ICE Raids on Undocumented Immigrants Create Fear and Enable Exploitation
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-09
The recent ICE raids that detained 680 food workers in Mississippi not only strike fear and terror in the hearts of immigrants, but are a calculated move to enable greater exploitation of immigrants because it increases their insecurity and makes organizing more difficult…
therealnews.com/stories/ice-raids-on-undocumented-immigrants-create-fear-and-enable-exploitation

A protester claims Bahraini embassy staff beat and threatened him on a London rooftop
Glen Black | thecanary.co | 2019-08-09
A human rights protester took to the roof of the Bahrain embassy in London on 26 July. Video uploaded online showed him sitting at the roof's edge before someone appeared to pull him back onto the roof. And what he said happened next made him 'fear' becoming "a second… Khashoggi". | Beaten, punched, and choked: | As The Canary previously reported, human rights activist and journalist Moosa Mohammed [Moosa Abd Ali]…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/08/09/a-protester-claims-bahraini-embassy-staff-beat-and-threatened-him-on-a-london-rooftop/

Indian Troops Fire Tear Gas and Arrest Over 500 in Kashmir
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-09
Indian police used tear gas and pellets to fight back at least 10,000 people protesting Delhi's withdrawal of special rights for Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir state in its main city of Srinagar, Friday, says a police official and witnesses. | RELATED: | Kashmir Under Seige: Is India Using Israel's Colonial Playbook in Kashmir? | The demonstration soon after Friday prayers was the largest since authorities locked down the revolt-torn region five days ago, cutting…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indian-Troops-Fire-Tear-Gas-and-Arrest-Over-500-in-Kashmir-20190809-0007.html

UN Human Rights Chief Condemns Trump Embargo Against Venezuela
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-09
| The United Nations' high commissioner for human rights on Thursday condemned the Trump administration's embargo against Venezuela and warned the far-reaching sanctions could deny food, medicine, and other necessities to millions of people. | "I am deeply worried about the pote…
truthout.org/articles/un-human-rights-chief-condemns-trump-embargo-against-venezuela/

More British complicity exposed in latest 'CIA Torture Unredacted' report
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-09
The latest report about kidnappings, rendition, 'black sites' and torture is a remarkable piece of investigative work. It provides us with nothing less than a litany of shocking evidence and testimony and at 403 pages it makes for truly grim reading. This article is made up of a very brief set of extracts from the […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/09/more-british-complicity-exposed-in-latest-cia-torture-unredacted-report/

Trump Endorses Bolsonaro's Son as Brazilian Ambassador
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-09
The U.S. administration announced on Thursday that they have formally endorsed Eduardo Bolsonaro's nomination to the Brazilian embassy in Washington, as reported by Folha de Sao Paulo. | RELATED: | Brazil's Bolsonaro Calls Convicted Torturer 'National Hero' | "Besides being an act of nepotism, it is the appointment of someone who will lead a strategic sector of the country's foreign relations [by assuming] a view in which Brazil must subordinate itself to the U.S. geopolitical and ec…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Endorses-Bolsonaros-Son-as-Brazilian-Ambassador-20190809-0003.html

Leading Civil Rights Lawyer Shows 20 Ways Trump Is Copying Hitler's Early Rhetoric and Policies
Steven Rosenfeld | commondreams.org | 2019-08-09
We're used to thinking of Hitler's Third Reich as the incomparably evil tyranny that it undoubtedly was. But Hitler didn't take power by force. He used a set of rhetorical tropes codified in Trump's bedside reading that persuaded enough Germans to welcome Hitler as a populist leader. (Photo: photolibrarian/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/09/leading-civil-rights-lawyer-shows-20-ways-trump-copying-hitlers-early-rhetoric-and?cd-origin=rss

When comedian Dick Gregory tried to bust the word
Robert Lipsyte | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-09
One afternoon in New York City in the spring of 1964, I marched at the head of a small civil rights demonstration, one of the few white people in the group. I was carrying a watermelon. It was a Dick Gregory joke. To say the least, not everyone liked that joke, but I thought it …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/09/when-comedian-dick-gregory-tried-to-bust-the-word/

