Sen. Collins Calls for Kavanaugh's Presumption of Innocence — Where is the Criminal Investigation?
Shared by Marc Steiner | therealnews.com | 2018-10-06
Our panelists Paul Jay, Dharna Noor, and Dana Vickers Shelley, Executive Director of the Maryland ACLU, and host Marc Steiner discuss the significance of the nomination, why the Democrats didn't pursue a criminal investigation for perjury, the consequences for women's rights and whether a fight should be waged to impeach Kavanaugh once he is confirmed. | The post Sen. Col…
therealnews.com/stories/sen-collins-calls-for-kavanaughs-presumption-of-innocence-where-is-the-criminal-investigation
35 Palestinian Children Detained in September
INA | imemc.org | 2018-10-06
The Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs Committee said that Israel detained 35 Palestinian children during September, and imposed on them fines exceeding $12,600. The committee confirmed, on Thursday, that minors, who are younger than 18 years, were held at Ofer military camp, near Ramallah, of whom four were detained during night …
Sen. Collins Calls for Kavanaugh's Presumption of Innocence — Where is the Criminal Investigation?
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-10-06
Our panelists Paul Jay, Dharna Noor, and Dana Vickers Shelley, Executive Director of the Maryland ACLU, and host Marc Steiner discuss the significance of the nomination, why the Democrats didn't pursue a criminal investigation for perjury, the consequences for women's rights and whether a fight should be waged to impeach Kavanaugh once he is confirmed. | The post Sen. Col…
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Palestinian Detainee Facing Death by Cancer, Says Official
INA | imemc.org | 2018-10-06
Chairman of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, Qadri Abu Bakr, blamed the Israeli government, on Saturday, for failing to provide treatment to a Palestinian detainee being held in Israeli jails, Rajai Abdul-Qadir, aged 35, who has been diagnosed with cancer. "Rajai is suffering from cancer in the liver and …
China's Uyghur Problem: The Recruitment of Uyghur Muslims to Join Al Qaeda
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-06
In recent months Western media and the Washington Administration have begun to raise a hue and cry over alleged mass internment camps in China's northwestern Xinjiang where supposedly up to one million ethnic Uyghur Chinese are being detained and submitted … | The post China's Uyghur Problem: The Recruitment of Uyghur Muslims to Join Al Qaeda appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/chinas-uyghur-problem-the-recruitment-of-uyghur-muslims-to-join-al-qaeda/5656293
India Buying Russian S-400s Air Defense Systems, Defies US Sanctions Threat
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-06
In New Delhi on Friday October 4, 2018, Russia's President Putin and India's Prime Minister Modi signed a $5.4 billion agreement to purchase five S-400 air defense systems, delivery scheduled for 2020 — ignoring the threat of possible US sanctions…. | The post India Buying Russian S-400s Air Defense Systems, Defies US Sanctions Threat appeared first on Global Research.
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Russia's S-400 Air Defense System: Turkey Fell Victim But India Escaped US Sanctions?
Masud Wadan | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-06
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | In recent developments, New Delhi on Friday October 4, 2018, "Russia's President Putin and India's Prime Minister Modi signed a $5.4 billion agreement to purchase five S-400 air defense systems, … | The post Russia's S-400 Air Defense System: Turkey Fell Victim But India Escaped US Sanctions? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/russias-s-400-air-defense-system-turkey-fell-victim-but-india-escaped-us-sanctions/5653347
India To Keep Buying Iranian Oil Despite U.S. Sanctions — Sources
RFE | iranian.com | 2018-10-06
India will buy 9 million barrels of Iranian oil in November, two industry sources said, indicating that the world's third-biggest oil importer is to continue purchasing crude from the Islamic republic despite U.S. sanctions coming into force on Nov. 4. "Refiners have placed November nominations to lift 1.25 million tonnes (about 9 million barrels) of […] | The post India To Keep Buying Iranian Oil Despite U.S. Sanctions — Sources appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/05/india-to-keep-buying-iranian-oil/
Eve Ensler: Nobel Peace Prize for Mukwege & Murad Is an Award for Every Rape Survivor in the World
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-05
After a landmark year for the "Me Too" movement, which ignited an international conversation on sexual assault, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday morning to two champions of women's rights who have built their careers fighting sexual violence: physician Denis Mukwege and human rights activist Nadia Murad. Dr. Denis Mukwege founded the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1999. The clinic receives thousands of women each year, many of them requiring surgery as a result of sexual violence. Nadia Murad is a 25-year-old Yazidi Kurdish human rights activist from Iraq. She was kidnapped and held…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/5/eve_ensle…
GOP Senator's Hometown Paper Rips His 'Medieval Attitude Toward All Women as Sex Objects' in Devastating Op-Ed
David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement | alternet.org | 2018-10-05
The paper, which has the largest daily circulation in the state, is berating the longest-serving Senate Republican in history. | The Salt Lake TribuneEditorial Board has launched what may be a historic attack on its vaunted U. S. Senator, Republican Orrin Hatch. The paper, which has the largest daily circulation in the state, is berating the longest-serving Senate Repub. . .
