2018-12-18: Social Media Postees

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The Coming of Hyperwar: "Alexa, Launch Our Nukes!"
Michael T. Klare | commondreams.org | 2018-12-18
A number of human rights and humanitarian organizations have even launched the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots with the goal of adopting an international ban on the development and deployment of fully autonomous weapons systems. (Photo: Sharron Ward/Campaign to Stop Killer Robots/Facebook) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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Every single member of U.S. Congress approved crushing sanctions on Nicaragua
Ben Norton | mronline.org | 2018-12-18
After defeating a violent U.S.-backed coup attempt, Nicaragua's elected government faces the NICA Act. The bill aims to force the Sandinistas from power by ratcheting up economic despair. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/12/18/every-single-member-of-u-s-congress-approved-crushing-sanctions-on-nicaragua/

Weaponizing Humanitarian Aid
Mel Gurtov | zcomm.org | 2018-12-18
The Trump administration is explicitly using humanitarian aid as another weapon to sanction adversaries…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/weaponizing-humanitarian-aid/

Indigenous Leader to EU: Sanction Brazil, Avoid Genocide
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2018-12-18
Sonia Guajajara, the leader of the Articulation of Brazil's Indigenous Peoples or Articulacao dos Povos Indigenas do Brasil (APBI) which represents more than 300 Brazilian Indigenous groups, called on the European Union to impose trade sanctions on Brazil to avoid an ecological disaster and potential genocide by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro. | RELATED: | Two Members Of Brazil's MST Landless Movement Murdered | "We are afraid of a new genocide against the Indigenous population and we are…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indigenous-Leader-to-EU-Sanction-Brazil-Avoid-Genocide-20181218-0011.html

Shine a Light for Immigration Rights in Providence
Andrew Stewart | counterpunch.org | 2018-12-18
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a network of nationwide groups that puts its energy and focus into educating and organizing so-called white people to oppose white supremacy and racism. Recently the co-founders were interviewed on The Laura Flanders Show (youtu.be/mq5NbdVcR_U). On December 18 from 4 to 6 PM the Rhode Island SURJ chapter…
counterpunch.org/2018/12/18/shine-a-light-for-immigration-rights-in-providence/

Standing for border communities and vulnerable migrants
Pedro Rios | zcomm.org | 2018-12-18
Upholding the dignity of border communities and those seeking sanctuary depends on everyone's bold and courageous actions…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/standing-for-border-communities-and-vulnerable-migrants/

Saudi rights commission interviews detainees over alleged torture
aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2018-12-18
Saudi officials familiar with government-sponsored body's work say it is unlikely to hold anyone accountable.
aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/saudi-rights-commission-interviews-detainees-alleged-torture-181218143911422.html

China 'Re-education Camps' Provide Labor for US Sportswear
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2018-12-18
One million Uighur Muslims in China's "re-education caps" camps have been working in factories making sportswear for United States companies, an investigation by the Associated Press revealed Monday. | RELATED: | Huawei CEO Meng Wanzhou Faces Iran Fraud Charges, Court Hears | A United Nations panel accused China of turning the western region of Xinjiang "into something that resembled a massive internment camp shrouded in secrecy, a 'no rights zone.'" | Most of those who have been r…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Re-education-Camps-Allegedly-Provide-Forced-Labor-for-US-Sportswear-20181218-0016.html

Marc Lamont Hill Speaks Out After CNN Fires Him for Pro-Palestine Speech at U.N
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-12-18
Less than a month after CNN fired Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill for giving a speech at the United Nations supporting Palestinian rights, we speak with him about the international attention his comments have received, academic freedom and why he feels it's more important than ever to speak out about Israeli human rights abuses. Marc Lamont Hill is a professor of media studies and urban education at Temple University. He is the author of several books, including "Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond." We also speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning journa…
www.democracynow.org/2018/12/18/marc_lam…

New Zealand to Hold Cannabis Referendum
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2018-12-18
New Zealand will hold a referendum on the legalization of the recreational use of cannabis during the next general election in 2020. | RELATED: | New Zealand's Women Celebrate 125 Years of Voting Rights | The referendum's decision will be binding. | The proposed referendum represents a step closer to reaching an alternative to the criminalization of…
telesurenglish.net/news/New-Zealand-to-Hold-Cannabis-Referendum–20181218-0001.html

