(2023-06-03). Saturday 6/3: Pakistan: Stop human rights violation, call for democracy. indybay.org 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco…
(2023-06-02). Uganda's Controversial 'Anti-Homosexuality Act' Includes Possibility of Death Sentence. scheerpost.com 
United Nations Human Rights tweeted that they were "appalled that the draconian and discriminatory anti-gay bill is now law. It is a recipe for systematic violations of the rights of LGBT people & the wider population."
(2023-06-02). Report: Private Security Firm G4S To Divest From Israel. popularresistance.org Private security firm G4S is to divest completely from Israel, the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement reported yesterday in an announcement billed as a "major win for human rights activism against corporate complicity." G4S' parent company, Allied Universal, is said to have sold all its remaining business in apartheid Israel following years of campaigns waged by the BDS movement for Palestinian rights. | G4S suffered serious "reputational damage" and lost lucrative investment contracts because of pro-Palestine activism. Several other human rights campaigns have also targeted G4S over what campaigners h…
(2023-06-02). People's Health Tribunal Finds Shell and Total Energy Guilty of Harming African Communities. towardfreedom.org During a People's Health Tribunal, environmental, health, and human rights activists deplored extractive corporations in Africa for exploiting natural resources and for sowing poverty and disease. Peoples Health Dispatch reports.
(2023-06-02). Deadly violence against Colombia's social leaders persists. colombiareports.com Colombia's human rights defenders and community leader continue to suffer widespread aggression despite government promises to curb the violence, according to a human rights organization. In it's annual report, NGO…
(2023-06-02). Communist Party of Swaziland to launch campaign for release of its member Mvuselelo Mkhabela and other political prisoners. peoplesdispatch.org 21-year-old Mvuselelo Mkhabela, a Central Committee member of the banned Communist Party of Swaziland, who had continued organizing anti-monarchist resistance underground after escaping police custody with a bullet wound, was arrested in April and tortured again…
(2023-06-03). Presidente Petro acepta renuncia de dos altos funcionarios. telesurtv.net Petro aseguró que su Gobierno respeta los derechos humanos y no realiza interceptaciones ilegales de comunicaciones de magistrados, periodistas u opositores, como pasaba en otras épocas.
(2023-06-03). Féminas estadounidenses no reciben adecuada atención a su salud sexual y reproductiva, asegura la ONU. cubadebate.cu Millones de mujeres y niñas de Estados Unidos encaran un preocupante deterioro de la atención de la salud sexual y reproductiva, tras la anulación del derecho constitucional al aborto, denunció este viernes el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU.
(2023-06-03). Cessation of Violence in Senegal Called by AU Commission. telesurenglish.net Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, advocated for the discontinuation of violent activities within Senegal. | Related: | Faki extended an invitation to Senegalese stakeholders to engage in dialogue with the aim of resolving their differences. | The chairperson of the AU Commission issued a statement urging the authorities of Senegal to uphold the rights of citizens to freely expres…
(2023-06-02). CovertAction Bulletin: Culture Wars, U.S. Imperialism & Pride Month. covertactionmagazine.com Pride month is here in the U.S. It's a time for LGBTQ people to celebrate, to build community, to honor our elders, and to continue the tradition of protest for recognition, safety and equal rights. In the face of "don't say gay" laws, book bans, street harassment, attacks on trans athletes and drag shows and laws targeting trans healthcare and even families who provide gender-affirming care for trans children, Pride has a stronger meaning and spirit behind it this year…
(2023-06-02). Unions can still strike—don't let the Supreme Court tell you otherwise. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters Local 174 is outrageous—valuing property over workers' rights. But it could have been much worse. | Unions still have the right to strike. Employers still can't generally sue unions in state court for losses caused by strikes. But the decision does open the door to whittling away those rights more in t…
(2023-06-02). Headlines for June 2, 2023. democracynow.org Senate Approves Debt Deal Limiting Domestic Spending and Rolling Back Climate Protections, Senate Votes to Rescind Biden's Student Debt Relief Plan, Russia Fires More Missiles at Kyiv Amid Fresh Cross-Border Attacks from Ukraine, U.N. Warns Foundering Black Sea Grain Deal Could Exacerbate Food Crisis, Zelensky Presses EU and NATO to Grant Ukraine Membership; China Calls for Peace Talks, Protesters Disrupt Arms Convention as Canadian Defense Minister Touts Cybersecurity Plans, Rights Groups Slam "Sham Trial" for Iranian Journalists Who Helped Expose Death of Mahsa Amini, Workers Protest Florida&#…
