2019-11-25: Social Media Postees

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Clinical Psychologist Lissa Johnson on Julian Assange: "A maximum security prison is no place to treat a torture victim"
wsws.org | 2019-11-25
Australian clinical psychologist Lissa Johnson is a lead signatory to the open letter by medical doctors in defence of Julian Assange.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/25/john…

The Trump Administration is Unlawfully Detaining a U.S. Resident Without Charge
Charlie Hogle | aclu.org | 2019-11-25
Adham | Hassoun completed his criminal sentence and was set to be released from prison almost | three years ago. But the government — now claiming unprecedented and | unconstitutional powers under the USA Patriot Act — continues to hold Adham in | detention, indefinitely and without charge. | We're | in court to secure his freedom. | Adham | has called the United States home for 30 years. Born in Lebanon to Palestinian | refugees, Adham and his family — like many other refugees — suffered…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/the-trump-administration-is-unlawfully-detaining-a-u-s-resident-without-charge

In Nicaragua, She Dodged Bullets. Now She's Stuck at the Border
Ashoka Mukpo | aclu.org | 2019-11-25
(Ciudad Juarez, Mexico) The sting of tear gas was still in Julia's eyes when she ran into a public park in the center of the Nicaraguan city of Estelí on June 20, 2018. Earlier that day, she'd wrapped her face in a blue-and-white bandanna — the colors of the Nicaraguan flag — and joined a student-led march against the government of President Daniel Ortega, whose proposed cuts to social benefits were sparking tense street demonstrations across the country. [Note: 'Julia' is a pseudonym; the ACLU is protecting her identity for her safety.] | As the students marched through the streets, paramilitary p…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/in-nicaragua-she-dodged-bullets-now-shes-stuck-at-the-border

Violence against women a barrier to peaceful future for all
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-25
Senior officials from across the United Nations on Wednesday stood in solidarity with survivors of violence against women and activists working to end the all-too common human rights violation.
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Amnesty International Toes US Gov't Line in Urging Unrest in Iran
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-25
The US gov't has long attempted to foment popular uprisings and hijack or manipulate protests in Iran, now rights groups like Amnesty International, seem to be parroting the tactic.
mintpressnews.com/amnesty-international-takes-govt-line-in-urging-unrest-in-iran/263018/

Peru Opposition Leader Accused of Graft Released From Jail
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-25
The Constitutional Court of Peru granted Monday a "habeas corpus" appeal to President of the Fuerza Popular (Popular Force) and opposition leader Keiko Fujimori, effectively nulling the preventive detention issued against her as part of the investigation for the alleged money laundering, criminal organization and obstruction of justice. | RELATED: | Peru: Judge in Keiko Case Ruled 'Partial' to State Prosecutors | With four votes in favor and three against, the judges approved the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Peru-Opposition-Leader-Accused-of-Graft-Released-From-Jail-20191125-0007.html

Blinded Palestinian Journalist Exposes Israel's Increasing Violence Against Media
Delilah Boxstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-25
2018 saw a 52 percent increase in the number of violations against Palestinian press, the majority of them comprised physical abuse, arrests or detentions, questioning, preventing coverage and shutting down websites and social media accounts.
mintpressnews.com/blinded-palestinian-journalist-muath-amarneh-israel-violence-media/262981/

Will the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Sanction Russia from the Olympics?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-25
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) might declare Russia's national counterpart "non-compliant" with the international body's regulations early next month in a shameful move that could potentially make the country unable to compete in next year's Tokyo Olympics, thus continuing the …
globalresearch.ca/shame-wada-sanctions-russia-olympics/5695856

Civil Rights Groups Demand Stephen Miller's Removal As Trump's Senior Advisor
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-11-25
On November 18, 2019, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and its affiliates sent a letter to the abomination in the White House known as President Donald J. Trump, demanding the removal of Trump's senior advisor Stephen Miller!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/22/18828372.php

Canada's New Democrats and the Coup in Bolivia–A reply to a reader
wsws.org | 2019-11-25
With phony rhetoric about Canada's role in promoting "democracy" and "human rights," the NDP aids and abets Canadian imperialist intrigue, aggression and war.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/25/repl…

Warning Julian Assange 'Could Die in Prison', 60+ Doctors Demand Immediate Medical Attention for WikiLeaks Founder
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-25
Following an urgent warning from the United Nations that Julian Assange's treatment in prison may amount to life-threatening torture, more than 60 doctors from around the world called on British officials to ensure the Wikileaks founder receives medical attention, at the risk that he may otherwise die in prison. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/25/warning-julian-assange-could-die-prison-60-doctors-demand-immediate-medical?cd-origin=rss

Activists Confront CEO's "Disgusting" Use of Family's History at WWII Incarceration Camps to Justify Propping Up ICE's Migrant Detention
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-25
Japanese-American activists and their allies accused Jenni Nakamoto of turning "her back on her community and history." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/25/activists-confront-ceos-disgusting-use-familys-history-wwii-incarceration-camps?cd-origin=rss

"Who's Next?" Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Director for Opposition to Illegal Israeli Settlements
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-25
Human Rights Watch on Monday vowed to continue fighting the violation of Palestinians' human rights by the Israeli government as the organization's director for the region was expelled from Israel. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/25/whos-next-israel-expels-human-rights-watch-director-opposition-illegal-israeli?cd-origin=rss

