James Zogby (2019-06-24). Most Democratic Candidates Still Afraid to Criticize Israel's Violations of Palestinian Rights. commondreams.org It was disturbing how few of the candidates appear to have given the matter any serious thought. (Photo: Gage Skidmore via Flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

United Nations (2019-06-24). Monday's Daily Brief: human rights in the Near East and a Forum for Refugees. un.org Monday's top stories include: human rights issues in Syria, Iraq and the Occupied Palestinian Territory; a global forum to find coordinated solutions to the plight of refugees worldwide; the election of the new head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

United Nations (2019-06-24). Government internet ban leaves parts of Myanmar 'in a blackout', UN expert calls for immediate lifting. un.org With "no media access" in parts of the country and "serious restrictions" on humanitarian organizations, the United Nations expert on the situation of human rights in Myanmar urged the Government on Monday to "reverse its decision" and lift the mobile internet ban.

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-06-24). "Violent Voyeurism": Surveillance, Spyware and Human Rights. globalresearch.ca Surveillance is merely a variant of violent voyeurism, the human behind the camera or visual apparatus observing behaviour in a setting, often private. Its premise is privacy's violation; its working assumption is privacy's irrelevance; officially tolerated such a concept is …

United Nations (2019-06-24). Statelessness for terrorists' families, never an acceptable option, urges UN rights chief. un.org Thousands of suspected foreign ISIL terrorist fighters and their families who are being held in detention in Syria and Iraq, must be treated fairly by their captors and taken back by their home countries, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Monday.

Peace Action (2019-06-24). Peace Action endorses Kara Eastman for Congress, bold champion for peace and security. peaceaction.org Washington, DC — June 24, 2019 — Peace Action has announced its endorsement of Kara Eastman for Congress in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District. Peace Action is a national grassroots organization working to advance nuclear disarmament, promote government spending priorities that support human needs, encourage real security through international cooperation and human rights, and support nonmilitary …

CGTN Africa (2019-06-24). Human rights monitors need to be in Sudan, says UNHCR. cgtn.com Sudanese authorities must grant human rights monitors access to the country and end "repression" against protesters and restore the country's Internet, U.N. human rights boss Michelle Bachelet said on Monday. | United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet presents her annual report before the UN Human right council members on March 6, 2019 in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images) | Her office had received reports that more than 100 protesters were killed and many more injured during an assault by security forces on a peaceful sit-in outside the defense ministry on June 3, she said.

WSWS (2019-06-24). Why is the US government using social media to monitor the public? wsws.org The lawsuit filed by New Sanctuary Coalition and other groups, says that ICE specifically targeted individuals for deportation, to suppress their political speech.

Staff (2019-06-24). Trump Signs Order Imposing Sanctions on Iran Supreme Leader. truthdig.com WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday targeting Iran's supreme leader and his associates with financial sanctions, the latest action the U.S. has taken to discourage Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and supporting militant groups. | The sanctions follow Iran's downing of a more than $100 million U.S. surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz that has ratcheted up tensions. Trump pulled back from the brink of retaliatory military strikes on Iran last week, but is continuing his pressure campaign. | The targets of the new sanctions include senior military figures in Ir…

Staff (2019-06-24). Headlines for June 24, 2019. democracynow.org U.S. Announces New Iran Sanctions Days After Aborted Military Strike, Trump Delays ICE Roundups Amid Democratic Pushback, Columnist E. Jean Carroll Accuses Trump of Raping Her in 1990s, Turkey's Ruling AK Party Loses Istanbul Mayoral Race in Election Do-Over, Ethiopian Army Chief and Local Gov. Killed in Attempted Coup, 1000s of Climate Activists Block German Coal Mining Operation, Extinction Rebellion Activists Call on New York Times to Improve and Increase Climate Crisis Reporting, Sen. Sanders Introduces Plan to Cancel All Student Debt, Pete Buttigieg Faces Hometown Backlash in Indiana over Police Shooting of…

