. They have been ratified by every state in the world. However, despite these treaties, some states continue to practice slavery. The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is regularly singled out for this. Pressenza spoke to Diko Hanoune, President of the Association of Mauritanian Haratines in Europe. | 1- You are the President of the Association of Mauritanian Haratines, could you tell us about your organization?: | I would like to thank Pressenza for allowing me to express myself…
(2024-03-11). Roaming Billboards Bring Gazan Reality and More to the Streets. indybay.org Since the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7 and the massive and sustained invasion of Gaza by the IDF, the world has seen Palestinian and human rights activists protesting daily calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. | Activists have employed any number of means to convey their message including the use of mobile LED billboards permanently mounted on a truck that can roam the city bringing its messages to the public.
(2024-03-11). Governments exploited public health emergencies to violate human rights and gain extraordinary powers during covid era, says World Council for Health. expose-news.com To raise awareness of what constitutes an emergency and countries' obligations, last month World Council for Health published a 'Legal Brief on Preventing the Abuse of Public Health Emergencies'. The document explains …
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(2024-03-11). Lebanon threatens to deport Syrian opposition activist. newarab.com 
Syrian opposition activist and researcher Sheikh Jumaa Lehib was handed a deportation order on Wednesday, 6 February, from Lebanon to Syria amid a more significant crackdown on Syrian refugees in Lebanon. | Lehib is an opposition activist who was arrested in Syria during the country's 2011 revolution and is currently the head researcher with the opposition party Syrian Future Movement. | He was given an order to return to Syria by 6 April by Lebanese General Security when he went to renew his residency, despite his registered status with the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). | Activists and human rights monitors have…
(2024-03-11). Leila Khaled — an icon for women's emancipation, Palestinian struggle and international solidarity. greenleft.org.au 
South Africans are deeply disturbed by the character assassination and threats levelled against Leila Khaled, an icon of anti-colonial struggle, writes South African human rights activist, Salim Vally.
(2024-03-11). Iron bars, electric shocks, dogs and cigarette burns: How Palestinians are tortured in Israeli detention. middleeasteye.net 
Iron bars, electric shocks, dogs and cigarette burns: How Palestinians are tortured in Israeli detention | | Men detained by Israeli forces since the start of the war are returning to Gaza with harrowing accounts of mock executions, constant beatings and humiliating mistreatment | Palestinian me…
(2024-03-11). Turkey detains 33 accused of plotting attacks before polls. newarab.com 
Turkish police detained 33 people suspected of ties to the Islamic State (IS) group who were allegedly preparing attacks ahead of the country's The suspects were "preparing and searching for action before the upcoming local elections," he posted on X, formerly Twitter. | Nationwide elections are due to be held on March 31. | Counter-terrorism police in Sakarya in northwest Turkey recovered weapons, cash and "organisational documents" d…
(2024-03-11). Egypt: Mada Masr journalist briefly detained during reporting trip to Ras el-Hekma. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt: Mada Masr journalist briefly detained during reporting trip to Ras el-Hekma | Investigative reporter Rana Mamdouh was travelling to report on a coastal town earmarked for a major UAE development deal | | Rana Mamdouh was released on a bail after her arrest, according to Mada Masr (X) | An
(2024-03-11). Netanyahu orders preparation of thousands of detention facilities! albawaba.com ALBAWABA – A statement from the Israeli Government Press Office claims that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the immediate preparation of thousands of prison facilities.Netanyahu gave the Ministries of National Security, Defense, and Finance instructions to set up the facilities as soon as possible at a meeting with ministers in Tel Aviv.Additionally, the statement stated that projections from the Israeli army and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) suggest that thousands of people will be arrested and incarcerated in Gaza and the occupied West Bank during the course of 2024. Approximately…
(2024-03-11). The Weekly Round-up: Trump on the ballot, government defeats in the House of Lords, and abortion a constitutional right. ukhumanrightsblog.com In UK news The government has suffered defeats in the House of Lords, as the peers voted through ten amendments to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. The amendments included: Labour's Lord Coaker, the Speaker for the Opposition, has confirmed that the House of Lords will not block the bill. Lord Coaker did …
(2024-03-11). Sri Lankan police attack student protests against austerity measures. wsws.org These violent attacks on students, with water cannons, tear gas and batons, are part of the Wickremesinghe government's assault on the democratic and social rights of the working class.
(2024-03-11). Comicomment: Who is stirring up the South China Sea?>. ecns.cn The "Maritime Zones Act" approved by the Senate of the Philippines has attempted to further enforce the illegal arbitral award on the South China Sea by domestic legislation and include China's Huangyan Dao, most islands and reefs of China's Nansha Qundao, and their adjacent waters into its maritime zones, which severely violates China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea.
(2024-03-11). US sanctions are killing Venezuelans. greenleft.org.au 
Andreína Chávez Alava writes that while it is not possible to fully grasp the damage caused by United States sanctions against the Venezuelan people, all the evidence points to one simple truth: sanctions kill and will continue to do so.