2020-04-27: Social Media Postees | Positive Practices: Human Rights Monitor

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"Unconscionable": Planned Parenthood Pres. Condemns States Using Pandemic to Limit Abortion Access
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-27
As much of the U.S. remains on lockdown, abortion rights are under attack nationwide. We get an update on the fight for abortion access with Alexis McGill Johnson, acting president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "Our bodies have literally been deemed essential," she says, "and yet the control of our bodies and the right to control our own bodies has not."
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/27/coronavir…

US anti-Iranian sanctions in violation of human rights: Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

Planned Parenthood Condemns States Using Pandemic to Limit Abortion Access
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
As much of the U.S. remains on lockdown, abortion rights are under attack nationwide. We get an update on the fight for abortion access with Alexis McGill Johnson, acting president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "Our bodies have literally been deemed essential," she says, "and yet the control of our bodies and the right to control our own bodies has not." | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AMY GOODMAN: As the coronaviru…
truthout.org/video/planned-parenthood-condemns-states-using-pandemic-to-limit-abortion-access/

SF May Day Car Caravan: Cancel Rent, Homes For All, Debt Free Future!
Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco | indybay.org | 2020-04-27
Meet up location, route and details coming soon!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/24/18832618.php

Civil liberty: Time for a Coronavirus Safeguards Bill
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-27
Open Rights Group is the UK based digital campaigning organisation working to protect the rights to privacy and free speech online. Jim Killock its Executive Director, has a few concerns about the Coronavirus Act 2020 that made dozens of changes to protective laws and obviously worries that some will be used to create the 'new …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/civil-liberty-time-for-a-coronavirus-safeguards-bill/

Satellite launch proved sanctions to be ineffective: IRGC spox
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

Cuban News Agency Reporter Arrested in Chile for 'No Reason'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-26
Cuban news agency Prensa Latina's reporter Damian Trujillo was detained Sunday in Chile's Santiago, during a protest marking the day on which the country's constitutional referendum would have taken place, had it not been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. | RELATED: | Chile's Elite Escaping by Helicopter for Easter Amid Pandemic | A group of Carabineros, the Chilean police, arrested the journalist and placed him in their van while his colleagues protested and asked for…
telesurenglish.net/news/Cuban-News-Agency-Reporter-Arrested-in-Chile-With-No-Cause–20200426-0006.html

B'Tselem: Israeli Settlers Exploit Coronavirus to Take Over West Bank Land with Military Backing: Violent Attacks Spike in April
BIICFHRIOT | imemc.org | 2020-04-26
B'Tselem

Facebook Says Israeli Spyware Company Ran Vast Hacking Operation in the United States
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-04-26
Lawsuit reveals extent of Israeli spyware company's U.S. operation | Michael ARRIA | In 2019, nearly 1,400 WhatsApp users were hacked with a number human rights advocates and journalists targeted. The attack was allegedly the work the NSO Group, an Israeli spyware company. | Last October, Facebook (which owns WhatsApp) sued NSO over the breach, claiming that the company was unable to break Facebook's encryption, but infected the phones of many users. NSO denied the claims. "The sole purpose of…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/04/26/facebook-says-israeli-spyware-company-ran-vast-hacking-operation-in-us/

They Were Willing to Make the Ultimate Sacrifice for the U.S., but Trump Won't Let Them Become Americans
Scarlet Kim | aclu.org | 2020-04-24
Ange Samma, a 22-year-old green card holder from Burkina Faso, came to the United States seven years ago, when he was still a teenager. After studying electrical engineering at community college, he decided to enlist in the U.S. Army in 2018. He wanted to give back to his adopted country and also hoped joining the military would help him achieve his goal of becoming an electrical engineer. , , Ange currently serves on active duty as a soldier in South Korea. But despite serving this country on a U.S. military base in a foreign country, he still hasn't been able to obtain citizenship through his military servic…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/they-were-willing-to-make-the-ultimate-sacrifice-for-the-u-s-but-trump-wont-let-them-become-americans

