(2023-07-05). Trans rights are human rights, protesters say. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-04). Human Rights Defenders Slam Nomination of Elliott Abrams to Diplomacy Panel. truthout.org President Joe Biden on Monday quietly nominated Elliott Abrams to serve on a bipartisan diplomacy commission, a move that human rights advocates condemned as outrageous given the longtime Republican official's past as a defender of Latin American death squads and cheerleader for murderous U.S. foreign policy interventions. "A totally indefensible decision from Biden," MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan wrote on… |
(2023-07-04). New UN Report Condemns Guantánamo and Calls on Biden to Close It. truthout.org Last week, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the United Nations special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights, released a scathing report on her visit to the Guantánamo Bay detention camp. The report, the first of its kind, once again brought the world's attention to the profound, far-reaching impact that the use of torture and arbitrary detention by the United States has had not just on the minds… |
(2023-07-04). Man detained for stealing personal data. ecns.cn A graduate of Renmin University of China has been detained by Beijing police for allegedly illegally obtaining the personal information of fellow students, police said on Monday.
(2023-07-05). Harvard University urged to drop legacy policy in admissions. ecns.cn A civil rights group is asking the US federal government to make Harvard University drop its "legacy" policy of giving admissions preference to children of alumni because it overwhelmingly benefits white applicants and disadvantages those who are of color.
(2023-07-04). Immunity Doctrines Have Made the US Constitution Useless — It's Time to End Them. truthout.org Oklahoma resident Donald Logsdon was fixing his neighbor's generator in March 2020 when three deputy United States Marshals snuck up behind him, kicked him in the head and took turns stomping on his body while he was unconscious. The excessive force was a clear-cut constitutional violation, but when Logsdon tried to vindicate his rights in court, a federal judge decided he had no business being… |
(2023-07-04). Fact Check: Before Malcolm X Was Murdered, J Edgar Hoover Sent Message 'Do Something About Malcolm X'. moguldom.com Civil Rights leader Malcolm X was assassinated at age 39 while speaking at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York, on Feb. 21, 1965. Yet to this day the entire story behind his murder has yet to be unfolded. What is known is that for the majority of his activist life, he was under government …
(2023-07-04). US Supreme Rules Against Native American Tribe's Water Rights. telesurenglish.net America's shameful tradition of breaking treaties and denying rights to Native American groups continued in Washington with the Supreme Court deciding to ignore protection for water usage in the Colorado River Basin for the Navajo Native American tribe. | RELATED: | In the dispute between the Navajo Nation and the Arizona Department of the Interior, the tribe was asking the federal government to assess the tribe's wa…
(2023-07-04). IYSSE at San Diego State University demands Australia's Macquarie University reinstate IYSSE as an official club! wsws.org By refusing to recognize the IYSSE at MQ, Macquarie University is violating the fundamental democratic rights of their student body who should be granted their full freedom of political association.
(2023-07-04). Fact Check: Before Malcolm X Was Murdered, J Edgar Hoover Sent Message 'Do Something About Malcolm X'. moguldom.com Civil Rights leader Malcolm X was assassinated at age 39 while speaking at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York, on Feb. 21, 1965. Yet to this day the entire story behind his murder has yet to be unfolded. What is known is that for the majority of his activist life, he was under government …
(2023-07-04). US Supreme Rules Against Native American Tribe's Water Rights. telesurenglish.net America's shameful tradition of breaking treaties and denying rights to Native American groups continued in Washington with the Supreme Court deciding to ignore protection for water usage in the Colorado River Basin for the Navajo Native American tribe. | RELATED: | In the dispute between the Navajo Nation and the Arizona Department of the Interior, the tribe was asking the federal government to assess the tribe's wa…
(2023-07-04). IYSSE at San Diego State University demands Australia's Macquarie University reinstate IYSSE as an official club! wsws.org By refusing to recognize the IYSSE at MQ, Macquarie University is violating the fundamental democratic rights of their student body who should be granted their full freedom of political association.
(2023-07-04). Report: US Looks to Restrict Chinese Companies Access to Cloud Technologies. news.antiwar.com The US is looking to restrict Chinese companies' access to cloud-computing technology in a move that would further strain ties between Washington and Beijing, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The Biden administration has significantly escalated the trade war with China by imposing sanctions last year to restrict the export of advanced semiconductors and …
(2023-07-04). Iran joins forces with Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to blow back U.S. sanctions. iacenter.org By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell July 3, 2023 This lightly edited article is reprinted from Resumen Latinoamericano English edition which was posted on June 19, 2023. Iran President Ebrahim Raisi The President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, concluded, this Friday (June 16) in Havana, a trip to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba that aimed to denounce the U.S. sanctions suffered by the four countries and the imperialist policy — and to create new economic and commercial agreements to promote the development of their peoples. The tour succeeded in uniting forces among these countries, which are under heavy unilatera…
(2023-07-04). Palestinian organisation calls for sanctions on Israel over Jenin attack. thecanary.co Israel's military has launched its biggest attack on a city in the West Bank since the second Palestinian uprising (or 'intifada') in the 2000s. Israeli troops have been attacking the city of Jenin since the early hours of Monday 3 July. The Israeli army had killed ten Palestinians as of Tuesday 4 July at 2pm …
(2023-07-04). French President Macron Wants to Sanction Parents of Rioters. telesurenglish.net On Monday night, President Emmanuel Macron once again referred to protesters as criminals and stated that he wishes for their families to face financial sanctions. | RELATED: | "On the first offense, we should be able to financially and easily penalize the families of delinquents," he said during a visit to the Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC). | Without providing further details of this proposal, which was promoted and applauded b…