(2023-06-04). Saturday 6/3: Pakistan: Stop human rights violation, call for democracy. indybay.org 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco…
(2023-06-04). Ukraine, Human Rights, and International Law, With Alfred De Zayas. orinocotribune.com By Alan MacLeod — Jun 1, 2023 | 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 an…
(2023-06-04). Alfred de Zayas on Ukraine, Human Rights, and International Law. scheerpost.com By Alan MacLeod / MintPressNews 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 …
(2023-06-04). The "Black Sites" of Guantanamo: UK Spy Agencies Under Scrutiny Over Torture of Saudi Men by CIA. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-04). UK Spy Agencies Under Scrutiny Over Torture of Saudi Men by CIA. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-04). 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.
(2023-06-04). Palestinian prisoners' movement demands freedom for Walid Daqqah, escalates struggle to end administrative detention. samidoun.net 
In a new statement released by the Higher Emergency Committee of the Palestinian Prisoners' Movement, the unified leadership body representing the Palestinian prisoners in occupation jails, the prisoners' movement declared an escalation of struggle to confront the policy of administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. As administrative detention orders are indefinitely renewable, Palestinians routinely …
(2023-06-03). SCOTUS Has Dealt a New Blow to Unions — But the Right to Strike Still Stands. truthout.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. |
(2023-06-03). Water Wars: Drought, Disputes, and Deadly Skirmishes Between Iran and the Taliban. orinocotribune.com By F.M. Shakil — Jun 1, 2023 | 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 equitable distribution of water from the Helmand River, which originates in the mountains north of Kabul, and flows through much of Afghanistan before emptying into the Sistan wetlands in Iran. | One factor contributing to the dispute i…
(2023-06-03). WGA Strikers, Students Tell Warner CEO: 'Pay Your Writers'. popularresistance.org Writers Guild-East (WGAE) strikers and their supporters from Boston-area unions, recently organized Boston University graduate and residence-life workers, and graduates in red caps and gowns — more than 1,000 people — converged on BU's commencement May 21. The target of their anger: the union-busting commencement speaker, David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery. | The protesters checked in at the university's Playwrights' Theater, which workers there had turned into strike solidarity headquarters for the day. The theater is home of the Graduate Playwriting Program at BU. The demonstrators all sign…
(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…
(2023-06-04). Journey to St. Petersburg, Moscow & Crimea. orinocotribune.com 
By Daniel Kovalik and Rick Sterling — Jun 1, 2023 | At the end of April of this year, the two of us ventured together to Russia. We went with the purpose of fact-finding and also to make a point that we do not believe that Russia should be isolated from the world through sanctions and travel bans. | At this moment, Russia is more isolated from the West than it has ever been, quite possibly in history. As just one example, while V.I. Lenin was able to famously travel from Finland via train to St. Petersburg, even during the height of WWI, the train from Finland to Russia ceased operating after February 24 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
(2023-06-04). Journey to St. Petersburg, Moscow & Crimea. orinocotribune.com By Daniel Kovalik and Rick Sterling — Jun 1, 2023 | At the end of April of this year, the two of us ventured together to Russia. We went with the purpose of fact-finding and also to make a point that we do not believe that Russia should be isolated from the world through sanctions and travel bans. | At this moment, Russia is more isolated from the West than it has ever been, quite possibly in history. As just one example, while V.I. Lenin was able to famously travel from Finland via train to St. Petersburg, even during the height of WWI, the train from Finland to Russia ceased operating after February 24 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