(2024-03-01). Indigenous Human Rights Hearing In DC Scrutinizes Uranium Industry. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. — Members of the Navajo Nation, Ute Nation and Oglala Lakota Nation will testify on Wednesday during a thematic hearing on the impacts of uranium exploitation on the human rights of Indigenous peoples in the United States. The hearing is being held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and will "allow Native communities who have lived for generations with the waste from historic uranium mining and milling to hold U.S. government officials to account in a public forum," according to a press release.
(2024-03-01). Government doing all it can to improve lives. sanews.gov.za Government doing all it can to improve lives | Government is doing all it can to pursue a more just, inclusive and fundamentally transformed society, says Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Thembi Nkadimeng. | "Key to achieving this is ethical leadership in all spheres of government and in our context, in local government… [it] is at the epicentre of delivery of human rights," Nkadimeng said on Friday. | Addressing the Summit on Ethical Leadership in Local Government currently underway in Johannesburg, Nkadimeng said ethical leadership embodies integrity, accountability and a commi…
(2024-03-01). UN rapporteur accuses Israel of starving Gazans. plenglish.com Ramallah, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) The UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, accused Israel of starving to death the population of the Gaza Strip.
(2024-03-01). Syrian rights groups condemn Hiba Haj Aref's murder. newarab.com 
Syrian human rights groups have called for an investigation into the suspected murder of Hiba Suhaib Haj Aref, a Syrian activist who was found hanged at her house in Bza'a city, Hiba Suhaib Haj Aref, referred to by many as "Hiba Haj", had received multiple death threats in the preceding weeks, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) reported. According to SNHR, the police has launched an investigation into her death, but the network regretted that local authorities did not investigate the…
(2024-03-01). Headlines for March 1, 2024. democracynow.org Israeli Attacks Continue Unabated After Gaza Food Aid Massacre, 4 More Children Starve to Death, Defense Dec. Austin Refuses to Draw Line in Sand for Israel After Food Aid Massacre in Gaza, Washington's Largest Union Backs Democratic Vote for "Uncommitted" Ahead of Primary, Lebanese PM Says Gaza Ceasefire Would End Conflict on Its Border with Israel, New Jersey Community Members Warn Against Synagogue's Plan to Host Israeli Real Estate Event, Texas Judge Halts Draconian Immigration Law as Biden and Trump Make Dueling Trips to Border, Human Rights Panel Holds First U.S. Hearing on Climate C…
(2024-03-01). Western Support for Genocide in Gaza Undermines Human Rights Everywhere. truthout.org For over four months, the TVs in our homes have been broadcasting reel after reel of suffering, torture and humiliation experienced by Palestinians. It's difficult to find the words to describe what's unfolding in Gaza as Israel's violence becomes more acute, sadistic and brutal. Objective language aimed at appealing to our morality may distance us from the visceral suffering that can motivate… |
(2024-03-01). Gaza wound will not be erased from memory of world's free people: Iran FM spokesman. muslimmirror.com Tehran : Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that The wound of Gaza will not be erased from the memory of the free people of the world, and the shame of supporting and silence towards mass killing and genocide will not be erased from the foreheads of the false claimants of human rights. "More …
(2024-03-01). How To Resist The Deliberate Medical Neglect Of Our Political Prisoners. popularresistance.org Dr Joy James asked a crucial question on a Guerilla University podcast which she co-hosted with Kalonji Changa on February 13th, 2024: " How does one organize a resistance against the medical assassination of our elders behind bars?" | As abolitionists, we believe that there is no resistance without testimony and in this case without first person singular testimony about the reality of the hidden and daily torture of death by incarceration that Mumia Abu-Jamal calls slow death row. | The common denominator that links all our political prisoners is slow death row.
(2024-02-29). Corte Suprema española abre proceso contra expresidente catalán. telesurtv.net Los magistrados coinciden en que es "necesario y pertinente que sean llamados al procedimiento, a fin de ser oídos como investigados, con todos los derechos y garantías previstas en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico".
(2024-03-01). Cuba contra cualquier forma de discriminación. radiohc.cu Marzo se inicia con una importante jornada mundial para concientizar sobre el hecho de que todos los seres humanos deben gozar de los mismos derechos, sin importar su raza, género, preferencia sexual, creencias religiosas y limitaciones cognitivas.
(2024-03-01). Corte Suprema española abre proceso contra expresidente catalán. telesurtv.net Los magistrados coinciden en que es "necesario y pertinente que sean llamados al procedimiento, a fin de ser oídos como investigados, con todos los derechos y garantías previstas en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico".