Glenn Greenwald: Congress Is Trying to Make It a Federal Crime to Participate in Boycott of Israel
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-12-18
Twenty-six states have laws preventing state agencies from contracting with companies or individuals aligned with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. BDS is an international campaign to pressure Israel to comply with international law and respect Palestinian rights. However, its opponents say BDS is a thinly disguised anti-Semitic attempt to debilitate or even destroy Israel. We speak with Glenn Greenwald, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the founding editors of The Intercept. His latest piece is headlined "A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath, Now…
www.democracynow.org/2018/12/18/glenn_gr…

Texas Educator Files Lawsuit after She was Fired for Refusing to Sign an Oath to Israel
Randi Nord | mintpressnews.com | 2018-12-18
Bahia Amawi's federal court suit may constitute the first direct challenge to new legislation aimed at curbing support for the growing Boycott Divest Sanctions (BDS) movement in the United States, which ultimately aims to end apartheid in Palestinian and Israeli territories. | The post Texas Educator Files Lawsuit after She was Fired for Refusing to Sign an Oath to Israel appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/texas-educator-files-lawsuit-after-she-was-fired-for-refusing-to-sign-an-oath-to-israel/253113/

aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2018-12-18
Al Jazeera speaks to Abdul Aziz Muhamat, who has been held captive on the island by Australia for over five years.
aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/story-human-rights-defender-manus-island-words-181218104643850.html

Global Peasant Declaration Represents Huge Advance for Human Rights
Jackie Smith, Caitlin Schroering | commondreams.org | 2018-12-18
This radical framing of the rights of rural producers to determine what and how they produce helps ensure the health of the environment as well as people and cultures. (Photo: Wendy Stone/Corbis via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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How Come So Many Bernie Bros Are Women and People of Color?
Katie Halper | commondreams.org | 2018-12-18
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at "Workers' Right=Civil Rights" rally in Canton, Mississippi on March 4, 2017. (Photo: Youtube/Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2018/12/17/how-come-so-many-bernie-bros-are-women-and-people-color?cd-origin=rss

100% of Congress Approves Anti-Nicaragua Sanctions, HR1918
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2018-12-18
All members of Congress in both houses, Democrats and Republicans together, approved the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act of 2017, HR1918 (NICA), placing sanctions on the democratically elected government of Nicaragua which is fighting CIA sponsored gangsters, with the last vote taken in the Senate on November 27, 2018 and in the House on December 11, 2018. See www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/hou……
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/15/18819806.php

January Vegan Pop-Up
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-12-18
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/14/18819792.php

Advanced Leadership Training: Emergent Leadership
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-12-18
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/14/18819789.php

Animal Rights Meetup: New Community Member Celebration
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-12-18
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/14/18819796.php

Sustainable Activism Workshop: Berkeley, CA #ChangeMakersTour
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-12-18
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/14/18819797.php

Animal Rights Meetup: The Power of Nonviolence
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-12-18
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/14/18819791.php

Advanced Leadership Training: DxE's History and Vision
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-12-18
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/14/18819790.php

Animal Rights Meetup: The Legal Case for Animal Rights
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-12-18
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/14/18819795.php

Animal Rights Meetup: Organization & How to Become a Leader
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-12-18
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/14/18819793.php

Advanced Chicken Care Training
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-12-18
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/14/18819794.php

Take the Money Out of Prison Slavery
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-12-18
Activists and students continue a national divestment movement to stop the corporate funding of private prisons. Sylvester Owino, a Kenyan immigrant, spent 10 years in an immigrant detention center while his case bounced between the lower and higher courts. Owino and other activists talk about the private prison divestment movement and abuses in the transporting… | The post Take the Money Out of Prison Slavery appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/take-the-money-out-of-prison-slavery

Congress Is Trying to Make It a Federal Crime to Participate in BDS
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-12-18
Twenty-six states have laws preventing state agencies from contracting with companies or individuals aligned with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. BDS is an international campaign to pressure Israel to comply with international law and respect Palestinian rights. However, its opponents say BDS is a thinly disguised anti-Semitic attempt to debilitate or even destroy Israel. We speak with Glenn Greenwald, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the founding editors of The Intercept. His latest piece is headlined "A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath,…
truthout.org/video/congress-is-trying-to-make-it-a-federal-crime-to-participate-in-bds/

Australian Labor Party to boost police-military operations to block refugees
WSWS | wsws.org | 2018-12-18
Shorten unequivocally restated Labor's intent to keep using the navy to push back refugee boats and to retain the "offshore processing" regime of detaining asylum seekers on remote Pacific islands.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/18/refu…

