Double Amnesia: Rethinking the History of Zionism and Human Rights
UC Berkeley | indybay.org | 2018-09-30
105 Boalt Berkeley Law, UC Berkeley…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/26/18817836.php
Outrageous Quotes That Prove Jair Bolsonaro is a Threat to Brazil's Democracy
teleSUR | telesurtv.net | 2018-09-30
Bolsonaro, who is leading Brazil's presidential polls, has a long history of embracing torture and making violent comments against vulnerable groups.
www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Outrageou…
Palestinian With French Citizenship Rearrested Immediately After His Release From Administrative Detention
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-09-30
The Israeli authorities rearrested, Sunday, a Palestinian political prisoner with French citizenship, minutes after his release from prison after spending thirteen months under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges. The Palestinian Salah al-Hammouri, from occupied East Jerusalem, was held at the Negev Desert Detention Camp for thirteen mon…
27th Straight Bloody Friday in Gaza. Israeli Forces Kill Children
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-29
Israel gets away with murdering Palestinians and other horrific human rights abuses because the international community fails to hold it accountable. | Peaceful Gazan Great March of Return protests began on March 30, continuing each Friday, yesterday for the 27th consecutive … | The post 27th Straight Bloody Friday in Gaza. Israeli Forces Kill Children appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/27th-straight-bloody-friday-in-gaza-israeli-forces-kill-children/5655498
Why Do We Tolerate Kavanaugh's Complicity With Torture?
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-28
What is wrong with us? Specifically: what is wrong with liberal Democrats? Liberal Democrats are out to get Brett Kavanaugh. They are right to be; he is dangerous. Confirming Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would lock in a right-wing majority for a generation. Abortion rights would be imperiled, true, but his rulings would also impact…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/28/why-do-we-tolerate-kavanaughs-complicity-with-torture/
Abolish Immigration Detention
Andrew Moss | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-28
If you visit a detainee at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center northeast of Los Angeles, you'll turn off Highway 395 onto Rancho Road, travel a short distance, and pull into a parking lot squeezed between the detention facility on your left and a privately run state prison on your right. If you're at the east…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/28/abolish-immigration-detention/
Chilean president praises armed forces amid new convictions of military assassins
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-27
Piñera's independence day statement came as cases of military assassins and torturers are still being decided by Chile's courts.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/27/chil…
Amnesty International wants Kavanaugh vetting process halted over alleged role in post-9/11 torture
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-25
The US branch of Amnesty International has dived into the heated debate on whether US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is morally fit for the office, calling for his role in the post-9/11 torture program to be highlighted.
rt.com/usa/439270-kavanaugh-amnesty-torture-documents/
Five Ways the Trump Administration Has Attacked the U.N. and International Human Rights Bodies
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-24
Trump's assault on international cooperation and human rights is ultimately self-defeating. His U.N. address Tuesday will likely be more of the same. | On Tuesday, President Trump will make his second appearance at the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly, where he will reportedly use the international spotlight to deliver a speech that centers on favoring U.S. "sovereignty" over our commitments to the global community. | The world has now witnessed the human costs of Trump…
aclu.org/blog/human-rights/five-ways-trump-administration-has-attacked-un-and-international-human-rights
Michael Moore: Are We Going to Be Like the "Good Germans" Who Let Hitler Rise to Power?
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-21
In his new documentary "Fahrenheit 11/9," filmmaker Michael Moore interviews the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, Ben Ferencz, who describes President Trump's policy of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border and the large-scale detention of immigrant children as a "crime against humanity." Moore also looks at the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany and compares it to the rise of Trump in the United States.
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/21/michael_m…
Immigrants Seeking Shelter After Hurricane Florence Fear Deportation as FEMA Shifts Funds to ICE
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-18
While the worst of Hurricane Florence is over, officials say the most dangerous flooding is yet to come for residents of the Carolinas and Virginia, as thousands have been ordered to evacuate their homes and hundreds more have sought rescue from rising floodwaters. But undocumented immigrants have expressed concern they will encounter immigration enforcement if they seek help. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has reallocated nearly $10 million from FEMA's budget to ICE to pay for detention space and deportations. We speak with Laura Garduño García, a DACA recipient and Greensboro-based organizer with Siembra N…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/18/immigrant…
Arreaza: Venezuela Will Continue to 'Fully Collaborate' With UN Human Rights Council
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-12
At the U.N., Venezuela's Jorge Arreaza compared the economic blockade to the economic war waged against Chile's socialist government in the seventies.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14045