(2025-01-11). Blinken's Disturbing Exit Interview. popularresistance.org Biden's time in office is coming to an end, but not before a parting gift for Israel. | The State Department recently announced that it would notify Congress about another massive arms deal, this one worth $8 billion. It includes medium-range air-to-air missiles, Hellfire missiles, 500-pound bombs, and more. | The announcement comes amid a deluge of dire news out of Gaza. Flood. Famine. Extreme cold. Israel killed more than 234 Palestinians during the first 4 days of 2025. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International recently published reports saying Israel is committing genocide.
(2025-01-11). The Chris Hedges Report: The Zionists Kill Doctors in Gaza. popularresistance.org UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tàºrk said, "The protection of hospitals during warfare is paramount and must be respected by all sides, at all times." International law enshrines medical facilities as sanctuaries for those in direst need but as Dr. Rupa Marya tells host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report, Israel's attacks on hospitals amidst the ongoing genocide represent a catastrophic violation of this principle. | A professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, Marya now faces suspension for speaking out against Israel's blatant violations of inte…
(2025-01-11). SOS-defenders platform: Expose arbitrary detention of human rights defenders worldwide. fidh.org A collective of local, regional and international human rights organisations unveils SOS-Defenders, an action platform that exposes the alarming scale of arbitrary detention of human rights defenders worldwide.
Geneva, 13 December 2024. This information hub, which will progressively expand to cover more countries, has already documented 274 cases of arbitrarily detained human rights defenders across 17 countries (Bahrain, Belarus, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Iran, Jordan, (…) | – |
(2025-01-11). Canada Should Focus on Its Own Human Rights Issues. orinocotribune.com Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish pieces older than two weeks. However, an exception is being made in this case as the current article remains as relevant today as when it was first published. | By Arnold August — Dec 24, 2024 | China has decided to impose countermeasures against two Canadian organizations as well as 20 personnel from these organizations in accordance with the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law. The decision took effect on December 21, 2024. | China's measures responded to the Canadian government's Human Rights Day announcement on December 10. On a day devoted to honoring hu…
(2025-01-11). Zimbabwe's civic space in crisis: New report details growing operational obstacles and legal threats to civil society. fidh.org The ouster of President Robert Mugabe in 2017 in Zimbabwe was followed by a brief period of cautious optimism for increased civil liberties. Regrettably, that optimism has been overshadowed by persistent restrictions, with recent years marked by heightened repression, harassment, and arrests of human rights defenders. The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint programme of the International Federation for Human (…) | – |
(2025-01-11). Laos: States should ask "Where is Sombath?" at upcoming review of human rights record. fidh.org
(2025-01-11). Delegate to the United Nations- Indefinite-term contract based in FIDH Geneva office. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) composed of 188 national human rights organisations from 116 countries. FIDH is a nonpartisan, non-sectarian, apolitical, and not for profit organisation. Since 1922, FIDH has been defending all human rights — civil, political, economic, social, and cultural — as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
| You can find us on our social networks: : www.fidh.org/en (…) | – |
(2025-01-11). Milei shuts down museums memorializing victims of Argentina's military dictatorship. wsws.org Argentina's fascist President Milei seeks to erase the record of torture, disappearances and murder of tens of thousands of militant workers and youth.
