Julia Conley (2024-01-10). US-led 'War on Drugs' drives explosion of violence in Ecuador. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in The prison escapes of two criminal gang leaders in Ecuador has been linked to President Daniel Noboa's decision this week to declare a 60-day "state of emergency," but one human rights expert said Wednesday that the violence that's erupted in recent days—and Ecuador's explosion in violent crime in recent years—was made inevitable by the United States-…

Caleb Crowder (2024-01-11). New Report from Leading Research and Civil Society Organizations Reveals New Information on the Arrests of Water Defenders and the State of Human Rights in El Salvador under the Bukele Administration. ips-dc.org The new report highlights the full extent of human rights abuses under the Bukele administration, as well as evidence that the Bukele administration would like to bring back mining.

Centre for Civil, Political Rights (2024-01-11). Namibia: CCPR Centre and IPPR strengthen Civil Society's role on UN human rights mechanisms. reliefweb.int Country: Namibia | Source: Centre for Civil and Political Rights | CSOs from Namibia ready to engage with the Human Rights Committee in March 2024 | Windhoek, Namibia – In a collaborative effort between the Centre for Civil and Political Rights and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), a two-day workshop unfolded in Windhoek, Namibia on 13rd and 14th December 2023. This workshop brought together 15 participants from various NGOs including at least 50% women human rights defenders. It aimed at deepening the understanding of civil society organizations on the Treaty-based Human Rights mechanisms, with…

Staff (2024-01-11). Palestinian Genocide Scholar & South African Lawyer on "Extreme Urgency" of World Court Case. democracynow.org We speak with guests in Johannesburg and Jerusalem about South Africa's landmark case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, where judges are being asked to intervene to stop a genocide. "What essentially South Africa is calling for is a ceasefire in Gaza," says South African human rights lawyer Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh. We also speak with Palestinian genocide scholar Maha Abdallah, who says there is "extreme urgency" for the world to stop the bloodshed. "The court must immediately act," Abdallah says.

Staff (2024-01-10). "Israel Is Starving Gaza": Israeli Rights Group B'Tselem Says IDF Is Using Hunger as a Weapon of War. democracynow.org Human rights groups say Israel is using starvation as a weapon in the Gaza Strip as Israel severely restricts the delivery of humanitarian aid, medicine and food supplies to millions inside the besieged and bombed territory. In a new report," Israeli human rights group B'Tselem lays out how Israel's decision to cut off electricity, water and international humanitarian aid to Gaza after a 17-year blockade against the territory has led to a very quick collapse of infrastructure. "The things that impede this provision of food for people who are starving is a declared policy by Israel,"…

Angela (2024-01-11). Thursday 1/11: Santa Clara County Human Rights Commission Meeting. indybay.org County Government Center (in auditorium) | 70 W Hedding St | San Jose, CA…

Pressenza IPA (2024-01-10). January 2024: International news agency Pressenza celebrates financial independence. pressenza.com As of January 1st, 2024, the international news agency Pressenza has launched its annual month-long financial campaign. | As is well known, the organization is an open space for grassroots expression and information, operating with a nonviolent perspective and creating mutual alliances with media and social movements, participating in a wide network of international collaboration. | The aim is to disseminate local proposals for change throughout the world, giving priority to issues of Humanism, Peace, Nonviolence, Human Rights, Disarmament, and Diversity, offering a different perspective to the bleak panorama of…

Pressenza IPA (2024-01-10). Tunisia: expulsions and arrests of sub-Saharan migrants. pressenza.com Human rights and migrants' rights organisations and collectives have raised an accusatory alert against the Tunisian government and claim that there is a repressive campaign "to satisfy European blackmail and guarantee a constant flow of financial and logistical support". | According to information shared by the Forum for Economic and Social Rights in Tunisia, the borders with Libya and Algeria, as well as in the vicinity of Sfax, one of the most populated cities in Algeria and an obligatory passage for those heading towards the Mediterranean, the repression of migrants is much more serious: violence of all kinds…

Connor Echols (2024-01-11). Why won't Biden close Gitmo? responsiblestatecraft.org

Today marks 22 years since the first set of detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. military base in Cuba. The camp, in the George W. Bush administration's telling, fell outside of the normal jurisdiction of federal courts and was thus free from pesky concerns like treating detainees humanely or charging them with crimes. | "Gitmo" quickly became a by-word for the worst excesses of the Global War on Terror, including torture and indefinite detention. By 2005, the New York Times editorial board

Editor (2024-01-11). An Ex-CIA Agent Looks Back at 22 Years of Torture at Guantánamo Bay. scheerpost.com

972mag (2024-01-10). Inside Israel's torture camp for Gaza detainees. 972mag.com Palestinians arrested in the northern Gaza Strip describe how Israeli soldiers systematically abused civilians and combatants alike.