ANSWER Coalition (2019-06-24). Emergency Rally – No U.S. War on Iran! End the Sanctions Now! indybay.org 24th and Mission St. BART Plaza…

commondreams (2019-06-24). NIAC Statement on Trump's Imposition of New Iran Sanctions. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Mel Gurtov (2019-06-24). Iran—Who and Where is The Threat? counterpunch.org The official US narrative on Iran is that it is an escalating threat to "peace and security" in the Middle East and must be stopped. Step by step, with Mike Pompeo and John Bolton—two war maniacs—taking the lead, the Trump administration has sought to destabilize Iran with sanctions, if possible bring about regime change, and More

Jerry Omondi (2019-06-24). President Trump announces new sanctions against Iran. cgtn.com U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced new sanctions against Iran following the latter's downing of an American drone last week. | The new measures target the most senior leader of the Western Asian country, alongside military officials and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. | President Trump announced the sanctions in the Oval Office, saying he had signed an executive order imposing "hard hitting" sanctions on Iran that will deny Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "and many others" access to financial instruments. | "Today's actions follow a series of aggressive behaviors by the Iranian regime in recen…

Tyler Durden (2019-06-24). Trump Signs Executive Order Delivering 'Hard Hitting' New Sanctions on Iran. theantimedia.com (ZH) — Making good on his Saturday tweet threat that "we are putting major additional Sanctions on Iran on Monday", President Trump said on Monday that he's imposing sanctions on Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his office, a step "designed to increase pressure on the Islamic Republic." And just like that the Ayatollah's JPMorgan Chase savings account …

teleSUR (2019-06-24). Facebook Says 'No Evidence' Russia Meddled With Brexit Vote. telesurenglish.net Facebook's Vice President for Global Affairs and Communications Nick Clegg told the BBC on Monday that the United Kingdom's accusations that Russia meddled with the 2016 Brexit vote using their platform lacked evidence. | RELATED: | Europe Also Suffers From US Worldwide Sanctions: Putin | Clegg told the BBC that there is "absolutely no evidence" proving Russia had interfered with the 2016 national referendum using fake accounts on social media platforms like Facebook. | Clegg, who serv…

Staff (2019-06-24). Under Trump, Manufacturing Job Growth Slows to a Trickle. truthout.org Donald Trump put manufacturing jobs at the center of his economic platform in 2016. He endlessly harped on the loss of relatively good-paying manufacturing jobs. | He blamed this job loss on "terrible" trade agreements and other countries "manipulating" the value of their currency to get an advantage in trade. He put China at the top of the list of bad actors, promising to declare them a currency manipulator on day one of his administration, which would directly lead to economic sanctions. | While Trump has engaged in considerable bluster in his trade negotiations, they have not led to much of a payoff for U.S…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-06-24). Escalating "Crisis of His Administration's Making," Trump Imposes New Sanctions Against Iran. commondreams.org "Sanctions are what got us into this mess, more sanctions will not get us out of it." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

teleSUR (2019-06-24). Saudi FM Warns Iran Will 'Pay the Price' in Recent Row With US. telesurenglish.net Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir issued a stern warning to Iran about its "aggressive policies" in the Middle East. | RELATED: | Yemen's Houthis Hit Saudi Airport: One Dead, 21 Wounded | Jubeir warned Iran that if they continue these policies, there would be more sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic. | "Today, Iran is under severe economic sanctions," Jubeir told Le Monde newspaper in an interview published on Monday. "These sanctions will be stre…

Elias Davidsson (2019-06-24). The Mechanism of Economic Sanctions: Changing Perceptions and Euphemisms. globalresearch.ca "Economic sanctions", a mode of coercion in international relations resuscitated in recent years, has prompted renewed and lively scholarly interest in the subject. Why have such measures become so popular? | One answer is that they "constitute a means of exerting …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-06-24). Advocates Say Illinois Ban on Private Immigrant Detention Centers, a 'Firewall' Against Trump's Attacks on Immigrants, Should Be Model for Country. commondreams.org Critics of President Donald Trump's immigration policies are calling on state and federal lawmakers to follow the lead of Illinois, which banned private immigrant detention centers and enacted other protections for undocumented state residents ahead of the president's deportation raids that were planned for Sunday but have been temporarily delayed. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Amy Goodman (2019-06-24). Japanese-American internment survivors protest plan to jail migrant kids at Fort Sill, a WWII camp. nationofchange.org "There's a historical pattern of detention and separation of families that we're seeing across the United States, affecting immigrant communities and affecting communities of color."

