2018-12-14: Social Media Postees

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The Yellow Vest Insurgency — What's Next?
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2018-12-14
Paris, France, April 2017: Macron Unveils Assault on Workers' Rights. Paris, France, December 2018: A potential worldwide insurgency of the working class starts in France as Yellow Vests occupy the streets. "Some 75% of the French back the gilets jaunes. And this support has held up despite the violence." (Source: La République en Flammes, The…
counterpunch.org/2018/12/14/the-yellow-vest-insurgency-whats-next/

Principles and Morality Versus Cash and Profit? No Contest
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2018-12-14
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…
counterpunch.org/2018/12/14/principles-and-morality-versus-cash-and-profit-no-contest/

Guatemalan Girl Dies of Dehydration in US Custody
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2018-12-14
A 7-year-old Guatemalan girl, who traveled to the United States with the Central American caravan, died of dehydration while in U.S. custody. She had been detained last week for crossing the U.S. border illegally. | RELATED: | Caravan Couple Awaits Asylum Bid After Son's Birth in US | The girl and her father were detained by immigration authorities on Dec. 6 in New Mexico as part of a group of 163 people who approached U.S. agents to turn themselves in, the Washington Post reported. | O…
telesurenglish.net/news/Guatemalan-Girl-Dies-of-Dehydration-in-US-Custody-20181214-0001.html

EU Extends Economic Sanctions Against Russia for 6 Months
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2018-12-14
The European Union decided Thursday to extend the economic sanctions against Russia for six more months. Sanctions were implemented in 2014 due to Russia's involvement in the eastern Ukraine conflict. | RELATED: | 'Undiplomatic': Russia Rejects US Reaction to Military Cooperation with Venezuela | "The EU unanimously prolongs the economic sanctions against Russia, given that progress was not made in the implementation of the Minsk agreements," Donald Tusk, presiden…
telesurenglish.net/news/EU-Extends-Economic-Sanctions-Against-Russia-for-6-Months-20181214-0003.html

Every Single Member of US Congress Approved Crushing Sanctions on Nicaragua
Ben Norton | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-12-14
After defeating a violent US-backed coup attempt, Nicaragua's elected government faces the NICA Act. The bill aims to force the… | The post Every Single Member of US Congress Approved Crushing Sanctions on Nicaragua appeared first on Grayzone Project.
grayzoneproject.com/2018/12/14/congress-sanctions-nicaragua-nica-act/

Paul Rosenberg on GOP Power Grabs, Mariana Viturro on Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2018-12-14
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fair.org/home/paul-rosenberg-on-gop-power-grabs-mariana-viturro-on-domestic-workers-bill-of-rights/

Every Single Member of US Congress Approved Crushing Sanctions on Nicaragua
Ben Norton | mintpressnews.com | 2018-12-14
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. | The post Every Single Member of US Congress Approved Crushing Sanctions on Nicaragua appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/the-nica-act-us-congress-approves-crushing-sanctions-on-nicaragua/252977/

Know Your Rights or You Will Lose Them
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2018-12-14
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." –Thomas Jefferson We are approaching critical mass, the point at which all hell breaks loose. The government is pushing us ever closer to a constitutional crisis. What makes the outlook so much…
counterpunch.org/2018/12/14/know-your-rights-or-you-will-lose-them/

Berta Cáceres supporters: Additional evidence forces Honduran officials to act
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2018-12-14
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 those high-level …
peoplesworld.org/article/berta-caceres-supporters-additional-evidence-forces-honduran-officials-to-act/

"Five Eyes" Intelligence Agencies Behind Drive Against Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei
Nick Beams | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-14
Evidence has come to light that US operations against the Chinese telecommunications giant HuaWei (Âçé‰∏∫) and the arrest and detention of one of its top executives, Meng Wanzhou, to face criminal charges of fraud brought by the US Justice … | The post "Five Eyes" Intelligence Agencies Behind Drive Against Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei. appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/five-eyes-intelligence-agencies-behind-drive-against-chinese-telecom-giant-huawei/5662933

In Plea Deal, Russian Admits Being a Secret Agent
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2018-12-14
WASHINGTON — A Russian gun-rights activist admitted Thursday that she was a secret agent for the Kremlin who tried to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups as Donald Trump rose to power. | Maria Butina, 30, agreed to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge as part of a deal with federal prosecutors. | "Guilty," Butina said in a slight accent when asked how she wanted to plead. Dressed in a green jail uniform with her red hair pulled into a long ponytail, Butina spoke softly and mostly kept her eyes on the judge. | The Butina case has provided a vivid glimpse into Russia's influence operations in the Uni…
truthdig.com/articles/in-plea-deal-russian-admits-being-a-secret-agent/