Bilateral relations with European states more important for Russia that ties with EU — Medvedev
rt.com | 2019-11-25
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that bilateral contacts with European states are now more important for Russia than relations with the European Union. He made the statement at a meeting with his Finnish counterpart Antti Rinne in Moscow. | Moscow is not going to be the first to lift its restrictions imposed in response to the EU sanctions against Russia, Medvedev said. | The sanctions, which may be retained for a long time, do not hamper the cooperation with European countries separately, according to the prime minister. He added that a number of Russian companies do not want Moscow's restrictive…
rt.com/newsline/474284-bilateral-relations-eu-medvedev/

'No other democracy': Human Rights Watch slams Israel's expulsion of director over BDS activism
rt.com | 2019-11-25
Human Rights Watch has condemned the decision by Israel to deport Omar Shakir, HRW's director for Israel and Palestinian territories. Israel revoked his visa over activism on behalf of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS). | Shakir, a US citizen, was placed on a flight out of Ben Gurion International Airport on Monday, after the Israeli Supreme Court upheld the government's decision to expel him from Tel Aviv. The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Shakir has been an outspoken advocate of the BDS movement prior to his work at HRW, and that they have every right to expel him under a 20…
rt.com/news/474303-shakir-hrw-deported-israel/

Police Raid Egypt's Last Independent News Outlet Mada Masr Amid "Increasingly Hostile" Media Climate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-25
Egyptian security forces raided the office of Mada Masr, the country's last independent media outlet, and arrested three of its journalists this weekend. The raid began Sunday afternoon, when nine plainclothes security officers entered the Mada Masr office in Cairo, seizing phones and laptops and holding the staff in the building for more than three hours. They then arrested editor-in-chief Lina Attalah, managing editor Mohamed Hamama and reporter Rana Mamdouh. It came just a day after security forces arrested senior editor Shady Zalat at his home. All four journalists were released from detention Sunday night. T…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/25/mada_mas…

Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Settlements
Ramzy Baroud | telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-25
It is hardly shocking that the United States government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements which have been built in defiance of international law, are, somehow, "consistent" with international law. | RELATED: | Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Official Over BDS Support | US foreign policy has been edging closer towards this conclusion f…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israels-Next-Move-The-Real-Danger-in-US-Decision-to-Normalize-Illegal-Jewish-Settlements—20191125-0004.html

Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Director for Opposition to Illegal Settlements
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-25
Human Rights Watch on Monday vowed to continue fighting the violation of Palestinians' human rights by the Israeli government as the organization's director for the region was expelled from Israel. | Omar Shakir was forced out of the country three weeks after the Israeli Supreme Court upheld the government's decision to revoke his work visa on the g…
truthout.org/articles/israel-expels-human-rights-watch-director-for-opposition-to-illegal-settlements/

Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Official Over BDS Support
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-25
A Human Rights Watch (HRW) official complied with an Israeli expulsion order on Monday imposed over accusations he backs an international pro-Palestinian boycott, but said the edict would only encourage rights abuses. | RELATED: | Israel 1st Western Democracy to Expel HRW Worker: HRW Director | HRW and Omar Shakir, a U.S. citizen representing the New York-based organization in Israel and the Palestinian territories, have denied the allegations. | Three weeks ago, Israel's Supreme Court upheld…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Expels-Human-Rights-Watch-Official-Over-BDS-Support-20191125-0003.html

Iraq: 13 Dead As Security Forces Open Fire on Protesters
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-24
At least 13 people died and 150 were injured this Sunday in Baghdad and the southern cities of Basra and Nasiriya, as a result of clashes with security forces in one of the "worst" days since protests began. | RELATED: | Four Protesters Killed as Demonstrations Continue in Iraq | According to the Iraqi Human Rights Council, "three demonstrators were killed…
telesurenglish.net/news/the-death-toll-rises-as-anti-government-protests-take-over-Iraq-20191124-0007.html

A staggering one-in-three women, experience physical, sexual abuse
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-24
Violence against women and girls is among the most widespread, and devastating human rights violations in the world, but much of it is often unreported due to impunity, shame and gender inequality, the UN highlighted ahead of Monday's World Day to stamp out abuse of women and girls.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1052041

'We're in America': Latin American group up in arms after Texas teacher tells student to 'speak English' in class
rt.com | 2019-11-23
A substitute teacher temping at a school in a Texas border town has come under fire for telling a Hispanic student to "speak English," prompting a heated response from a civil rights group calling for the teacher's dismissal. | A video of the incident posted online by a local news outlet on Thursday shows the teacher — then subbing at the predominantly Latino Socorro High School, located just a few miles from the border with Mexico — arguing with a student about his phone. | "Speak English, we're in America. Give me your phone," the teacher, who has not been named in press reports, is heard saying in…
rt.com/usa/474146-texas-teacher-speak-english/

New Report On FBI Spying Shows Need For Congressional Investigation
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-22
Church Committee hearing. The Frank Church Papers, Special Collections and Archives, Boise State University. Clearing the FOG (forces of greed) hosts Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers interviewed Chip Gibbons, an expert on Constitutional Law and the legal and policy counsel for Defending Rights and Dissent about a recent right to protest victory in Washington, DC …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/new-report-on-fbi-spying-shows-need-for-congressional-investigation/