alternet.org/gop-senators-hometown-paper-rips-his-medieval-attitude-toward-all-women-sex-objects-devastating-op
What's Really Going On Behind the "Secret" Saudi-Russia Oil Deal
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-05
The revelation that Russia worked privately with the Saudis "on Trump's order" to aid the U.S. effort to halt Iranian oil exports without causing a supply shock seems to contradict Russia's public promise to defend Iran's economy against aggressive U.S. sanctions. | The post What's Really Going On Behind the "Secret" Saudi-Russia Oil Deal appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/whats-really-going-behind-secret-saudi-russia-oil-deal/250408/
Revolution at risk: 'Humanitarian intervention' in Venezuela aims at regime change
WTWJ | peoplesworld.org | 2018-10-05
Turmoil reigns in Venezuela. A story serves to illustrate and to introduce the report presented here. The Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) on its website claims that the national police in Táchira state recently arrested and tortured PCV member José Luis Daza, who remains in prison in Caracas. The location of the…
peoplesworld.org/article/revolution-at-risk-humanitarian-intervention-in-venezuela-aims-at-regime-change/
High Crimes and Misdemeanors of Kavanaugh and the Senate-Trump Faction
MSJM | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-05
"By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community" — James Madison, Federalist Paper 10…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/05/high-crimes-and-misdemeanors-of-kavanaugh-and-the-senate-trump-faction/
Nobel Prize Winner Supports BDS Movement For Palestinian Rights, Ending Military Aid to Israel
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-10-05
Nobel Prize Winner Supports BDS Movement For Palestinian Rights, Ending Military Aid to Israel: UpdateA Nobel Prize has been awarded to George P. Smith, a renowned scientist and longtime advocate for Palestinian rights who suppor…
bdsmovement.net/news/nobel-prize-winner-supports-bds-movement-palestinian-rights-ending-military-aid-israel
FEMA and Trump send out mass "Presidential Alert"
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-05
Wednesday's nationwide test of the "Presidential Alert" system raises concerns about the growing threat to democratic rights.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/05/test…
Could the Trump Administration Succeed in Detaining Child Migrants Indefinitely?
Michelle Chen | thenation.com | 2018-10-05
Could the Trump Administration Succeed in Detaining Child Migrants Indefinitely?
thenation.com/article/could-the-trump-administration-succeed-in-detaining-child-migrants-indefinitely/
'How Many Other Laquan MacDonalds Are There?'
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2018-10-04
Janine Jackson featured two archival interviews on Chicago police violence on the September 28, 2018, episode of CounterSpin: a conversation with John Conroy on torturer Jon Burge, originally aired December 21, 2007; and a talk with Jamie Kalven about police victim Laquan McDonald, from December…
fair.org/home/how-many-other-laquan-macdonalds-are-there/
NAACP Frequently Asked Questions
Rachel Johnson | naacp.org | 2018-10-04
The NAACP hosted a National Call to Action Tele-Townhall on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. Thousands of concerned Americans participated and heard from NAACP leaders on how they can help push back against the current attack on civil rights and the right to vote. Out of this call came several important questions, and the NAACP has […] | The post NAACP Frequently Asked Questions appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/naacp-frequently-asked-questions/
International Court of Justice strikes down US sanctions against Iran
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-04
The International Court of Justice has no power to enforce its decision, and US officials immediately made clear they will defy the ICJ ruling.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/04/icji…
SPLC report: Detention system forces people to give up claims to stay in U.S
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-04
Before fleeing Somalia, Yuusuf was a teacher.