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

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

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

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

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

January Vegan Pop-Up
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-12-14
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 | 2018-12-14
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/14/18819789.php

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

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

Julian Assange denounces his illegal detention in Ecuadorian embassy
WSWS | wsws.org | 2018-12-14
The WikiLeaks publisher, whose health appears to be deteriorating, made the comments at a hearing against the Ecuadorian government's "Special Protocol," aimed at forcing him into British and US custody.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/14/assa…

Nearly 15,000 children held in detention camps across the US
WSWS | wsws.org | 2018-12-14
The growth of the child detainee population and the Trump administration's escalation of workplace raids represent an attack on the entire working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/14/immi…

France: Police Crowd Control Methods Maim People
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-14
Riot police barricade, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, December 8, 2018. | © 2018 Human Rights Watch | (Paris) — French police used crowd control and anti-riot tactics during demonstrations in Paris in November and December 2018 that caused physical harm to peaceful demonstrators, including high-school students, and journalists, Human Rights Watch said today. Law enforcement should exercise greater restraint in demonstrations planned to take place on D…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/14/france-police-crowd-control-methods-maim-people

Hungary's Latest Assault on the Judiciary
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-14
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses the supporters after the announcement of the partial results of parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 8, 2018. | © 2018 Reuters | This week, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his ruling party Fidesz rammed a law through parliament that poses a new threat to the independence of the country's judiciary. | The law creates a separate administrative court system that will handle cases directly affecting basic human rights, such as elections, right to a…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/14/hungarys-latest-assault-judiciary

7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies in US Border Patrol Custody
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-14
The headline alone made my heart sink. "7-year-old migrant girl taken into Border Patrol custody dies of dehydration, exhaustion." I felt a wave of deep sadness, but no surprise. | A girl stands in the lobby of the Adelanto immigration detention center, in Adelanto, Californ…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/14/7-year-old-migrant-girl-dies-us-border-patrol-custody

Australia: Vet Foreign Soldiers Receiving Training
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-14
The Philippine Navy band welcomes the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) vessel Her Majesty's Australian Ship (HMAS) Adelaide (III) upon arrival for a goodwill visit as part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Joint Task Group, Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017, at the Pier 15, south harbor in Metro Manila, Philippines on October 10, 2017. | © 2017 Reuters/Romeo Ranoco | (Sydney) — The Australian government should require human rights vetting for all foreign military…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/14/australia-vet-foreign-soldiers-receiving-training

Europe Loses If The Iran Deal Collapses
Tarja Cronberg | iranian.com | 2018-12-14
Iran is not the only loser if the Iran nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA) collapses. A collapse may be near given the U.S. exit from the deal, and U.S. sanctions not only affect American banks and companies but also prevent Europeans from trading with Iran. The U.S. policy is to […] | The post Europe Loses If The Iran Deal Collapses appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/12/13/europe-loses-iran-deal-collapses/

CAR: Up to 100 civilians shot and burnt alive as UN peacekeepers leave posts in Alindao
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-14
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…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/12/car-up-to-100-civilians-shot-and-burnt-alive-as-un-peacekeepers-leave-posts-in-alindao/

China: Further information: Singer-song writer activist sentenced: Xu Lin
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-14
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.org/en/documents/asa17/9579/2018/en/

The extraordinary and ordinary story of Gulzar Duishenova
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-14
Gulzar Duishenova is one of the nine women human rights defenders featured in Amnesty's 2018 Write for Rights campaign. She shared her story with Amnesty International. Every possible effort was made to translate the story into English representing Gulzar's style of speaking faithfully and precisely. | Every activist, like any other person, has her or his story. Some have been actively defending human rights since they were young. In other cases, human rights work found the defenders. My story is both extraordinary and very ordinary at the same time. | This year I have been featured, along with other eight wom…
amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2018/12/the-story-of-gulzar-duishenova/

LA GUARDIA NACIONAL DEL PRESIDENTE LàìPEZ OBRADOR: CINCO REALIDADES QUE HAY QUE SABER
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-14
Uno de los puntos centrales de la estrategia de seguridad propuesta por el nuevo presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador es la creación de una Guardia Nacional, conformada por entre 50 a 60 mil elementos de la Policía Militar, la Policía Naval, y de la Policía Federal, además de elementos del Estado Mayor y "elementos de tropa." | En lo propuesto queda claro que usaría una estrategia muy semejante a gobiernos anteriores, y la realidad es que la Guardia Nacional es una amenaza para la seguridad y los derechos humanos de las personas en México.
amnesty.org/en/documents/amr41/9578/2018/es/