They're Killing Us Like Dogs: A Massacre in Bolivia and a Plea for Help
Medea Benjamin | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-22
I am writing from Bolivia just days after witnessing the November 19 military massacre at the Senkata gas plant in the indigenous city of El Alto, and the tear-gassing of a peaceful funeral procession on November 21 to commemorate the dead. These are examples, unfortunately, of the modus operandi of the de facto government that seized control in a coup that forced Evo Morales out of power. | The coup has spawned massive protests, with blockades set up around the country as part of a national strike calling for the resignation of this new government. One well-organized blockade is in El Alto, where residents set u…
mintpressnews.com/human-rights-massacre-bolivia-plea-help/262930/

Meet the Tucson 12: Under Trump, Protesters Are Being Hit With Felony Riot Charges
Natasha Lennard | theintercept.com | 2019-11-22
Illustration: Hanna Barczyk for The Intercept | On the night of August 14, a small group of around 20 Tucson, Arizona-based activists and community members stood outside the Pima County Adult Detention Complex, making noise. They sang, they chanted, they banged drums and pans loud enough to reach the ears of those caged behind the facility's beige concrete walls. Standing on a sidewalk, some lit small, handheld fireworks; others held up a large banner bearing the famed prison abolitionist refrain, "Fire to the prisons." The message to those inside, as with most every noise demonstration held outside a prison:…
theintercept.com/2019/11/22/tucson-12-protest-felony-riot/

Congress Quietly Unites To Extend "Temporary" Patriot Act Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-22
The only time Republicans and Democrats can agree is when they are discussing the expansion of the permanent war and surveillance state. The Last American Vagabond takes a closer look at the many layers of deception about how legislation gets pushed through which contains buried provisions that further erode the U.S. Constitution and liberty. This is …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/constitutional-rights/congress-quietly-unites-to-extend-temporary-patriot-act-under-cover-of-the-impeachment-distraction/

Independent rights experts sound alarm at Iran protest crackdown, internet blackout
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-22
Reports of killed and maimed demonstrators, and a continuing nationwide internet shutdown in Iran's now week-long protests are of "grave concern", and the Government and authorities must ensure rights of expression and opinion are protected, a UN group of independent experts said on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051981

Demanding a women's toilet at work should not be a crime
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-22
workers' rights Sue BullIssue 1246 AustraliaNovember 22, 2019When organisers from the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) arrived at a Brighton construction site in April 2015, they found the lunch shed had no running water or electricity and no women's toilet. Workers decided to protest these substandar…
greenleft.org.au/content/demanding-womens-toilet-work-should-not-be-crime

Still no justice for Patrick Fisher
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-22
Indigenous rights Jonathan LockhartIssue 1246 Australia Black deaths in custody SydneyNovember 22, 2019Waka Waka man Patrick Fisher fell to his death while fleeing police trying to gain e…
greenleft.org.au/content/still-no-justice-patrick-fisher

Unions campaign for a jobs-rich energy transition
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-22
Climate workers' rights Pip HinmanIssue 1246 AustraliaNovember 22, 2019Together with the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), the Gippsland Trades and Labour Council and the Victorian Trades Hall Council, the Maritime Union…
greenleft.org.au/content/unions-campaign-jobs-rich-energy-transition

Coronial inquest finds no one to blame for David Dungay Jnr's death in custody
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-22
Indigenous rights Jonathan Lockhart Rachel EvansIssue 1246 Australia Black deaths in custody SydneyNovember 22,…
greenleft.org.au/content/coronial-inquest-finds-no-one-blame-david-dungay-jnr-death-custody

Hunter Workers: improving lives for more than 150 years
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-22
workers' rights Steve O'BrienIssue 1246 Australia NewcastleNovember 22, 2019One hundred and fifty years ago, about 80 bricklayers, plasterers, stonemasons, carpenters and labourers met to set up the Newcastle Eight Hours Committee, the forerunner to Hunter W…
greenleft.org.au/content/hunter-workers-improving-lives-more-150-years

U.N. Rapporteur: Julian Assange Has Faced Psychological Torture; He Should Not Be Extradited to U.S
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-22
This week Swedish prosecutors dropped an investigation into sexual assault allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, stemming from 2010. Assange, who has always denied the allegations, took refuge inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London for over seven years to avoid extradition to Sweden on the charges. British authorities dragged him out of the Ecuadorian embassy in April and he has since been jailed in London's Belmarsh prison on charges related to skipping of bail in 2012, when he first entered the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden over the now-dropped sexual assault charges. The United States…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/22/nils_mel…

Elizabeth Warren endorses Trump's economic war on Venezuela, then soft-pedals far-right Bolivia coup
Ben Norton | mronline.org | 2019-11-21
In a nauseating interview on Pod Save America, Elizabeth Warren endorsed suffocating US sanctions on Venezuela, backing Trump's strategy to stop its "ability to have an economy" while parroting neocon regime-change myths. She then whitewashed the far-right military coup in Bolivia. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/21/elizabeth-warren-endorses-trumps-economic-war-on-venezuela-then-soft-pedals-far-right-bolivia-coup/

Thursday's Daily Brief: Deadly Syria violence, risks of working at sea, poor health in jail, concern over ISIL suspect, and her child
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-21
A recap of Thursday's stories in brief: Syria's violence continues to strike children; governments must do more for human rights in business; poor health in Europe's prisons; rights experts' concern over Irish ISIL bride and her child in Turkey; Fishing workers face huge risks at sea.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051931