Civil Rights and Public Interest Groups Urge Tech Companies to Enact Meaningful Changes
commondreams.org | 2019-08-09
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/08/09/civil-rights-and-public-interest-groups-urge-tech-companies-enact-meaningful?cd-origin=rss

Capital One hack compromises personal data of 106 million credit card applicants
wsws.org | 2019-08-09
The hack of customer information at Capital One revealed on July 29 has exposed millions to identity theft and added a further pretext for corporate and state attacks on democratic rights under the guise of fighting cyber-crime.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/09/data…

Court Upholds North Dakota Law Stripping Voting Rights From Native Americans
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-09
| The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals last week upheld a law that strips nearly 10 percent of all voting-age Native Americans living in North Dakota of their right to vote. | The case is as much about local infrastructure and lack of regard for North Dakota's indigenous population as it is about voter suppression and a state forcing voters to comply with a requirement that the state itself has made impossible to follow. | Thousands of Native Americans who do not have residential addresse…
truthout.org/articles/court-upholds-north-dakota-law-stripping-voting-rights-from-native-americans/

Peace for Colombia
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-09
Latin American solidarity activists rallied for peace and justice in Colombia, in Sydney on August 3. | Speakers called for an end to the killings of social leaders. More than 600 social leaders, including indigenous land rights activists and human rights advocates, have been killed since 2016. | Photos and stories of many of the activists were displayed in Sydney's iconic Circular Quay. | The action was organised by United for Colombia and included a cultural festival of music, dance, theatre and poetry. | international solidarity…
greenleft.org.au/content/peace-colombia

Petition: Cruel, Illegal Bull-Baiting at California Rodeo at Salinas
Petition | indybay.org | 2019-08-09
On July 19, 2019 these dogs were pitted against bulls and forced to attack them. This happened at the California Rodeo at Salinas in Monterey County California. This act of barbarism is not only against the law, it is completely unacceptable animal abuse. I am so sickened watching this video and sharing it. These poor bulls are tormented and tortured in the name of entertainment! They are bitten repeatedly and bleeding from their wounds. These dogs are also hurt when they are gored, trampled and kicked! I cannot fathom how anyone would find this entertaining. youtu.be/p5wJmlChnJM…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/09/18825323.php

Support Tenants Rights at Santa Cruz City Council Meeting
Movement for Housing Justice | indybay.org | 2019-08-09
Council Chamberts, 809 Center St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/09/18825324.php

We have Until Aug 13 to Oppose Trump's Anti-Trans Health Care Plan
aclu.org | 2019-08-09
A proposed rule would undermine protections for transgender people and others facing discriminatory denials of health care and insurance coverage | The Trump Administration has shown it will stop at nothing to undermine access to health care for marginalized communities. Most recently, the Administration has proposed to undermine critical protections against sex discrimination in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, the Health Care Rights Law. Instead of combatting discrimination in accessing health care an…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/transgender-rights/we-have-until-aug-13-oppose-trumps-anti-trans-health-care-plan

Pushback After Trump Says Views of NRA Should Be 'Fully Represented and Respected'
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-09
"Gun violence in the U.S. is a human rights crisis. This is an emergency. It will continue to be an emergency until our lawmakers treat it as such." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/09/pushback-after-trump-says-views-nra-should-be-fully-represented-and-respected?cd-origin=rss

Why Do We Hate Immigrants?
Kevin Powell | thenation.com | 2019-08-08
Why Do We Hate Immigrants?
thenation.com/article/immigrants-detention-centers-ice-el-paso/

French police assault Nantes protest against police drowning of Steve Caniàßo
wsws.org | 2019-08-08
Thirty people were arrested and 34 detained preventatively by police, who fired water cannon and waves of tear gas grenades against protesters.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/08/nant…

Indigenous Represent 5% of World's Population and 15% of Poor
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-08
Indigenous people represent only five percent of the world's population, yet these communities struggle with 15 percent of the global poverty, say human rights groups on the eve of World Indigenous People's Day. | RELATED: | Colombian Indigenous Group Demands Justice for Guard's Murder | There are some 5,000 Indigenous groups living in 70 countries, United Na…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indigenous-Represent-5-of-Worlds-Population-15-of-Poor-20190808-0019.html

