(2022-08-13). US' serious human rights violations in the Middle East cause permanent damage. ecns.cn
(2022-08-13). US Threatens Russia And Iran With Sanctions Over Alleged Drone Deal. southfront.org 
On August 11, the United States Department of State said that it would "vigorously" enforce sanctions on Russian and Iranian arms trading, revealing that Russian officials had conducted training on drones in Iran. | Last month, senior US officials said that Iran was preparing to provide Russia with up to several hundred drones, some of which are armed, and that Russian officials had visited Iran to inspect the drones in question. The deal is supposedly meant to support Russia's ongoing special m…
(2022-08-13). Fighting for Abortion Rights in Alabama after the overturn of Roe. liberationnews.org 
The fight is on. Yellowhammer has no intentions of giving up in the struggle for abortion rights all reproductive rights and basic human rights.
(2022-08-13). Iran tanker to return after failed US attempt to steal cargo. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) — Iran's Embassy in Greece says an Iranian oil tanker is to head back to the country soon, after a failed attempt by the United States to steal its cargo in line with Washington's sanctions against the country.
(2022-08-13). Gustavo Petro designa nuevas autoridades militares en Colombia. telesurtv.net El mandatario colombiano expresó que el principal objetivo del nuevo mando será incrementar la seguridad, la paz y el respeto a los derechos humanos.
(2022-08-13). FM spokesperson announces China's sanctions on Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications. ecns.cn China on Friday announced sanctions on Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania Agne Vaiciukeviciute, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
(2022-08-13). 31 killed, injured in Mexican prison riot. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) — A riot that broke out in a prison and spilled into the streets of the city of Ciudad Juarez in a Mexican state on the border with the United States left 11 people killed and 20 injured, a Mexican source said on Friday.
(2022-08-13). No agreement reached in Vienna talks on lifting sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) — There's no agreement because nothing is agreed upon until everything is agreed upon, the US Special Representative for Iran said, speaking about the prospects for lifting US illegal sanctions in Vienna talks.
(2022-08-13). [Correspondence] Iran's burden of disease and burden of data collection. thelancet.com The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019 Iran Collaborators1 analyse data from 1990 to 2019. Of particular focus was the effect of sanctions on the health of Iranians through diminished access to quality care. Recommendations described in the report included the necessity for evaluating policies, assessing needs, and setting priorities on the basis of disease burden. However, as the data series ends before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the report does not address the global public health catastrophe that has forced many nations, including Iran, to reassess their preparedness.
(2022-08-12). New Research Finds CIA Used Black Americans as Drugs Experiment Guinea Pigs. scheerpost.com By Kit Klarenberg / MintPress News By now, many will be familiar with Project MKULTRA. For decades, the CIA conducted highly unethical experiments on humans in order to perfect brainwashing, mind control and torture techniques. Perhaps the program's most notorious aspect was the administration of high doses of psychoactive drugs to targets, particularly LSD. These substances …
(2022-08-12). US illegal sanctions caused $200 bn economic losses to Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) — Regarding the US violation of Human Rights, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced that the unilateral US sanctions have caused at least 200 billion dollars worth of economic damage to Iran.
(2022-08-12). U.S. Government's Global Hypocrisy Ridiculed. southfront.org 
US and its allies build a stage for human rights over innocent Afghan lives. Cartoon: Vitaly Podvitski | Written by The U.S. Government holds in its prisons
(2022-08-12). UN Urges Israel Be Held Accountable for Killing Palestinian Children. orinocotribune.com UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, alarmed by the mass murder of Palestinian children by Israel in the latest escalation, urges accountability. | In a
(2022-08-12). UN Racial Justice Review Gives Biden Opportunity to Center International Human Rights. aclu.org Every few years, the United Nations Given that the last U.S. review took place under the Obama administration in 2014, this year's review was a first for the Biden administration. As expected, the Biden administration claimed significant progress on racial justice in its report and presentation to the committee. However, more than a year into his term, few of President Biden's…
(2022-08-12). Chicago's movement to free wrongfully incarcerated gains traction as Foxx moves to exonerate 8. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Campaign to Free Incarcerated Survivors of Police Torture (CFIST) of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | The Campaign to Free Incarcerated Survivors of Police Torture (CFIST) of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression hails the announcement by the Cook County State's Attorney Office in the cases of David Colon, Johnny Flores, Nelson Gonzalez, Marilyn Mulero and Jaime Rios —previously released — and Carlos Andino, Alfredo Gonzalez and Louis Robinson, still imprisoned. All are surviv…