Nicaragua: Further information: Human rights organizations at risk
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-18
As the National Assembly approved cancelling the legal registration of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH), the National Police broke into their offices, and the premises of other three human rights organisations and an independent newspaper. These recent attacks are examples of the continued strategy of repression by the Nicaraguan state against journalists and human rights defenders.
amnesty.org/en/documents/amr43/9592/2018/en/

Egypt: Court orders release of woman human rights defender imprisoned for speaking out against sexual harassment
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-18
Egyptian authorities must immediately comply with a court decision to release Amal Fathy, a woman human rights defender who was given a two-year sentence in September for posting a video online in which she criticized the Egyptian authorities for failing to tackle sexual harassment. | A Cairo criminal court today ordered Amal Fathy's release on probation after accepting…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/12/egypt-court-orders-release-of-woman-human-rights-defender-imprisoned-for-speaking-out-against-sexual-harassment/

Summary Report TB-NET & Amnesty International Event on Treaty Body Elections
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-18
This is the summary report of a roundtable working meeting under the Chatham house rule to discuss amongst States and other key stakeholders including the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and NGOs, the current nominations and elections processes for Treaty Body membership, and proposals for improvements which aim to enhance the quality, independence and diversity of Treaty Body membership.
amnesty.org/en/documents/ior40/9608/2018/en/

Bermuda: A Human Rights Friendly School approach
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-18
Students and teachers of a school in Bermuda talk about their experience after five years participating in the Human Rights Friendly Schools project | Warwick Academy was the first school established in Bermuda, in 1662. 300 years later, it was the first traditionally white school in the country to integrate, almost a decade before the 1971 Bermuda Education Act made it illegal for any school in Bermuda to base admission on race. In 2011, the school achieved another first: the first school in Bermuda to make themselves human rights friendly. A few years on, students and teachers from Warwick Academy tell their st…
amnesty.org/en/latest/education/2018/12/bermuda-hrfs/

MENA governments must end discriminatory crackdowns and abuse of migrants
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-18
Governments across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are collectively failing to protect the rights of migrants in their countries, said Amnesty International, marking International Migrants Day. | Across the region, migrants regularly face discrimination, exploitation and other forms of abuse as well as in some cases arbitrary arrest, detention and unlawful expulsion. Whether they are sub-Saharan African migrants passing through North African countries on their way to Europe or domestic or const…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/12/mena-governments-must-end-discriminatory-crackdowns-and-abuse-of-migrants/

Migration: to / from / in
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-18
amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2018/12/migration-to-from-in-middle-east-north-africa/

Crowdsourced Twitter study reveals shocking scale of online abuse against women
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-18
Content warning: contains screenshots of racist and sexist abuse and threats of violence | One in ten tweets mentioning black women politicians and journalists in a sample analyzed by Amnesty International was abusive or problematic, the organization said today, as it released a ground-breaking study into abuse against women on Twitter conducted with Element AI, a global artificial intelligence software product company. | More than 6,500 volunteers from 150 countries signed up to take part in Troll P…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/12/crowdsourced-twitter-study-reveals-shocking-scale-of-online-abuse-against-women/

Malaysia: Further information: Syrian refugee granted asylum in Canada: Hassan al-Kontar
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-18
Hassan al-Kontar has been granted asylum and arrived in Canada on 26 November 2018 after having been stranded in Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia for about seven months. Arrested on 1 October for being in a "forbidden area" of the airport, Malaysian authorities initially considered deporting him back to Syria.
amnesty.org/en/documents/asa28/9589/2018/en/

Malaisie: Un réfugié syrien a obtenu l'asile au Canada
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-18
Hassan al Kontar a obtenu l'asile au Canada, où il est arrivé le 26 novembre 2018 après avoir été bloqué à l'aéroport international de Kuala Lumpur, en Malaisie, pendant environ sept mois. Il a été arrêté le 1er octobre pour s'être trouvé dans une ´ zone interdite ª de l'aéroport et les autorités malaisiennes ont d'abord envisagé de le renvoyer en Syrie.
amnesty.org/en/documents/asa28/9589/2018/fr/

China: Christian house church members criminally detained: Li Yingqiang
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-18
amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/9590/2018/en/

DeVos' Solution to Mass School Shootings? Scrap the Rules Designed to End Discrimination Against Students of Color
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2018-12-18
The highly anticipated Final Report from the Federal Commission on School Safety, led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, was released Tuesday—and includes a long-rumored recommendation that is alarming civil rights advocates: to rescind Obama-era policies crafted to end racial disparities in school disciplinary practices. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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Iran's Oil Revenues Surged Despite Sanctions
Tsvetana Paraskova | iranian.com | 2018-12-18
Iran's revenues from crude oil and oil products surged by 55 percent between March and October, the first seven months of the Iranian year, compared to the same period of the previous year, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Monday, quoting data from the Central Bank of Iran. Between March and October, Iran's oil exports […] | The post Iran's Oil Revenues Surged Despite Sanctions appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/12/18/iran-oil-revenues-surged-despite-sanctions/

