(2023-06-01). Boric Embraces Trump's Attacks on Venezuela: Evo Morales. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Bolivia's former President Evo Morales rejected statements made against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by Chilean President Gabriel Boric. | RELATED: | During the summit of South American presidents held in Brasilia on Tuesday, Boric said that the Venezuelan human rights situation is not a "narrative construction" but a "serious reality", which he has personally appreciated "in the eyes and in the pain o…
(2023-06-01). Colombia: Murder of Human Rights Defenders Increased by 42 Pct. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the We Are Defenders organization released a report showing that 197 social leaders and human rights defenders were killed in 2022. | RELATED: | "We are especially concerned about the 42 percent increase in murders in 2022 compared to 2021… In addition, there were 840 attacks of different types, which show the diversity of violent acts that social leaders face," the Somos Defensores Coordinator Lo…
(2023-06-01). Ukraine, Human Rights, and International Law, with Alfred de Zayas. mintpressnews.com You can indict Vladimir Putin over war crimes in Ukraine. But if you do, you'd better indict Joe Biden as well. That is the message that Professor Alfred de Zayas, world-renowned human rights and international law expert, gave "MintCast" host Alan MacLeod on today's episode of the series. | A Swiss-American lawyer, academic and United Nations official with over 50 years' experience in the field of human rights, de Zayas joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about international law and Ukraine, U.S. sanctions, whistleblowers, the successes and failures of the United Nations and its bodies, and the growth of a new…
(2023-06-01). Saturday 6/3: Pakistan: Stop human rights violation, call for democracy. indybay.org 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco…
(2023-06-01). Justice For Forced Sterilization Cases During Fujimori Dictatorship. popularresistance.org After almost six months of a coup regime that has murdered over 80 people during continuous protests against the illegal ouster of President Pedro Castillo, survivors of another case of human rights abuses may finally be seeing justice. On May 19th, former dictator Alberto Fujimori was summoned virtually from Penal de Barbadillo (where Pedro Castillo is also imprisoned on preventative detention) by the Chilean Supreme Court for the cases of forced sterilization during his regime in the 1990s. Between 1996 and 2000, approximately 270,000 women and 22,000 men were forcibly sterilized under the dictatorship's "famil…
(2023-05-31). Ugandan Rights Activist: U.S. Conservatives Exported Anti-LGBTQ Hate That Led to "Kill the Gays" Law. democracynow.org 
We go to Kampala, Uganda, to discuss the impact of one of the most draconian anti-LGBTQ laws in the world, just signed by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. The new law makes same-sex relationships punishable by life imprisonment. Some LGBTQ people could receive the death sentence. Homophobia in Uganda is heavily influenced by American evangelists, who function as "exporters of hate," notes Pepe Onziema, a Ugandan human rights activist, causing LGBTQ Ugandans to "end up as collateral damage."…
(2023-05-31). Despite Commission of Sins that Would Please Lucifer, Director of National Intelligence is Billed as Woman of Great Integrity After Winning Leadership Award at "Washington Oscars" covertactionmagazine.com Avril Haines receives major leadership award despite having helped perpetrate the Russia Gate hoax, sanctioned drone assassinations, falsified intelligence, and covered up torture. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines was the big star of a gala awards ceremony hosted by the Atlantic Council that was touted as the "Washington Oscars." The Atlantic Council is a …
(2023-05-31). Ukrainian Police Tortured Kherson Residents for 'Ties with Russia'. orinocotribune.com The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has reportedly set up torture chambers in two police stations in Kherson — Dnieper and Komsomolsk — to deal with people who, according to the SBU, collaborated with the Russian authorities, a representative of law enforcement agencies, citing a source in the Ukrainian National Police, told Sputnik. | "The Dnieper Police Department is mainly staffed by Ukrainians. The unit is headed by Grigory Nikolaevich Nevkryty, the head of the Strategic Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kherson, with Alexander Priveda as his deputy. Senior officers…
(2023-06-01). Reportan aumento de asesinatos a líderes colombianos en 2022. telesurtv.net El año pasado se reportaron durante el gobierno de Iván Duque (1° de enero- 6 de agosto) unos 481 ataques a líderes.