Jenny Kurzweil (2019-06-24). "Never Again" Means Act Now. indybay.org As the national conversation escalates around what to appropriately call the detention centers at the southern border, the humanitarian crisis continues. | Here are tangible actions the local Santa Cruz community can take to protest America's immigration policies and support relief efforts at the border.

Staff (2019-06-24). There Aren't Mass Marches, But There's Still an Antiwar Movement. truthout.org When Donald Trump entered the Oval Office in January 2017, Americans took to the streets all across the country to protest their instantly endangered rights. Conspicuously absent from the newfound civic engagement, despite more than a decade and a half of this country's fruitless, destructive wars across the Greater Middle East and northern Africa, was antiwar sentiment, much less an actual movement. | Those like me working against America's seemingly endless wars w…

Colin Todhunter (2019-06-24). 'Modified': A Film About GMOs and the Corruption of "Food Supply for Profit" globalresearch.ca Parts of the documentary Modified are spent at the kitchen table. But it's not really a tale about wonderful recipes or the preparation of food. Ultimately, it's a story of capitalism, money and power and how our most basic rights …

Naureen Shah (2019-06-24). As Trump tweets hateful threats, states are protecting immigrant rights. nationofchange.org This week, President Trump kicked off his re-election campaign by tweeting a threat to deport millions of immigrants, apparently referring to his administration's plans for mass raids on families across the country. Meanwhile, news continues to break about what his administration is already doing, as dizzy…

teleSUR (2019-06-24). Rwanda: Feminists Dialogue on Women's Rights. telesurenglish.net Rwanda Women's Network, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promote and improve the socio-economic welfare of women in Rwanda, held Saturday a dialogue in the capital city of Kigali, to share views on the general state of feminism in the Central East African country. | RELATED: | France Will Finally Investigate Involvement in Rwandan Genocide | The dialogue was aimed to rethink the Charter of Feminist Principles for African Feminists within the national context and fr…

Andrew Emett (2019-06-24). Former police officer sentenced to prison for excessive force and obstruction. nationofchange.org A former Massachusetts police officer was recently sentenced to more than a year in federal prison after breaking a man's nose without legal justification and lying in his report of the incident in order to obstruct an investigation into the assault. Earlier this year, a jury found the ex-cop guilty of one count of deprivation of rights under color of law and one count of falsification of a document. | On April 3, 2017, the victim, Nickolas Peters, was reportedly sitting on a bench in the Hadley Police Department booking area when Hadley Police Officer Christopher Roeder suddenly struck Peters in the face with…

Staff (2019-06-24). Buttigieg Criticized at Emotional Town Hall After Shooting. truthdig.com SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor. | Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) said he would call for an outside investigation of the shooting of 54-year-old Eric Logan by Sgt. Ryan O'Neill. | The 37-year-old mayor said he would send a letter to the federal Department of Justice's civil rights division and notify the local prosecutor that he'd like an independent investigator appointed. He conceded t…

Staff (2019-06-24). Japanese-American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids at WWII Prison Camp. democracynow.org Democracy Now! was there when five Japanese-American elders, survivors of U.S. internment camps, engaged in civil disobedience Saturday outside the Fort Sill Army post in Oklahoma, where the Trump administration plans to indefinitely detain 1,400 immigrant and refugee children starting next month. Fort Sill was an internment camp for 700 Japanese-American men in 1942. It was one of more than 70 sites where the U.S. government incarcerated about 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, including one of 14 U.S. Army bases. President Obama first used Fort Sill in 2014 to detain migrant children seeking asylum…

