(2024-07-20). Another Professional Update on the Failed Trump Assassination — Was It a Sanctioned Plot? sonar21.com 
As promised, my old friend J. Lawrence (Larry) Cunningham agreed to do a Zoom interview with me today to discuss the latest developments on the attempt to murder Donald Trump last Saturday. Larry Cunningham did twenty years with Secret Service as an agent, in the training division, and as a supervisor responsible for safeguarding Ronald Reagan, among others. (Note — Larry headed up the Reagan detail one year after John Hinkley tried to kill Reagan.) | Brother Cunningham and I, in the immediate aftermath of the shooting last Saturday, took a cautious approach and were reluctant to suggest this was a sa…
(2024-07-20). World Report] Calls for closure of Israeli detention centre and hospital. thelancet.com Israeli medics working at Sde Teiman have spoken out over conditions and practices at the facility. Sharmila Devi reports.
(2024-07-20). Perspectives] Beatriz Grinsztejn: leading Brazil's response to HIV. thelancet.com Amid the cultural and social upheaval of the mid-1980s after Brazil's military dictatorship, Beatriz Grinsztejn found her purpose at the intersection of medicine and social justice. Dedicated to health equity, she is an infectious disease physician, researcher, and mentor who has devoted her career to HIV/AIDS prevention and care, advocating fiercely for the rights of those most affected and fighting stigma against the LGBTQIAPN+ community.
(2024-07-20). Editorial] The fertility industry: profiting from vulnerability. thelancet.com Despite major advances in securing sexual and reproductive rights globally, one aspect is continually neglected: infertility. Evolving gender norms and financial precariousness have led to delayed childbearing, which increases infertility in both males and females. An estimated one in six people are affected. However, there is insufficient awareness about fertility decline, the risk factors, and viable treatments for infertility. Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), particularly in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), help many.
(2024-07-20). New worries as polio virus detected in Gaza sewage. imemc.org 
Polio risk added to long list of crises in Gaza; Amnesty speaks out on Israeli torture, Oxfam speaks out on Israeli water weaponization; LA may hire ex-IDF soldiers to patrol streets; 1,000+ attacks on Palestinian healthcare; Ben Gvir's provocative prayer visit to Al Aqsa; Netanyahu nixes children's hospital for Gaza kids; ICC arrest warrants expected …
(2024-07-20). Rights groups hail ICJ ruling on Israel occupation of Palestine. newarab.com 
Human rights groups have hailed a "historic" Friday ruling by the The
(2024-07-20). Reports in Gaza: At least 25 people killed in series of overnight airstrikes. haaretz.com U.S. Defense Secretary Austin: Spoke to Israel counterpart about recent attack on Tel Aviv ‚ñ Two Palestinians wounded by settlers in Sha'ab al-Botum, West Bank ‚ñ Israeli settler shoots Palestinian in Hawara, West Bank, clashes erupt ‚ñ British Foreign Secretary says only UNRWA can get aid in Gaza 'at the scale needed' ‚ñ Former Palestinian PM on ICJ ruling occupation 'unlawful': World Court decision is 'historic,' calls for int'l sanctions on Israel…
(2024-07-20). Rights group: Israeli forces using 'unwarranted lethal force' in West Bank. presstv.ir A major international humanitarian organization says Israeli military forces are using "unwarranted lethal force" in the occupied West Bank.