Belarus: Further information: Two prisoners at risk of imminent execution: Aliaksandr Zhylnikau and Viachaslau Sukharko
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-14
There is grave concern that the only two known prisoners on death row in Belarus, Aliaksandr Zhylnikau and Viachaslau Sukharko, are at risk of imminent execution.
amnesty.org/en/documents/eur49/9586/2018/en/

Nigeria: UNICEF suspended amid absurd smear campaign
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-14
Responding to the Nigerian army's suspension of UNICEF from operations in northeast Nigeria over allegations of spying and collaborating with Boko Haram, Osai Ojigho, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, said: | "Amnesty International strongly condemns attempts by the…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/12/nigeria-unicef-suspended-amid-absurd-smear-campaign/

Mexico: Bill could further pretrial detentions
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-14
The Mexican Congress could pass a constitutional amendment in the following weeks that would force judges to order pretrial detention in cases involving a broad series of crimes. Contrary to international law, the reform does not provide that judges can waive it or assess any evidence before determining if such deprivation of liberty is appropriate.
amnesty.org/en/documents/amr41/9574/2018/en/

Nijeriya: 'Sun dauke mazajenmu suka tilasta mana zama masoyansu' — Mata a arewa maso gabashin nijeriya da suke fama da matsananciyar yunwa suna kuma fuskantar fyade a hannun masu ikirarin ceto su
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-14
Mata 'yan gudun hijira a arewa maso gabashin | Nijeriya suna fama da gallazawa da cin zarafi | daga sojojin Nijeriya wanda hakan zasu iya zama | laifukan yaki da kuma laifukan da suka shafi kin | jinin bil Adama. Wadannan mata na neman | hakkinsu da kuma neman a hukunta masu | wannan laifi da kawo karshen kama-karya.
amnesty.org/en/documents/afr44/9122/2018/ha/

The Islamic State's toxic legacy is an environmental catastrophe, too | Opinion
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-14
Note: This originally appeared in Newsweek. | As we drive up, the desolate farm in the shadow of north-western Iraq's Sinjar Mountain looks like many others in the area. The farmhouse is abandoned, the fields are barren. A neighbour, curious about our visit, wanders over and explains that the owner used to grow olives, wheat and vegetables. But, like half of the farmers in this village, he and his family haven't returned since fleeing from the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS) four years ago. | Why? One clue is…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/12/the-islamic-states-toxic-legacy-is-an-environmental-catastrophe-too/

Civil Society Worldwide Demands Answers to the Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-14
Six years after the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, civil society organizations across the world renew calls on the Lao government to conduct an independent, impartial and effective investigation to reveal his fate and whereabouts.
amnesty.org/en/documents/asa26/9581/2018/en/

A conversation between Marielle and God
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-14
Nine months have passed since 14 March and, during this time, Marinete and I have been waiting for answers about the barbaric and cowardly killing of Marielle Franco, our daughter. Nine months was also how long we waited, with great excitement and anticipation, for Marielle's birth in 1979. | I imagine what a conversation between Marielle — still in her mother's belly, before being born — and God might have been like. | Lord, I'm here in this small space, comfortable and protected by this woman who will be my mother, who gives me affection and caresses. She talks to me and takes me to church and to un…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/12/a-conversation-between-marielle-and-god/

Paraguay: Queer artists at risk of going to prison: Bruno Almada Comas
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-12-14
Bruno Almada Comas, a young queer artist, is being accused of "acts of exhibitionism" based on a performance denouncing violence and discrimination faced by LGBTI people in Paraguay. The preliminary hearing is scheduled for 19 December. If he is found guilty he could face one year in prison.
amnesty.org/en/documents/amr45/9572/2018/en/

Supreme Court considers scope of Bill of Rights
David Sobelsohn | peoplesworld.org | 2018-12-13
WASHINGTON — December 15 is Bill of Rights Day. The Bill of Rights protects our most cherished rights, including free speech, freedom of religion, and trial by jury. But the Bill of Rights starts with the words "Congress shall make no law." It doesn't say "The states shall make no law." In 1833, the U.S. …
peoplesworld.org/article/supreme-court-considers-scope-of-bill-of-rights/

SCOTUS Just Voted in Favor of Planned Parenthood. But Roe Is Far From Safe
Alice Pettway | progressive.org | 2018-12-13
This is a moment anti-choice politicians and activists have been working toward for years. With Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, state-level activism will be front-and-center for protecting reproductive rights in 2019.
progressive.org/dispatches/Supreme-Court-roe-is-still-not-safe-181213/