Staff (2019-06-24). "Somebody Is Going to Die": Lawyer Describes Chaos, Illness & Danger at Migrant Child Jail in Texas. democracynow.org Outrage is mounting over a shocking Associated Press report published late last week revealing that at least 250 migrant infants, children and teenagers have been locked up for nearly a month without adequate food, water or sanitation at a Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, near the city of El Paso. Lawyers who visited the facility described a scene of chaos and sickness, with children unable to shower or change into clean clothes for weeks on end. The AP report came the same week that the Trump administration argued in federal court that the government is not required to provide toothbrushes, soap or beds to…

Staff (2019-06-24). Japanese-American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids. truthout.org Five Japanese-American elders, survivors of U.S. internment camps, engaged in civil disobedience Saturday outside the Fort Sill Army post in Oklahoma, where the Trump administration plans to indefinitely detain 1,400 immigrant and refugee children starting next month. Fort Sill was an internment camp for 700 Japanese-American men in 1942. It was one of more than 70 sites where the U.S. government incarcerated about 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, including one of 14 U.S. Army bases. President Obama first used Fort Sill in 2014 to detain migrant children seeking asylum from violence in Central A…

Leon Kunstenaar (2019-06-24). Marin Residents Meet To Plan More Anti ICE Pressure. indybay.org Unlike San Francisco, Marin County Sheriff Delivers Detainees to ICE…

ANSWER Coalition (2019-06-23). Emergency Rally – No U.S. War on Iran! End the Sanctions Now! indybay.org 24th and Mission St. BART Plaza…

Staff (2019-06-23). Venezuelan Community Builds Solidarity Pharmacy to Counter Sanctions. therealnews.com The economic sanctions have severely affected Venezuela's ability to import life-saving medicines. Some communities, however, are responding by creating their own solidarity pharmacies. Michael Fox reports…

Global Research News (2019-06-23). Selected Articles: Lies and Sanctions — Iran and China. globalresearch.ca In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …

Staff (2019-06-23). Venezuelan Community Builds Solidarity Pharmacy to Counter US Sanctions. therealnews.com The economic sanctions have severely affected Venezuela's ability to import life-saving medicines. At least one community, however, is responding by creating their own solidarity pharmacy. Michael Fox reports…

Staff (2019-06-23). Are Immigration Detention Centers Concentration Camps? therealnews.com Aviva Chomsky discusses the reality of refugees coming to the U.S in light of the controversial statement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that refugees are kept in concentration camps…

Jenny Kurzweil (2019-06-23). "Never Again" Means Act Now. indybay.org As the national conversation escalates around what to appropriately call the detention centers at the southern border, the humanitarian crisis continues. | Here are tangible actions the local Santa Cruz community can take to protest America's immigration policies and support relief efforts at the border.

Staff (2019-06-23). "Willful Recklessness": Trump Pushes for Indefinite Family Detention. truthout.org At the Greyhound bus station in San Antonio, Texas, you can easily spot the mothers and children who were released by immigration authorities from a facility run by the private prison company CoreCivic. The women wear what amount to prison uniforms: dark-wash jeans, pastel or red t-shirts or sweatshirts, and generic tennis shoes. Their sons and daughters, ranging from infants to tweens, all wear similar shirts and shoes with maroon sweatpants. | One mother, named Corina, ran her fingers through her 10-year-old son's hair as he leaned on her shoulder this past Saturday and waited for a bus to Oklahoma, where th…

Staff (2019-06-23). Alabama Prisoners on Hunger Strike Demand End to Inhumane Conditions. truthout.org Four Alabama prisoners are on hunger strike at the Limestone Correctional Facility in protest against corruption, abuse, and a lack of accountability for inhumane conditions in the state prison system. | The hunger strike is a response to a call to action from a coalition of prisoner rights groups, including the Free Alabama Movement (FAM) and Unheard Voices O.T.C.J., as well as incarcerated activists Kinetik Justice and Swift Justice. | Five prisoners were on hunger strike initially. One prisoner, Kenneth Traywick Jr., began his strike on June 12 and ended it this week when the Alabama Department of Correctio…