WSWS (2024-01-11). "Goon Squad" of Mississippi sheriff deputies carried out campaign of terror and torture. wsws.org Deputies in Rankin County carried out a reign of extrajudicial torture and brutality that went ignored for years.

Caleb Crowder (2024-01-11). Nuevo Informe de Organizaciones Líderes en Investigación y de la Sociedad Civil Revela Nueva Información sobre los Arrestos de Defensores del Agua y el Estado de los Derechos Humanos en El Salvador, bajo la Administración de Bukele. ips-dc.org El nuevo informe pone de relieve el alcance de los abusos contra los derechos humanos cometidos bajo el gobierno de Bukele, así como pruebas de que su gobierno pretende reabrir la minería.

Staff (2024-01-11). Ecuador: 2 Days of Armed Violence, 14 Deaths, Several Kidnapped and Injured, Dozens Arrested (+Correa & Maduro). orinocotribune.com The deep crisis of armed violence that has taken Ecuador by storm in recent days—which has resulted in widespread chaos that especially hit the province of Guayas, leading to the government declaring a state of emergency—has left an official toll of at least 14 people dead, several injured, many others kidnapped, and widespread fires and explosions of several vehicles, alongside dozens of detainees. | Late in the night of Tuesday, January 9, members of the security directorate of the Guayaquil mayor's office confirmed the death of at least eight people, with several injured, vehicles and motorcycles i…

Karen J. Greenberg (2024-01-11). The Stubborn Legacy of America's Response to 9/11. counterpunch.org This week marks the 22nd anniversary of the opening of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, the infamous prison on the island of Cuba designed to hold detainees from this country's Global War on Terror. It's an anniversary that's likely to go unnoticed, since these days you rarely hear about the war on terror — and

Roy Eidelson (2024-01-11). Guantanamo: An Enduring Stain. counterpunch.org The infamous U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay turns 22 this month. Its ugly history now spans an entire generation. For those who might not remember, on January 11, 2002, General Richard Myers described Guantanamo's first arrivals as "people that would gnaw hydraulic lines in the back of a C-17 to bring it down" and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld chimed in, "To be in an eight-by-eight cell in beautiful, sunny Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is not inhumane."

averyr (2024-01-11). REPORT: El Salvador's State of Deception. ips-dc.org

Honduras Solidarity Network, Popular Resistance. (2024-01-11). Delegation To Honduras Launches Campaign To Indict The US, Canada. popularresistance.org Members of a ten-day US/Canada delegation hosted by the Cross Border Network of Kansas City and the Honduras Solidarity Network of North America have investigated how their two nations prioritize protecting the political, economic, and military interests of their governments and corporations over the rights and interests of the Honduran people. The delegation visited communities affected by mining and land grabbing, met with labor movement activists, and spoke with US, Canadian and Honduran officials and found that the continuing poverty, inequality, and dispossession of the Honduran people result from the crimes…

Janine Jackson (2024-01-11). 'Protest Is the Tool by Which We Realize Our Democracy' – CounterSpin interview with Chip Gibbons on the right to protest. fair.org Janine Jackson interviewed Defending Rights & Dissent's Chip Gibbons about the right to protest for the CounterSpin240105Gibbons.mp3 | Janine Jackson: The last several years have provided ample reason for public protest, and many people have been doing just that, including some who never had before. This country has a much-vaunted history of vocal public dissent, but we know that that is intertwined with a sadder history of efforts by the powerful to silence th…

Rae Hodge (2024-01-11). In Win for Reproductive Rights, FTC Bans Data Brokers From Selling Location Data. truthout.org In a significant victory for the privacy of people seeking abortion in the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission has issued a groundbreaking ban on the sale of individuals' medical location data. The FTC settlement announced on Tuesday is the first of its kind and concludes the agency's investigation into the smartphone surveillance company Outlogic (formerly X-Mode Social), which bills itself as the… |

Tom Feeley (2024-01-11). First day of ICJ hearing on South Africa's genocide case against Israel. informationclearinghouse.blog The International Court of Justice hears South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. South Africa seeks an emergency order to stop Israeli military action, citing the violation of Palestinian rights. This is the first time Israel is being tried under the UN's Genocide Convention. The court has 15 judges and deals with disputes between countries.

