(2022-07-28). EU court confirms broadcasting ban on Russia. ecns.cn The European Court of Justice (ECJ) rejected on Wednesday a request by Russian state news network RT (Russia Today) France to lift a broadcasting ban it is subjected to under the sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) on Russia in response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
(2022-07-28). Washington Proposes Prisoners' Swap As Russian Operations Continue In Ukraine. southfront.org 
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(2022-07-28). Towards freedom: Palestinian prisoner Raed Rayan suspends hunger strike after 113 days of struggle with agreement for his release. samidoun.net 
After 113 days of struggle and sacrifice to win his freedom, Palestinian prisoner Raed Rayan — jailed without charge or trial under Israeli "administrative detention" — has suspended his hunger strike with an agreement for his release. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes Rayan and his fellow prisoners on their unceasing dedication to put their …
(2022-07-28). High court eases way for expulsion of Israel's Palestinian citizens. electronicintifada.net Law "will likely be used exclusively against Palestinian citizens" and not Israeli Jews, rights groups say.
(2022-07-28). What's behind the escalating attacks on trans people? mronline.org 
Thirty-one members of the white supremacist Patriot Front from across the U.S. were detained after preparing an assault on a Pride festival in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, June 12.
(2022-07-28). Voting rights under attack in Utah as Supreme Court sets its sights on another democratic right. liberationnews.org 
Millions of people across the state will be adversely impacted by reactionary rulings both by state politicians and the Supreme Court. They most not be ignored. In the period after the overturn of Roe, it is vital to bring together a wide variety of people to defend basic rights.
(2022-07-28). Struggle for Justice Continues in Panama. orinocotribune.com Panamanian movements have called for the government to sit down in negotiations with the mobilized sectors and listen to their demands. | As Panamanians enter week three of national strike against the cost of living crisis, the government has responded with heavy repression. On July 19, the anti-riot units brutally repressed the protesters, who have been blocking the Inter-American highway over the past three weeks. However, within hours, the protesters returned to block the road. | Ronaldo Ortíz of the National Front for the Defense of Economic and Social Rights (FRENADESO) spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the on…
(2022-07-28). Black Man Who Assaulted Cops For MAGA At January 6 Capitol Riot Gets Longest Prison Sentence. moguldom.com While the public hearings of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol are still ongoing, Mark Ponder, a Black MAGA supporter, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for assaulting police officers during the Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan handed down the more than …
(2022-07-28). Solidarity with Ahed Abu Ghoulmeh: Leading Palestinian prisoner transferred to interrogation. samidoun.net 
Ahed Abu Ghoulmeh, imprisoned Palestinian leader, was suddenly transferred to interrogation at the Petah Tikvah interrogation center of the occupation one week ago, on Thursday, 21 July. On Thursday, 28 July, Palestinian lawyer Ghaid Qassem reported that she had finally visited Abu Ghoulmeh, who was now being held in Megiddo prison, after repeated prohibitions of …
(2022-07-28). Prisoner Simón Trinidad Is a Victim of Deadly US  ; Colombia Alliance. orinocotribune.com By W.T. Whitney JR.  ; Jul 18, 2022 | Simón Trinidad's 72nd birthday is July 30. Don't think about sending him a card. U.S. prison authorities have blocked his mail since 2004. He is lodged in a maximum-security federal prison in Colorado. Extradited from Colombia, he remained in solitary confinement until 2018. | As a leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Trinidad was in charge of political education and propaganda. He was captured in Ecuador in 2003, with CIA assistance. He had been conferring there with a United Nations official about the release of FARC-held prisoners. | Transferred…
(2022-07-28). Sentencian a expolicías por violar derechos de George Floyd. telesurtv.net Exagentes J. Alexander Kueng y Tou Thao recibieron penas más leves que las recomendadas en las pautas de sentencia.
(2022-07-28). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place To Work For Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic scored 100% on the Disability Equality Index to achieve this recognition. The Disability Equality Index evaluates whether organizations are adopting emerging trends and pioneering measures to move from accommodating those with disabilities to inclusion and, ultimately, genuine…
(2022-07-28). Migrants still struggling with dangers, trials in U.S. immigration policies. america.cgtn.com Tens of thousands of migrants arrive at U.S. southern border every month. Many make it into the U.S. despite risking treacherous crossings, and a continuing policy that allows borders to turn people away. Now some southern states are sending groups of arrivals on buses up …
(2022-07-28). New California bill creates private right of action against illegal weapons. peoplesworld.org 
Under a new law California Governor Gavin Newsom signed July 22, individuals will be able to sue those who manufacture, distribute, transport, import or sell dangerous and illegal assault weapons and ghost guns in the state. Senate Bill 1327, Firearms: Private Rights of Action builds on a concept Newsom advanced late last year after the …
(2022-07-28). Propelled to Victory by Dem Leaders, Cuellar Says $7.25 Too Much for Millions of Workers. commondreams.org "If corporate interests were actually serious about workplace flexibility, you'd see them supporting the rights of their employees to have a say in what goes on in the workplace."
