(2023-02-14). Human rights complaints mount against Bukele's state of exception in El Salvador. wsws.org The massive scale of the roundups is comparable to those carried out by the military dictatorships in Central and South America during the 1970s and 1980s.
(2023-02-13). U.N. Rapporteur: Lift Sanctions on Syria to Help People Rebuild After War & Devastating Earthquakes. democracynow.org 
We speak with human rights expert Alena Douhan, a United Nations special rapporteur and one of several U.N. experts calling for the lifting of economic and financial sanctions against Syria in order to aid recovery efforts following last week's devastating earthquakes. "The people of Syria are currently deprived of any possibility to rebuild their country, and their country needed reconstruction before the earthquake," says Douhan.
(2023-02-13). 10 Ways The US Is Out Of Line With The Entire World. mintpressnews.com 
The US, one of the wealthiest and most powerful nations, stands alone as the only country to reject human rights such as the right to food and the rights of the disabled and children. Learn more about this alarming reality with Lee Camp.
(2023-02-13). Dozens of Texas prisoners are hunger striking against solitary confinement. therealnews.com 
Across the US, some 50,000 incarcerated people are kept under conditions of solitary confinement. Advocates and prisoners have pushed to define the practice as a form of torture, pointing to the devastating psychological and physical effects it has on victims. In Texas, dozens of prisoners are now hunger striking against the use of solitary confinement in the state's prisons, which they say disproportionately targets Latinos. Jorge Antonio Renaud, National Criminal Justice Director of
(2023-02-13). La protección integral de los derechos humanos, elemento esencial para la viabilidad del socialismo. cubadebate.cu No es posible el socialismo sin la democracia socialista y esta debe caracterizarse por la participación popular como su elemento funcional y por la protección y la salvaguarda de los derechos humanos.
(2023-02-14). California Tribes, E.J. group file comments on voluntary water agreements with the State Water Board. indybay.org "As long as the state upholds historic water rights, that we all know to be racist and unfair, we will continue to have first- and second-class California communities," said Dillon Delvo, Executive Director, Little Manila.
(2023-02-14). Human rights complaints mount against Bukele's state of exception in El Salvador. wsws.org The massive scale of the roundups is comparable to those carried out by the military dictatorships in Central and South America during the 1970s and 1980s.
(2023-02-13). U.N. Rapporteur: Lift Sanctions on Syria to Help People Rebuild After War & Devastating Earthquakes. democracynow.org We speak with human rights expert Alena Douhan, a United Nations special rapporteur and one of several U.N. experts calling for the lifting of economic and financial sanctions against Syria in order to aid recovery efforts following last week's devastating earthquakes. "The people of Syria are currently deprived of any possibility to rebuild their country, and their country needed reconstruction before the earthquake," says Douhan.
(2023-02-13). 10 Ways The US Is Out Of Line With The Entire World. mintpressnews.com The US, one of the wealthiest and most powerful nations, stands alone as the only country to reject human rights such as the right to food and the rights of the disabled and children. Learn more about this alarming reality with Lee Camp.
(2023-02-13). Dozens of Texas prisoners are hunger striking against solitary confinement. therealnews.com Across the US, some 50,000 incarcerated people are kept under conditions of solitary confinement. Advocates and prisoners have pushed to define the practice as a form of torture, pointing to the devastating psychological and physical effects it has on victims. In Texas, dozens of prisoners are now hunger striking against the use of solitary confinement in the state's prisons, which they say disproportionately targets Latinos. Jorge Antonio Renaud, National Criminal Justice Director of
(2023-02-13). La protección integral de los derechos humanos, elemento esencial para la viabilidad del socialismo. cubadebate.cu No es posible el socialismo sin la democracia socialista y esta debe caracterizarse por la participación popular como su elemento funcional y por la protección y la salvaguarda de los derechos humanos.
(2023-02-14). California Tribes, E.J. group file comments on voluntary water agreements with the State Water Board. indybay.org "As long as the state upholds historic water rights, that we all know to be racist and unfair, we will continue to have first- and second-class California communities," said Dillon Delvo, Executive Director, Little Manila.