(2024-07-20). Israel forces using 'unwarranted lethal force' in West Bank: NGO. newarab.com 
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said the first half of this year had seen a serious escalation of violence and rights violations in the Palestinian terri…
(2024-07-20). Algeria places pro-democracy activists in pre-trial detention. newarab.com 
Eight Algerian activists from The activists were arrested between July 8 and 15 in Bejaia, some 220 kilometres (136 miles) east of the capital Algiers. | Mira Mokhnache, a university professor and human rights defender, along with seven other activists were placed in pre-trial detention on Thursday by an investigating j…
(2024-07-20). Children as young as 7 'arrested' by German police at Gaza demos. newarab.com 
Berlin police is arresting children at The most recent confirmed arrest of children involved the early June detention of a 7-year-old boy for allegedly hitting an officer's helmet with his flag. In a witness statement shown to The New Arab (TNA), the boy's father said he had been carrying his son on his shoulders at a march when they suddenly found themselves surrounded by officers who lashed out…
(2024-07-20). Experts ask why authorities have failed to investigate psychological torture. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have expressed concern that authorities in Uganda cannot ably investigate and document cases of psychological torture. Alex Kigoye, the head of Programs at the African Center for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV) says that it is worrying that even when cases are reported at the Police …
(2024-07-20). We Demand the Disability Establishment End Its Relationships with War Profiteers. indybay.org Disability rights organizations go further than accepting money from war profiteers: they honor them with disability inclusion awards.
(2024-07-20). Bangla Reporter Killed in Dhaka, PEC Expresses Shock. pressenza.com Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses shock and grief over the killing of a young reporter in the Bangladesh capital during a nationwide protest demonstration against the job quota system in the South Asian nation. Hasan Mehedi (35), who worked for the Bangla digital media outlet Dhaka Times, was killed while covering the clashes that erupted between the police forces and agitating students in the Jatrabari area of Dhaka on Thursday (18 July 2024). Dhaka Times management confirmed that Hasan was killed by a bullet injury in his head. He has become the 72nd journo-…
(2024-07-20). Top US officials slam China over its 'wrong direction' helping Russia fight Ukraine. scmp.com More sanctions coming to 'tighten the screws' on Beijing if it does not reconsider its supplying Moscow with material aid in war effort.
(2024-07-20). Russia: Oleg Orlov's appeal rejected. fidh.org
(2024-07-20). Iran: Report on the human rights situation for the Universal Periodic Review. fidh.org On 17 July 2024, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) submitted a report for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Iran.
The report, jointly prepared with the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI), highlights the deteriorating human right situation in Iran since the previous UPR in November 2019.
| The report covers the following thematic areas: the judiciary and fair trial rights; the death penalty; civil society and human rights defenders; (…) | – |
(2024-07-20). Haryana Congress MLA Arrested in Major Mining Money-Laundering Case. devdiscourse.com The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has detained Haryana Congress legislator Surender Panwar in connection with an illegal mining-related money laundering case, sources revealed on Saturday.
(2024-07-20). Thailand: Killing of prominent human rights defender Roning Dolah. fidh.org
(2024-07-20). Ethiopia: Massive crackdown on civil society organisations. fidh.org The recent forced dissolution of numerous civil society organisations highlights an intensification in the restriction of civic space in Ethiopia, and constitutes a major violation of the rights to freedom of association and expression, which has harmful consequences on civil society as a whole. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) urges the Ethiopian authorities to put an immediate end to this escalating crackdown on civic space and independent domestic (…) | – |
(2024-07-20). Jefe de Estado afirma que nuevas leyes aprobadas en Cuba responden a interés público. radiohc.cu La Habana, 19 jul (RHC) El primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel señaló este viernes que las nuevas seis leyes aprobadas por la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular (Parlamento) responden a demandas de interés público y amplían los derechos de los ciudadanos del país.
(2024-07-20). Gobierno de Cuba reitera respaldo a derechos del pueblo de Palestina. radiohc.cu La Habana, 20 jul (RHC) El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez reiteró este sábado el respaldo de su país a la creación del Estado de Palestina con capital en Jerusalén Oriental y fronteras anteriores a 1967.
(2024-07-19). Saudi fitness teacher, jailed for supporting women's rights, target of sexual harassment campaign. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi fitness teacher, jailed for supporting women's rights, target of sexual harassment campaign | Sentenced to 11 years in prison over social media posts, Manahel al-Otaibi is now being followed around prison by harassers, her sister says | | Manahel al-Otaibi is a Saudi fitness instructor a…