Former UN Rights Chief Joins Human Rights Watch Board
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-18
Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland February 26, 2018. | © 2018 Reuters | (New York) — The former United Nations human rights chief, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, has joined the board of Human Rights Watch, where he will be one of 34 directors overseeing the work of the organization, Human Rights Watch said today. | "We're thrilled that Zeid is joining the board of Human Rights Watch at this crucial time,…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/18/former-un-rights-chief-joins-human-rights-watch-board

South Sudan: Spate of Sexual Violence
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-18
Women line up for food rations at a distribution site in Bentiu, South Sudan, on December 8, 2018. | © 2018 Nyagoah Tut Pur/Human Rights Watch | (New York) — South Sudan's government should urgently investigate rape and other sexual violence against women and girls traveling in the former Unity state and provide protection and services to survivors. Investigations should focus not only on the individual crimes, but also on whether the crimes were coordinate…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/18/south-sudan-spate-sexual-violence

Mali: Militias Kill Over 75 Civilians
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-18
Members of the Dogon militia, Dan Na Ambassagou, which was founded to defend the Dogon community from attacks by Islamist armed groups. Dan Na Ambassagou has been implicated in numerous serious abuses against Peuhl civilians. | © MALIJET | (Bamako) — Ethnic militias in Mali killed at least 75 civilians during a one-week period in early December 2018. Malian authorities began investigations into the incidents and made some arrests, and should appropriately prosecut…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/18/mali-militias-kill-over-75-civilians

US: Fears of Prescribing Hurt Chronic Pain Patients
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-18

| December 14, 2018 Video | Video: Opioids Crackdown in the US Leaves Pain Patients Suffering: | Federal and state government efforts to reduce prescription opioids are inadvertently harming chronic pain patients. Many patients are involuntarily cut off medications that improve their lives or say they are unable to find a doctor willing to care for them. |

| (New York) — F…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/18/us-fears-prescribing-hurt-chronic-pain-patients

Don't Punish US Companies That Help End Abuses in the West Bank
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-18
Barkan, located in the occupied West Bank, is an Israeli residential settlement and industrial zone that houses around 120 factories that export around 80 percent of their goods abroad. In the background is the Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Hassan. © 2004 David Silverman | Today the US Congress is weighing draft legislation based on problematic logic that conflates a call for businesses to stop operating in West Bank settlements, which are unlawful under the 1949 Geneva Conventions that prohibit transferring…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/18/dont-punish-us-companies-help-end-abuses-west-bank

The Australian Prime Minister's Rapture for Jerusalem
Vacy Vlanza | counterpunch.org | 2018-12-17
Trump's declaration on recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of the Israeli state and the transfer of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is the natural continuation of 100 years of colonization in Palestine and the 1917 Balfour Declaration. It is part and parcel of the ongoing attempt to liquidate Palestinian rights and to…
counterpunch.org/2018/12/17/the-australian-prime-ministers-rapture-for-jerusalem/

Salvadoran Woman Set Free, Ruled Innocent of Abortion Charges
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2018-12-17
Imelda Cortez, 20, walked away from a Salvadoran court, a free woman, Monday after a judge found her 'not guilty' of the murder charges which detained her in prison for over a year. | RELATED: | Another Salvadoran Woman Freed After Years in Jail for Stillbirth | A victim of intrafamilial sexual abuse since the age of 12 by her 70-year-old stepfather, Cortez was accused of trying to abort her rapist's baby after she was found suffering a miscarriage in Jiquilisco in 2016. | Acc…
telesurenglish.net/news/Salvadoran-Woman-Set-Free-Ruled-Innocent-of-Abortion-Charges-20181217-0019.html

Will the Supreme Court Overturn Roe v. Wade After All?
ACLU | aclu.org | 2018-12-17
Reading the tea leaves on abortion rights. | This piece was originally published in The New York Times. | When the Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear cases brought by Louisiana and Kansas attempting to exclude Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from their Medicaid programs, legal soothsayers were out in full force opining about what it means for the future of abortion rights un…
aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/abortion/will-supreme-court-overturn-roe-v-wade-after-all