Weekend Read: The struggle for Native American voting rights
splcenter.org | 2019-11-21
November is Native American Heritage Month — a fitting time to honor the resistance and resilience of Native peoples, including their fight to be heard by and represented in the government that dispossessed them for centuries.
splcenter.org/news/2019/11/23/weekend-read-struggle-native-american-voting-rights

Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection–and California Is Leading the Way
Seth Frotman, Natalia Abrams | thenation.com | 2019-11-21
Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection–and California Is Leading the Way…
thenation.com/article/california-borrowers-rights/

Congress Just Temporarily Extended the Government's Spying Powers
Neema Singh Guliani | aclu.org | 2019-11-21
Congress today temporarily extended the NSA's spying powers that time and again have been used to violate our rights. Disturbingly, this three-month extension was snuck into a broader funding bill, forcing members of Congress to choose between extending this program and causing a government shutdown. The extension is an unnecessary lifeline to spying programs that are plagued with compliance violations, have no proven intelligence value, and violate our rights. | Under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, one of the spying | powers extended, the government believes it has the right to collect our | personal inform…
aclu.org/news/national-security/congress-just-temporarily-extended-the-governments-spying-powers

Inside Australia's refugee prison camp in PNG
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-21
refugee rights Chris SleeIssue 1246 Australia MelbourneNovember 21, 2019The Refugee Action Collective (RAC) Victoria held a forum on November 18 to discuss the situation facing asylum seekers in Bomana Immigration Centre, a detention centre attached to Bomana prison in…
greenleft.org.au/content/inside-australia-refugee-prison-camp-png

Elizabeth Warren endorses Trump's economic war on Venezuela, then soft-pedals far-right Bolivia coup
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-20
In a nauseating interview on Pod Save America, Elizabeth Warren endorsed suffocating US sanctions on Venezuela, backing Trump's strategy to…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/20/elizabeth-warren-venezuela-sanctions-bolivia-coup/

The U.S. Government Tracked, Detained, and Interrogated Journalists. We're Suing on Their Behalf
Scarlet Kim | aclu.org | 2019-11-20
As part of a coordinated effort that undermined the freedom of the press, the U.S. government tracked, detained, and interrogated journalists who were reporting on conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border. Now, we're suing on their behalf to defend their First Amendment rights. | Together with the New York Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties, we're representing five photojournalists who traveled to Mexico in late 2018 and early 2019 to document the experiences of people traveli…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/the-u-s-government-tracked-detained-and-interrogated-journalists-were-suing

Transgender Day of Remembrance: "Celebrate the Living" While Honoring Loved Ones Lost to Hate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-20
November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day that honors the thousands of transgender and gender nonconforming people who have been killed around the world. The Day of Remembrance is also a celebration of the community's resistance and a call to action to fight for policies and a shift in culture that protects trans lives. At least 22 transgender and gender nonconforming people have been killed in the United States this year, and over 3,000 transgender and gender nonconforming lives have been taken since 2008 around the world. We speak with LaLa B Zannell, longtime transgender rights advocate and the co-p…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/20/transgen…

Human Rights Watch supports US-backed far-right coup in Bolivia, whitewashes massacre of indigenous protesters
Alan MacLeod | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-20
Human Rights Watch refused to called the US-backed military overthrow of Bolviva's President Evo Morales a coup, and director Ken…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/20/human-rights-watch-bolivia-coup-massacre/

CTU members vote to accept tentative agreement
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-17
Chicago, IL – Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members voted November 15 to accept the tentative agreement they won in the wake of their historic eleven-day strike. | With 80% of schools reporting, members have voted 81% yes to ratify the new contract with Chicago Public Schools. | The union won powerful gains for students and their school communities. | Those gains include mandatory class size caps and enforcement, language forcing CPS to comply with special education laws and regulations, sanctuary school protections for immigrant and refugee students, and supports for thousands of homeless students. While today mo…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/16/ctu-mem…

Neo-Nazi Group NSM Faces New Upheaval After James Hart Stern's Death
Hatewatch Staff and Brett Barrouquere | splcenter.org | 2019-11-13
The leadership of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM) has been thrown into chaos again following the death of self-described civil rights activist James Hart Stern.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/13/neo-nazi-group-nsm-faces-new-upheaval-after-james-hart-sterns-death

Sanctions Against North Korea Hurt Women
Marie O'Reilly | progressive.org | 2019-11-12
"Maximum pressure" sanctions have failed to change policies in Pyongyang, and have had grave human costs.
progressive.org/op-eds/north-korea-sanctions-hurt-women-oreilly-191112/

Anglican Church in Southern Africa voted to support non-violent action to end Israel's military occupation of Palestine, especially BDS actions
ziyaad | bdsmovement.net | 2019-11-12
Anglican Church in Southern Africa voted to support non-violent action to end Israel's military occupation of Palestine, especially BDS actions : In the NewsProvincial Synod votes on Israel sanctions, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia | Economic Boycott Cultural BoycottSeptember 26, 2019 | By: | | Anglican Church of Southern Africa …
bdsmovement.net/news/anglican-church-southern-africa-voted-support-non-violent-action-end-israel%E2%80%99s-military