(2022-07-28). Dozens of women allege Indiana corrections officers, police did nothing as they were assaulted and raped. wsws.org After the women were assaulted by the male prisoners, the lawsuits allege that the prison guards punished the victims by putting them on lockdown for several days and denying them "dark privileges."
(2022-07-28). Dozens of women allege Indiana corrections officers, police did nothing as they were assaulted and raped after bribed jailer gave prison key to male inmates. wsws.org After the women were assaulted by the male prisoners, the lawsuits allege that the prison guards punished the victims by putting them on lockdown for several days and denying them "dark privileges."
(2022-07-28). ONU insta a proteger los derechos de la mujer en Uruguay. telesurtv.net El informe aborda las temáticas de discriminación por motivos de orientación sexual e identidad de género, la igualdad de género, la violencia doméstica y contra la mujer.
(2022-07-28). Final two officers involved in George Floyd murder sentenced for civil rights offenses. wsws.org Sentencing illustrate attempt to whitewash US police…
(2022-07-27). The 'Gas Crisis' in Europe is its Own Doing. journal-neo.org 
When Russia began its special military operation in Ukraine and the West responded with sanctions and threats of completely cutting off energy supplies from Russia, little did European states realise that their threat will come back to haunt them within months. The constantly rising cost of living in Europe (and the US) and the spectre …
(2022-07-27). Charles Barkley On Saudi Golf Sponsorship: Why Don't Critics Of My Saudi Bag Worry About Civil Rights In The U.S.? moguldom.com Basketball legend Charles Barkley knows his way around the golf course and he has opted to sign on for the LIV Golf tournament, backed by Saudi Arabia, despite the controversy surrounding human rights abuses in the second-largest country in the Arab world. The tour, now underway, is financed by $2 billion in cash from Saudi …
(2022-07-27). The Supreme Court Is Gutting the Regulatory State. popularresistance.org At the end of June, the conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court issued an explosive series of politically and ideologically motivated decisions designed to fundamentally reshape society. Over the course of just a few days, the Court struck down federal abortion rights, trampled on indigenous people's rights, further eroded the separation between church and state, aided the proliferation of gun violence, and kneecapped the federal government's ability to address climate change. | While shocking, these rulings are not surprising. In fact, they are part of a decades-long, highly successful war by the political Rig…
(2022-07-27). ScheerPost Celebrates Norman Lear's 100th Birthday. scheerpost.com 
Photo by Christopher Ho | By ScheerPost Staff / Original to ScheerPost | "Truly brilliant in its honesty as one would expect from the man who transformed television from a myopic center of banality into a medium of accountability. All of the major controversies that confront us today from war and peace on through race relations, gay rights, gender equality, freedom of and from religion, economic inequality, the right and obligation to challenge power and the powerful and the reality that the American idea would always be a work in progress was brought into the American home by this genius," ScheerPost's own Bo…
(2022-07-27). Take action to free Colombian revolutionary, political prisoner, Simón Trinidad. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Committee to Free Simón Trinidad. | Simón Trinidad, a Colombian revolutionary and political prisoner of the U.S. empire, will have his 72nd birthday in solitary confinement in a federal supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. Simón Trinidad, born Ricardo Palmera, is languishing in prison after a bogus extradition to the United States in 2004, convicted on trumped-up charges, and sentenced to 60 years. He has been requested by the Special Peace Jurisdiction Court (JEP) in Colombia to help rebuild his country toward a peace with justice…
(2022-07-27). Report: Biden Offers To Trade Convicted Russian Arms Dealer Viktor 'Merchant Of Death' Bout For Brittney Griner, Locked Up In A Russian Prison. moguldom.com The Biden administration has offered to exchange a convicted Russian arms trafficker serving 25 years in a U.S. prison to secure the release of two Americans held in Russian prisons including U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, sources told CNN. Griner has been jailed in Moscow for drug possession since February, around the time Russia invaded …
(2022-07-27). Beijing slams US effort to sanction Russia oil sales to china. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) — The Chinese authorities flatly reject the US attempts to impose unilateral sanctions on Russian oil deliveries to China, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday.