Study Finds Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Brazil Pork
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2018-12-17
Pork products sold at retailers in Brazil contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a study funded by animal rights group World Animal Protection (WAP), providing potential evidence of overuse of the medicines in food livestock. | RELATED: | Brazil: Indigenous People Slam 'Authoritarian, Racist' Bolsonaro | The study, which also looked at pork in three other countries, was conducted by the University of Sà£o Paulo on behalf of WAP in Brazil. It examined 100 meat sam…
telesurenglish.net/news/Study-Finds-Antibiotic-Resistant-Bacteria-in-Brazil-Pork-20181217-0017.html

Theresa May Days in Britain, Stonewalled in Europe and the Parliament
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-17
It is hard to envisage sympathy for a person who made a name as a home secretary (prisons, detentions, security and such) taking the mast and banner of her country before hopeless odds, but inadequate opponents will do that to … | The post Theresa May Days in Britain, Stonewalled in Europe and the Parliament appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/theresa-may-days-in-britain-stonewalled-in-europe-and-the-parliament/5663137

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2018-12-17: News Headlines

amnesty (2018-12-18). Bermuda: A Human Rights Friendly School approach. amnesty.org Students and teachers of a school in Bermuda talk about their experience after five years participating in the Human Rights Friendly Schools project | Warwick Academy was the first school established in Bermuda, in 1662. 300 years later, it was the first traditionally white school in the country to integrate, almost a decade before the 1971 Bermuda Education Act made it illegal for any school in Bermuda to base admission on race. In 2011, the school achieve another first: the first school in Bermuda to make themselves human rights friendly. A few years on, students and teachers from Warwick Academy tell their sto…

Vacy Vlanza (2018-12-17). The Australian Prime Minister's Rapture for Jerusalem. counterpunch.org Trump's declaration on recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of the Israeli state and the transfer of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is the natural continuation of 100 years of colonization in Palestine and the 1917 Balfour Declaration. It is part and parcel of the ongoing attempt to liquidate Palestinian rights and to More

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2018-12-17). Theresa May Days in Britain, Stonewalled in Europe and the Parliament. globalresearch.ca It is hard to envisage sympathy for a person who made a name as a home secretary (prisons, detentions, security and such) taking the mast and banner of her country before hopeless odds, but inadequate opponents will do that to …

Jonathan Cook (2018-12-17). American Public's Backing for One-State Solution Falls on Deaf Ears. commondreams.org In another sign of how far removed Washington is from the American public, 40 percent of respondents want the US to impose sanctions to stop Israel expanding its settlements on Palestinian territory. (Photo: Getty) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

aljazeera (2018-12-17). Amnesty: Farmer-herder clashes kill 3,600 in Nigeria. aljazeera.com Rights group says thousands of people have been killed since 2016 in clashes between farmers and semi-nomadic herders.

commondreams (2018-12-17). Leading Civil Rights Group Calls for Congressional Action Against Russian Efforts to Exploit African American Vote. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Sarah Attfield (2018-12-17). The global working class fought back in 2018. peoplesworld.org 2018 has seen many working-class people around the world standing up for their rights and pushing back against injustice and inequality. Some of these fights have made the mainstream news in western countries, but many have not. As we reflect on the year that is ending, let's not forget the struggles of working-class people and …

teleSUR (2018-12-17). North Korea Warns US Sanctions Could Derail Denuclearization. telesurenglish.net The United States has recently imposed sanctions on senior North Korean regime figures which have prompted the Asian country to decry a "deliberate provocation" which could block denuclearization efforts. | RELATED: | Seoul Train Crosses DMZ With Experts to Update North's Rail | During the last six months, North Korea and the United States have been hol…

WSWS (2018-12-17). MSF reveals "mental health suffering" in Australia's Nauru refugee detention camp. wsws.org Médecins Sans Frontières said the mental health problems were among the worst it had ever seen anywhere in the world.

Register Peace & Freedom or Green (2018-12-17). 100% of Congress Approves Anti-Nicaragua Sanctions, HR1918. indybay.org All members of Congress in both houses, Democrats and Republicans together, approved the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act of 2017, HR1918 (NICA), placing sanctions on the democratically elected government of Nicaragua which is fighting CIA sponsored gangsters, with the last vote taken in the Senate on November 27, 2018 and in the House on December 11, 2018. See www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/hou……

Direct Action Everywhere (2018-12-17). Animal Rights Meetup: Organization & How to Become a Leader. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…

Direct Action Everywhere (2018-12-17). Animal Rights Meetup: New Community Member Celebration. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…

Direct Action Everywhere (2018-12-17). Advanced Chicken Care Training. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…