Can Google's Soul Be Saved?
Michelle Chen | progressive.org | 2019-11-12
Rank-and-file Silicon Valley tech workers are using their leverage to push companies toward more ethical business models, or at least away from destroying the environment and undermining human rights.
progressive.org/dispatches/can-googles-soul-be-saved-chen-191112/

Healing the Desert Wounds that Trump's Wall Is Opening
Gary Paul Nabhan | progressive.org | 2019-11-11
On the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, here in the U.S. we gather to mourn the construction of a new border wall, and all the human and animal rights it threatens.
progressive.org/dispatches/healing-wounds-trumps-wall-nabhan-191111/

US Authorizes Tax Payments to Maduro Gov't, Sanctions Five More Venezuelan Officials
Ricardo Vaz and Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-11-06
Washington has eased some of the restrictions imposed under its recent Venezuela embargo.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14719

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-11-26 02:12 GMT (21:12 EST)

2019-11-24: News Headlines

Kurt Nimmo (2019-11-24). Julian Assange Tortured with Psychotropic Drug. globalresearch.ca Important article first published by Global Research on May 8, 2019 | Retired USAF lieutenant colonel Karen Kwiatkowski writes in an article posted at Lew Rockwell's website that Julian Assange is receiving the same treatment as suspected terrorists while in captivity …

Staff (2019-11-24). Scholars and Activists Demand U.S. End Support for Bolivia's Right-Wing Coup Regime. truthdig.com More than 800 academics, activists, and public figures published an open letter Sunday demanding that the United States and the international community end its support for the right-wing, anti-Indigenous regime in Bolivia that seized power following the military's ouster of former President Evo Morales. | "What is happening in Bolivia is highly undemocratic and we are witnessing some of the worst human rights violations at the hands of the military and the police since the transition to civilian government in the earl…

Staff (2019-11-24). Mexico's President Pledged to Defend Indigenous Rights, But He's Attacking Them. truthout.org In the early hours of February 20, 2019, Náhuatl activist Samir Flores was gunned down in front of his house in the Mexican state of Morelos. | Since 2011, Flores had been a vocal opponent of the Morelos Integral Project — a government-backed development plan to construct new energy infrastructure, including two thermoelectric plants and a massive gas pipeline running directly through his hometown of Amilcingo. | The day before he was killed, Flores attended a public forum organized by…

Lynda Carson (2019-11-24). Civil Rights Groups Demand Stephen Miller's Removal As Trump's Senior Advisor. indybay.org On November 18, 2019, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and its affiliates sent a letter to the abomination in the White House known as President Donald J. Trump, demanding the removal of Trump's senior advisor Stephen Miller!

Harald Neuber (2019-11-24). Sanctions Are Like Bombs. indybay.org Venezuela is one of 41 states that depend on external food assistance to avoid a humanitarian crisis. The US government is copying its blockade policy against Cuba since the beginning of the 1960s. There is hardly any criticism of the US sanctions. Six million households, more than 60% of the population, are sustained by the food program.

Dan Bacher (2019-11-24). Newsom plans to sue over Trump water plan, but DWR releases plan that would increase water exports. indybay.org "We hope when making decisions on water that the governor will take into account all of the people that rely on California's clean water and fish for their income, drinking water, and way of life," said Regina Chichizola, co-director of Save California Salmon. "We need him to take on big water users like Westlands Water District, and demand flows that will restore our salmon and drinking water quality, while respecting the rights of California's native people."

RT (2019-11-24). Indian police accidentally reveal they monitor tweets on Kashmir, and Imran Khan's absolutely on the list. rt.com A botched press release by Indian police showed that they keep a close eye on what Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is tweeting about Kashmir and have a list of other accounts they keep track of. | Police in India's Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state sent out a seemingly standard press release about arresting three drug dealers on Friday. But the email, received by local media outlets, had a Microsoft Word file attached that had nothing to do with the story. | The eight-page document contained screenshots of tweets about the situation in the Kashmir Valley, including those with allegations of human rights violat…

RT (2019-11-24). Anti-Russian sanctions based on fraudster's tales? Spiegel finds Magnitsky narrative fed to West by Browder is riddled with lies. rt.com British investor Bill Browder has made a name for himself in the West through blaming Moscow for the death of his auditor, Sergey Magnitsky. Der Spiegel has picked apart his story and uncovers it has major credibility problems. | For years Browder — Russian President Vladimir Putin's self-proclaimed "enemy number one" and head of the Hermitage Capital Management fund — has been waging what can only be described as his personal anti-Russian campaign. | The passionate Kremlin critic relentlessly lobbied for sanctions against Russian officials everywhere from the US to Europe — all under the premis…

RT (2019-11-24). 'Window is closing': US Senate makes last-ditch effort to ax Nord Stream 2 pipeline. rt.com After failing to persuade allies in Europe to scrap the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which is set to transport natural gas from Europe to Russia, US lawmakers are planning to roll a new batch of sanctions into a defense spending bill.

