Stewart Lawrence(2024-09-04). Big Tobacco Seizes Upon Biden's Menthol Cigarette Ban to Try to Drive a Wedge Between Harris and Black Voters.counterpunch.org Some conservatives think they've found a slick new way to keep straying African-American voters from returning to the Democratic fold: Attack the Biden administration's proposed ban on menthol cigarettes as a crackdown on African-American consumer "rights" and "freedom" — and an assault on Black "pride." It sounds far-fetched — isn't cigarette smoking a major public health
Juliette Rousselot(2024-09-02). Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh: Government must hold perpetrators accountable, ensure justice and reparation for victims, survivors, and their families.fidh.org A Joint Statement by the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Capital Punishment Justice Project, the International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Maayer Daak, Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) in commemoration of the International (…) | – |
Hugo GABBERO(2024-09-02). Turkey: Joint trial observation report on the case of Kurdish human rights defenders and IHD members Eren Keskin and Güllistan Yarkın.fidh.org In a joint report, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders—a partnership between the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)—and the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) present findings from the judicial observation of the first hearing in the trial of Eren Keskin and Güllistan Yarkın, from the Human Rights Association (IHD). Both were accused of "publicly denigrating the Turkish Nation" (…) | – |
Alina Ramos Martin(2024-09-02). China calls statements on Xinjiang false and interfering.plenglish.com Beijing, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) The spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Mao Ning, rejected U.S. statements on human rights in Xinjiang, which she described as false and interventionist.
MEE correspondent(2024-09-02). Algeria: A presidential election in a climate of repression.middleeasteye.net Algeria: A presidential election in a climate of repression | After the brief 'breath of freedom' of the Hirak, the mandate of Abdelmadjid Tebboune, candidate for re-election in September, has been marked by human rights violations | | A student-led anti-government demons…
Juliette Rousselot(2024-09-02). Joint Letter: Requesting urgent action towards UN human rights monitoring and investigation in Bangladesh.fidh.org International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) joins 12 other human rights organisations in an open letter calling on United Nations (UN) member states to take immediate steps to ensure an independent investigation and accountability into human rights violations committed in Bangladesh and to prevent further human rights violations, including by ensuring that the UN Human Rights Council establishes an independent mechanism with a comprehensive mandate to investigate, collect, store and (…) | – |
UMMID(2024-09-02). A Tribute to A.G. Noorani.ummid.com In the demise of A.G. Noorani, India has lost a great advocate of human rights today. I personally offer my humble tribute.
Andrea GIORGETTA(2024-09-02). Laos: Government fails in follow-up review of key civil and political rights.fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Lao Movement for Human Rights (LMHR) welcome the assessment by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee (CCPR), which gave the Lao government low grades concerning the implementation of the committee's recommendations on enforced disappearances and participation in public affairs and the right to vote. Paris, 15 August 2024. On 6 August 2024, the CCPR released its report on the follow-up to the Concluding Observations it (…) | – |
Hugo GABBERO(2024-09-02). India: Release Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, arbitrarily detained for 1,000 days.fidh.org Indian authorities have arbitrarily detained Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez for over 1,000 days. Khurram remains incarcerated in a maximum-security prison in Delhi, India, in reprisal for his vital and commendable human rights work. The undersigned organisations, incuding FIDH and OMCT in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defendrs, call once again for his immediate and unconditional release. We further demand an end to the Indian (…) | – | / |
Hugo GABBERO(2024-09-02). Greece: Continued judicial harassment of migrants' rights defender Panayote Dimitras.fidh.org The recent summons by the Athens Magistrate marks a new development in Mr Dimitras' long history of judicial harassment, this time also prospecting the criminal prosecution of his wife, constituting a major violation of their right to defend human rights as well as of the recently adopted European Union (EU) anti-SLAPP Directive. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) urges the Greek authorities to put an immediate end to this practice of harassment and to (…) | – |
newarab(2024-09-02). Israeli forces continue devastating assault on West Bank's Jenin.newarab.com Israeli soldiers stormed the village of Deir Abu Deif, east of Jenin, early Monday and detained two young men. Another man from the town of Yamoun and former prisoner Yahya Al-Zubaidi were also detained. | Two Palestinians were killed on Sunday near the city…
Dd Geopolitics, X.(2024-09-02). Professor Danny Shaw Becomes Latest Victim Of Assault On Free Speech.popularresistance.org Professor Danny Shaw, a former Madison Square Garden heavyweight championship boxer, was detained and interrogated by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Chicago's O'Hare Airport (ORD). Professor Shaw was returning from the Free Palestine Film Festival in London. He was invited to the festival because of his being fired by New York City's John Jay College of Criminal Justice for his vocal opposition to the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza. For three hours, Chicago-based federal agents grilled Professor Shaw. Agents from the FBI's Chicago Field Office pressed Shaw about his activities at home and a…
Apache Stronghold(2024-09-02). Apache Stronghold Welcomed at Martin Luther King's Alabama Church.indybay.org MONTGOMERY, Alabama ⚪ The Apache Stronghold made a stop on their Journey of Prayer to the Supreme Court in the city of Montgomery, Alabama, the birthplace of the civil rights movement and home of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. first served as a full-time pastor.
