Erdogan blasts Arab states for backing Trump's Middle East plan
rt.com | 2020-01-31
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasted a number of Arab nations on Friday for backing a Middle East peace plan unveiled by the US, condemning it as "treason." | "Some Arab countries that support such a plan commit treason against Jerusalem, as well as against their own people, and more importantly against all humanity," Erdogan told his party's provincial heads in Ankara. | Erdogan, a strong advocate of Palestinian rights, singled out Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Jordan, AFP reports. "Saudi Arabia in particular, you are silent. When will you break your silence? You look at Amman,…
rt.com/newsline/479696-erdogan-arabs-trump-palestinians/

Tehran says US sanctions on chief of nuclear energy organization was 'unwise move'
rt.com | 2020-01-31
Iran's nuclear energy organization has described recent sanctions on the head of the agency by the US an "unwise move." Washington announced new sanctions on Thursday against the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and its director, Ali Akbar Salehi. The sanctions freeze any assets that Salehi has within US jurisdiction. | The organization tweeted on Friday that "the unwise move" by President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on Salehi and AEOI "will not in any way interrupt [Iran's] peaceful nuclear activities and policies." | "Such cruel sanctions will further enhance the nuclear scientist's motives in…
rt.com/newsline/479745-iran-us-sanctions-nuclear/

Chile: One Dead and 124 Arrested During a Violent Early Morning
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-31
One dead person, 124 detainees and several wounded was the balance of the police repression to the protests that Chileans carried out in the early hours of Friday in Santiago. | RELATED: | Chilean Students Protest Controversial Exam in Santiago | On Thursday afternoon, citizens went out to protest the death of Jorge Mora, a fan of the Colo-Colo soccer team, who was hit by a Police truck last Tuesday. | His death intensified popular mobilizations against the neoliberal state, which th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-One-Dead-and-124-Arrested-During-a-Violent-Early-Morning-20200131-0005.html

No War, No Sanctions on Iran
We Insist | indybay.org | 2020-01-31
January 25, 2020…a fabulous San Francisco turnout at the last in a series of emergency protests prompted by Trump's assassination of Iran's General Qasem Soleimani.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/30/18830196.php

Elizabeth Warren issues call for internet censorship
wsws.org | 2020-01-31
While nominally directed against Russia and right-wing "trolls," the proposal would open the way to a sweeping attack on the democratic rights of the American people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/31/warr…

Union motion: Support real action on the climate
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-31
Climate workers' rights & unionsIssue 1251 AustraliaJanuary 31, 2020Unionists active in the climate change movement have drafted the following model motion to help break the silence on the fact that the catastrophic bushfires are connected to climate change. | It also seeks to build support for the February 22 national day of action…
greenleft.org.au/content/union-motion-support-real-action-climate

'Remain In Mexico Program Leaves Death and Torture' ACLU Says
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
Social activists Wednesday gathered in San Diego, California, to protest against the Migration Protection Protocols (MPP) program due to human rights abuses occurring in the places to which migrants are sent. | RELATED: | New Migrant Group Sneaks Into Mexico by Crossing Suchiate River | Since it began to be implemented a year ago, the "Remain-In-Mexico" policy requires asylum seekers arriving by land at the U.S./Mexico border to return to Mexico to await their asylum hearing i…
telesurenglish.net/news/Remain-In-Mexico-Program-Leaves-Death-and–Torture-ACLU-Says-20200130-0006.html

US Bernie Sanders Top Presidential Pick Among Deported Dreamers
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
United States Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is the Dreamers' top pick to beat President Donald Trump in the upcoming November election, in order to put an end to the hostility in the U.S. against migrants. | RELATED: | US Congress Committee to Investigate Death of Detained Migrants | Although they no longer live in the U.S., Dreamers who have returned to Mexico are closely following the presidential race, given that a second term for the Republican president w…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Bernie-Sanders-Top-Presidential-Pick-Among-Deported-Dreamers-20200130-0015.html

Anti-Trump-themed 'Immigrant Food' restaurant owned by lobbyists for right-wing Latin American coup leaders who fueled migration crisis
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-30
The shocking story of how wealthy Latin American regime-change hitmen exploited immigrant rights, international food, and a pliant DC media…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/30/anti-trump-immigrant-food-lobbyists-coup-fueled-migration-crisis/

Israeli Rights Group: Trump "Peace Plan" not Peace but Apartheid
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-30
The Israeli human rights organisation, "B'Tselem," said, in statement, that US President Donald Trump's plan drains the principles of international law of any meaning and completely neuters the concept of accountability for breaching them. B'Tselem added that the American administration's plan, branded as the "Deal of the Century," is more …
imemc.org/article/israeli-rights-group-trump-peace-plan-not-peace-but-apartheid/