During Coronvrius: Cuba to the Rescue, But Don't Tell the American people
Medea Benjamin | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-24
Anti-Cuba zealots in the Trump administration have been enticing Cuban doctors working overseas to defect, paying journalists to write negative stories, slapping sanctions on Cubans in charge of the program, and strong-arming countries to expel Cuban doctors.
mintpressnews.com/during-coronvrius-cuban-doctors-rescue-but-dont-tell-american-people/266925/

"We Don't Have the Capacity to Treat": Palestinian-Canadian Doctor Says Israel Must Lift Gaza Siege
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-24
As fears continue to grow about what a rampant outbreak of the coronavirus might do to the occupied Palestinian territory, already crippled by years of Israeli sanctions, we get an update from Dr. Tarek Loubani, Palestinian-Canadian doctor and emergency physician who volunteers in the Gaza Strip and returned from a trip there last month. "Testing is severely limited," he says. "There have been fewer tests in Gaza so far throughout the entire pandemic than there were in South Korea yesterday."
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/24/tarek_lou…

'No time to blame the messenger' warns UN rights chief, amidst media clampdowns surrounding COVID-19
news.un.org | 2020-04-24
The coronavirus pandemic has spawned new threats to press freedom in some countries, according to the UN human rights chief, who declared on Friday that "credible, accurate reporting is a lifeline for all of us".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062522

Judge shoots down California law mandating background checks for ammunition buyers, citing 'grave injury' to 2nd Amendment
rt.com | 2020-04-24
A federal judge has overturned a law forcing Californians to undergo background checks when buying ammunition, arguing the rule set fire to the Second Amendment and deprived citizens of their right to bear arms. | US District Judge Roger Benitez blocked the 2016 law on Thursday from a San Diego courtroom, penning a lengthy 120-page opinion slamming "onerous and convoluted" laws and regulations that trample rights guaranteed under the Constitution. | "The experiment has been tried. The casualties have been counted. California's new ammunition background check law misfires and the Second Amendment rights of Cali…
rt.com/usa/486728-judge-overturns-ammo-background-checks/

Florida voting rights trial to be argued online
splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
When the Southern Poverty Law Center goes to trial next week over a law undercutting the biggest expansion of suffrage since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the judge will not be on the bench, but in a remote location, staring at his computer screen.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/25/florida-voting-rights-trial-be-argued-online

Florida voting rights trial to be argued online
splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/25/florida-voting-rights-trial-be-argued-online

We're Going to Court on April 27 to Strike Down This Poll Tax for Good
Daniel Tilley | aclu.org | 2020-04-24
On April 27, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Florida, and our litigation partners will go to trial in U.S. District Court against the state of Florida to win the ability to vote for hundreds of thousands of eligible state voters now being denied that basic right. | In November 2018, more than 64 percent of Florida voters approved Amendment 4, returning the right to vote to Floridians convicted of felonies who completed their sentence and supervision. The only persons excluded are those convicted of homicide or sexual crimes. | Immediately, the Florida Legislature set out to undermine voters'…
aclu.org/news/voting-rights/were-going-to-court-on-april-27-to-strike-down-this-poll-tax-for-good

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to CDC's Preliminary Release of COVID-19 Race Data
commondreams.org | 2020-04-24
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/04/24/lawyers-committee-civil-rights-under-law-responds-cdcs-preliminary-release-covid?cd-origin=rss

Human rights 'uplift everyone'; must guide COVID-19 recovery response, says UN chief
news.un.org | 2020-04-23
The coronavirus pandemic is not only a critical public health danger, it is also a human, economic and social emergency that is "fast becoming a human rights crisis", the UN chief said on Thursday, releasing a new policy brief on shaping an effective, inclusive response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062442

Sanctioned Countries Are Now Leading the World in the Fight Against Coronavirus
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-22
Countries currently facing US sanctions, around a quarter of the world's population, are faring far better than the United States and leading the global fight against COVID-19.
mintpressnews.com/sanctioned-countries-leading-world-fight-against-coronavirus/266878/

UN rights chief rejects killings acknowledged by Cameroon, and Iran's execution of child offenders
news.un.org | 2020-04-22
The UN's human rights chief has been weighing in on recent killings committed by State authorities, or by rogue members of State military forces, emphasizing that all Governments must strictly abide by international law and hold those who serve, accountable for any violations.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062402