Jesse Jackson (2019-06-23). Mobilizing the Poor People's Campaign. commondreams.org Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) addresses the Moral Action Congress of the Poor People's Campaign June 17, 2019 at Trinity Washington University in Washington, DC. The Campaign held the event to focus on issues like "voting rights, health care, housing, equitable education, indigenous sovereignty, living wage jobs and the right to join a union, clean air and water, and an end to gun proliferation and war mongering and other issues in our moral agenda." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

teleSUR. (2019-06-23). NGO Dubs Mexico-El Salvador Migrant Plan 'Superficial'. telesurenglish.net The Center for Justice and International Law (Cejil) said that the plan "Sembrando Vida" (Sowing Lives) launched by Mexico and El Salvador to stop migration outflow "seems superficial" and does not confront the thousands of people migrate to seek protection from violence. | RELATED | Mexico's Migration Plan: Invest US$30B in El Salvador | Cejil's Deputy Director for Central America and Mexico Marcela Martino expressed the NGO's reservations that "this plan becomes one more measure to dissu…

Staff (2019-06-23). History Proves We Can't Count on the Democratic Party for a Green New Deal. truthout.org In 1966, the civil rights movement, in ways similar to the climate justice movement today, was at an impasse, confronting vast societal disparities of wealth and power. "A Freedom Budget for all Americans," issued by leaders of the civil rights movement, called on the federal government to implement programs that would eliminate poverty in 10 years through jobs, education, housing and health care programs. | Today, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has proposed a Green New Deal, with similarly broad universal social and environmental justice ambitions — and the stakes for the U.S. and global working class an…

teleSUR (2019-06-23). Nigeria's National Women Football Team Protest Unpaid Bonuses. telesurenglish.net Nigeria's players have refused to leave the team hotel after their exit from the women's World Cup on Saturday, demanding that the country's football federation clears all of their pending bonus payments, ESPN reported. | RELATED: | Michel Platini Detained Over Qatar World Cup Corruption Probe | The players staged a sit-in protest shortly after Nigeria was beaten 3-0 by double champions Germany who continued their unbeaten run to reach the quarter-finals. | ESPN reported that t…

United Nations (2019-06-22). In Venezuela, Bachelet calls on Government to release prisoners, appeals for 'bold steps towards compromise'. un.org Speaking at the end of the first-ever official mission to Venezuela by a UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet called on the Government to release all those detained for peacefully protesting and announced that a team from her office would remain in Caracas to monitor the human rights situation.

teleSUR (2019-06-22). Maduro Highlights Visit by Michelle Bachelet to Venezuela. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Friday celebrated the conclusion an official state visit to the South American nation by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Michelle Bachelet, after an almost two-hour meeting at the Presidential Palace of Miraflores. | RELATED | UN Human Rights Commissioner Meets Venezuelan Ministers | "We have taken a first step towards a smoother, more cooperative relationship on the human rights of the Venezuelan people," said the head of…

Juan Cole (2019-06-22). Back from Iran War Brink: Trump Wants to Walk Back Iran Crisis that He Created with Severe US Sanctions. globalresearch.ca The warmongers on Trump's national security team apparently convinced him to set in motion an aerial strike against Iran Thursday in retaliation for the downing of a US drone over waters claimed by Iran. | Then at the last minute, Michael …

Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle (2019-06-22). Sanctions that cause hunger and kill-join us in a Food Sovereignty Delegation to Caracas. indybay.org What's going on right now in Venezuela? Come see for yourself how Venezuelans are coping with US economic sanctions designed to cause a social implosion. According to the Independent of England, in Venezuela people hunt the animals of the zoo to eat them. According to the mainstream media, Venezuelans also eat rottten meat and garbage. these reports, give a distorted picture of what is happening in Venezuela . The media also omits serious analysis of the role of the government—community partnership "CLAP" food distribution program that reaches millions of Venezuelans. There is no doubt as indicated in a rec…

Jenny Kurzweil (2019-06-22). "Never Again" Means Act Now. indybay.org As the national conversation escalates around what to appropriately call the detention centers at the southern border, the humanitarian crisis continues. | Here are tangible actions the local Santa Cruz community can take to protest America's immigration policies and support relief efforts at the border.