The Torturers and the 'Ticking Bomb': How Torture Became Routine in the Global War on Terror
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
With all the media excitement focused on the impeachment of President Donald Trump, it comes as no surprise that some recent additional insights into how the United States became a torture regime have been largely ignored. It has been …
globalresearch.ca/how-torture-became-routine-global-war-terror/5702318

PCHR: "Trump's Middle East Plan Violates Rights and Legitimizes War Crimes"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-30
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): While the Oslo Accords sacrificed human rights and the international law for more than a quarter of a century, the U.S president Donald Trump's Middle East plan constitutes a full destruction of international law, and legitimizes more than 50 years of Israeli violations of …
imemc.org/article/pchr-trumps-middle-east-plan-violates-rights-and-legitimizes-war-crimes/

How Not to Fight Antisemitism
Independent Jewish Voices | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Executive Summary | Antisemitism is a form of racism and as such must be opposed on general anti-racist principles, in solidarity with other anti-racist struggles and in concert with the principles of human rights and equality for all. Unfortunately, both the | …
globalresearch.ca/how-not-fight-antisemitism-critique-international-holocaust-remembrance-alliance-working-definition-antisemitism-ihra-wda/5702297

AMLO: Killing of Mexican Butterfly Conservationist 'Regrettable'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador today described the assassination of the administrator of the Monarcas butterfly sanctuary, Homero Gomez Gonzalez, as regrettable and painful. | RELATED: | Mexico's President Assures Continuation of Social Programs | …
telesurenglish.net/news/AMLO-Killing-of-Mexican-Butterfly-Conservationist-Regrettable-20200130-0018.html

Indigenous Women File OECD Specific Instance Against Credit Suisse for Rights Violations Regarding Pipeline Financing
commondreams.org | 2020-01-30
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/01/30/indigenous-women-file-oecd-specific-instance-against-credit-suisse-rights?cd-origin=rss

US Sanctions Bar Iran from Accessing $5B Energy Export Revenue
Tsvetana Paraskova | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Due to the U.S. sanctions on Iran, Tehran is unable to use or transfer US$5 billion in revenues it has received from Iraq for supplying natural gas and electricity to its neighbor, an Iranian official told local media on Wednesday….
globalresearch.ca/us-sanctions-bar-iran-accessing-5b-energy-export-revenue/5702309

New Polling Shows That for the First Time Ever, a Majority of Americans Support Decriminalizing Sex Work
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-30
For the first time ever, a majority of American voters somewhat or strongly support decriminalizing sex work, according to new polling results published Thursday as part of a broader report from 28 human rights and public health groups. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/30/new-polling-shows-first-time-ever-majority-americans-support-decriminalizing-sex?cd-origin=rss

'A Champion of Workers Rights': 200,000-Strong Postal Workers Union Endorses Sanders for President
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-30
"We believe it is in the best interests of all postal workers, our job security, and our union to support and elect Bernie Sanders for president." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/30/champion-workers-rights-200000-strong-postal-workers-union-endorses-sanders?cd-origin=rss

Jeremy Corbyn slams Donald Trump's so-called 'peace plan' for Palestine
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-29
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan would "lock-in illegal Israeli colonisation" and deny Palestinian people their fundamental rights. He added that Britain must tell the US they are "wrong" on the issue.Boris Johnson, meanwhile, provided encouragement to the proposal which would leave sizeable areas of the occupied West Bank in Israeli hands.Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has dismissed Trump's plan as a "conspiracy deal".Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Corbyn said of the US president's idea: It will annex Palestinian territory, lock-in illegal Israeli colonisation…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/01/29/jeremy-corbyn-slams-donald-trumps-so-called-peace-plan-for-palestine/

We're Back in Court this Week Defending Access to Safe Abortion in Kentucky
Amber Duke | aclu.org | 2020-01-29
The ACLU is back | in court today once again to stop Kentucky's attempt to block access to | abortion. We've been here before. Over the past three years, the Kentucky | General Assembly has passed bill after bill that limits

'This Type of Surveillance Threatens Us All' – CounterSpin interview with Chip Gibbons on FBI vs. 1st Amendment
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-01-29
Janine Jackson interviewed Defending Rights & Dissent's Chip Gibbons about the FBI vs. the First Amendment for the January 17, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/this-type-of-surveillance-threatens-us-all/

Coalition to March on DNC threatens lawsuit as Milwaukee government denies democratic rights
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-29
Milwaukee, WI – On the evening of January 27, organizers for the Coalition to March on the DNC held a press conference outside City Hall to announce their intention to sue the city if their permit to rally and march is not delivered. Despite having reserved the rotunda inside the building, the press conference was forced to be held outside. | This was the result of a city council representative not booking the room for that evening, even after all proper procedures were followed by the Coalition. This is further proof that the City of Milwaukee is trying to silence the freedoms of speech and assembly of the peopl…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/29/coalitio…