Death Trap Jail: Pepper-Sprayed, Otay Mesa Detainees Demand Release as COVID-19 Spreads Inside
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-21
We look at the mounting number of COVID-19 cases inside immigration jails across the country and one of the largest outbreaks at the Otay Mesa Detention Center near San Diego, run by private prison company CoreCivic. Prisoners were told to sign contracts, written only in English, in exchange for receiving face masks. When some refused to sign, guards pepper-sprayed them. This comes as activists say hundreds imprisoned in detention centers in California are on hunger strike. We get an update from Ruth Mendez, community activist and volunteer with Otay Mesa Detention Resistance.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/21/otay_mesa…

COVID-19: UN expert urges US to free detained migrants
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-27
The US must urgently use available alternatives for the detention of migrants held in overcrowded and unsanitary administrative centers in order to counter the risk of a novel coronavirus outbreak, a UN human rights expert said Monday."It is very difficult to keep the necessary physical distance in overcrowded detention facilities," said the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe Gonzalez Morales."Significantly reducing the number of detained migrants by releasing them into alternative settings can easily solve this," he said in a statement.Gonzalez Morales said that UN human rights expert…
yenisafak.com/en/news/covid-19-un-expert-urges-us-to-free-detained-migrants-3518019

Bangladesh: Hundreds of Rohingya Refugees Stranded at Sea
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-25
Hundreds of Rohingya refugees are stranded on board two fishing trawlers in the Bay of Bengal without being able to reach land, while the Bangladesh government said they are not its responsibility, Al Jazeera reported Saturday. | RELATED: | Bangladesh Orders Lockdown in Rohingya Camps Over COVID-19 | At least 500 Rohingya refugees may have been at sea for weeks without adequate food and water, drawing criticism from rights groups such as Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the United Nati…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bangladesh-Hundreds-of-Rohingya-Refugees-Stranded-at-Sea-20200425-0008.html

Netflix to Stream Remastered Versions of Kiarostami's Films
Iran Front Page | iranian.com | 2020-04-27
The world's leading provider of online entertainment service Netflix is going to offer the remastered versions of a number of movies directed by late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. Netflix has signed a deal with mk2 Films, a French company that has acquired all rights to dozens of movies from Iranian filmmaker Kiarostami. Every year, mk2 …
iranian.com/2020/04/26/netflix-to-stream-remastered-versions-of-kiarostamis-films/

US blocking Iran media outlet stark infringement of freedom of expression: Foreign Ministry
Press TV | iranian.com | 2020-04-26
Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says a recent decision by the administration of US President Donald Trump to block the domains of Iranian news outlets is in "stark infringement" of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and freedom of expression. In a Twitter post on Sunday, the Iranian ministry "strongly" condemned the US Treasury Department's …
iranian.com/2020/04/26/us-blocking-iran-media-outlet-stark-infringement-of-freedom-of-expression-foreign-ministry/

Iran Sanctions and Sickness
Vira Ameli | iranian.com | 2020-04-26
In the current global pandemic, Iran occupies a unique position. One of the first countries to experience the outbreak of covid-19, it is simultaneously the target of an economic blockade that goes back not years, but decades. How Iran has fared under this dual onslaught is determined by the interaction between its singular place in the geopolitical …
iranian.com/2020/04/26/iran-sanctions-and-sickness/

Iran 'honored' to cut corona deaths to a third amid sanctions: Health Minister
Tehran Times | iranian.com | 2020-04-24
The daily death toll and positive cases of coronavirus in Iran have dropped respectively to one third and 40 percent over the course of three weeks, which is a source of honor for the country amid the tough sanctions, Health Minister Saeed Namaki has said. The Iranian health ministry on Friday announced that the total …
iranian.com/2020/04/24/iran-cut-corona-deaths-to-a-third-amid-sanctions/

EU censures US for refusing to ease sanctions on Iran
Press TV | iranian.com | 2020-04-23
The European Union has censured the United States for refusing to ease sanctions on the Islamic Republic and blocking an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan to Iran to help it fight the COVID-19 pandemic. "We supported first to soften the sanctions and second, the request by Iran to the International Monetary Fund for financial help," EU foreign …
iranian.com/2020/04/22/eu-censures-us-for-refusing-to-ease-sanctions-on-iran/