Brazilian Police Looks For Suspects of Marielle Franco's Murder
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2018-12-13
Special police forces of Brazil are searching 15 addresses in Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais in the hopes of finding the person/s responsible for the murder of councilwoman and rights activist Marielle Franco, and her driver Anderson Gomes. | RELATED: | Brazil: Witness Implicates Councilman, Former Military Officer in Marielle Franco's Assassination | The Homicide Division of the Civil Police of Brazil is complying with search and arrest orders ag…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazilian-Police-Looks-For-Suspects-of-Marielle-Francos-Murder-20181213-0025.html

EPA slams door to justice on historic Black community
Special to PeoplesWorld | peoplesworld.org | 2018-12-13
TALLASSEE, Al. — On December 10, leaders of a historic Black community in Tallassee, Alabama, denounced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for closing a civil rights complaint filed in 2017 against the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) in the face of clear evidence, acknowledged by EPA, that the state's actions caused "adverse harms" to …
peoplesworld.org/article/epa-slams-door-to-justice-on-historic-black-community/

Mass shooting in Strasbourg kills 3, wounds 12 before "yellow vest" protest
WSWS | wsws.org | 2018-12-13
The French ruling elite is already seizing upon the attack to trample democratic rights with demands that "yellow vest" protesters abandon their protests against Macron.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/13/stra…

Canadian Court Hands Important Victory to BDS Movement
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-12-13
A Canadian Court ruled that Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions activists were denied free speech and campaigning rights when the city of Montreal tore down their posters highlighting an Israeli atrocity during an election campaign in Canada. We discuss the case with Bruce Katz, one of the main plaintiffs in the case | The post Canadian Court Hands Important Victory to BDS Movement appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/canadian-court-hands-important-victory-to-bds-movement

Occupied Western Sahara: A rare look inside Africa's last colony
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-13
In an exclusive broadcast, US-based independent news outlet Democracy Now! broke the media blockade and visited the occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and occupying power Morocco's violent crackdown. | Morocco has occupied the territory since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. Thousands of Sahrawi people have been tortured, imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation. A 1700-mile wall…
greenleft.org.au/content/occupied-western-sahara-rare-look-inside-africas-last-colony

Bangladesh: Crackdown as Elections Loom
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-13
Police rush Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supporters at a protest on February 9, 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh. | © 2018 Allison Joyce/Getty Images | (New York) — Bangladesh security forces have been arresting and intimidating opposition figures and threatening freedom of expression in advance of national elections on December 30, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. The United Nations, European Union, United States, India, China, and others should press the go…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/13/bangladesh-crackdown-elections-loom

China: Repression of Christian Church Intensifies
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-13
Official seal notices are sticked on a backdoor entrance of the Zion church after it was shutdown by authorities in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. | © 2018 Andy Wong/ AP | (New York) — Chinese authorities should immediately release the pastor and scores of members of an independent Protestant church in the southwestern city of Chengdu, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities should also return church properties and allow the m…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/13/china-repression-christian-church-intensifies

Colombia: New Armed Groups Plague Afro-Colombian Zone
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-13

| December 13, 2018 Video | Colombia: Rape, Kidnapping and Murder Continue After Peace Agreement: | Groups that emerged from the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas are terrorizing the mostly Afro-Colombian municipality of Tumaco. |

| (Bogotá) — Groups that emerged from the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas are terrorizing…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/13/colombia-new-armed-groups-plague-afro-colombian-zone

Iran: Escalating Crackdown on Lawyers
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-13
Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender, protest the suspension of Sotoudeh's law license in front of the Tehran bar association in Tehran, February 2015. | © Private 2015 | (Beirut) — Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on lawyers, Human Rights Watch said today. Over the past month, revolutionary courts have sentenced at least three lawyers to long prison terms for their human rights activ…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/13/iran-escalating-crackdown-lawyers

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2018-12-13: News Headlines

amnesty (2018-12-14). The extraordinary and ordinary story of Gulzar Duishenova. amnesty.org Gulzar Duishenova is one of the nine women human rights defenders featured in Amnesty's 2018 Write for Rights campaign. She shared her story with Amnesty International. Every possible effort was made to translate the story into English representing Gulzar's style of speaking faithfully and precisely. | Every activist, like any other person, has her or his story. Some have been actively defending human rights since they were young. In other cases, human rights work found the defenders. My story is both extraordinary and very ordinary at the same time. | This year I have been featured, along with other eight wom…

Ilana Novick (2018-12-14). Is Harvard Profiting From California's Drought? truthdig.com Harvard University has the world's largest endowment, valued at $39.2 billion in 2018, according to The New York Times. That asset allows the university to take some surprising turns in its investments, including, starting in 2012, buying up vineyards in the drought-stricken region of Paso Robles, Calif., and the increasingly valuable water rights that come with them. | As The Wall Street Journal reported M…

