(2023-06-16). Russian Fighter Jets Flew Over U.S. Garrison In Southeastern Syria After F-22 Deployment. southfront.org 
Su-35 fighter — © Marina Lystseva/TASS | On June 16, Russian fighter jets carried out a series of sorties over the United States garrison in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | Around 200 U.S. troops are usually deployed at al-Tanf, which blocks a strategic highway linking the Syrian capital, Damascus, with Baghdad, the capital of neighboring Iraq. The U.S.-led coalition maintains a 55-kilometer no-fly zone around the garrison. | The London-based…
(2023-06-16). The UN Condemns the Assassination of West Darfur Governor. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Tàºrk, expressed his dismay over the assassination of the governor of West Darfur, Jamis Abdala Abkar, and stated that his security was the responsibility of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who had him in custody. | RELATED: | The assassination occurred on Wednesday just hours after he was detained by the paramilitary forces…
(2023-06-16). New Wave Of Protests Begin As US Troops Enter Perú. popularresistance.org As the parliamentary coup against democratically elected president Pedro Castillo enters its sixth month, the people of Perú continue the protests and begin a new wave of coordinated actions throughout the country to prepare for a third Takeover of Lima in July. Despite the coup regime's various attempts to stifle the uprising that began December 7th and has continued both in the capital city of Lima and in the outer provinces and regions, despite the Supreme Court ruling declaring protests are not a protected right and Congress trying to take Perú out of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights , the people…
(2023-06-17). Diferencias de derechos entre hombres y mujeres en españa. indybay.org Diferencias de derechos entre hombres y mujeres en españa. Más de 300 derechos entre hombres y mujeres en España…
(2023-06-17). Lawfare Against Venezuela: Three Years After the Kidnapping of the Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com 
By àÅlvaro Sánchez Cordero — Jun 13, 2023 | Alex Saab has become a pillar of Venezuela's resilience and resistance | "Dear Prime Minister, my name is Alex Nain Saab Morán and I have been illegally detained in your country for 57 days already, while I await the review of an unsubstantiated and politically motivated extradition request made by the United States. I am compelled to write to you given the great injustice that has been committed." | Thus begins a letter written by Venezuelan Special Envoy and Deputy Ambassador to the African Union Alex Saab addressed to the Prime Minister of Cape Verde Ulise…
(2023-06-17). Palestinian prisoners suspend hunger strike scheduled for Sunday while dialogues continue to achieve their demands. samidoun.net The Administrative Detainees' Committee of the Palestinian prisoners' movement in occupation jails issued a statement on Saturday, 17 June, announcing that the mass open hunger strike of Palestinians jailed without charge or trial scheduled to begin on Sunday was suspended pending further dialogue with the occupation prison administration to achieve their demands. There are currently …
(2023-06-16). Chilean attorneys denounce bias against Mapuche women. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Legal experts on Friday reported that Chilean law enforcement officers are currently forcing the Mapuche women to strip off their traditional clothing during a registration process to visit their detained relatives.
(2023-06-16). British Police Detain & Interrogate Investigative Journalist. youtube.com 
MintPress contributor Kit Klarenberg was detained and interrogated by British counter-terror officers upon returning to England in May. He was held for hours. They took his electronic devices and coerced him into providing them with access codes. The arrest seems to have been over his groundbreaking reports exposing the plots of the British and U.S. …
(2023-06-16). Alex Saab's Illegal Detention Reaches Three Years. popularresistance.org This Monday marked three years of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab's illegal detention in a United States prison, in a case in which violations of international law and diplomatic conventions by the US regime stand out. | On June 12, 2020, Alex Saab was traveling to Iran on a diplomatic mission for the Venezuelan government to negotiate medical supplies and food for the Venezuelan people amid the crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the strengthening of illegal US and European sanctions. | The Venezuelan government plane Saab was traveling in stopped on Sal island in Cape Verde, an archipelago country off t…
(2023-06-17). American Churches Launch Initiative to End Israel's Apartheid. hrw.org Over 100 faith-based groups form Apartheid Free Communities Initiative.