Direct Action Everywhere (2018-12-17). Advanced Leadership Training: Emergent Leadership. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…

Direct Action Everywhere (2018-12-17). January Vegan Pop-Up. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…

Direct Action Everywhere (2018-12-17). Animal Rights Meetup: The Power of Nonviolence. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…

Direct Action Everywhere (2018-12-17). Animal Rights Meetup: The Legal Case for Animal Rights. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…

Direct Action Everywhere (2018-12-17). Advanced Leadership Training: DxE's History and Vision. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…

Direct Action Everywhere (2018-12-17). Sustainable Activism Workshop: Berkeley, CA #ChangeMakersTour. indybay.org Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…

amnesty (2018-12-17). Morocco: Hirak El-Rif appeal, a chance to reverse unfair trial. amnesty.org On 26 and 28 June 2018, a Casablanca court sentenced 54 people to heavy prison terms for their involvement in the Hirak El-Rif protests that took place in the northern Rif region of Morocco in 2017. On 21 August, 11 of them were granted a royal pardon. Four of them were provisionally released in June and July 2017; the other 39 are serving their sentences in Casablanca's Ain Sabaa 1 (Okacha) prison. | On 17 December, Casablanca's appeal court will hear the cases of the remaining 43 individuals convicted in the second session.

amnesty (2018-12-17). Hungary: Police must rein in unnecessary and excessive force used against protesters. amnesty.org Hungary: Police must rein in unnecessary and excessive force used against protesters | Spokespeople available in Budapest | Amnesty International will be monitoring the protests | The police must rein in unnecessary and excessive force, including the use of tear gas, against peaceful protesters, Amnesty International said today ahead of further demonstrations planned tonight in Budapest. | "Demonstrators are expected to descend onto Budapest's streets tonight for a sixth night of anti-government protests. Last night we witnessed displays of unnecessary and excessive force against peaceful protesters that inclu…

amnesty (2018-12-17). Morocco: Hirak El-Rif appeal must deliver justice after deeply flawed trial. amnesty.org Dozens of journalists, protesters and others detained in connection with Hirak El-Rif peaceful protests have been denied their right to a fair trial by Casablanca's first instance court, said Amnesty International, as it published analysis exposing serious flaws in the trial, as the second appeal hearing session gets underway. | Fifty-four people with ties to the Hirak El-Rif social justice protests were convicted of security-related offences and sentenced to prison terms of up to 20 years by a Casablanca court in June 2018, in relation to prot…

amnesty (2018-12-17). Nigeria: The Harvest of Death – Three Years of Bloody Clashes Between Farmers and Herders in Nigeria. amnesty.org This report documents the violent clashes between members of farmer communities and members of herder communities in parts of Nigeria, particularly in the northern parts of the country, over access to resources: water, land and pasture. It also documents the failure of the Nigerian government in fulfilling its constitutional responsibility of protection of lives and property by refusing to investigate, arrest and prosecute perpetrators of attacks. The report shows how government's inaction fuels impunity, resulting in attacks and reprisal attacks, with at least 3,641 people killed between January 2016 and October…

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amnesty (2018-12-17). Nigeria: Government failures fuel escalating conflict between farmers and herders as death toll nears 4,000. amnesty.org *WARNING: This article contains graphic descriptions of killings | The Nigerian authorities' failure to investigate communal clashes and bring perpetrators to justice has fuelled a bloody escalation in the conflict between farmers and herders across the country, resulting in at least 3,641 deaths in the past three years and the displacement of thousands more, Amnesty International revealed today. | In a new report, " Harvest of Death: Three Years of Bloody Clashes Between Farmers and Herders", Amnesty International found that 57 per cent of th…

amnesty (2018-12-17). Maroc: Le procès d'appel du Hirak El-Rif est une occasion pour annuler des peines prononcées à l'issue d'un procès inéquitable. amnesty.org Les 26 et 28 juin 2018, une cour de Casablanca a condamné 54 personnes à de lourdes peines de prison pour avoir participé aux manifestations du mouvement du Hirak El — Rif qui ont eu lieu dans la région du Rif, dans le nord du Maroc, en 2017. Le 21 août, 11 d'entre elles ont été graciées par le roi. Quatre autres ont bénéficié d'une libération provisoire en juin et juillet 2017. Les 39 personnes restantes purgent leur peine à la prison d'AàØn Sebaâ 1 (Okacha), à Casablanca. | Le 17 décembre, la cour d'appel de Casablanca procèdera à l'audition des cas des 43 personnes déclarées coupables lors de la d…