(2022-07-27). Argentina Judge Orders Release of Cargo from Grounded Venezuelan Plane. orinocotribune.com An Argentine judge has ordered the release of the cargo of a Venezuelan plane that has been detained in Argentina since June 6. | On Monday, July 25, the federal judge of Lomas de Zamora, Federico Villena, ordered the Argentine Customs to allow all cargo and merchandise to be released from the detained Boeing 747-300, loaded with parts of cars for automobile companies in Argentina The plane is owned by Emtrasur, a subsidiary of the Venezuelan state airline Conviasa. Although Conviasa is on the United States list of sanctioned companies, Emtrasur has no sanction measures against it anywhere in the world. | The…
(2022-07-27). Connecting struggles: Abortion access & the fight for an East Oakland elementary school. liberationnews.org 
On July 9, dozens gathered at Parker Elementary School in East Oakland for an art build for abortion rights. Parker Elementary is currently the site of a historical occupation of one of the many public schools slated for closure in the Oakland Unified School District.
(2022-07-27). Tennessee restricts abortion rights, Nashville activists fight back. liberationnews.org Like several Southern states, Tennessee has enacted restrictive abortion laws since Roe vs Wade was overturned on June 24, 2022. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee called the Supreme Court's decision the "beginning of a hopeful chapter for our country." Meanwhile, activists in Nashville are organizing to protect local abortion services.
(2022-07-27). Intersecting Movements For Housing Justice And Prison Abolition. popularresistance.org Right to the City Alliance (RTTC) is a national alliance made up of over 90 member organizations on local, state, and regional levels organizing around housing and land. Our work includes renters' rights, building alternatives such as community land trusts, and policy work like the opportunity for tenants to purchase buildings before small landlords sell them to bigger corporate landlords. RTTC connects members doing aligned work across the country to share strategies, best practices, and ways of scaling up strategies to expand impact beyond local contexts. Member organizations work on a range of social change is…
(2022-07-27). Why Former FBI Informant And Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Hated Malcolm X. moguldom.com Thurgood Marshall and Malcolm X were two major figures in Black America. Yet it seems they often took jabs at each other. Marshall, the first Black American named to the Supreme Court, especially did not appear to be impressed by Malcolm X and his activist works. Marshall, a lawyer and civil rights activist, served as …
(2022-07-27). Israeli Supreme Court rules citizens can be stripped of status for 'breach of loyalty'. mronline.org 
Rights groups expect the law to be used disproportionately against Palestinian citizens of Israel, who make up 20% of the state's population.
(2022-07-27). Pressure On Biden To Remove Cuba From Terror List. popularresistance.org As the Cuban government celebrates the July 26 Day of the National Rebellion — a public holiday commemorating the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks that is considered the precursor to the 1959 revolution — U.S. groups are calling on the Biden administration to end cruel sanctions that are creating such hardship for the Cuban people. In particular, they are pushing President Joe Biden to take Cuba off the list of state sponsors of terrorism. | Being on this list subjects Cuba to a series of devastating international financial restrictions. It is illegal for U.S. banks to process transactions to Cuba,…
(2022-07-27). Woman Targeted by Gaetz Raises $300K (and Counting) for Abortion Rights. commondreams.org "He expected me to cower and hide," said Olivia Julianna, "but that's not how it played out."
(2022-07-27). Respect for diversity in advancing human rights a necessity, experts say. ecns.cn The international community needs to respect diversity in human rights development as different countries have different development paths and focus, Chinese and foreign human rights experts said on Tuesday.
(2022-07-27). Intelligence min. reveals new info on detained Mossad spies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) — Iran's Intelligence Ministry on Wednesday revealed a set of new information about the detained Mossad spy team in Iran.
(2022-07-27). Cooperation highlighted at high-profile human rights forum. ecns.cn Participants at this year's Beijing Forum on Human Rights called for strengthened cooperation in global human rights governance.
(2022-07-27). Amir-Abdollahian, Iran envoy to Sweden discuss Nouri case. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) — In a meeting with the Iranian envoy to Sweden, the Iranian Foreign Minister made important recommendations regarding the case of imprisonment of Iranian citizen Hamid Nouri in this country.
(2022-07-27). How prison labor works in Arizona. workers.org 
The following article was excerpted from an Arizona Republic and KJZZ News July 22 investigative exposé revealing "what happens when a state exploits some of its poorest people for their labor." Full story at tinyurl.com/2p8ffmnn. Incarcerated women prisoners doing telemarketing. (Photo Credit: Merry Eccles/USA Today Network) After 15 months of . . . |