(2023-06-01). UK Police Detain Journalist Kit Klarenberg Over 'Political Views'. popularresistance.org UK counter-terrorism police detained journalist Kit Klarenberg upon his arrival in his home country from Belgrade, Serbia, on 17 May, subjecting him to an extended interrogation over his "political views" and his reporting. | Klarenberg has written extensively for The Cradle, exposing London's many covert operations in West Asia. | According to The Grayzone, six plainclothes police were waiting for him outside his plane, promptly moving him to a back room and informing him of his detention under Schedule Three, Section Four of the 2019 Counter-Terrorism and Border Act.
(2023-06-01). Artificial Intelligence "Godfathers" Call for Regulation as Rights Groups Warn AI Encodes Oppression. democracynow.org 
We host a roundtable discussion with three experts in artificial intelligence on growing concerns over the technology's potential dangers. Yoshua Bengio, known as one of the three "godfathers of AI," is a professor at the University of Montreal and founder and scientific director at Mila–Quebec AI Institute. Bengio is also a signatory of the Future of Life Institute open letter calling for a pause on large AI experiments. He is joined on Democracy Now! by Tawana Petty, the director of policy and advocacy at the Algorithmic Justice League, an organization dedicated to raising awareness abou…
(2023-06-01). DeSantis, Trump compete over who is the bigger fascist. wsws.org The two leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are threatening, as part of a war against socialism, to destroy democratic rights embedded in the US Constitution.
(2023-06-01). Water Wars: Drought, Disputes, and Deadly Skirmishes Between Iran and the Taliban. libya360.wordpress.com F.M. Shakil Recent border clashes have escalated tensions to a critical point between the Islamic Republic and the Taliban over Iran's unfulfilled water rights. Do the Taliban have a deeper motive, and what are their demands? Long spells of drought in Afghanistan and southeastern Iran have reignited a decades-old dispute between the two countries over the…
(2023-05-31). University of Washington students hear Carlos Montes speak on immigrant rights and Chicano power. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA- On May 25, 60 students and community members gathered at the Ethnic and Cultural Center of UW Seattle to listen to the experiences of longtime organizer Carlos Montes. Carlos Montes is a nationally recognized leader in the Chicano, immigrant rights and anti-war movements. He co-founded the Brown Berets, a Chicano youth organization, in the late 1960s and was a key figure in the Chicano Blowouts, a series of high school walkouts protesting racism and inequality. Today, Carlos Montes is an active and well know community leader in East Los Angeles. | Montes opened the event with a story about how he he…
(2023-05-31). Green Left News Podcast Ep 9: 'Ocean heat bomb', children in prisons & Thai elections. greenleft.org.au Green Left journalist Isaac Nellist and refugee rights activist Chloe DS go through the latest news from Australia and around the world. Music and editing by LittleArcherBeats.
(2023-05-31). A Surprising Win for Animal Rights — and Democracy. otherwords.org It's an odd marketing strategy for an industry to assail its own consumers. | Yet, that's what the monopolistic meatpacking industry — led by such huge conglomerates as Tyson, Smithfield, JBS, and Hormel, which control nearly 70 percent of America's pork market — is doing. | "Just shut up and eat your bacon," the industry shrieks. | The target of their corporate tantrum is the growing grassroots movement of consumers, animal rights advocates, farmers, chefs, retailers, and others who are dismayed and disgusted by Big Pork's profiteering on animal cruelty. | "None of your business!" shout the executive…
(2023-05-31). Restoring The Land Rights Of The Garifuna African People Of Honduras. popularresistance.org The ages-long severe oppression of descendants of West African slaves in Honduras has yet to receive wide attention. The Garifuna African people in Honduras are increasingly being denied their lands and livelihoods by the Honduran government and the multilateral institutions of the Global North. The plight of the Garifuna African people and their fight to restore their lands and livelihoods should no longer be left only to them to face, especially considering their small population of about 300,000. Continental Africans and those in the diaspora should raise awareness about the case. The Garifuna people are a par…
(2023-05-31). Smart Ass Cripple: The Right to Not be Shocked. progressive.org One would think that among the basic civil rights disabled people should have is the right to not be shocked.