splcenter.org/news/2018/10/04/splc-report-detention-system-forces-people-give-claims-stay-us
The U.S. Detention of Children Is Only Getting Worse
Michael Garcia Bochenek | progressive.org | 2018-10-03
No longer forcibly separating families at the border, the Trump Administration has merely changed the way children are harmed.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-u-s-detention-of-children-is-only-getting-worse-181003/
Mom Fears Her Autistic Son Is Being Abused at School. District Does Nothing
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-03
A Northern California school district is creating a hostile environment for a Black student with disabilities in violation of the law. | School just got back in session, but one school district in Northern California already needs a lesson in how to create a welcoming and safe environment for Black students with disabilities., , A 5-year-old Black student with autism and speech and language impairments suffered for months, including suffering injuries that needed to be treated by a hospital, all because of the inadequate oversight of Hayward Unified School District's staff. In a time when Black students are regul…
aclu.org/blog/disability-rights/disability-rights-and-education/mom-fears-her-autistic-son-being-abused
Jeff Sessions Is Fighting Tennessee's Effort to Make Prosecution More Fair
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-03
The Department of Justice is attempting to erode defendants' rights and state independence . | Earlier this year, the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility released an ethical opinion that required federal prosecutors working in the state to disclose all information favorable to criminal defendants. It stated those disclosures must be even broader and earlier in the process than the U.S. Constitution requires. This is a praiseworthy move that could help stem the tide of coercive plea bargai…
aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/prosecutorial-reform/jeff-sessions-fighting-tennessees-effort-make-prosecution
Palestinians Call on EU to Halt Normalization Programs and End Complicity With Israel's Violations of Palestinian Rights and International Law
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-10-03
Palestinians Call on EU to Halt Normalization Programs and End Complicity With Israel's Violations of Palestinian Ri…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-call-eu-halt-normalization-programs-and-end-complicity-israels-violations
Bond hearings: What immigration courts should consider
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-02
The primary factors immigration judges should consider in bond proceedings are similar to those in the criminal justice system. The law instructs detained immigrants to show the court he or she does not pose a public safety risk and is not a flight risk warranting confinement.
splcenter.org/20181002/bond-hearings-what-immigration-courts-should-consider
Due process: Remote immigration prisons impede access to attorneys, chances for success
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-02
The Stewart Detention Center where Mateo was held sits in Lumpkin, Georgia, about 150 miles south of Atlanta. With a capacity of 1,996 people, it is one of the nation's largest immigration prisons. In one important way, however, Stewart is like many other such facilities: It is far from cities where detainees would have easier access to counsel…
splcenter.org/20181002/due-process-remote-immigration-prisons-impede-access-attorneys-chances-success
Trump Officials Headline Neocon Iran Regime-Change Summit: Inside UANI
Shared by Ben NortonAaron Maté | therealnews.com | 2018-10-02
John Bolton and Mike Pompeo headlined the annual United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) summit, where speakers celebrated the strangling of the Iranian economy under U.S. sanctions and cheered on regime change. We report from inside | The post Trump Officials Headline Neocon Iran Regime-Change Summit: Inside UANI appeared first on The Real News Network.
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"Stories For Us and By Us": Disability Rights Activists Showcase Their Writing
Eleanor J. Bader | progressive.org | 2018-10-02
A collection that defies oversimplification and stereotypes.
progressive.org/dispatches/stories-for-us-and-by-us-disability-rights-activists-181002/
No One Should Be Detained Without a Hearing While Fighting Deportation
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-02
The government's sweeping interpretation of a 1996 law has expanded mandatory detention far beyond what Congress intended. | In May of 2013, Astrid Morataya, a legal permanent resident, woke up to a knock on the door. Looking outside the window, she saw law enforcement agents with bulletproof vests encircling her home in Illinois. | "They must have the wrong house," she thought. But they were, in fact, there for her. The government waited 15 years to attempt to deport Astrid for a low-level drug conviction that she received in the late '90s, during a period in her life when she was the victim of ongoing sexu…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/no-one-should-be-detained-without-hearing
Trump Admin Sends 1,600 Kids to Texas Tent City as Number of Detained Children Hits Record High
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-02
The Trump administration is transferring detained migrant children from shelters across the country to a barren tent city in West Texas. The New York Times reports that hundreds of children are being sent each week from shelters to the tent city, which currently houses 1,600 children. The facility reportedly has no school, and children have only limited access to legal services. The U.S. government is now detaining a record 13,000 migrant children. We speak with Louise Melling, deputy legal director at the ACLU, who says,…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/2/trump_adm…
Detention conditions: Medical neglect, death and other immigration prison failures
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-02
As Mateo's story demonstrates, immigrants held at immigration prisons struggle to receive the health care they need.
splcenter.org/20181002/detention-conditions-medical-neglect-death-and-other-immigration-prison-failures
Detainer requests: Controversial and unconstitutional, according to some courts
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-02
Detainer requests are a controversial tool that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has used to detain people and push them into the deportation machine.
