2023-10-16: News Headlines

Physicians for Human Rights (2023-10-16). California Becomes First State to Ban "Excited Delirium" as a Cause of Death. indybay.org Governor Newsom signs landmark bill following tireless community activism and PHR report on the pseudoscience of "excited delirium"

ecns.cn (2023-10-15). Chinese scholar Lu Haina elected as member of UN Human Rights Council Special Procedures. ecns.cn Chinese human rights scholar Lu Haina was elected as a member from the Asia-Pacific States to the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on discrimination against women and girls at the 54th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, on Friday.

Physicians for Human Rights (2023-10-15). California Becomes First State to Ban "Excited Delirium" as a Cause of Death. indybay.org Governor Newsom signs landmark bill following tireless community activism and PHR report on the pseudoscience of "excited delirium"

presstv.ir (2023-10-16). Adviser to Netanyahu's wife calls for torture of Gazans to death as war on Gaza rages. presstv.ir An adviser to the wife of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for torturing the residents of Gaza to death.

presstv.ir (2023-10-15). Adviser to Netanyahu's wife calls for torture of Gazans to death as war on Gaza rages. presstv.ir An adviser to the wife of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for torturing the residents of Gaza to death.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-10-16). ALBA-TCP exige a Israel respeto a derechos de civiles de Gaza. telesurtv.net El bloque integracionista enfatiza que la violencia de Israel y su bloqueo a suministros vitales viola los propósitos y principios de la Carta de ONU y el Derecho Internacional Humanitario.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-10-16). ONU condena asesinato de joven campesino en Honduras. telesurtv.net La ministra de Derechos Humanos expresó su preocupación y rechazo por la denuncia de uso excesivo de la fuerza por parte de la Policía Nacional.

Ayman Nobani, Al Jazeera. (2023-10-15). Israel Detains, Expels To West Bank Hundreds Of Gaza Palestinian Workers. popularresistance.org Nablus, occupied West Bank — At three o'clock in the morning, Loay Zaqout found himself staring up at Israeli police surrounding him and two of his colleagues where they were staying in Nazareth. | The police began beating them up, shouting insults before arresting them in the early hours on Monday and taking the three Palestinian workers to the station. | "They treated us horribly because, they said, we were from Gaza," the 31-year-old father said. "The police threatened to return us to Gaza and said that our workers' permits were invalid." Zaqout, from the central town of Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip,…

Derek Seidman (2023-10-15). A Worker-Driven Model for Protecting Labor Rights Is Successful — and Expanding. truthout.org If you consume products from capitalist markets today — and, of course, most of us do — you've surely seen your share of labels on name brand items promising that your purchase is "ethical": fair trade coffee, sustainable clothing. The list goes on. Many of these efforts, however, amount to little more than corporate marketing, a kind of image control that became fashionable beginning in the 1990s… |

Editor (2023-10-15). There's No Path to Ending Bloodshed If Palestinian Rights Continue to Be Denied. scheerpost.com

International Association of Democratic Lawyers. (2023-10-15). IADL Statement: Support The Palestinian People. popularresistance.org The International Association of Democratic Lawyers, (IADL) a worldwide NGO of progressive law professionals with consultative status at ECOSOC in the UN, reaffirms its support to the Palestinian people and their legitimate struggle against occupation, aggression, apartheid policies and continuous violations of the rights of the Palestinian people.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-15). Israeli Apartheid System and the Canadian Media Supporting It. libya360.wordpress.com Christo El Morr and Yahya El-Lahib Israeli ground invasion of Gaza stalled…. The CBC and other mainstream media outlets in Canada have had many opportunities to distinguish between misinformation and what is happening on the ground. Yet, they chose to stand with "Israel" against Palestinian rights to self-determination. We don't expect less from a colonial…

Luis De Jesus Reyes (2023-10-15). Moving from rhetoric to action to build socialism. peoplesdispatch.org The organization of the working class internationally, the right of people to health and housing, food sovereignty and the rights of immigrants were at the center of the discussion on Sunday October 15 of the III International Conference Dilemmas of Humanity taking place in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. | On the second day of the meeting, attended by around 500 delegates from more than 70 countries, the presentations were once again centered around the main dilemmas facing humanity today due to the prevailing capitalist system and the advance of imperialism in every corner of the planet. | The day began…

presstv.ir (2023-10-15). Rights group seeks to prosecute UK government over Gaza war crimes complicity. presstv.ir A UK-based legal centre which supports Palestinian rights seeks to initiate a prosecution against the government for complicity in war crimes in Gaza.

Sharon Kyle, LA Progressive. (2023-10-15). School Turmoil Grows As Moms For Liberty Spreads. popularresistance.org Carl Kalauokalani has no children, no background in education and no experience in political or community organizing. Yet a year ago, the San Jose resident started the Santa Clara County chapter of Moms for Liberty, the far-right "parental rights" group stoking the nation's red-hot culture wars. | Why? Kalauokalani, who works for a software support group and lives in one of the bluest counties in California, says he liked Moms for Liberty's stated mission — the protection of "parental rights at all levels of government" — when he looked for a way to change "a dysfunctional education system." | He'd he…

WSWS (2023-10-15). Modi government targets acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy and Kashmiri activist for criminal prosecution for 2010 remarks. wsws.org This flagrant attack on free speech is part of the Modi government's ever-escalating assault on basic democratic rights and non-stop campaign of Hindu communalist incitement.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-15). Mayo Clinic Minute: 3 tips to avoid Halloween hand injuries. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org There are plenty of frights to go around on Halloween, but a hand injury probably isn't one you'd expect. "Interestingly, it's the fourth busiest holiday for hand injuries," says Dr. Sanj Kakar, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon. Dr. Kakar says almost one-third of those Halloween hand injuries are among kids 10 to 14. And most of them happen when people are carving pumpkins. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/XlWXkwaRfa4 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

teleSUR (2023-10-15). Ecuador: Presidential Candidate Luisa Gonzalez Casts Her Vote. telesurenglish.net Wearing a bulletproof vest on Sunday, Citizen Revolution presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez cast her vote in Canuto, a town near Chone city, in the coastal province of Manabi. | RELATED: | "I have every faith and hope that Ecuador is going to take a turn toward dignity," the 45-year-old lawyer said as she remained surrounded by a strong security contingent. | "For justice, dignity, and a homeland with rights," Gon…

Tobias Riegel (2023-10-16). The refugee crises were triggered by warmongers. indybay.org Preventing wars and sanctions would have a preventive effect against refugee movements. But once people are here, they must be treated with dignity. Racism does not solve the problems and it is rather a smokescreen behind which geopolitical causes can be hidden.

Tobias Riegel (2023-10-15). The refugee crises were triggered by warmongers. indybay.org Preventing wars and sanctions would have a preventive effect against refugee movements. But once people are here, they must be treated with dignity. Racism does not solve the problems and it is rather a smokescreen behind which geopolitical causes can be hidden.

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