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…

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-14). Australia: Vet Foreign Soldiers Receiving Training. hrw.org | | The Philippine Navy band welcomes the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) vessel Her Majesty's Australian Ship (HMAS) Adelaide (III) upon arrival for a goodwill visit as part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Joint Task Group, Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017, at the Pier 15, south harbor in Metro Manila, Philippines on October 10, 2017. | © 2017 Reuters/Romeo Ranoco | (Sydney) — The Australian government should require human rights vetting for all foreign military…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2018-12-13). Australia: Principles of Academic Freedom in Jeopardy. globalresearch.ca It has been an ordinary year for universities in Australia. While the National Tertiary Education Union pats itself on the back for supposedly advancing the rights and pay of academics, several face removal and castigation at the hands of university …

David Sobelsohn (2018-12-13). Supreme Court considers scope of Bill of Rights. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON — December 15 is Bill of Rights Day. The Bill of Rights protects our most cherished rights, including free speech, freedom of religion, and trial by jury. But the Bill of Rights starts with the words "Congress shall make no law." It doesn't say "The states shall make no law." In 1833, the U.S. …

teleSUR (2018-12-13). Brazil: Gay Couples Rush to Marry Before Bolsonaro is Sworn-In. telesurenglish.net LGBT people in Brazil are rushing to get married before the openly homophobic President-elect Jair Bolsonaro takes office in Jan.1. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro Abolishes Human Rights Ministry For 'Family Values' | According to one association of notaries public, Brazil has seen a 25 percent increase in same-sex marriage in 2018, and a 42 percent increase in Sao…

teleSUR (2018-12-13). Brazilian Police Looks For Suspects of Marielle Franco's Murder. telesurenglish.net Special police forces of Brazil are searching 15 addresses in Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais in the hopes of finding the person/s responsible for the murder of councilwoman and rights activist Marielle Franco, and her driver Anderson Gomes. | RELATED: | Brazil: Witness Implicates Councilman, Former Military Officer in Marielle Franco's Assassination | The Homicide Division of the Civil Police of Brazil is complying with search and arrest orders ag…

teleSUR (2018-12-13). Colombia: Students Mobilize to Protest Murder of Social Leaders. telesurenglish.net Colombians march Thursday in nationwide protests. The National Union of Higher Education Students (Unees) announced that these mobilizations will be in rejection of the recent wave of killings of social leaders. | RELATED: | Indigenous Governor, Edwin Dagua, Murdered in Colombia | "We will mobilize throughout the country to reject the murder of social leaders and the violation of human rights, as well as to defend public higher education," said Santiago Gomez, a spokesman for Unees in Ant…

Alice Pettway (2018-12-13). SCOTUS Just Voted in Favor of Planned Parenthood. But Roe Is Far From Safe. progressive.org This is a moment anti-choice politicians and activists have been working toward for years. With Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, state-level activism will be front-and-center for protecting reproductive rights in 2019.

Democracy Now! (2018-12-13). Headlines for December 13, 2018. democracynow.org Former Trump Lawyer Cohen Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison, National Enquirer Admits to Suppressing Trump Affair Story to Aid 2016 Presidential Bid, Yemen: Hodeidah Ceasefire Declared, Rep. Pelosi Secures Votes for House Speaker Role, Guardian: FBI Was Surveilling Members of Environmental Group 350.org, NYT: ALEC & Oil Industry Secretly Campaigning to Weaken Car Emission Standards, U.K.: Prime Minister May Survives Leadership Challenge, China Detains 2 Canadians as Huawei CFO Gets Out on Bail, Turkey Threatens Offensive Against U.S.-Backed Kurds in Syria, Australian Media Barred from Reporting on Vatican Official C…

Special to PeoplesWorld (2018-12-13). EPA slams door to justice on historic Black community. peoplesworld.org TALLASSEE, Al. — On December 10, leaders of a historic Black community in Tallassee, Alabama, denounced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for closing a civil rights complaint filed in 2017 against the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) in the face of clear evidence, acknowledged by EPA, that the state's actions caused "adverse harms" to …

Red Pepper (2018-12-13). US sanctions have caused a crisis for Iranian Kurds. zcomm.org An economic recession and a brutal government crackdown have put the people of Rojhilat in a precarious situation…

stuart_m (2018-12-13). Occupied Western Sahara: A rare look inside Africa's last colony. greenleft.org.au In an exclusive broadcast, US-based independent news outlet Democracy Now! broke the media blockade and visited the occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and occupying power Morocco's violent crackdown. | Morocco has occupied the territory since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. Thousands of Sahrawi people have been tortured, imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation. A 1700-mile wall…

WSWS (2018-12-13). Mass shooting in Strasbourg kills 3, wounds 12 before "yellow vest" protest. wsws.org The French ruling elite is already seizing upon the attack to trample democratic rights with demands that "yellow vest" protesters abandon their protests against Macron.