(2022-08-12). India: How Tribal People Are Losing Their Land Rights. popularresistance.org How will you feel if someone promises to remove an injustice you have suffered for years, but in the end leaves you suffering even more than before? | Something similar appears to be happening to tribal communities in India in the context of the Forest Rights Act 2006. They were promised by the government that the historic injustice caused to them in the context of arbitrary classification of some of their land as forest land during colonial times will be corrected now. To realize this they were asked to file claims for the land cultivated by them but whose legal ownership was stated to be that of the forest depa…
(2022-08-12). Understanding Maduro's successful socialist economic strategy. popularresistance.org IN ITS intensely biased coverage of Venezuela during the hard years of 2014-21 the mainstream media wheeled in every imaginable academic pundit to "demonstrate" that the country's economic woes were the result of President Nicolas Maduro overseeing Venezuela's slide "into authoritarianism and economic collapse" (the Guardian, January 24 2019) and not of cruel US sanctions. | In 2019, the Economist for instance, in line with US policy, published a front cover with a clench-fisted Juan Guaido titled "the battle for Venezuela's future," positing "the world democracies are right to seek change." Very rarely, if at al…
(2022-08-12). 'Smoldering Powder Keg': US Might Explode Due to Biden's Policies on Immigration, Journalist Says. southfront.org 
© AP Photo / Darron Cummings | Written by At least 2 million attempts to illegally cross the US border have been registered in the 19 months Joe Biden has been president, in what investigative journalist Mark Dankof calls an attempt to change the country's demographics for future political gains. | Ever since Democrat Joe Biden became presid…
(2022-08-12). The United States Has Many Political Prisoners. Here's a List. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-12). Black August Builds on Our Black Radical Traditions. popularresistance.org The 31 days of August hold a particular and special meaning you will not find in the celebrations that come with Juneteenth, Black History Month or Kwanzaa. For 43 years now since 1979, Black August commemorates and highlights political prisoners and their crucial role in the Black liberation/freedom struggle. Black August is directly tied to the Black prison movement that started in the San Quentin prison and through relentless organizing spread to other prisons as well as to the streets. | The story of Black August begins immediately behind the prison walls after Jonathan and George Jackson were killed in Augus…
(2022-08-12). 41 Days After Her Death, Palestinians Hold Funeral For Woman Who Died In Israeli Prison. imemc.org 
On Thursday, hundreds of Palestinians marched in the funeral procession and ceremony of a Palestinian woman who died in Israeli prisons 41 days earlier due to medical neglect and mistreatment by the Israeli occupation authorities. Israel initially refused to release her corpse. The woman, Sa'diyya Farajallah, 68, from Ethna town west of the southern West …
(2022-08-12). Lawyer Activist: The City Of Atlanta Is Trying To Make Money By Locking Up Residents. moguldom.com An attorney, writer and activist from Atlanta has accused the city of being willing to trade prisoners for profit. Josie Duffy Rice — whose website bio says her work is primarily focused on prosecutors, prisons, and other criminal justice issues — called out Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens in a lengthy Twitter thread. She said Dickens did "a …
(2022-08-12). MAGA 'Patriots' Are Answering the Call to the Right's Hatred of Liberal Democracy. commondreams.org How many more will heed this call in the days and weeks to come, as far-right Congressional leaders, activists, and media influencers intensify their rhetoric of "patriotic" resistance to "tyranny?"
(2022-08-12). Mitos sobre inmigración versus hechos: Una mirada detrás del furor antiinmigrante. cpusa.org 
(For the English version of Immigration Myths and Facts, click here.) El tema de la inmigración sigue siendo un asunto principal en el Congreso y las legislaturas estatales. Los republicanos lo han convertido en un chivo expiatorio político mientras los inmigrantes continúan moviendo nuestra economía y reconstruyendo muchas comunidades para el bienestar en todo …
(2022-08-12). "Factual Chaos" at the WHO? Dr. Tedros: Monkeypox Outbreak Is "Among Men Who Have Sex with Men" globalresearch.ca Where is the science? What are the implications? This was a personalized decision by Dr. Tedros, in defiance of the IHR Committee' Decision NOT to implement a PHEIC. Does his bold statement constitute an encroachment of the fundamental rights of the LGBT Community which is currently the object of the emergency measures?
(2022-08-12). Senior cleric voices hope anti-Iran sanctions to be lifted. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) — Ayatollah Kazem Seddiqi expressed hope that the Western countries would guarantee that sanctions on Iran will be removed in a verifiable manner as the nuclear negotiations continue.
(2022-08-11). Midterm Elections: How These Offices Impact Your Rights. aclu.org Following a radical Supreme Court term that has had a