Maurizio Guerrero (2024-01-10). ICE May Get Its Largest Budget Ever, Signaling Surveillance Capitalism's Triumph. truthout.org Aided by electronic monitoring and data mining companies that extract, aggregate, and sell personal information from tens of thousands of private and public digital databases without the consent of individuals, the Biden administration is expanding the surveillance of immigrants to unprecedented levels — stifling dissent and political organizing and sowing fear among non-citizens and civil rights… |

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-10). San Francisco Becomes Largest US City to Back Gaza Ceasefire. truthout.org San Francisco has become the largest city in the U.S. whose elected leaders have approved legislation calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza — a resolution that Palestinian rights advocates in the city have been rallying for for weeks. The resolution passed the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in an 8 to 3 vote on Tuesday, with a veto-proof majority. It calls for a "sustained" ceasefire in… |

West Resendes (2024-01-10). Language Access is a Civil Right, For Both Children and Adults. aclu.org

Be A Hero (2024-01-11). Sunday 1/14: Be A Hero: Memorial for Ady Barkan, Activist Health Care for All & Disability Rights. indybay.org Virtual remembrance | RSVP: rememberingady.com/…

indybay (2024-01-11). Thursday 1/18: Animal Rights Rally and March for Free Palestine. indybay.org Sproul Plaza, Berkeley…

Be A Hero (2024-01-10). Sunday 1/14: Be A Hero: Memorial for Ady Barkan, Activist Health Care for All & Disability Rights. indybay.org Virtual remembrance | RSVP: rememberingady.com/…

Democracy Now! (2024-01-10). Democracy Now! 2024-01-10 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 10, 2024; Why I Resigned: Meet Tariq Habash, First Biden Appointee to Quit over U.S.-Backed Israeli War on Gaza; "Israel Is Starving Gaza": Israeli Rights Group B'Tselem Says IDF Is Using Hunger as a Weapon of War | Headlines for January 10, 2024; Why I Resigned: Meet Tariq Habash, First Biden Appointee to Quit over U.S.-Backed Israeli War on Gaza; "Israel Is Starving Gaza": Israeli Rights Group B'Tselem Says IDF Is Using Hunger as a Weapon of War…

Democracy Now! (2024-01-10). Democracy Now! 2024-01-10 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 10, 2024; Why I Resigned: Meet Tariq Habash, First Biden Appointee to Quit over U.S.-Backed Israeli War on Gaza; "Israel Is Starving Gaza": Israeli Rights Group B'Tselem Says IDF Is Using Hunger as a Weapon of War | Headlines for January 10, 2024; Why I Resigned: Meet Tariq Habash, First Biden Appointee to Quit over U.S.-Backed Israeli War on Gaza; "Israel Is Starving Gaza": Israeli Rights Group B'Tselem Says IDF Is Using Hunger as a Weapon of War…

Fredy Lizarrague, Left Voice. (2024-01-10). Argentina: Building The General Strike Against The Milei Government. popularresistance.org Since taking office last month, Javier Milei, the new far-right president of Argentina, has announced a series of economic proposals and attacks on basic democratic rights that, if implemented, will devastate the working class. In response, labor unions and the Left have called for a general strike on January 24. The Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (PTS), the sister organization of Left Voice in Argentina, is calling for the working class to take the general strike into its own hands to defeat these proposals and the entire neolibertarian regime. | Among the new proposals are changes to more than 300 laws…

WSWS (2024-01-10). John Pilger (1939-2023): A courageous anti-war journalist. wsws.org Over decades, Pilger exposed imperialist wars and intrigues, defended democratic rights and was unerring in his hostility to reporters who functioned as stenographers of governments.

WSWS (2024-01-10). Biden asks Supreme Court to give State Department sweeping power to separate immigrant families, provoking anger across Latin America. wsws.org On Friday, the US Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a case that has the potential to strip millions of undocumented immigrants and their US citizen family members of constitutional rights in the "consular process," the main mechanism through which undocumented people can legally acquire green cards.

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Myanmar OKs final road map for polls. ecns.cn Myanmar authorities approved the final road map for the pledged general election, and work will be undertaken to ensure accuracy and fairness while ensuring eligible voters don't lose out on their rights.

Leonid Savin (2024-01-10). Venezuela — Guyane : un conflit territorial. thealtworld.com Le référendum organisé le 3 décembre dans la République bolivarienne du Venezuela sur l'appartenance du territoire de l'Esequibo a montré que la majorité des citoyens de ce pays le considèrent comme une partie intégrante de leur pays et estiment nécessaire d'utiliser tous les moyens possibles pour en faire un autre État. Au cours du mois de novembre, les relations entre la Guyane, qui occupe aux deux tiers le territoire contesté d'Esequibo, et le Venezuela se sont envenimées. Les États-Unis ont également réagi, mais manifestement avec retenue, car la veille, un certain nombre de sanctions avaient été levées à l'e…

A A (2024-01-11). Russians Cry Tears of Laughter Into Their Sanctioned German Beer. strategic-culture.su

Zero Hedge (2024-01-11). Russia Is Still — by Far — the World's Most-Sanctioned Country. globalresearch.ca