John W. Whitehead (2019-11-24). A New Kind of Tyranny: The Global State's War on Those Who Speak Truth to Power. globalresearch.ca First published on November 6, 2019 | "What happens to Julian Assange and to Chelsea Manning is meant to intimidate us, to frighten us into silence. By defending Julian Assange, we defend our most sacred rights. Speak up now or wake …

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-11-24). More Than 800 Scholars and Activists Sign Open Letter Demanding US End Support for Bolivia's Right-Wing Coup Regime. commondreams.org "What is happening in Bolivia is highly undemocratic and we are witnessing some of the worst human rights violations at the hands of the military and the police since the transition to civilian government in the early 1980s." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Staff (2019-11-23). U.S. Judge Awards $180 Million to Post Reporter Held by Iran. truthdig.com The nation is ordered to pay Jason Rezaian after he spent 544 days in captivity and was tortured on still-unexplained espionage charges.

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-23). Human Rights Organizations Condemn Pompeo for "Gross Misrepresentation of International Law" imemc.org Al Mezan Center For Human Rights published a press release stating that the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC), the Palestinian Coalition for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ADALAH), and the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) condemn as a gross misrepresentation of international law. The recent statement by the Secretary of …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-11-23). Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Abducting 13-year-old Boy in Hebron. imemc.org A video footage recently released by Israeli human rights group, B'Tselem, showed Israeli soldiers detaining a 13-year-old Palestinian boy in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and, while blindfolded, walking him through the streets. On November 3 at about 11: 30 am local time, soldiers detained Abed al-Razeq Idris, 13, put him …

PCHR (2019-11-23). PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (14— 20 November 2019). imemc.org Summary After Israel's military aggression on the Gaza Strip last week, that caused dozens of civilian casualties, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continued their violations of human rights and international law in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) this week as PCHR documented 157 violations by IOF and Israeli settlers. In terms …

The Canary (2019-11-23). Corbyn issues clear warning that multinationals must 'pay their fair share' of tax. thecanary.co Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to stop multinational companies offshoring their tax bills to "lower tax regimes" with measures to force them to pay their fair share in the UK. | The Labour leader met workers at an Amazon depot in Sheffield as he warned big companies they would have to pay taxes on all operations in the UK. | Labour expects the measures would raise £6.3bn for the exchequer in 2024 to help pay for its manifesto plans to nationalise key utilities in a "green industrial revolution". | Corbyn and shadow employment rights secretary Laura Pidcock set out plans to clamp down on "enablers of tax dodging",…

RT (2019-11-23). 'We're in America': Latin American group up in arms after Texas teacher tells student to 'speak English' in class. rt.com A substitute teacher temping at a school in a Texas border town has come under fire for telling a Hispanic student to "speak English," prompting a heated response from a civil rights group calling for the teacher's dismissal. | A video of the incident posted online by a local news outlet on Thursday shows the teacher — then subbing at the predominantly Latino Socorro High School, located just a few miles from the border with Mexico — arguing with a student about his phone. | "Speak English, we're in America. Give me your phone," the teacher, who has not been named in press reports, is heard saying in…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-11-23). Ocasio-Cortez Demands Solar Company Rehire Workers Fired After Unionizing With Green New Deal in Mind. commondreams.org "This was retaliation for unionizing, plain and simple. Even at a supposedly progressive green energy company, greedy CEOs can violate fundamental workers' rights." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Natasha Lennard (2019-11-22). Meet the Tucson 12: Under Trump, Protesters Are Being Hit With Felony Riot Charges. theintercept.com Illustration: Hanna Barczyk for The Intercept | On the night of August 14, a small group of around 20 Tucson, Arizona-based activists and community members stood outside the Pima County Adult Detention Complex, making noise. They sang, they chanted, they banged drums and pans loud enough to reach the ears of those caged behind the facility's beige concrete walls. Standing on a sidewalk, some lit small, handheld fireworks; others held up a large banner bearing the famed prison abolitionist refrain, "Fire to the prisons." The message to those inside, as with most every noise demonstration held outside a prison:…

Bill Meyer (2019-11-22). Latin America at the Toronto International Film Festival. peoplesworld.org TORONTO—Cuba, plagued by endless U.S. boycotts and sanctions, has little money left to sustain and develop their cultural exports. Films coming from Cuba dubbed or subtitled in English are becoming a rarity at film festivals in the U.S., even though there is still world interest in what's going on in Cuba. Instead, other countries are …

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-11-22). New Report On FBI Spying Shows Need For Congressional Investigation. dissidentvoice.org Church Committee hearing. The Frank Church Papers, Special Collections and Archives, Boise State University. Clearing the FOG (forces of greed) hosts Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers interviewed Chip Gibbons, an expert on Constitutional Law and the legal and policy counsel for Defending Rights and Dissent about a recent right to protest victory in Washington, DC …

Medea Benjamin (2019-11-22). They're Killing Us Like Dogs: A Massacre in Bolivia and a Plea for Help. mintpressnews.com I am writing from Bolivia just days after witnessing the November 19 military massacre at the Senkata gas plant in the indigenous city of El Alto, and the tear-gassing of a peaceful funeral procession on November 21 to commemorate the dead. These are examples, unfortunately, of the modus operandi of the de facto government that seized control in a coup that forced Evo Morales out of power. | The coup has spawned massive protests, with blockades set up around the country as part of a national strike calling for the resignation of this new government. One well-organized blockade is in El Alto, where residents set u…

Chip Gibbons (2019-11-22). New Report on FBI Spying Shows Need for Congressional Investigation. globalresearch.ca Clearing the FOG (forces of greed) hosts Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers interviewed Chip Gibbons, an expert on Constitutional Law and the legal and policy counsel for Defending Rights and Dissent about a recent right to protest victory in Washington, …