NYC Immigrant Communities Fight Hunger, Exploitation & Invisibility Through Mutual Aid
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-21
We look at how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting undocumented people here in New York City, where the coronavirus has hit immigrant communities the hardest, even as the numbers of daily deaths statewide has declined in recent days. As reports of widespread poverty and hunger continue in the immigrant communities, people are also organizing and helping each other through mutual aid despite extraordinarily difficult circumstances. We are joined by Juan Carlos Ruiz, Lutheran pastor at Good Shepherd Church in Brooklyn and co-founder of the national New Sanctuary Movement and the New Sanctuary Coalition here in Ne…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/21/migrants_…

Human Rights Watch cabildea por sanciones letales contra Nicaragua y Venezuela, mientras arrecia la crisis de Covid-19
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-20
Human Rights Watch está orgullosamente asumiendo el crédito por sanciones devastadoras contra Nicaragua, mientras busca escalar la guerra económica en…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/20/human-rights-watch-sanciones-nicaragua-venezuela/

'The US Reaction to Pressure to Ease Sanctions Was to Double Down' – CounterSpin interview with Joe Emersberger on sanctions under Covid-19
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-04-20
"If there were an opposition movement in countries like Canada and the United States and Europe, the demand wouldn't just be, 'You gotta stop this'; the demand would actually be, 'Hey, we've got to prosecute the people involved with this. This is killing people. This is a crime. People should be facing legal consequences for this.'"
fair.org/home/the-us-reaction-to-pressure-to-ease-sanctions-was-to-double-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-us-reaction-to-pressure-to-ease-sanctions-was-to-double-down

Free the refugees detained in Kangaroo Point at risk of COVID-19
ALEX | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-19
Refugees & migrants Alex BainbridgeIssue 1262 | Australia COVID-19 Kangaroo Point detainees BrisbaneApril 19, 202…
greenleft.org.au/content/free-refugees-detained-kangaroo-point-risk-covid-19

What it's Like in ICE Detention During a Pandemic
aclu.org | 2020-04-17
As millions of people in the U.S. shelter in their homes, and millions more who aren't able to stay indoors practice social distancing or other measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19, a crisis is brewing in the facilities where immigrants are detained. Cramped conditions and inadequate access to hygiene or medical care have created what one medical expert called a "tinderbox" for the disease in a letter to Congress., , Many of those in detention are asylum seekers, who came to the U.S. to ask for protection after fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries. Many others were long-time U.S. resi…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/what-its-like-in-ice-detention-during-a-pandemic

Bolivian coup leader freaks out on The Grayzone for 'fascist' label in complaint to OAS 'human rights' arm
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-16
The director of far-right Bolivian coup leader Camacho's presidential campaign threw a slander-laced tantrum against The Grayzone in a letter…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/16/bolivia-coup-the-grayzone-cidh-camacho-maclean/

Congressman John Lewis shares message of support for SPLC's work
splcenter.org | 2020-04-13
Congressman John Lewis has been a tireless champion for equal rights and justice for more than six decades.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/14/congressman-john-lewis-shares-message-support-splcs-work

Mike Elk on Frontline Worker Rights, Joe Emersberger on Pandemic Sanctions
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-04-10
Media…
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Get-out-the-vote effort goes digital for COVID-19 pandemic
splcenter.org | 2020-04-10
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Alexis Carr was able to knock on doors in Montgomery, Alabama, register people to vote, instruct them on voting rights and encourage them to cast their ballots on Election Day.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/11/get-out-vote-effort-goes-digital-covid-19-pandemic

Nativist Hate Groups Want to Keep People in ICE Detention Despite COVID-19 Threat
splcenter.org | 2020-04-08
Anti-immigrant think tanks are pushing for the U.S. to detain immigrants and asylum seekers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, even as prisoners stage hunger strikes and other protests in response to what they describe as deteriorating health conditions in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/09/nativist-hate-groups-want-keep-people-ice-detention-despite-covid-19-threat

Stop Tightening the Thumb Screws: A Humanitarian Message
Kathy Kelly | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
One way to help others survive is to insist that the United States lift sanctions against Iran and instead support acts of practical care…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/stop-tightening-the-thumb-screws-a-humanitarian-message/

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