(2023-06-01). Water Wars: Drought, Disputes, and Deadly Skirmishes Between Iran and the Taliban. libya360.wordpress.com F.M. Shakil Recent border clashes have escalated tensions to a critical point between the Islamic Republic and the Taliban over Iran's unfulfilled water rights. Do the Taliban have a deeper motive, and what are their demands? Long spells of drought in Afghanistan and southeastern Iran have reignited a decades-old dispute between the two countries over the…
(2023-05-31). University of Washington students hear Carlos Montes speak on immigrant rights and Chicano power. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA- On May 25, 60 students and community members gathered at the Ethnic and Cultural Center of UW Seattle to listen to the experiences of longtime organizer Carlos Montes. Carlos Montes is a nationally recognized leader in the Chicano, immigrant rights and anti-war movements. He co-founded the Brown Berets, a Chicano youth organization, in the late 1960s and was a key figure in the Chicano Blowouts, a series of high school walkouts protesting racism and inequality. Today, Carlos Montes is an active and well know community leader in East Los Angeles. | Montes opened the event with a story about how he he…
(2023-05-31). Green Left News Podcast Ep 9: 'Ocean heat bomb', children in prisons & Thai elections. greenleft.org.au Green Left journalist Isaac Nellist and refugee rights activist Chloe DS go through the latest news from Australia and around the world. Music and editing by LittleArcherBeats.
(2023-05-31). A Surprising Win for Animal Rights — and Democracy. otherwords.org It's an odd marketing strategy for an industry to assail its own consumers. | Yet, that's what the monopolistic meatpacking industry — led by such huge conglomerates as Tyson, Smithfield, JBS, and Hormel, which control nearly 70 percent of America's pork market — is doing. | "Just shut up and eat your bacon," the industry shrieks. | The target of their corporate tantrum is the growing grassroots movement of consumers, animal rights advocates, farmers, chefs, retailers, and others who are dismayed and disgusted by Big Pork's profiteering on animal cruelty. | "None of your business!" shout the executive…
(2023-05-31). Restoring The Land Rights Of The Garifuna African People Of Honduras. popularresistance.org The ages-long severe oppression of descendants of West African slaves in Honduras has yet to receive wide attention. The Garifuna African people in Honduras are increasingly being denied their lands and livelihoods by the Honduran government and the multilateral institutions of the Global North. The plight of the Garifuna African people and their fight to restore their lands and livelihoods should no longer be left only to them to face, especially considering their small population of about 300,000. Continental Africans and those in the diaspora should raise awareness about the case. The Garifuna people are a par…
(2023-05-31). Smart Ass Cripple: The Right to Not be Shocked. progressive.org One would think that among the basic civil rights disabled people should have is the right to not be shocked.
(2023-05-31). Dozens of GoFundMe Users Seek Funds to Flee States Passing Transphobic Laws. scheerpost.com 
(2023-06-01). South Sudan Regrets UNSC Extension of Arms Embargo. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, South Sudan regretted the renewal of the arms embargo and sanctions by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). | RELATED: | "We have regretted and objected to any renewal of the sanction because this is unjustified; this was done in bad faith and ill intention under the spotlight of being a state with a lot of abuses," said Deng Dau Deng, South Sudan's acting minister of foreign affairs. | On Tuesday, the U…
(2023-06-01). When Will The United States Join The Global Call To End The Ukraine War? popularresistance.org When Japan invited the leaders of Brazil, India and Indonesia to attend the G7 summit in Hiroshima, there were glimmers of hope that it might be a forum for these rising economic powers from the Global South to discuss their advocacy for peace in Ukraine with the wealthy Western G7 countries that are militarily allied with Ukraine and have so far remained deaf to pleas for peace. | But it was not to be. Instead, the Global South leaders were forced to sit and listen as their hosts announced their latest plans to tighten sanctions against Russia and further escalate the war by sending U.S.-built F-16 warplanes to…
(2023-05-31). CEPR Sanctions Watch May 2023. cepr.net In this edition of Sanctions Watch, covering May 2023: Local civil society leaders call for the release of central bank assets to Afghanistan; Members of Congress urge Biden to address migration by easing sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela; Five years since Trump's withdrawal from nuclear deal, scholars say "maximum pressure" on Iran has failed; US …