Ana Luisa Brown(2024-09-02). Syria appreciates Cuba's support to the Palestinian people.plenglish.com Damascus, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) The ambassador of the State of Palestine in Syria, Samir Al-Rifae, today expressed gratitude to the Cuban government and people for their historic and firm support to the struggle of the Palestinian people for the recovery of their legitimate rights.
JANET(2024-09-01). Normalization of genocide in Gaza and where to look for change.iacenter.org By Sara Flounders August 29, 2024 This article is based on a talk on a webinar of the Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain, titled: "Gaza Genocide: Escalating Tragedy and the Role of Normalization in Fueling the Suffering," held on Aug.26. Flounders spoke on behalf of the International Action Center. New York, Oct. 9, 2023. The "Normalization of Genocide" is not an oversight. It is not just ignoring this horrendous and daily "Crime Against Humanity" in Gaza today. It is a systematic U.S., British and European Union policy of conscious erasure of practically all discussion and information of this crime. I…
MEE staff(2024-09-01). Anti-government protests sweep Israel as ceasefire deal stalls.middleeasteye.net Anti-government protests sweep Israel as ceasefire deal stalls | Hundred of thousands of Israelis take to the streets amid mounting anger at Netanyahu government over handling of captives in Gaza | | Israeli Police officers detain a protester during clashes following an anti-government rally cal…
IMEMC News(2024-09-01). Israeli Army Abducts 36 Palestinians In West Bank.imemc.org The Israeli army abducted at least 36 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, especially in Hebron, overnight until morning hours, Sunday. In a joint statement, the Palestinians Prisoners' Society and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said Israeli soldiers abducted at least 110 in the occupied West Bank, especially in Hebron …
Dr. Anu Kumar(2024-09-01). The Right's Anti-Abortion Agenda Could Have Impacts Around the World.truthout.org It has been two years since the US Supreme Court blew up federal protection for abortion, handing states the power to enact abortion bans and realising the decades-long fever-dream of anti-rights actors. Though a minority in the US, these extremists are loud and determined and won't stop at our borders. Their plans for the future are outlined in Project 2025, which is already being… |
Prabhat Patnaik(2024-09-01). The criminality of unilateral sanctions.mronline.org DURING Modi's visit to Ukraine (why he visited Ukraine at all at the present time remains a mystery), Zelensky asked India not to purchase fuel from Russia in violation of western sanctions, that is, to fall in line with the "unilateral" western sanctions.
Some conservatives think they've found a slick new way to keep straying African-American voters from returning to the Democratic fold: Attack the Biden administration's proposed ban on menthol cigarettes as a crackdown on African-American consumer "rights" and "freedom" — and an assault on Black "pride." It sounds far-fetched — isn't cigarette smoking a major public health 
Algeria: A presidential election in a climate of repression | After the brief 'breath of freedom' of the Hirak, the mandate of Abdelmadjid Tebboune, candidate for re-election in September, has been marked by human rights violations | | A student-led anti-government demons…
A Palestinian father-of-seven from The CDA and th…
Israeli soldiers stormed the village of Deir Abu Deif, east of Jenin, early Monday and detained two young men. Another man from the town of Yamoun and former prisoner Yahya Al-Zubaidi were also detained. | Two Palestinians were killed on Sunday near the city…
A former head of Major Abd al-Rahman Milad, also known as Al-Bidja, was killed Sunday in the town of Sayyad, 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of the capital 
Anti-government protests sweep Israel as ceasefire deal stalls | Hundred of thousands of Israelis take to the streets amid mounting anger at Netanyahu government over handling of captives in Gaza | | Israeli Police officers detain a protester during clashes following an anti-government rally cal…
The Israeli army abducted at least 36 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, especially in Hebron, overnight until morning hours, Sunday. In a joint statement, the Palestinians Prisoners' Society and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said Israeli soldiers abducted at least 110 in the occupied West Bank, especially in Hebron …
DURING Modi's visit to Ukraine (why he visited Ukraine at all at the present time remains a mystery), Zelensky asked India not to purchase fuel from Russia in violation of western sanctions, that is, to fall in line with the "unilateral" western sanctions.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry criticized U.S.-led efforts to spread misinformation about the Venezuelan presidential elections held in July.