Activist Post (2019-11-22). Congress Quietly Unites To Extend "Temporary" Patriot Act Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction. thelastamericanvagabond.com The only time Republicans and Democrats can agree is when they are discussing the expansion of the permanent war and surveillance state. The Last American Vagabond takes a closer look at the many layers of deception about how legislation gets pushed through which contains buried provisions that further erode the U.S. Constitution and liberty. This is …

United Nations (2019-11-22). Independent rights experts sound alarm at Iran protest crackdown, internet blackout. news.un.org Reports of killed and maimed demonstrators, and a continuing nationwide internet shutdown in Iran's now week-long protests are of "grave concern", and the Government and authorities must ensure rights of expression and opinion are protected, a UN group of independent experts said on Friday.

Howard Lisnoff (2019-11-22). David Harris, Presente! counterpunch.org David Harris is a hero, and he is one of my heroes. While this may sound maudlin to some, it was David Harris who was there at the beginning of the antiwar movement during the Vietnam War and who preceded that era with his work in the civil rights movement in the US South. David Harris More

Fred_F (2019-11-22). Hunter Workers: improving lives for more than 150 years. greenleft.org.au workers' rights Steve O'BrienIssue 1246 Australia NewcastleNovember 22, 2019One hundred and fifty years ago, about 80 bricklayers, plasterers, stonemasons, carpenters and labourers met to set up the Newcastle Eight Hours Committee, the forerunner to Hunter W…

Fred_F (2019-11-22). Demanding a women's toilet at work should not be a crime. greenleft.org.au workers' rights Sue BullIssue 1246 AustraliaNovember 22, 2019When organisers from the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) arrived at a Brighton construction site in April 2015, they found the lunch shed had no running water or electricity and no women's toilet. Workers decided to protest these substandar…

Fred_F (2019-11-22). Coronial inquest finds no one to blame for David Dungay Jnr's death in custody. greenleft.org.au Indigenous rights Jonathan Lockhart Rachel EvansIssue 1246 Australia Black deaths in custody SydneyNovember 22,…

Fred_F (2019-11-22). Unions campaign for a jobs-rich energy transition. greenleft.org.au Climate workers' rights Pip HinmanIssue 1246 AustraliaNovember 22, 2019Together with the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), the Gippsland Trades and Labour Council and the Victorian Trades Hall Council, the Maritime Union…

Fred_F (2019-11-22). Still no justice for Patrick Fisher. greenleft.org.au Indigenous rights Jonathan LockhartIssue 1246 Australia Black deaths in custody SydneyNovember 22, 2019Waka Waka man Patrick Fisher fell to his death while fleeing police trying to gain e…

Staff (2019-11-22). U.N. Rapporteur: Julian Assange Has Faced Psychological Torture; He Should Not Be Extradited to U.S. democracynow.org This week Swedish prosecutors dropped an investigation into sexual assault allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, stemming from 2010. Assange, who has always denied the allegations, took refuge inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London for over seven years to avoid extradition to Sweden on the charges. British authorities dragged him out of the Ecuadorian embassy in April and he has since been jailed in London's Belmarsh prison on charges related to skipping of bail in 2012, when he first entered the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden over the now-dropped sexual assault charges. The United States…

Alan MacLeod (2019-11-22). How Human Rights Watch Whitewashed a Right-Wing Massacre in Bolivia. globalresearch.ca Bolivia is currently in turmoil after President Evo Morales was deposed in a U.S.-supported coup d'état on November 10. The new coup government forced Morales into exile, began arresting politicians and journalists while pre-exonerating security services of all crimes …

Ben Norton (2019-11-21). Elizabeth Warren endorses Trump's economic war on Venezuela, then soft-pedals far-right Bolivia coup. mronline.org In a nauseating interview on Pod Save America, Elizabeth Warren endorsed suffocating US sanctions on Venezuela, backing Trump's strategy to stop its "ability to have an economy" while parroting neocon regime-change myths. She then whitewashed the far-right military coup in Bolivia. | Source

United Nations (2019-11-21). Thursday's Daily Brief: Deadly Syria violence, risks of working at sea, poor health in jail, concern over ISIL suspect, and her child. news.un.org A recap of Thursday's stories in brief: Syria's violence continues to strike children; governments must do more for human rights in business; poor health in Europe's prisons; rights experts' concern over Irish ISIL bride and her child in Turkey; Fishing workers face huge risks at sea.

Seth Frotman, Natalia Abrams (2019-11-21). Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection—and California Is Leading the Way. thenation.com Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection—and California Is Leading the Way…

Neema Singh Guliani (2019-11-21). Congress Just Temporarily Extended the Government's Spying Powers. aclu.org Congress today temporarily extended the NSA's spying powers that time and again have been used to violate our rights. Disturbingly, this three-month extension was snuck into a broader funding bill, forcing members of Congress to choose between extending this program and causing a government shutdown. The extension is an unnecessary lifeline to spying programs that are plagued with compliance violations, have no proven intelligence value, and violate our rights. | Under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, one of the spying | powers extended, the government believes it has the right to collect our | personal inform…

splcenter (2019-11-21). Weekend Read: The struggle for Native American voting rights. splcenter.org November is Native American Heritage Month — a fitting time to honor the resistance and resilience of Native peoples, including their fight to be heard by and represented in the government that dispossessed them for centuries.