(2025-01-11). Report: Gaza rescue services are on verge of shutting down due to IDF strikes. haaretz.com ISRAEL: IDF deputy chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Baram, announced that he would leave his position at the end of February ‚ñ WEST BANK: IDF detains several wanted individuals in Qabatiya ‚ñ GAZA: Report says Hamas has offered Israel to postpone resolution of Gaza deal key Issues for later stages ‚ñ YEMEN: The Israeli Air Force struck Houthi targets in northern, central Yemen, IDF says…
(2025-01-11). Report: Gaza emergency services on verge of shutting down due to IDF strikes. haaretz.com ISRAEL: IDF deputy chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Baram, announced that he would leave his position at the end of February ‚ñ WEST BANK: IDF detains several wanted individuals in Qabatiya ‚ñ GAZA: Report says Hamas has offered Israel to postpone resolution of Gaza deal key Issues for later stages ‚ñ YEMEN: The Israeli Air Force struck Houthi targets in northern, central Yemen, IDF says…
(2025-01-11). Azerbaijan: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against Rufat Safarov. fidh.org
(2025-01-11). CAIR Welcomes Call by AAP for Blinken Intervention for Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. indybay.org The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a letter from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) calling for the intervention of Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Israeli kidnapping of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a top Palestinian physician serving victims of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
(2025-01-11). Thailand : Sixth conviction of pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa under "lèse-majesté" charges. fidh.org
(2025-01-11). New Zealand government's "foreign interference" bill prepares new attacks on democratic rights. wsws.org The proposed law—which is supported by the opposition Labour Party—will be used to criminalise opposition to militarism and war, as well as other actions that are deemed to benefit "foreign powers" and to undermine the interests of New Zealand capitalism.
(2025-01-11). EU involvement in post-Assad Syria. presstv.ir The EU is considering normalizing ties with Syria's interim government, contingent on the protection of minorities and women's rights.
(2025-01-11). Palestinian solidarity activists call for 'action' in BDS boycott over Gaza. asiapacificreport.nz 
Asia Pacific Report A Palestine solidarity advocate today appealed to New Zealanders to shed their feelings of powerlessness over the Gaza genocide and "take action" in support of an effective global strategy of boycott, divestment and sanctions. "Many of us have become addicted to 'doom scrolling' — reading or watching more and more articles on…
(2025-01-11). U.S. House passes bill to sanction ICC, Poland announces protection for Netanyahu. ummid.com In another move confirming the complicity of the U.S. and its allies in the Israeli war crimes, the U.S. Congress passed a Bill seeking sanctions against the International Criminal Court while Poland says there is no bar for Netanyahu from visiting the country despite ICC warrant.
(2025-01-11). Leaving a permanent record of humanity on the moon — in 100 billion pixels. aljazeera.com 'Sanctuary on the Moon' is a lunar time capsule that provides a detailed guide to life on Earth for our future selves.
(2025-01-10). Delegate to the United Nations- Indefinite-term contract based in FIDH Geneva office. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) composed of 188 national human rights organisations from 116 countries. FIDH is a nonpartisan, non-sectarian, apolitical, and not for profit organisation. Since 1922, FIDH has been defending all human rights — civil, political, economic, social, and cultural — as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
| You can find us on our social networks: : www.fidh.org/en (…) | – |
(2025-01-10). SOS-defenders platform: Expose arbitrary detention of human rights defenders worldwide. fidh.org A collective of local, regional and international human rights organisations unveils SOS-Defenders, an action platform that exposes the alarming scale of arbitrary detention of human rights defenders worldwide.
