(2024-03-04). War on Gaza: Israeli tanks deliberately ran over dozens of Palestinians. middleeasteye.net 
War on Gaza: Israeli tanks deliberately ran over dozens of Palestinians | In one case documented by the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor an Israeli military vehicle ran over a Palestinian man in Gaza City's Zaytoun neighbourhood | | Images and eyewitness accounts reveal that Israeli forces have crushed…
(2024-03-04). "Hands off Rafah" Rally at Israeli Embassy Disrupts DC. indybay.org Human rights activists and Palestinian Americans and people of conscious protested at the Israeli Embassy in Washington calling for ran immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Hands off Rafah.
(2024-03-04). Rohingya, the Palestinians of Southeast Asia: A Forgotten Genocide. transcend.org 27 Feb 2024 – A talk with Maung Zarni, a scholar of genocide who explains the context in which Rohingya people are so marginalised and vulnerable that they have no choice but to seek asylum in neighboring countries. How can solidarity among people of the world advocate for the human rights of victims of genocide, people fleeing political persecution, conflicts, and other human rights violations?>
(2024-03-04). US vetoes ceasefire but sends airdrops! Biden accused of double standards. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The United States' position towards the Israeli war in Gaza has been settled since Oct. 7, as the US announced several military aid packages to Tel Aviv and it stopped the ceasefire calls requested during the United Nations meetings. However, yesterday, it was heavily criticized by human rights activists.Activists questioned, "Why does the US veto ceasefire at the UN, while sending aid airdrops to the Gaza Strip?" and "Why can't the US pressure Israeli to allow the entry of aid trucks standing on the Rafah crossing?"US officials announced on March 2 the start of an American mission to send aid airdrop…
(2024-03-04). Government activities for the week 04 March to 07 March 2024. sanews.gov.za Government activities for the week 04 March to 07 March 2024 | On Monday, 04 March, the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture in partnership with the Department of Justice and Correctional Services will launch the 2024 Human Rights Month at Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre. | Also on Monday, Eastern Cape Rural Development and Agrarian Reform MEC Nonkqubela Pieters hands over industrial machines, agricultural inputs, and tools to business owners in Bathurst. | Monday also marks World Obesity Day. | From Monday, 04 March to Thursday, 7 March, the Department of Employment and Labour will be taking a basket of it…
(2024-03-04). Celebrating 30 years of human rights. sanews.gov.za Celebrating 30 years of human rights | The year 2024 coincides with several historic milestones in the nation's fight for fundamental human rights and freedoms, says Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Zizi Kodwa. | "South Africans from all walks of life will be participating in the seventh National Elections since the dawn of democracy and the country, in April, will be celebrating 30 years of democracy in South Africa," the Minister said on Monday in Pretoria. | He was addressing the launch of Human Rights Month, which is taking place under the theme: "Three Decades of Respect For and Promotion of Human Rights.
(2024-03-04). Democrats Are Embracing Border Policies They Repeatedly Condemned Under Trump. truthout.org In 2019, I stood outside a for-profit child migrant jail in the city of Homestead, Florida. I was watching then-presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris speak out against the facility, initially opened under the Obama administration and reopened under former President Donald Trump. "It's a human rights abuse being committed by the United States government," Harris said at the time… |
(2024-03-04). Israel likely to restrict Palestinians visiting Al-Aqsa in Ramadan. peoplesdispatch.org Occupation forces have attacked, detained, and killed Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in increasing numbers since the war on Gaza began on October 7…
(2024-03-04). The Weekly Round-Up: High Court disapplies Legacy Act provisions and Nicaragua files ICJ proceedings. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In international news Nicaragua has filed an application to the International Court of Justice instituting proceedings against Germany for alleged violations of its obligations under the Genocide Convention and other norms of international law in relation to the Gaza Strip. Nicaragua's application argues that by providing political, financial and military support to Israel and withdrawing …
(2024-03-04). Modi govt treating farmers like 'enemies': Cong chief Kharge. muslimmirror.com New Delhi : Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday alleged that the Narendra Modi government was "anti-farmer" and treating farmers as "enemies" for demanding their rights. His remarks come a day after farmer leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal gave a call to farmers across the nation to reach Delhi on March 6 …
(2024-03-04). Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network campaigns for ceasefire, LGBTIQ rights. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-04). Modi govt treating farmers like 'enemies': Cong chief Kharge. muslimmirror.com New Delhi : Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday alleged that the Narendra Modi government was "anti-farmer" and treating farmers as "enemies" for demanding their rights. His remarks come a day after farmer leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal gave a call to farmers across the nation to reach Delhi on March 6 …
(2024-03-04). Missouri Bill Would Put Teachers Who Use Trans Kids' Pronouns on Sex Registry. truthout.org A new bill at the Missouri House would criminalize teachers who validate a transgender child's gender by utilizing their chosen names and pronouns. "A teacher in Missouri could be charged with a felony and put on the sex offender registry for using they/them pronouns for a student. This is insane," civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo said on social media. Those found guilty under House Bill… |
(2024-03-04). Ministers considering proposals to ban MPs from engaging with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. leftfootforward.org Any such move would further undermine the Tory government's claim to be defenders of free speech and also undermine political rights.
(2024-03-04). The Complicity is Deep, Very. counterpunch.org 
In the aftermath of the bloody Hamas attack near Gaza on October 7, 2023 and the even bloodier Israeli response since that date, the ongoing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign continues. Indeed, the continuation and expansion of that campaign is even more crucial now. Any and everything we can do to support the Palestinian
(2024-03-04). Canada sanctions 6 Russians over Alexei Navalny's death. scmp.com Sanctions target 'senior officials and high-ranking employees of Russia's prosecution, judicial and correctional services'.
(2024-03-04). Canada imposes sanctions on 6 Russians over Navalny's death. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Weeks after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Canadian government announced new sanctions against six Russian officials. On Feb. 16, Russian officials announced the death of Navalny in an Arctic prison colony and kept his body for several days before allowing his family to hold the funeral, which was held in a church in Maryino on March 1, according to the opposition leader's team.Canadian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement imposing sanctions on "senior officials and high-ranking employees of Russia's prosecution, judicial and correctional services."The second day after…
(2024-03-04). Belarus, Russia's Vladimir Oblast demonstrate how to counteract sanctions. eng.belta.by Dmitry Krutoi said: "In the last two years Belarus and Vladimir Oblast came up with vivid examples of counteracting the policy of sanctions and of successful realization and execution of import-substitution projects."
(2024-03-04). Lukashenko: Belarus-Kazakhstan cooperation can overcome any obstacles. eng.belta.by In their cooperation, Belarus and Kazakhstan can tackle not only sanctions but also any other obstacles, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Belarus Yerlan Baizhanov.
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…
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, …
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…
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…
"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…
It's been a demoralising week in the UK as According to former home secretary