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Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2018-12-17). Anti-BDS Laws Challenged as Unconstitutional After Speech Pathologist Loses Job at Texas School for Refusing to Sign Pro-Israel Pledge. commondreams.org Texas officials are facing an onslaught of criticism after a speech pathologist lost her job at an elementary school for refusing to sign a pro-Israel pledge mandated by state law—a case that has cast a spotlight on efforts to neutralize the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which opposes Israel's oppression and slaughter of Palestinians. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Shared by Samantha Borek (2018-12-17). Corporate Elites' Malfeasance Is Thwarting Human Rights in Africa. truthout.org The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turned 70 on December 10. Governments and civil society organizations around the world commemorated the day with a range of activities. | Over the years, the Declaration has been a global beacon for Africans fighting against colonialism and for inclusive economic equality and sustainable development. Its provisions stand as aspirational goals for nations, and standards that nations are duty-bound to uphold and promote. | But what if des…

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-17). DR Congo: Campaigning Violently Suppressed. hrw.org | | The Democratic Republic of Congo's government deployed security forces across Lubumbashi on December 11, 2018 to block the free movement of opposition presidential candidate Martin Fayulu and his supporters, killing at least five people and wounding dozens of others. | © 2018 Private | (Kinshasa) — Government security forces across the Democratic Republic of Congo have forcibly dispersed opposition campaign rallies ahead of the December 23, 20…

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-17). Human Rights Can't Leave People With Disabilities Behind. hrw.org | | Gathering on Grand Place in Brussels on Human Rights Day, December 10, 2018. | © 2018 Roksana Nowak/Human Right Watch | As night fell on December 10, people gathered in Brussels' Grand-Place to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Around the Christmas tree in the center, the square had been illuminated blue in support of human rights. | The declaration was read out loud, and the audience occasionally burst into applause. | In the m…

RFE (2018-12-17). Iran, Iraq In Talks To Trade In Their Own Currencies. iranian.com The chairman of Iran-Iraq chamber of commerce has said the central banks of the two countries are engaged in negotiations to set up credit arrangements for trade in their national currencies. U.S. sanctions on Iran have virtually cut off the country's banking relations with the rest of the world, especially in U.S. dollars. Iraq is […]

Michael Welch (2018-12-16). Slowing Down the Beast of American Empire: A Salute to the Life and Legacy of William Blum. globalresearch.ca "I'm a member of a movement which has the very ambitious goal of slowing down, if not stopping, the American Empire, to keep it from continuing to go round the world doing things like bombings, invasions, overthrowing governments, and torture. …

teleSUR (2018-12-16). Family Painfully Remembers Guatemalan Girl Killed in US Custody. telesurenglish.net Outside a humble thatched-roof home deep in the lush Guatemalan countryside, the mother of a seven-year-old girl who was killed as she was being detained by U.S. border agents tries to remember happier days with her daughter. | RELATED: | Mexico: Attack on Migrants, Woman Dead, Child Among 3 Injured | The 27-year-old woman mournfully points to a nearby tree that young Jakelin Caal enjoyed climbing. "I feel pain and sadness over the death of my daughter," said Claudia Maquin, speaking…

amnesty (2018-12-16). Bahrain: Joint letter to Bahraini authorities: Drop all charges and release Nabeel Rajab. amnesty.org We the undersigned call on Bahraini authorities to release Nabeel Rajab immediately, to repeal his convictions and sentences, and drop all charges against him. On 31 December 2018 the Court of Cassation in Bahrain may issue its verdict in the appeal of the five-year prison sentence handed to him for peaceful comments posted and retweeted on his Twitter account about the killing of civilians in the Yemen conflict by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, and allegations of torture in Jau prison.

Julia Conley, staff writer (2018-12-16). 'This Is a Child Prison': Visiting Texas Detention Center, Democrats Demand Release of Children to Family Sponsors. commondreams.org Democratic lawmakers joined protesters in a demonstration Saturday in the border town of Tornillo, Texas, where about 2,700 young immigrants are currently being held in a detention center—with some having languished there for months. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-16). Japan: Football Star Working for Rights Abuser. hrw.org | | Former Japan football player Keisuke Honda walks on the pitch during his debut as coach of Cambodia's national football team at a friendly match against Malaysia, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, September 10, 2018. | © 2018 Reuters | (New York) — The international football star Keisuke Honda's agreement to coach Cambodia's national soccer team links him to a senior Cambodian official implicated in killings and alleged war crimes, Human Right…