Geneva, 13 December 2024. This information hub, which will progressively expand to cover more countries, has already documented 274 cases of arbitrarily detained human rights defenders across 17 countries (Bahrain, Belarus, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Iran, Jordan, (…) | – |
(2025-01-10). Jimmy Carter's Legacy Includes Arming and Funding the Genocide in East Timor. truthout.org We continue to reflect on Jimmy Carter's foreign policy with history professor Brad Simpson. Despite presiding over an administration that stood out for its successful championing of human rights elsewhere in the world, "in Southeast Asia, Carter really continued the policies of the Nixon and Ford administration," particularly in Indonesia, which was at the time occupying and carrying out a… |
(2025-01-10). Camp David's Failures: Why Jimmy Carter's Opposition to Israeli Apartheid Wasn't Enough to Secure Peace. democracynow.org 
The late President Jimmy Carter presided over a key landmark in the Arab-Israeli peace process, the 1979 Camp David Accords signed by Egypt and Israel. Carter's lifelong interest in resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict is an analog for his complicated legacy in foreign policy and human rights. As Seth Anziska, a professor of Jewish-Muslim relations at University College London, explains, while on one hand Carter believed that Israel's treatment of Palestinians constituted apartheid "far worse" than what he had seen in South Africa, on the other, his deep Christian faith made him fundame…
(2025-01-10). Laos: States should ask "Where is Sombath?" at upcoming review of human rights record. fidh.org
(2025-01-10). Jimmy Carter Championed Human Rights But Also Funded & Armed Indonesia's Genocide in East Timor. democracynow.org 
We continue to reflect on Jimmy Carter's foreign policy with history professor Brad Simpson. Despite presiding over an administration that stood out for its successful championing of human rights elsewhere in the world, "in Southeast Asia, Carter really continued the policies of the Nixon and Ford administration," particularly in Indonesia, which was at the time occupying and carrying out a genocide in East Timor. Simpson founded the Indonesia/East Timor Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, which provided thousands of U.S. documents to East Timor's Truth Commission in th…
(2025-01-10). Australia violated rights of asylum seekers held in Nauru, UN watchdog says. aljazeera.com UN Human Rights Committee ruling covers cases involving 25 refugees who endured years of arbitrary detention.
(2025-01-10). Historians say Jimmy Carter's human rights legacy includes grim failures. aljazeera.com While experts say the late US president set a high bar for human rights, he also had notable failings while in office.
(2025-01-10). Israeli troops arrested and abused a Palestinian human rights activist. The pretext? A video found on her phone. haaretz.com A clip of a soldier tormenting a young man with Down syndrome, found on the phone of a human rights activist and mother of seven, led to her arrest and abuse. In separate incidents, her son's coat was seized because of its color, and her daughter was ordered to remove her bra at a checkpoint. Such is the life in Hebron…
(2025-01-10). Zimbabwe's civic space in crisis: New report details growing operational obstacles and legal threats to civil society. fidh.org The ouster of President Robert Mugabe in 2017 in Zimbabwe was followed by a brief period of cautious optimism for increased civil liberties. Regrettably, that optimism has been overshadowed by persistent restrictions, with recent years marked by heightened repression, harassment, and arrests of human rights defenders. The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint programme of the International Federation for Human (…) | – |
(2025-01-10). UN Experts Slam US Bill Sanctioning ICC: "Blatant Violation of Human Rights" truthout.org A group of UN human rights experts is urging the U.S. Senate to block a bill that seeks to punish the International Criminal Court (ICC) and people affiliated with it after the body issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, condemning the bill as "dangerous" and against international law. "It is shocking to see a country that considers itself a champion of the rule of law trying to stymie… |
(2025-01-10). ONU tras reciente decisión de Meta: No es censura impedir incitación al odio. cubadebate.cu A raíz del cierre del programa de verificación de datos de Meta en Estados Unidos, el alto comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Volker Tàºrk, subrayó este viernes que las publicaciones en redes sociales que incitan al odio y la división tienen consecuencias y existe la responsabilidad de regular el contenido.