'Human rights crisis': Amnesty issues US travel warning, pushes for gun control after mass shootings
rt.com | 2019-08-08
Amnesty International has dived headlong into the US gun control debate, urging travelers to be cautious amid a "human rights crisis" they blame on "ubiquity of firearms" and government reluctance to confiscate them. | …
rt.com/usa/466022-amnesty-international-crisis-gun-violence/

UN rights chief bemoans unilateral sanctions on Venezuela, fearing 'far-reaching implications'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-08
A new set of unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Venezuela this week prompted the concern of the United Nations' top rights official on Thursday, who said in a statement that she feared they would have a "potentially severe impact" on the human rights of the South American nation's "long-suffering" people.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1043981

Judge Dictates Preventive Detention Against Rafael Correa
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-08
Judge Daniella Camacho has issued a preventive detention order against former President Rafael Correa and former vice president Jorge Glas for the 2012-2016 "Bribes" case. | RELATED: | Ecuador: Former FM Patiño is Another Victim of Persecution | The same decision was made against Glas and former ministers Vinicio Alvarado and Walter Soliz. They are being accused of crimes of illicit association, influence peddling and bribery of 22 former politicians and business owners. | "I order…
telesurenglish.net/news/Judge-Dictates-Preventive-Detention-Against-Rafael-Correa-20190808-0025.html

Steps taken to end Saudi 'guardianship' system for women, 'encouraging' start
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-08
Allowing Saudi women to apply for passports and travel without their guardians' permission is "an encouraging move" towards the "complete abolition of the 'guardianship' system," independent United Nations rights experts said on Thursday, but more action is needed to fully dismantle these restrictions.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1043941

Fordham U students win fight to have Palestine rights club
Sapphira Lurie | liberationnews.org | 2019-08-08
On Aug. 5, Justice Nancy Bannon of the Supreme Court of the State of New York annulled Fordham University's decision to ban Students for Justice in Palestine from its campus.
liberationnews.org/fordham-u-students-win-fight-to-have-palestine-rights-club/

Oil Rises More Than 2%, Expectations of More OPEC Cuts
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-08
Oil jumped more than two percent on Thursday on expectations that falling prices could lead to production cuts, coupled with a steadying of the yuan currency after a week of turmoil spurred by an escalation in U.S.-China trade tensions. | RELATED: | US Renews Chevron License in Venezuela Despite Trump Sanctions | Prices rebounded after tumbling nearly five percent to their lowest since January on Wednesday after data showed an unexpected build in U.S. crude stockpiles after nea…
telesurenglish.net/news/Oil-Rises-More-Than-2-Expectations-of-More-OPEC-Cuts-20190808-0018.html

The hidden refugee 'hell' in Melbourne
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-08
Located in the suburb of Broadmeadows, Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) has been described as a "hidden hell for refugees". | Addressing a forum organised by the Refugee Action Collective (RAC) on August 5 by video message, Iraqi refugee Ali Yousuf, who was previously in MITA and is now in an Adelaide detention centre, said MITA guards regularly provoke people, seeking any reaction as an excuse to attack them. Yousuf suffered a broken hand when assaulted by a guard. | Yousuf said that detention is a waste of money that could be spent on helping the sick and people with disabilities. | He said th…
greenleft.org.au/content/melbournes-refugee-hell

The real threat to free speech
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-08
greenleft.org.au/content/real-threat-free-speech

Wednesday's Daily Brief: Syrian detainees, Zimbabwe hunger crisis, Kabul attack, Mexico disappearances, new tech to feed the world
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-07
Wednesday's top stories: Syrian detainees "failed by Security Council"; Zimbabwe experiencing "worst-ever hunger crisis"; Guterres welcomes new Mozambique peace accord; deadly Kabul attack; Mexico "responsible for enforced disappearances"; indigenous languages at risk; and how innovation should be used to feed the world.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1043901