Austria's Green-right alliance sells out migrants
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-29
climate justice immigration rights Jacob Andrewartha Margarita WindischIssue 1251 Austria Austrian Greens…
greenleft.org.au/content/austria-green-right-alliance-sells-out-migrants

Bangladesh's garment workers: the human faces behind 'fast fashion'
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-29
workers' rights & unions Paul GregoireIssue 1251 Bangladesh garment workersJanuary 29, 2020In the backstreets of Dhaka's Mirpur precinct, towards the end of lunchtime on a Friday, streams of garment workers make their way back towards the gates of the…
greenleft.org.au/content/bangladesh-garment-workers-human-faces-behind-fast-fashion

Asylum-Seekers Are Being Abandoned in Guatemala in a New Policy Officials Call a "Total Disaster"
Ashoka Mukpo | aclu.org | 2020-01-28
In late November, U.S. immigration authorities began | deporting some Central American asylum-seekers to Guatemala under a new | policy that makes it nearly impossible for them to seek asylum in the U.S. | But Guatemalan human rights workers say that their country's | asylum system isn't capable of handling even the relatively small numbers that | have been sent there so far, and that asylum seekers' precarious status in the | country has already pushed many to leave. | "They're preferring to move on…
aclu.org/news/human-rights/asylum-seekers-are-being-abandoned-in-guatemala-in-a-new-policy-officials-call-a-total-disaster

SPLC sues Alabama school district for violating students' due process rights after cell phone is mistaken for gun
splcenter.org | 2020-01-28
Andre and his friend were taking turns on a cell phone, playing a video game called Last Day on Earth: Survival

As Barnier's words highlight the farce of UK law, citizens' rights campaigners vow to fight on
Peadar O'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-01-28
On 27 January, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier spoke at Queen's University Belfast. And his words gave some hope to Irish citizens living in the north of Ireland. Barnier said: Whilst Northern Ireland will no longer be part of the EU, people born and raised here that choose to be Irish citizens will still be EU citizens. This means they can continue to move and reside freely within the EU. The UK has committed to upholding their rights, and they cannot be discri…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/01/28/as-barniers-words-highlight-the-farce-of-uk-law-citizens-rights-campaigners-vow-to-fight-on/

Libya: UN report urges accountability for deadly attack against migrant centre
news.un.org | 2020-01-27
Warring parties in Libya, as well as foreign governments supporting them, are being urged to investigate deadly airstrikes last July which killed at least 53 migrants and refugees at a detention centre in the northwest of the country.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1056052

South Florida protest demands: No war on Iran
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-27
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Under Pressure in Impeachment Trial, Trump Steps Up Attacks on Reproductive Rights
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-27
Donald Trump on Friday became the first sitting president in U.S. history to attend the so-called March for Life, the annual anti-abortion rally held in Washington, D.C., that draws thousands of participants. President Trump

Under Pressure in Impeachment Trial, Trump Steps Up Attacks on Reproductive Rights
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-27
Donald Trump on Friday became the first sitting president in U.S. history to attend the so-called March for Life, the annual anti-abortion rally held in Washington, D.C., that draws thousands of participants. President Trump

"Ours to Tell": New Film Highlights Personal Stories About the Importance of Abortion Access
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-27
As Roe v. Wade faces unprecedented attacks, the new short film "Ours to Tell" puts a human face to the fight for reproductive justice and highlights those whose stories are often sidelined by the media: LGBTQ communities and communities of color. The film focuses on Ylonda, Nick, Hannah and Brittany, four people who discuss how having access to abortion shaped their lives. The film was directed by Rayka Zehtabchi and was created by Planned Parenthood and We Testify. For more on the film, as well as the state of reproductive rights in the United States, we speak with Renee Bracey Sherman, founder and executive dir…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/27/ours_to_t…

End discrimination against women and children affected by leprosy
news.un.org | 2020-01-26
Governments must put an end to the informal segregation and institutionalized neglect of hundreds of thousands of women and children affected by leprosy, an independent UN human rights expert said on Sunday, World Leprosy Day.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1056011

Hundreds of Thousands of Iraqis Protest Against US Occupation
The Mind Unleashed | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-24
(TMU)

Amendment 4 is Still on the Line. Here's What's New
Orion Danjuma | aclu.org | 2020-01-23
The right to vote cannot depend on how much money you have. That's what a federal court ruled in October, when it blocked Florida's attempt to force returning citizens

US Airstrike Kills 15 Civilians in Afghanistan, Including 3 Women and 3 Children
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-23
(ANTIWAR.COM)

Conspiracy Theories, Threats of Violence Loom Over Coming Gun Rally in Richmond
splcenter.org | 2020-01-16
Gun-rights activists and antigovernment extremists are planning a protest in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday fueled by antigovernment conspiracy theories and accompanied by online calls for violence.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/16/conspiracy-theories-threats-violence-loom-over-coming-gun-rally-richmond