(2024-03-01). Al-Qassam Spokesman Announces Death of 7 More Israeli Detainees in War on Gaza, Says Total over 70. english.almanar.com.lb 
Hamas military spox, Abu Obeidah, announced Friday the death of seven Israeli detainees in Gaza, disclosing the names of three of them as Haiim Biri, Uram Mitzger, and Amiram Yisrael Kober. Abu Obeidah indicated that the names of the rest of detainees killed by the Zionist aggression on the Strip would be disclosed later on, …
(2024-02-29). DR: 15,717 Prisoners Await Trial. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, official sources informed that jurists and university professors ask judges and prosecutors to stop abusive and excessive use of preventive detention as the main coercive measure. | RELATED: | In the New Prison Model by 2020 there were 5,567 pre-trial detainees, while in the Traditional Model there were a total of 10,761. | By 2021 there were a total of 6,174 pre-trial detainees in the New Model, while in…
(2024-03-01). Kashmiri journalist, Asif Sultan rearrested 2 days after release from 5-yr detention. muslimmirror.com Srinagar : Two days after Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan was released from a five-year detention, he has been rearrested here in another case, officials said on Friday, March 1. "Sultan was rearrested late Thursday night," the officials said. He was first arrested in an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act case in September 2018 when he was …
(2024-03-01). 4 Ways the ACLU Continues to Fight for Gender Equality. aclu.org 
In 1987, 15 years after the Women's Rights Project was established at the ACLU, March was officially designated as Women's History Month in the United States. This time is for the celebration of the women whose contributions and achievements have shaped our society. Such a celebration may feel painful at this moment, when we are facing the fall of Roe v. Wade, the Black maternal mortality crisis, as well as ongoing, systemic barriers including the gender wage gap, family policing, lack of affordable housing, and sexual harassment. Yet it is precisely at times like these we need reminders why we still fight [md…
(2024-03-01). UK: Rights groups call on Home Office to investigate 'haphazard' collection of Prevent data. middleeasteye.net 
UK: Rights groups call on Home Office to investigate 'haphazard' collection of Prevent data | A freedom of information request found police recorded data for race and religion for Prevent referrals in a minority of cases | | Police have admitted to collecting only partial data on the race and…
(2024-03-01). Law takes graft fight to private companies. ecns.cn Chinese prosecutors and judges have pledged to strengthen the fight against corruption in private firms in line with a newly revised law, so that the legitimate rights and interests of entrepreneurs can be strongly protected.
(2024-03-01). Procuratorates advance public interest litigation. ecns.cn Procuratorates in China have expanded their role in public interest litigation to safeguard the rights of specific groups, such as the elderly, disabled, women and minors.
(2024-03-01). Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network campaigns for ceasefire, LGBTIQ rights. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-01). Santa Ana, California, to vote on expanding voter access to noncitizens in 2024 elections. liberationnews.org In November last year, Santa Ana City Council passed a resolution to include a non-citizens voting measure in the 2024 elections, which will determine whether noncitizens in Santa Ana will have the right to vote in municipal elections. If passed, this measure will be a new precedent in the expansion of voting rights for a group that has been historically prevented from voting.
(2024-03-01). BDS urges boycott Moroccan couscous Dari over 'Israeli ties'. newarab.com 
"As Moroccans committed to boycott, we reject Dari marketing its products to Israeli customers who claim attachment to Moroccan culture because they support actions against Palestinians and violate their basic rights," said BDS Maroc in a statement. | Las…
(2024-03-01). With Prevent, Tories go after digital rights and Palestine. newarab.com 
It's been a demoralising week in the UK as According to former home secretary
(2024-03-01). Of Capitalism, Exclusion, and Misery in the Name of Freedom. orinocotribune.com By Raúl Antonio Capote — Feb 17, 2024 | The well-known American political scientist Francis Fukuyama, in a round table in which he participated at the Center for Public Studies of Chile, on November 13, 1992, stated that he believed that "authentic Leninists" no longer existed. | He explained that he was convinced of that until he gave a talk to an audience of 300 communist militants. "When I told them 'surely, you will not be willing to abolish freedom of expression, freedom of religion, private property and other individual rights,'" said Fukuyama, "they answered 'yes, we are willing.'" | It is worth askin…
(2024-03-01). British Columbia's NDP follows hard-right Ford government in denying basic rights to gig workers. wsws.org Bill 48, presented by the NDP at a press conference last November, will ensure that workers on ride-hailing and food delivery apps continue to earn well below the minimum wage, have no benefits, and are denied most rights available to workers employed in other sectors.
(2024-03-01). President suspends Deputy Minister Peters. sanews.gov.za President suspends Deputy Minister Peters | President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed Deputy Minister of Small Business Development, Dipuo Peters, of his decision to suspend her. | In a statement on Friday, the Presidency said the Deputy Minister has been informed of her suspension in writing. | The decision follows a sanction adopted by Parliament's Joint Committee on Ethics and Members Interests against the Deputy Minister. | The Committee found that Peters had breached the Code of Ethical Conduct in her former portfolio as Minister of Transport. | Consequently, Peters was sanctioned and suspended for one term.
(2024-02-29). Russia Will Soon Become the World's 4th Largest Economy: Putin. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, President Vladimir Putin presented his annual report to the Assembly of the Russian Federation, where he highlighted that his country has managed to maintain a thriving economy despite Western sanctions related to the Ukrainian special military operation. | RELATED: | In his address to both legislative chambers, he highlighted the role of Russian workers, who have demonstrated their ability to tackle the mo…
(2024-02-29). United States Dismantles Stolen Plane to Venezuela. telesurenglish.net The United States (US) government scrapped the Venezuelan plane seized from the Cargo del Sur Transport Company (Emtrasur), a subsidiary of the state-owned Conviasa. | RELATED: | The plane had been retained since June 2022 by the Argentine government. The main reason for its seizure was its membership of Iranian corporation, Mahan Air, to which the US had imposed sanctions for alleged financing of terrorist groups. | Si…
(2024-03-01). Nuevo Resort solo para adultos en Cayo Cruz. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) Blue Diamond Resorts Cuba anuncia la inauguración de Sanctuary White Sands, programada para hoy, una adición innovadora a su exclusiva cartera de propiedades todo incluido para adultos…