Fred_F (2019-11-21). Inside Australia's refugee prison camp in PNG. greenleft.org.au refugee rights Chris SleeIssue 1246 Australia MelbourneNovember 21, 2019The Refugee Action Collective (RAC) Victoria held a forum on November 18 to discuss the situation facing asylum seekers in Bomana Immigration Centre, a detention centre attached to Bomana prison in…

Ben Norton (2019-11-20). Elizabeth Warren endorses Trump's economic war on Venezuela, then soft-pedals far-right Bolivia coup. thegrayzone.com In a nauseating interview on Pod Save America, Elizabeth Warren endorsed suffocating US sanctions on Venezuela, backing Trump's strategy to…

United Nations (2019-11-20). Young activists do the talking as UN marks World Children's Day. news.un.org Children were both seen and heard in the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, World Children's Day, during a celebration to commemorate 30 years since the adoption of a milestone treaty that protects their rights.

United Nations (2019-11-20). Wednesday's Daily Brief: Israeli settlements, World Children's Day, fossil fuel overuse. news.un.org A recap of Wednesday's stories: UN envoy reiterates position on illegality of Israeli settlements, World Children's Day marked with calls for rights of children to be upheld, new report highlights major gap between use of fossil fuels and commitments to limit global warming.

Staff (2019-11-20). Transgender Day of Remembrance: "Celebrate the Living" While Honoring Loved Ones Lost to Hate. democracynow.org November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day that honors the thousands of transgender and gender nonconforming people who have been killed around the world. The Day of Remembrance is also a celebration of the community's resistance and a call to action to fight for policies and a shift in culture that protects trans lives. At least 22 transgender and gender nonconforming people have been killed in the United States this year, and over 3,000 transgender and gender nonconforming lives have been taken since 2008 around the world. We speak with LaLa B Zannell, longtime transgender rights advocate and the co-p…

Staff (2019-11-20). Headlines for November 20, 2019. democracynow.org 4 Key Witnesses Testify in Impeachment Hearings, Amnesty Says Iranian Security Forces Killed Over 100 Protesters, Bolivian Military Carries Out Second Massacre Against Morales Supporters, Senate Approves Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, U.N. Affirms It Still Considers Israeli Settlements Violation of International Law, Pentagon Says ISIS Is Rebuilding in Northern Syria, NYT: Navy SEALs Expected to Oust Gallagher, Despite Trump Restoring His Rank, Report: Mike Pompeo Planning to Resign as Secretary of State, Trump Administration Can Now Send Asylum Seekers to Guatemala, Sweden Drops Sexual Assault Investi…

Alan MacLeod (2019-11-20). Human Rights Watch supports US-backed far-right coup in Bolivia, whitewashes massacre of indigenous protesters. thegrayzone.com Human Rights Watch refused to called the US-backed military overthrow of Bolviva's President Evo Morales a coup, and director Ken…

Alan Macleod (2019-11-20). How Human Rights Watch Whitewashed a Right-Wing Massacre in Bolivia. mintpressnews.com Bolivia is currently in turmoil after President Evo Morales was deposed in a U.S.-supported coup d'état on November 10. The new coup government forced Morales into exile, began arresting politicians and journalists while pre-exonerating security services of all crimes committed during the "re-establishment of order," effectively giving them a license to kill all resistance to their rule. Dozens have died…

Scarlet Kim (2019-11-20). The U.S. Government Tracked, Detained, and Interrogated Journalists. We're Suing on Their Behalf. aclu.org As part of a coordinated effort that undermined the freedom of the press, the U.S. government tracked, detained, and interrogated journalists who were reporting on conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border. Now, we're suing on their behalf to defend their First Amendment rights. | Together with the New York Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties, we're representing five photojournalists who traveled to Mexico in late 2018 and early 2019 to document the experiences of people traveli…

Shawgi Tell (2019-11-20). Charter School Advocates Repulsed by Empowered Teachers. dissidentvoice.org Workers produce all the wealth of society. Unions have been around for generations and exist to protect the rights of workers. Currently, 90%—93% of privately operated non-profit and for-profit charter schools across the country have no teacher unions, whereas about 90% of public school teachers are unionized. One of the claims to fame of deregulated …

United Nations (2019-11-19). US pardons for accused war criminals, contrary to international law: UN rights office. news.un.org A presidential pardon for two United States soldiers accused of war crimes, and a sentence reduction for a third, "run against the letter and the spirit of international law which requires accountability for such violations", the United Nations human rights wing said on Tuesday.

Staff (2019-11-19). Headlines for November 19, 2019. democracynow.org U.S. Claims Israeli Settlements Are Not Illegal Under International Law, Four Witnesses Slated to Testify in Public Impeachment Hearings, U.N. Condemns U.S. for World's Highest Rate of Children in Detention, Political Crisis in Bolivia Continues After Military Pressure Ousts Evo Morales, American Professor Freed in Prisoner Swap in Afghanistan, 1,000 Students Arrested in Police Siege of Hong Kong University, Coal Mine Blast in China Kills 15; Pipeline Explosion in Bangladesh Kills 7, Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon Skyrocketed Since Bolsonaro's Election, Syracuse Suspends All Fraternity Activities After String…

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