(2024-02-13). Samba school celebrate indigenous people during Brazilian Carnival. america.cgtn.com 
In Rio de Janeiro, they call it "the greatest show on earth", a parade featuring the top 12 samba schools. The city's main tourist attraction is more than a show, the parade also serves as a platform for Brazilians to showcase their culture and address human rights issues. | CGTN's Lucrecia Franco followed Salguerio, a traditional samba school, which chose to spotlight Brazil's indigenous peoples.
(2024-02-14). Dear Mr. High Commissioner: Help Free Assange! indybay.org Mr. Assange is a defender of human rights; an innovative journalist and creative publisher; he is one of us. He should not be locked up but standing with us in our office. Is he not persecuted for doing what every serious investigative journalist, every serious human rights investigator should be doing every day: investigating allegations and promoting truth, accountability and justice?>
(2024-02-14). Hind Rajab, aged 6, 'deliberately killed' by Israel: report. newarab.com 
A leading human rights organisation has found on Monday that In its preliminary investigation into the atrocity,
(2024-02-14). Israel army let groups watch Palestinians tortured: Euro-Med. newarab.com 
The Israeli army brought groups of Israeli civilians into prisons to Palestinian detainees released from two Israeli detention centres told the human rights group that they were stripped naked, beaten with metal batons and electric sticks, and The visitors came to watch the tort…
(2024-02-14). Syrian returnees face 'gross human rights abuses': UN. newarab.com 
A report published by the
(2024-02-14). PMPI General Assembly 2024: Commemorates Twenty Years of Transformative Advocacy. pressenza.com 
The Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) is thrilled to announce the upcoming 7th General Assembly (GA) scheduled to take place this 4-7 March 2024 at Acacia Hotel in Bacolod, Negros Occidental. This year marks a significant milestone as PMPI commemorates its 20th year since its inception. The assembly promises to be an extraordinary event, celebrating PMPI's impact on Philippine society over the past two decades. | This year's theme, "PMPI@Twenty — Transformative Work on Environment and Nature's Rights Through the Years" is set against the backdrop of climate emergency, deteriorating human rights s…
(2024-02-13). IACHR urges Colombia's Supreme Court to pick chief prosecutor. colombiareports.com The human rights office of the Organization of American States (OAS) pressured Colombia's Supreme Court to pick a chief prosecutor. In a statement, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)…
(2024-02-13). Dear Mr. High Commissioner: Help Free Assange! indybay.org Mr. Assange is a defender of human rights; an innovative journalist and creative publisher; he is one of us. He should not be locked up but standing with us in our office. Is he not persecuted for doing what every serious investigative journalist, every serious human rights investigator should be doing every day: investigating allegations and promoting truth, accountability and justice?>
(2024-02-13). Could Indonesia's Presidential Election Usher In Return to Military Rule? truthout.org Wednesday's presidential election in Indonesia could see the ascendance of General Prabowo Subianto, who has tried for years to seize power after decades of involvement in mass killings, kidnapping and torture across Indonesia, in occupied East Timor and in independence-seeking Western New Guinea. Subianto is a longtime U.S. protégé and the son-in-law of former Indonesian dictator Suharto. |
(2024-02-13). Solidarity With Mass Prison Strike In Alabama. popularresistance.org The Center for Constitutional Rights stands in solidarity with the Free Alabama Movement (FAM) and incarcerated people in Alabama who announced a mass prison strike today. We unequivocally support the organizers' demands for legislative reforms—including repealing the Habitual Felony Offender Act, abolishing death by incarceration (also known as life without parole), and reversing the near complete abandonment of parole—and their call for an end to the torture and dehumanizing treatment exacted on incarcerated people by the State of Alabama. Our solidarity with Alabama prison organizers dates back to…
(2024-02-14). Inician audiencias de presentación por caso Brazalete Blanco en Venezuela. telesurtv.net A los acusados se les garantiza el respeto a los derechos humanos para preservar la paz y la convivencia ciudadana.