Mehr News (2018-12-16). Iran Can Teach Others The 'Art Of Evading Sanctions': Zarif. iranian.com "Trump has called for negotiations despite his hostile policies, and we have responded to him, [asking] if he was joking," the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said while addressing the 18th edition of Doha Forum in the Qatari capital on Saturday. "Negotiating with Donald Trump's administration is futile," Zarif stressed. "Iran used to be […]

Vijay Prashad (2018-12-15). We have no choice but to live like human beings. mronline.org One in eight people across the world live in informal settlements. This, despite the "right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family" as declared by the International Declaration of Human Rights. Reality, however, is very far from this. | Source

amnesty (2018-12-15). Cameroon: Release of 289 people must lead to end of wrongful detentions. amnesty.org Following the decision to pardon and release 289 people arrested in connection with the unrest in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon, Marie Evelyne Petrus Barry, Amnesty International West and Central Africa Regional Director said: | "Cameroon President's decision to pardon and release nearly 300 people arrested in connection with the unrest in the Anglophone regions is a welcome step and a catalyst for human rights change. |

Ben Norton (2018-12-14). Every Single Member of US Congress Approved Crushing Sanctions on Nicaragua. mintpressnews.com After defeating a violent US-backed coup attempt, Nicaragua's elected government faces the NICA Act. The bill aims to force the Sandinistas from power by ratcheting up economic despair.

Ben Norton (2018-12-14). Every Single Member of US Congress Approved Crushing Sanctions on Nicaragua. grayzoneproject.com After defeating a violent US-backed coup attempt, Nicaragua's elected government faces the NICA Act. The bill aims to force the…

Mark Gruenberg (2018-12-14). Berta Cáceres supporters: Additional evidence forces Honduran officials to act. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON — The public revelation of additional evidence of higher-up involvement in the 2016 murder of Honduran human rights activist Berta Cáceres has forced Honduran officials to reopen their investigation of the crime, her daughters and their supporters say. But they still aren't sure the criminal justice system in the Latin American country will bring …

Democracy Now! (2018-12-14). Headlines for December 14, 2018. democracynow.org Senate Votes to End U.S. Support for Saudi-Led War on Yemen, Senate Passes Resolution Condemning Saudi Crown Prince for Khashoggi Murder, 7-Year-Old Guatemalan Girl Dies in U.S. Border Agents' Custody, Trump's 2016 Inauguration Being Probed for Misuse of Funds and Illegal Donations, Russian Gun Activist Pleads Guilty to Acting as Foreign Agent, Global Calls Mount to Release Burmese Journalists, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nadia Murad Addresses Iraqi Officials, Argentina: Ex-Ford Execs Convicted of Kidnapping & Torture During Dirty War, France: Police Kill Suspect of Strasbourg Mass Shooting, Bolton Calls for Western…

Brian Cloughley (2018-12-14). Principles and Morality Versus Cash and Profit? No Contest. counterpunch.org Imagine Western reaction if a British or American citizen had been detained in Russia or China then subjected to months of solitary confinement followed by being put on trial for less than five minutes without legal representation or an interpreter, and finally sentenced to life imprisonment. The media in Britain and the US would have gone berserk More

ACLU (2018-12-14). The Right to Record Police Doesn't Disappear When You Put Your Phone in Your Pocket. aclu.org In Massachusetts, a federal court affirmed that the First Amendment protects secret recording of police performing their duties in public. | The First Amendment right to record the police is a critical check and balance for people living in a free, open, and democratic society. It promotes the free discussion of governmental affairs as well as protects the democratic process. And for some communities, it's a vital tool for uncovering, if not deterring, police misconduct. | But Boston-based civil rights activists Eric Martin and René Pérez were afraid to record the police. Under a state wiretap law passed in 1968,…

amnesty (2018-12-14). China: Further information: Singer-song writer activist sentenced: Xu Lin. amnesty.org Activist Xu Lin was sentenced to three years in prison for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" on 7 December 2018. The singer-songwriter has composed and published songs online about his democratic aspirations and critical of the government for various injustices. He has refused to repent and maintained his innocence.

amnesty (2018-12-14). CAR: Up to 100 civilians shot and burnt alive as UN peacekeepers leave posts in Alindao. amnesty.org The United Nations must carry out a thorough investigation into UN peacekeeping troops' response to a recent attack that killed as many as 100 civilians in a displaced persons camp in the Central African Republic, Amnesty International said today in a new report. | According to multiple eyewitnesses, UN peacekeepers did not engage an attack by an armed group but instead retreated in an armoured vehicle to their central base, leaving thousands of civilians unprotected at the camp in Alindao on 15 November. | An immediate and impartial inquiry m…

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