(2023-06-02). Unions Can Still Strike; Don't Let The Supreme Court Tell You Otherwise. popularresistance.org The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters Local 174 is outrageous—valuing property over workers' rights. But it could have been much worse. | Unions still have the right to strike. Employers still can't generally sue unions in state court for losses caused by strikes. But the decision does open the door to whittling away those rights more in the future. | The practical impact of the Court's decision is that employers will be suing unions more often for alleged property damage caused by strikes—and that therefore unions (and their attorneys) are likely to be more cautious. | B…
(2023-06-02). Putin, South Africa, And The International Criminal Court. popularresistance.org On March 17, the International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted and issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova. They are the first and only white people to be indicted by the court. All 44 of those previously indicted have been Africans. | Neither Russia, China, nor the US have accepted the court's jurisdiction. The US Congress even passed what's colloquially known as the Hague Invasion Act , which makes it lawful—not internationally, but lawful according to US statute—for the US to invade the Netherlands to save any US of…
(2023-06-03). Iran still rolling with the punches. journal-neo.org 
Another wave of Western provocations cannot harm the Iranian regime. Instead of rapprochement with the West in order to ease the burden of anti-Iranian sanctions and to push its conditions under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran chose to increase its engagement with Russia and China after the start of Russia's special military […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
(2023-06-03). Russian Security Council draws up measures against sanctions. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Security Council is drawing up measures to block the West's attempts to cause an economic crisis in the country, the press service of the State body reported on Saturday.
(2023-06-02). De-dollarisation: Yet Another Hiccup or for Real?>. infobrics.org For many years, many countries around the globe were getting concerned over Washington's impositions of economic and trade sanctions as a form of weaponisation of the dollar, prompting them to diversify their portfolio of foreign currency reserves…
(2023-06-02). Sanctions Against Russia Failed. I Saw It Firsthand. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-02). Unions Can Still Strike; Don't Let The Supreme Court Tell You Otherwise. popularresistance.org The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters Local 174 is outrageous—valuing property over workers' rights. But it could have been much worse. | Unions still have the right to strike. Employers still can't generally sue unions in state court for losses caused by strikes. But the decision does open the door to whittling away those rights more in the future. | The practical impact of the Court's decision is that employers will be suing unions more often for alleged property damage caused by strikes—and that therefore unions (and their attorneys) are likely to be more cautious. | B…
(2023-06-02). Putin, South Africa, And The International Criminal Court. popularresistance.org On March 17, the International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted and issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova. They are the first and only white people to be indicted by the court. All 44 of those previously indicted have been Africans. | Neither Russia, China, nor the US have accepted the court's jurisdiction. The US Congress even passed what's colloquially known as the Hague Invasion Act , which makes it lawful—not internationally, but lawful according to US statute—for the US to invade the Netherlands to save any US of…
(2023-06-03). Iran still rolling with the punches. journal-neo.org Another wave of Western provocations cannot harm the Iranian regime. Instead of rapprochement with the West in order to ease the burden of anti-Iranian sanctions and to push its conditions under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran chose to increase its engagement with Russia and China after the start of Russia's special military […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
(2023-06-03). Russian Security Council draws up measures against sanctions. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Security Council is drawing up measures to block the West's attempts to cause an economic crisis in the country, the press service of the State body reported on Saturday.
(2023-06-02). De-dollarisation: Yet Another Hiccup or for Real?>. infobrics.org For many years, many countries around the globe were getting concerned over Washington's impositions of economic and trade sanctions as a form of weaponisation of the dollar, prompting them to diversify their portfolio of foreign currency reserves…
(2023-06-02). Sanctions Against Russia Failed. I Saw It Firsthand. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-02). Biden Calls Cuba 'Terrorist' While the People Demand an End to US Terrorism Against Cuba. orinocotribune.com 
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