splcenter.org/20181002/detainer-requests-controversial-and-unconstitutional-according-some-courts
Trump Officials Headline Neocon Iran Regime-Change Summit: Inside UANI
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-10-02
John Bolton and Mike Pompeo headlined the annual United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) summit, where speakers celebrated the strangling of the Iranian economy under U.S. sanctions and cheered on regime change. We report from inside | The post Trump Officials Headline Neocon Iran Regime-Change Summit: Inside UANI appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/trump-officials-headline-pro-regime-change-summit-on-iran
Colombia's New Killing Spree
Kimberley Brown | progressive.org | 2018-10-01
The war is over, but its legacy remains–and human rights advocates are being targeted.
progressive.org/magazine/colombia-s-new-killing-spree/
How Jeff Sessions is Attacking Immigration Judges and Due Process Itself
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-01
The attorney general is abusing his power to force immigration judges to issue more deportation orders. | When the government believes that someone should be deported, it usually has to prove its case in an immigration court. And although the immigration courts have long been plagued by due process problems–including the lack of any right to an appointed lawyer, even for kids–those courts have at least held out the promise of neutrality: a neutral immigration judge hears the case, and the losing party may appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals. | But Jeff Sessions is aggressively working to make t…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/deportation-and-due-process/how-jeff-sessions-attacking-immigration-judges
A Judge Just Reminded CBP That the Border Isn't a Rights-Free Zone
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-01
A federal court ruled in favor of an American family suing over their abusive detention at the U.S.-Canada border. | An American family that underwent a harrowing detention at the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Protection can now seek some measure of justice. That's the result of a recent ruling by the federal judge presiding over the lawsuit we filed on behalf of…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/discriminatory-profiling/judge-just-reminded-cbp-border-isnt-rights-free-zone
Laws Targeting Israel Boycotts Fail Again in Court
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-28
For the second time this year, a federal judge has ruled that anti-boycott laws likely violate the First Amendment. | A new wave of state laws that try to limit Americans' constitutional right to engage in political boycotts is now 0 for 2 in federal court. | On Thursday night, a federal court blocked Arizona from enforcing a law requiring state contractors to certify that they are not participating in boycotts of Israel. The court agreed with the ACLU that the law likely violates contractors' free speech rights under the First Amendment. | "A restriction of one's ability to participate in collective calls to opp…
aclu.org/blog/free-speech/rights-protesters/laws-targeting-israel-boycotts-fail-again-court
Maduro in NY: Harlem Stands with Venezuela as US Allies Appeal to ICC
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-27
Venezuela also received the backing of a number of governments who denounced the latest round of sanctions from the Trump administration.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14074
Venezuela's Maduro Rejects US Interventionism in UN Speech
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-27
Maduro blasted the recent round of sanctions, and yet again reiterated his willingness to talks with Trump.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14071
Trump Threatens Venezuela with New Sanctions Even as It Faces Economic & Humanitarian Crisis
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-27
President Nicolás Maduro addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in a surprise visit, just one day after Donald Trump accused him of corruption and announced new sanctions against his wife Cilia Flores and other members of his inner circle. "Despite all of the differences, … I am willing to reach out my hand to the president of the United States and sit down to talk about the issues of bilateral differences and the issues of our region," Maduro said. Trump said Wednesday that he would be willing to meet with Maduro and that all options are on the table to help end the political, economic and…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/27/trump_thr…
Trump Sets Sights on Venezuela with New Sanctions and Coup Threats
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-26
Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, President Trump said the Maduro government could be "toppled very quickly."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14070
Palestinians Thank Prof. Cheney-Lippold for Refusing to Be Complicit in Academically Whitewashing Israeli Apartheid
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-09-21
Palestinians Thank Prof. Cheney-Lippold for Refusing to Be Complicit in Academically Whitewashing Israeli Apartheid: UpdatePalestinians welcome Prof. Cheney-Lippold's stand for Palestinian rights and urge academics to end all collabo…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-thank-prof-cheney-lippold-refusing-be-complicit-academically-whitewashing-israeli
Venezuelan Public Sector Workers Protest in Defense of Labor Rights
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-20
Workers from several public sector companies have complained about low wages and deteriorating working conditions.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14061
Zapatero, Mujica Slam US-backed Sanctions on Venezuela
TEV | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-17
Zapatero explained the increase in citizen migration is due to the United States economic sanctions.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14055
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