Four in 10 indigenous languages at risk of disappearing, warn UN human rights experts
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-07
Of 7,000 indigenous languages spoken today, four in 10 are in danger of disappearing, rights experts said on Wednesday, in a call for a decade of action to reverse the "historic destruction" of age-old dialects.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1043871

BAYAN-USA: Stop the Attacks on Human Rights Defenders Now!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-07
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from BAYAN-USA. | Threats and Harassment by Government Forces Foreshadowed Shooting of Human Rights Defender Brandon Lee | BAYAN-USA condemns the shooting of Brandon Lee, Cordillera Human Rights Alliance's paralegal volunteer and provincial human rights officer in Ifugao, on August 6 in Lagawe, Ifugao leaving him seriously injured. This attack is part of a spate of attacks on human rights defenders targeted by the U.S.-Duterte regime in its attempts to violently silence all opposition. It was Lee's dedication to seeking justice for victims of human ri…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/7/bayan-usa…

UN Security Council 'utterly failed' Syrian detainees; a victim voices her plea to 'end impunity and stop this horror'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-07
The Security Council has "utterly failed Syrian detainees and their families", Amina Khoulani, Co-founder of Families for Freedom, told the Security Council on Wednesday, during a meeting focussed on those who have been jailed or gone missing across Syria, during years of brutal conflict.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1043891

More Sanctions Against Venezuela Means More Suffering
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-07
The Trump administration's new sanctions freeze all of Venezuela's U.S.-based assets and those of anyone who helps Maduro which will only increase poverty, says Venezuelan economist Francisco Rodriguez…
therealnews.com/stories/more-sanctions-against-venezuela-means-more-suffering

Washington Escalates Venezuela Sanctions into Full-Fledged Embargo
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-08-06
The latest measures amount to a total trade embargo impacting both US and foreign entities.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14615

Intensified Al Qaeda and ISIL activity in Yemen 'deeply worrying', says UN Human Rights Office
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-06
Armed groups affiliated with the Al Qaeda and ISIL terror groups, appear to have intensified their activities in Yemen, Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) declared on Tuesday, describing the situation as an example of "deeply worrying developments" that have seriously impacted civilians over the past ten days.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1043801

Colombia offers nationality rights to Venezuelan children born there: UN hails 'very important step'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-06
The UN migration agency, IOM, has welcomed Colombia's decision on Monday to grant nationality status to more than 24,000 Venezuelan babies born inside the country after their parents fled across the border.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1043771

Tuesday's Daily Brief: Venezuela-Colombia baby breakthrough, Italy piles on rescue boat pressure, States must combat hate, Kashmir rights latest and a musical plea to combat CAR hunger
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-06
Tuesday's main stories: Colombia offers nationality to born of Venezuelan parents; '€1 million' fines for rescue boats; States must do more to stop hate attacks; Egypt terror attack condemned by Security Council, UN chief; Kashmir developments risk people's rights; and striking a chord for 1.8 million hungry Central Africans.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1043821

All States have 'primary responsibility' to protect against hate attacks
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-06
The UN's top rights official has added her voice to condemnation of the weekend mass-shootings in the cities of El Paso and Dayton, insisting on Tuesday that "not just the US, but all States" should do more to stop discrimination.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1043791

New Civil Rights Memorial to be installed on 54th anniversary of Voting Rights Act
splcenter.org | 2019-08-05
Jimmie Lee Jackson was beaten and shot by Alabama state troopers during a peaceful voting rights march on Feb. 18, 1965.
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/06/new-civil-rights-memorial-be-installed-54th-anniversary-voting-rights-act

Amid Conservative Assault on Organized Labor, Democratic Lawmakers Are Advancing Laws to Expand Workers' Rights
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2019-08-05
Nevada and Delaware passed laws this summer giving public-sector workers the right to collectively bargain. Colorado is expected to follow suit next year.
theintercept.com/2019/08/05/unions-collective-bargaining-laws/

'You don't have any rights': CBP agents interrogate US citizen and seize his phone after Venezuela solidarity trip
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-03
The detention of a US citizen returning from Venezuela was an apparent extension of the US government's efforts to punish…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/03/cbp-agents-interrogate-us-citizen-venezuela/