WSWS (2018-12-13). Huawei executive's arrest provokes anti-US protests in China. wsws.org Meng Wanzhou's detention is part of a broader US campaign, under both the Obama and Trump administrations, aimed at undermining Huawei and other Chinese tech companies.

WSWS (2018-12-13). Ford executives in Argentina convicted on 1970s torture charges. wsws.org The Ford directors fingered militant workers to the military dictatorship's police and helped set up a torture center inside the automaker's Argentine plant.

Shared by Hezvo Mpunga (2018-12-13). Canadian Court Hands Important Victory to BDS Movement. therealnews.com A Canadian Court ruled that Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions activists were denied free speech and campaigning rights when the city of Montreal tore down their posters highlighting an Israeli atrocity during an election campaign in Canada. We discuss the case with Bruce Katz, one of the main plaintiffs in the case

amnesty (2018-12-13). Togo: Spiraling violence and repressive cybersecurity law hit the country ahead of contested parliamentary elections. amnesty.org ‚Ä¢ At least four deaths during protests in less than a week, including three by firearm | ‚Ä¢ Verified video confirms the location where a 12-year-old boy was shot dead | ‚Ä¢ New cyber criminality law unduly restricts freedom of expression | Deadly protests violence in Togo hit the country ahead of contested parliamentary elections on 20 December, Amnesty International said today, as it urged the authorities to properly investigate and sanction all those responsible of a series of deaths which occurred during protests over the past week. | At least four people have…

amnesty (2018-12-13). State of Palestine: Further Information: Hunger-Striking Detainee Admitted to Hospital: Suha Jbara. amnesty.org The Palestinian authorities have transferred social justice activist Suha Jbara to a hospital in Jericho following a deterioration in her health condition. She has been on hunger strike since 22 November to protest against her arbitrary detention. Her next court hearing is scheduled for 20 December.

amnesty (2018-12-13). Bahrain: Further Information: Expected Verdict For Human Rights Defender: Nabeel Rajab. amnesty.org On 31 December Bahrain's Cassation Court is expected to issue its verdict in the case of prominent human rights defender and prisoner of conscience, Nabeel Rajab. He was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison in June 2018 in relation to peaceful tweets about the conflict in Yemen and torture allegations in Jaw prison.

amnesty (2018-12-13). Rights at stake in Bangladesh on Human Rights Day. amnesty.org At a time when the most powerful countries in the world are closing their doors to refugees, Bangladesh has allowed in more than 700,000 Rohingya people, who fled violent attacks by the military in Myanmar since August 2017. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has shown tremendous compassion and courage at embracing such a large population in spite of Bangladesh's own socioeconomic challenges.

amnesty (2018-12-13). Tunisian authorities must sustain progress on transitional justice. amnesty.org As Tunisia's Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) nears the end of its mandate, the government must commit to implementing its recommendations in order to ensure that perpetrators of historic human rights violations are brought to justice, victims receive reparation and measures are taken to stop such crimes being repeated, said Amnesty International. | On 14 and 15 December, after four and a half years, the IVD – which has investigated more than 62,000 cases of human rights violations dating back six decades – is due to deliver its main findings and recommendations at a conference with key stakeholders from govern…

amnesty (2018-12-13). Iraq: Dead land: Islamic State's deliberate destruction of Iraq's farmland. amnesty.org One year after Iraq declared military victory over the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS) our report finds that IS's deliberate destruction of Iraq's rural environment continues to have debilitating effects on poor, small-holder farmers. The research focuses on the area around Sinjar, scene to some of the most extensive destruction. Irrigation wells were often sabotaged with rubble, oil, or other foreign objects, and pumps, cables, generators and transformers stolen or destroyed. Efforts to hold IS responsible under international law should include these specific crimes. Meanwhile, Iraq's government sh…

amnesty (2018-12-13). Poland: Judges who turned to EU's Court of Justice must not be harassed. amnesty.org The authorities in Poland have accused two judges of "possibly" committing a disciplinary offence after they sought clarification from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) regarding whether new disciplinary proceedings against judges were compatible with EU law. Amnesty International is alarmed by the action taken by the deputy Disciplinary Prosecutor against the judges and the wider campaign of harassment and intimidation of judges who are or who are perceived to be critical of the authorities.