(2023-02-14). UN envoy backs the rights of the child. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Monday emphasized the rights of the child and called for the international community to shield children from harm.
(2023-02-13). Open justice, Northern Ireland Protocol and protest rights: The Weekly Round Up. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news | The Public Order Bill has concluded its Report Stage in the House of Lords and is now due to return to the House of Commons. The Peers
(2023-02-13). House Republicans, with help from corporate Dems, vote against D.C. immigrant voting rights. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—This past week, Republicans led by Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia passed resolutions aimed at overturning two progressive laws in the District of Columbia. The two laws include the recently-passed local voting rights act aimed at enfranchising 50,000 non-citizens, letting them cast ballots in municipal elections. The other was a revision of the criminal code …
(2023-02-13). Barcelona City Decides to Cut All Official Ties with Israel Over Its Systemic Violations of Palestinian Rights. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-13). We Can't Let Antisemitism Be Weaponized to Criminalize Solidarity With Palestine. truthout.org As Jewish students and anti-Zionist organizers, we know that it is in no way antisemitic to support the fight for Palestinian liberation. False accusations of such should not be used to silence Palestinian solidarity activists. That's why we were glad to see the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights ditch a misleading and discredited definition of antisemitism in its recent fact sheet… |
(2023-02-13). Lift Sanctions against Syria to Lessen Sufferings from the Earthquake. transcend.org The International Movement for a Just World urges the North American, British, Australian, Canadian, Swiss and some European Union and Arab League governments to lift the unjust, immoral sanctions against Syria in order to lessen the immense sufferings of the people caused by the massive earthquake of 6 Feb 2023.
(2023-02-13). Lift Sanctions Against Syria to Lessen Sufferings of the People Caused by the Earthquake. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-13). U.S. easing sanctions on quake-hit Syria proof of indifference to humanitarian needs. ecns.cn After the tragic loss of at least 3,500 lives in quake-hit Syria, the United States, bowing to international pressure, announced a temporary easing of sanctions on the war-torn country.
(2023-02-13). Margaret Kimberley on NEW 2nd Edition of SANCTIONS Book. iacenter.org "What are thought of as mere limits on financial transactions are a form of warfare which kill as surely as bombs and bullets. Sanctions are war crimes, violating prohibitions against the targeting of civilian populations. This book SANCTIONS — A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy is vital to understanding how the United States and its allies create suffering around the world." —Margaret Kimberley, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report Order 2nd Edition, just released SANCTIONS — A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy: iacenter.org/sanctions-book Podcast — Interview by Margaret Kimbe…
(2023-02-13). U.S. economic sanctions aggravate earthquake response in Syria. peoplesworld.org 
Suffering in Syria and Turkey caused by a strong earthquake on Feb. 6 has elicited an immense worldwide humanitarian response. The toll as of press time for this article was 36,000 people dead, with the number of recorded deaths steadily rising as rubble from collapsed buildings is removed. Unusually cold weather and snow add to …
(2023-02-13). Death Toll Rises as US Sanctions Block Aid to Earthquake-Devastated Syria. thealtworld.com With tens of thousands dead from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, U.S. sanctions are blocking aid and rescue work to Syria. | Rania and Eugene discuss how, in addition to hampering relief, sanctions on Syria have ruined its medical sector & capacity to respond to this disaster.
(2023-02-13). The Earthquake in Turkey and Syria is Not Just a Natural Disaster. socialistproject.ca 
The earthquake that devastated southern Turkey and northern Syria in early February was a natural disaster — but the decades of war, sanctions and exploitation that made it so deadly were man-made. If the earthquake recovery can become a recovery from endless war and corrupt, far-right nationalist rule, the people of the region will be better protected from all future disasters — natural or otherwise. | After four decades of war against its own Kurdish population and ten years of intervention in Syria's conflict, the Turkish national security state is omnipresent in southeastern Turkey and northern…