(2023-06-17). Saturday 6/17: Marxist Transgender Liberation and LGBTQ Rights in Actually Existing Socialist Countries. indybay.org San Jose Peace & Justice Center (48 S 7th St #101, San Jose, CA 95112)…
(2023-06-17). World Report] UNDP reports that 90% of people hold gender-based biases. thelancet.com The UN warns that global backlash against women's rights could jeopardise reaching gender parity by 2030. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.
(2023-06-16). The Voting Rights Act Dodged a Bullet — for Now. scheerpost.com 
(2023-06-16). Arizona Is Extracting Steep Concessions to Thwart Navajo Nation's Water Rights. truthout.org The Dilkon Medical Center, a sprawling, $128 million facility on the Navajo Nation in Arizona, was completed a year ago. With an emergency room, pharmacy and housing for more than 100 staff members, the new hospital was cause for celebration in a community that has to travel long distances for all but the most basic health care. But there hasn't been enough clean water to fill a large tank that… |
(2023-06-16). Feds find multiple civil rights violations by Minneapolis police. plenglish.com Washington, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday accused the Minneapolis Police Department of a pattern of bias and excessive force, the product of a wide-ranging federal investigation into the department following the 2020 killing of George Floyd.
(2023-06-16). Unequal Justice: The Supreme Court's Ruling on Voting Rights Is Not as Good as It Seems. progressive.org At first glance, the Court's ruling in Allen v. Milligan, released on June 8, appears to be a far-reaching victory for voting rights. But it's always important to read the fine print.
(2023-06-16). EU Advances AI Rules Restricting Facial Recognition. popularresistance.org Digital rights groups on Wednesday applauded lawmakers across the European Union after they passed a draft law that would strictly regulate the use of artificial intelligence including facial recognition technology and chatbots, potentially setting a new standard for protecting the public from the misuse of AI—but noted that some provisions could exclude vulnerable people. | The European Parliament passed a major legislative hurdle as it voted in favor of the draft rules in the Artificial Intelligence Act, with 499 lawmakers supporting the provisions, 28 opposing, and 93 abstaining from voting.
(2023-06-16). The Heat: Western Sanctions. america.cgtn.com 
More than a quarter of the world is under economic sanctions. But are they effective? And who bears the brunt of these measures? The United States and Western powers consider sanctions a diplomatic tool. Its targets consider sanctions economic blackmail, if not a form of …
(2023-06-16). Gee, Thanks America! U.S. Sanctions Make Russian Economy Stronger and Precipitate Multipolar World. strategic-culture.org The paradoxical thing is that U.S. and European sanctions against Russia while intended to cripple the Russian economy have made the stronger. | Russia's economy is performing strongly, according to recent forecasts from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. The outcome defies earlier predictions by the United States and its European allies which held that Western sanctions would bring the Russian economy to its knees and force it to submissively "Cry Uncle". | When the conflict in Ukraine escalated 16 months ago (after eight years of NATO-sponsored aggression using the Kiev Neo-Nazi regime), various W…
(2023-06-16). The West is a Dictatorship in Decline: Interview with Venezuela's Foreign Minister. libya360.wordpress.com Al Mayadeen Al Mayadeen interviewed Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, asking him about various topics from the recent visit may by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to the country to the US sanctions stifling the Venezuelan economy. The interview aired Friday and saw the top Venezuelan diplomat talk about his country's people and its development despite the Western draconian…
(2023-06-16). Venezuela, Cuba Reject US Trafficking in Persons Report Claims. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken presented the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report, in which Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela appear among the countries that do not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking. | RELATED: | In reaction to those statements, the Venezuelan authorities stressed that such a report seeks to justify the extension of the U.S. sanctions against the Boliv…