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amnesty (2018-12-13). Yemen: Ceasefire in Hodeidah brings long-awaited glimmer of hope to millions. amnesty.org Responding to news that the warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a ceasefire for the port city of Hodeidah, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International's Middle East Director of Research said: | "Today's announcement of a ceasefire agreement in Hodeidah brings hope to millions of civilians who are heavily dependent on the port for access to essential goods and humanitarian aid. | "The conflict has had a devastating impact in terms of interrupting vital supplies in and around Hodeidah. Both parties to the conflict have deliberately impeded humanitarian assistance in violation of international humanitarian law. They mus…

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-13). Iran: Escalating Crackdown on Lawyers. hrw.org | | Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender, protest the suspension of Sotoudeh's law license in front of the Tehran bar association in Tehran, February 2015. | © Private 2015 | (Beirut) — Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on lawyers, Human Rights Watch said today. Over the past month, revolutionary courts have sentenced at least three lawyers to long prison terms for their human rights activ…

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-13). China: Repression of Christian Church Intensifies. hrw.org | | Official seal notices are sticked on a backdoor entrance of the Zion church after it was shutdown by authorities in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. | © 2018 Andy Wong/ AP | (New York) — Chinese authorities should immediately release the pastor and scores of members of an independent Protestant church in the southwestern city of Chengdu, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities should also return church properties and allow the m…

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-13). Bangladesh: Crackdown as Elections Loom. hrw.org | | Police rush Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supporters at a protest on February 9, 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh. | © 2018 Allison Joyce/Getty Images | (New York) — Bangladesh security forces have been arresting and intimidating opposition figures and threatening freedom of expression in advance of national elections on December 30, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. The United Nations, European Union, United States, India, China, and others should press the go…

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-13). Lebanon: Stalled Effort to Get Syrian Children in School. hrw.org | | Fewer than half of the school-age refugee children in Lebanon are in formal education. | (Beirut) – The number of Syrian refugee children enrolled in school in Lebanon has stalled at the same inadequate levels as in the 2017-2018 school year, Human Rights Watch said today. | Fewer than half of the 631,000 school-age refugee children in Lebanon are in formal education, wit…

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-13). Ethiopia's Torture Problem and the Court of Public Opinion. hrw.org Ethiopia's state broadcaster EBC aired a documentary this week, detailing numerous horrendous acts of torture carried out by security services in recent years. Many Ethiopians were shocked and outraged. | | | Screenshot from EBC documentary detailing numerous horrendous acts of torture carried out by security services in recent years. | © 2018 EBC/YouTube | These allegations are not new. Human rights groups have …

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-13). Colombia: New Armed Groups Plague Afro-Colombian Zone. hrw.org …

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-13). No Justice for Horrors of Brazil's Military Dictatorship 50 Years On. hrw.org | | Tanks occupy the Avenida Presidente Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 4, 1968. | © 1968 Correio da Manh࣠| Fifty years ago today, Brazil ¥s military regime unleashed all-out repression with the publication of Institutional Act 5. Brazil's president, army general Artur da Costa e Silva, immediately invoked the Act to close Congress and state legislatures, arrest opposition politicians, and revoke their political rights. He established widespread censorship and suspended habeas corpus for offenses th…

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-13). Singapore: Drop Defamation Charges Against Editor. hrw.org | | A general view of the Parliament House in Singapore June 2, 2016. | © 2016 Reuters | (Bangkok) — Singapore authorities should drop criminal defamation charges against Terry Xu, editor of the online news site The Online Citizen, for publishing a letter alleging government corruption, Human Rights Watch said today. Xu is scheduled to appear in court on December 13, 2018. The authorities should also drop the criminal defamation charge f…

Ricardo Vaz (2018-12-12). Goodyear Shutters Venezuela Operations, Blames Sanctions. venezuelanalysis.com The tire manufacturer claimed that economic conditions and sanctions have made production "impossible."

Democracy Now! (2018-12-12). Headlines for December 12, 2018. democracynow.org Trump Threatens Government Shutdown over Border Wall Funding, U.K.: Prime Minister May Faces Leadership Challenge, France: Gunman on the Loose After Killing 3 at Christmas Market, Brazil: Gunman Kills 4 in Cathedral Shooting, Brazil: 2 Members of Landless Workers' Movement Killed, Report: Illegal Mining On the Rise in Amazon, Report: Arctic Is Warming at Rapid Rate, California: Activists Protest for Green New Deal at Pelosi's Office, ICE Arrested 170 Potential Sponsors for Unaccompanied Migrant Minors, Arizona Judge Orders Deportation of Immigrant and Reproductive Rights Activist, Ex-Frat President Accused of Vio…

Alice Herman (2018-12-12). Grinnell College 'Invites Trump onto Campus,' Aiming to Limit Student Collective Bargaining. progressive.org Student unionization efforts are underway at twenty-four U.S. universities—while the first independent undergraduate union in the country fights for survival.