Dolores Huerta Accuses Biden of "Speaking Just Like a Republican" on Immigration
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-01
Immigration rights activists abruptly interrupted Joe Biden during last night's debate, chanting "3 million deportations!"–referring to the Obama administration's deportation of at least 3 million undocumented people. During the debate, Julián Castro repeatedly challenged Biden's record on immigration. "It looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't," Castro said. We speak to Dolores Huerta and Cornel West.
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/1/dolores_hu…

US Sanctions Iran's Foreign Minister; Move Seen as Rebuke of Diplomatic Offer
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-08-01
The latest US sanctions on Iran are very specific, hitting FM Javad Zarif, blocking all property and financial interests he has in the US.

US Sanctions Iran's Foreign Minister; Move Seen as Rebuke of Diplomatic Offer

NYC power outage reveals a profit-hungry and racist system
J. August | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-30
Electricity, transportation, decent water and other services are basic human rights.
liberationnews.org/nyc-power-outage-reveals-a-profit-hungry-and-racist-system/

Nicaraguan 'human rights' director accused by staff of massive theft of US taxpayer money, death toll inflation
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-30
ANPDH's board members are accusing their director of stealing huge sums from US soft power organizations and inflating death tolls…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/30/nicaraguan-human-rights-director-accused-by-staff-of-massive-theft-of-us-taxpayer-money-death-toll-inflation/

Protesters in Bradenton defend the rights of immigrants and refugees
Bryan Ellis | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-29
On Sunday, seventeen people gathered at the Manatee County Courthouse in downtown Bradenton to demand an end to US concentration camps for refugees and mass deportations of immigrants.
liberationnews.org/protesters-in-bradenton-defend-the-rights-of-immigrants-and-refugees/

Progressive Democrats vote against BDS, Palestinian rights
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-29
House Democrats, including key progressives, have passed a measure condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS). Why are Reps….
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/29/progressive-democrats-vote-against-bds-palestinian-rights/

Family of Herbert Lee to visit Civil Rights Memorial that honors his sacrifice
splcenter.org | 2019-07-26
Clifton Franklin was a high school football running back who — at 16 — wanted to play in a big game between Louisiana rivals. His mother, however, had other plans.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/26/family-herbert-lee-visit-civil-rights-memorial-honors-his-sacrifice

Hawaiians are Taking to the Streets and Exercising their First Amendment Rights
aclu.org | 2019-07-25
We're ensuring the right to protest and cultural access at the world's tallest mountain. | Driving up Daniel K. Inouye Highway on the Big Island of Hawai'i at 4: 30 in the morning is a sight few will forget: a silent, pitch-black road, with black lava and sparse trees. The dark air is a chilly 50 degrees. In our backpacks are packaged tuna, crackers, water, walkie talkies, and a voice recorder. However, the most important items are without a doubt our blue ACLU of Hawai'i legal observer vests and first aid kit, which is stocked with goods like antacid (to rinse our eyes of pepper spray) and earbuds. Sitting in the…
aclu.org/blog/free-speech/rights-protesters/hawaiians-are-taking-streets-and-exercising-their-first-amendment

Venezuela: US Sanctions Target Subsidized Food Program as Foro de Sao Paulo Kicks Off
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-25
Washington has targeted companies and individuals it alleges are profiteering from the CLAP food initiative.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14602

Trans People Led the Fight Against HB2 in North Carolina. And We're Winning
aclu.org | 2019-07-24
Transgender people in North Carolina cannot be banned from facilities based on their gender under H.B. 2 replacement law. | It's been more than three years since North Carolina lawmakers passed House Bill 2, the hateful North Carolina law that compromised the ability of transgender people like me to safely navigate our daily lives. | As the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit the ACLU and Lambda Legal filed to stop this measure, I've spent the last three years fighting alongside LGBTQ North Carolinians and others to mitigate the harm caused by H.B. 2…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/transgender-rights/trans-people-led-fight-against-hb2-north-carolina-and-were