(2025-01-10). Troops beat, electrocuted Gazan detainee who exposed himself to female guard, soldier says. haaretz.com The soldier who testified to the acts defended them as proportionate, claiming the detainee repeatedly exposed his genitals to a female soldier at the Sde Teiman base. The IDF says the incidents are under investigation and denies systematic abuse of detainees…
(2025-01-10). Report: U.S., U.K. forces strike Houthi targets in northern Yemen. haaretz.com ISRAEL: Top court asks state to detail sanctions on ultra-Orthodox men who refuse army conscription ‚ñ WEST BANK: IDF detains several wanted individuals in Qabatiya ‚ñ GAZA: Gaza war toll likely significantly undercounts deaths, says study ‚ñ YEMEN: U.S., U.K. forces attack Houthi targets in northern Yemen…
(2025-01-10). Detained Without Charge: Eleven Yemenis Leave Guantánamo. globalresearch.ca On January 6, the Pentagon
(2025-01-10). Biden Urged to Pardon Immigrant Rights Leader Ravi Ragbir, Who Could Soon Be Deported. democracynow.org 
Immigrant rights activists are urging the Biden administration to pardon longtime activist Ravi Ragbir, who has been targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for potential detention and deportation since 2001. Ragbir has been subject to regular ICE check-ins for over two decades, each time facing the possibility of being taken into custody by the agency. "Once you go into that building, your family, your friends, your community don't know if you'll walk back out," says Ragbir. We speak to Ragbir, his wife Amy Gottlieb and his lawyer Alina Das about his case and why they are calling…
(2025-01-10). Azerbaijan: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against Rufat Safarov. fidh.org
(2025-01-10). Jehovah's Witness Jailed in Kyiv for Conscientious Objection to Military Service. pressenza.com Today Jehovah's Witness Volodymyr Baranov was placed to pre-trial detention by Darnitsky District Court of Kyiv, judge Olha Prosalova. The court decided he could be released on the bail 180 000 UAH. It was not a public hearing, I was denied in entering the hearings despite I provided my credentials as a journalist and member of the board of the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection. Baranov is charged in disobedience (art 402 of Criminal Code of Ukraine; the crime punishable up to 10 years of prison) after forcibly taken to military unit at –î–í– –ó. He is a bapti…
(2025-01-10). Democratic Party botches attempt to secure majority on labor law enforcement board. peoplesdispatch.org President-elect Trump's incoming administration has workers and labor advocates worried about attacks on labor rights. Frustrations have recently turned towards the Democratic Party, who, according to California Representative Ro Khanna, botched their chance to secure a majority on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for the first two years of Trump's term. | The NLRB is tasked with enforcing labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices. The board is governed by a five-person board and a general council, all of whom are appointed by the president of the United States. Therefore,…
(2025-01-10). Thailand : Sixth conviction of pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa under "lèse-majesté" charges. fidh.org
(2025-01-10). Meta's Allowance of Hate Speech Is Another Side Effect of Big Tech Monopoly. truthout.org The latest "free speech" proclamation from a Big Tech billionaire has caused both alarm and a collective eyeroll. Digital rights activists say the debate over freedom of speech and content moderation has devolved into a partisan food fight without challenging the virtual monopolies that a few wealthy companies hold over our data and online experience. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's announced on… |
(2025-01-10). US House passes ICC sanctions bill to protect Israeli war criminals. presstv.ir The US House of Representatives approves a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) officials in response to the arrest warrants that the tribunal has issued against Israeli authorities for war crimes in Gaza.
(2025-01-10). Headlines for January 10, 2025. democracynow.org Death Toll in Los Angeles Wildfires Reaches 10 as Largest Blazes Remain Uncontained, As Historic Fires Tear Through L.A., Scientists Confirm 2024 Was Hottest Year Ever Recorded, The Lancet Says Gaza Genocide Death Toll Likely 40% Higher Than Official Estimates, House Votes to Sanction International Criminal Court over Arrest Warrants for Israeli Leaders, NYU Suspends 11 Students over Peaceful Antiwar Protest, "We Are Documenting Our Genocide": Gaza Journalists Demand Int'l Media Defend Palestinian Colleagues, NYT "Chooses Silence Over Accountability" as It Refuses to Run Quaker Ad Co…
(2025-01-10). US Congress votes to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel arrest warrants. skwawkbox.org 
US again confirms its lawlessness and contempt for international law The United States Congress has voted in favour of sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a bid to shield war criminals Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant from justice. Members of the House of Representatives passed the "Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act" by 243 votes to …
(2025-01-10). US House passes bill sanctioning ICC to protect Israel. newarab.com 
The US House of Representatives have voted for the second time to sanction individuals working for the The Republican-led bipartisan