(2024-02-14). Argentina: His Name Was Cristian Díaz and His Crime Was Supporting Palestine. orinocotribune.com Carlos Aznárez — 10 Feb, 2024 | Cristian Díaz is a key name in Argentina's solidarity with Palestine. If you have not heard of him, it is simply because, in this type of society, there is an attempt to make invisible all those who put their body or intellect at the service of a just cause. Let us remember that exactly eight months ago, Cristian was detained in the Marcos Paz prison, accused of neither more nor less than "racial hatred." He is there against all judicial logic, since time and again the request of his lawyers was rejected—a request that while waiting for his trial he could enjoy freedom o…
(2024-02-14). Israel to 'act' after report on troops humiliating detainees. newarab.com 
Israel's army has said "significant command measures will be taken" against soldiers who filmed naked and blindfolded Palestinian detainees and uploaded the footage online, following a BBC report. | A BBC Verify investigation on 9 February identified hundreds of online videos showing Palestinian detainees being humiliated, including eight that were shared by Israeli soldiers and showed stripped and blindfolded people. The detainees were filmed against their will by current or former soldiers, who uploaded the footage online without hiding their identity. | The images, which circulated widely, constitute a like…
(2024-02-14). Updates: "The Illegal Kidnapping and Persecution of Reiner Fàºllmich" and "Legal Expert Panel Reveals All." expose-news.com Lawyer Dr. Reiner Fàºllmich who led the Corona Committee investigative team, is still being detained in a German prison accused of embezzlement. In the past couple of days there have been video …
(2024-02-14). At least 1,300 migrants dead or missing off Tunisia in 2023. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – A Tunisian rights group said on Tuesday that at least 1,300 illegal migrants have died or went missing in 2023 trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe seeking asylum. The United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) said 2,498 people died or went missing while trying to cross the central Mediterranean last year, rising 75% more than in 2022.Tunisia and Libya are the primary north African departure destinations for thousands of illegal migrants who risk their lives each year in the hope of finding better lives in Europe.More than 1,300 irregular migrants died at sea or wen…
(2024-02-14). Saturday 3/2: Sacramento: March & Rally for Voting Rights, Poverty Justice, Living Wage & More w/ CA PPC. indybay.org California State Capitol – West Steps | 1128 L Street | Sacramento, CA 95814…
(2024-02-14). PEC Condemns Myanmar Junta for Murdering Reporter. pressenza.com Geneva, 12 February 2024: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body has condemned the murder of Myanmar journalist Ko Myat Thu Tun (alias Phoe Thiha) along with six other political prisoners by the military junta under their custody. It came to public notice only after the Arakan Army, a Rakhine-based ethnic armed group captured Mrauk-U township from the junta forces and discovered their bodies, reported local media. | According to a statement issued by the Arakan Army, most of the deceased were under forties and the exact dates of their killing are yet to be confirmed. A former reporte…
(2024-02-13). Throwing Out the Constitution. tomdispatch.com When the Civil War ended in 1865, the 76-year-old Constitution needed an upgrading and those leading the country did indeed dramatically transform it with the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, known collectively as the Reconstruction Era amendments. The 13th (1865) abolished slavery, while the 15th (1870) gave voting rights to newly freed Black men. However, it was the 14th Amendment, first drafted in 1866 and ratified in 1868, that would prove the most far-reaching and that today sits all too squarely between Donald Trump and his white nationalist and authoritarian dreams. While much attention has…
(2024-02-13). In Europe, Platform Workers Are Winning Limited Protections. popularresistance.org As the European Parliament heads toward fresh elections in June, there's one unresolved file on the desk of Brussels's politicians and technocrats. The European Union (EU) Platform Work Directive, an attempt to establish a unified set of labor standards for workers on digital platforms like Uber and Deliveroo, has turned out to be a thorny issue. | The EU's various institutions have been banging heads over platform work regulation for years now, unable to bridge conflicting interests and ideologies. If passed, the Platform Work Directive would establish a whole set of new rights relating to algorithmic management…
(2024-02-13). Trump Isn't Simply Ignorant of the Constitution — He's Outright Hostile to It. truthout.org When the Civil War ended in 1865, the 76-year-old Constitution needed an upgrading and those leading the country did indeed dramatically transform it with the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, known collectively as the Reconstruction Era amendments. The 13th (1865) abolished slavery, while the 15th (1870) gave voting rights to newly freed Black men. However, it was the 14th Amendment… |
(2024-02-13). SA makes urgent request to International Court of Justice on Rafah offensive. sanews.gov.za SA makes urgent request to International Court of Justice on Rafah offensive | The South African Government has urgently appealed to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to assess Israel's recent declaration to expand its military presence in Rafah, which is the last refuge for surviving people in Gaza. | Government is urging the ICJ to determine if it should intervene to prevent any imminent violation of the rights of Palestinians in Gaza. | "The South African Government has made an urgent request to the International Court of Justice to consider whether the decision announced by Israel to extend its militar…
(2024-02-14). María Corina Machado and the Betrayal of Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Atilio Borón — 11 Feb, 2024 | Senility is not only a problem for President Joe Biden but for the empire as a whole. Days ago, the United States government announced new sanctions against Venezuela following the decision of Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice to ratify the disqualification of Mrs. María Corina Machado from running as a candidate in the next presidential elections. | It was enough for the news to be known for the media sewer—the one that completely silences the ongoing genocide in Gaza or the Dina Boluarte massacres in Peru—to immediately lose its temper and begin to launch all ki…
(2024-02-13). Seized Russian Yacht Is Costing the US Over $7 Million Per Year to Maintain. news.antiwar.com A yacht belonging to a Russian billionaire that was seized by the US under the pretext of sanctions enforcement in May 2022 is costing the US $7 million per year to maintain. According to Reuters, the US seized the $300 million Amadea in Fiji under a warrant alleging it was owned by Suleiman Kerimov, a …
(2024-02-14). How Sulala Animal Rescue shelter saves Gaza's petrified pets. newarab.com 
In the wake of Israel's war on Gaza, Founded by ex-governmental employee Saeed Al Err, It has become a sanctuary and advocate for Gaza's animals throughout the war, as well as the most followed social media account of Gaza's animals. | Due to regular internet outages acros…