WSWS (2018-12-12). Political warfare in Washington escalates to crisis of capitalist rule. wsws.org Trump's embrace of murder, his defense of fascists, his racist attacks on immigrants are blowing up an ideological pillar of US imperialist foreign policy—the pretense that the United States is a bulwark of human rights and democracy.

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-12). Nicaragua: US legislation Key for Accountability. hrw.org | | A person is arrested by riot police during a protest against the government of President Daniel Ortega in Managua, on October 14, 2018. | © 2018 INTI OCON/AFP/Getty Images | (Washington, DC) — United States President Donald Trump should move quickly to sign into law a bill that will allow targeted sanctions against top Nicaraguan officials and others implicated in egregious human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today. The legislation will create…

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-12). A Dark Anniversary for Press Freedom in Myanmar. hrw.org | | Detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo sit beside police officers as they leave Insein court in Yangon, Myanmar July 9, 2018. | © 2018 Reuters | It's been one year since Myanmar police arrested Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo on December 12, 2017. Over the past year, Myanmar's increasingly restricted state of press freedom has been laid bare for the world to see. | Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been impri…

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-12). Thailand: Lift Draconian Speech Restrictions. hrw.org | | Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha arrives at a weekly cabinet meeting at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, January 17, 2017. | © 2017 Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom | (New York) — Thailand's junta should immediately end restrictions on the right to free expression so that credible national elections can be held on February 24, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. | On December 11, 2018, the ruling National Council for Pea…

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-12). Justice Moves Ahead in the Central African Republic. hrw.org On December 12, Patrice Edouard Nagaissona, a one-time self-declared political coordinator of anti-balaka militias, was arrested in France on International Criminal Court (ICC) charges. With his arrest, the prospects for justice for grave crimes committed during the Central African Republic's most recent crisis took a welcome step forward. | | | A burned Pentecostal church in Zéré. Hundreds of Christian and Muslim homes and places of worship were destroyed in th…

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-12). UN: Act on Reprisals by Egypt. hrw.org | | Egyptians shout slogans against the government while on a ferry during the funeral of Syed Tafshan, who died in clashes with residents of the Nile island of al-Warraq island, when security forces attempted to demolish illegal buildings, in the south of Cairo, Egypt July 16, 2017. | © 2017 Reuters | (Geneva) — The United Nations should ensure an urgent and robust system-wide response to credible reports that the Egyptian authorities have attacked pe…

John McCullough (2018-12-11). ACTION ALERT: CNN Must Rehire Pundit Who Defended Democratic Rights. fair.org Marc Lamont Hill appearing as a political commentator on CNN | As Marc Lamont Hill delivered his widely discussed speech at the United Nations on November 28, in which he expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people and emphasized the need to protect the human rights and self-determination of all who lived "from the river to the sea," he probably expected some critical response. What he likely didn't expect was to be fired from his position as a CNN commentator, and to have his job as a professor at Temple University threatened. | Pro-Israel partisans and commentato…

Shared by Hezvo Mpunga (2018-12-11). US & Canada Violate International Law with the Arrest of Chinese Huawei Exec. therealnews.com Col. Larry Wilkerson explains that it's not the Chinese Huawei executive that violated law when circumventing US sanctions, but it is the US that violates them by imposing sanctions that were never agreed to on an international level

Ryan Gallagher (2018-12-11). Google CEO Hammered by Members of Congress on China Censorship Plan. theintercept.com Google CEO Sundar Pichai came under fire from lawmakers on Tuesday over the company's secretive plan to launch a censored search engine in China. | During a hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee, Pichai faced sustained questions over the China plan, known as Dragonfly, which would blacklist broad categories of information about democracy, human rights, and peaceful protest. | The hearing began with an opening statement from Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who said launching a censored search engine in China would "strengthen China's system of surveillance and repression." McCarthy questioned whether it was…

Rebecca Nathanson (2018-12-11). Activists Found Guilty of Terrorism-Related Offense for Stopping U.K. Migrant Deportations. theintercept.com The guilty verdict arrived around lunchtime on December 10 — Human Rights Day, which this year marked the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It signaled the end of a nine-week trial and three days of jury deliberations in Chelmsford Crown Court, about 30 miles northeast of London. More than a year and a half after the 15 defendants had locked themselves around a deportation charter flight at London's Stansted Airport, successfully stopping it from taking off, the defendants were convicted of intentional disruption of services at an aerodrome, a terrorism-related offense with a po…

Ryan Gallagher (2018-12-11). Rights Groups Turn Up Pressure on Google Over China Censorship Ahead of Congressional Hearing. theintercept.com Google risks being "complicit in human rights violations" if it brings censored search back to China, said a global coalition of over 60 groups.

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