2018-09-25: Social Media Postees

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Rabbis for Human Rights in Solidarity with Bedouin Community, Celebrate Sukkot at Khan al-Ahmar
Maan News Agency | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-25
Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) announced on that they have set up sukkah's, which are temporary tents constructed for use during the week-long Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem. | RHR decided to … | The post Rabbis for Human Rights in Solidarity with Bedouin Community, Celebrate Sukkot at Khan al-Ahmar appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/rabbis-for-human-rights-in-solidarity-with-bedouin-community-celebrate-sukkot-at-khan-al-ahmar/5655123

Five Ways the Trump Administration Has Attacked the U.N. and International Human Rights Bodies
Maya Finoh | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-25
On Tuesday, President Trump will make his second appearance at the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly, where he will reportedly use the international spotlight to deliver a speech that centers on favoring U.S. "sovereignty" over our commitments … | The post Five Ways the Trump Administration Has Attacked the U.N. an…
globalresearch.ca/five-ways-the-trump-administration-has-attacked-the-u-n-and-international-human-rights-bodies/5655152

Accused Torturer Jon Burge Died Last Week, but His Legacy of Brutal, Racist Policing Lives on in Chicago
Micah Uetricht | theintercept.com | 2018-09-25
Jon Burge's torture was a particularly morbid symptom of a much larger problem of racism and brutality among Chicago cops. | The post Accused Torturer Jon Burge Died Last Week, but His Legacy of Brutal, Racist Policing Lives on in Chicago appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/09/25/jon-burge-chicago-police-torture/

IPS to Impose New Measures against Palestinian Detainees
INA | imemc.org | 2018-09-25
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) intends to impose a series of new punitive measures against detainees held at Hadarim detention center and others, in days to come, the Committee of Detainees Affairs reported, Tuesday. The committee reported, in a press statement, that these measures will involve moving of all the detainees …

IPS to Impose New Measures against Palestinian Detainees

Massachusetts: Lawrence residents speak out on the Columbia Gas explosions
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-25
What should be basic human rights–safe housing, hot water, and cooking facilities–have been replaced with a militarized force and unsafe appliances.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/25/inte…

Amnesty International wants Kavanaugh vetting process halted over alleged role in post-9/11 torture
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-25
The US branch of Amnesty International has dived into the heated debate on whether US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is morally fit for the office, calling for his role in the post-9/11 torture program to be highlighted.
rt.com/usa/439270-kavanaugh-amnesty-torture-documents/

77 Reasons To Vote No To Brett Kavanaugh
ESCJ | indybay.org | 2018-09-25
Brett Kavanaugh wrote briefs advocating torture, designing the Patriot Act, | promoted execution nominees for circuit courts, propsed torture advocate John Roberts to G W Bush, worked to steal the 2000 election from Al Gore, drafted vulgar and invasive questions of Bill Clinton about a private consensual relationship etc.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/25/18817800.php

The UK's Snoopers' Charter Has Been Dealt a Serious Blow
Julian Vigo | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-24
Last Thursday, the British government's surveillance regime, the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA), was dealt yet another a blow–this time by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) which gave its landmark ruling against the UK government's mass surveillance program. In its decision, the ECHR stated that the IPA violated human rights and offered…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/24/the-uks-snoopers-charter-has-been-dealt-a-serious-blow/

Five Ways the Trump Administration Has Attacked the U.N. and International Human Rights Bodies
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-24
Trump's assault on international cooperation and human rights is ultimately self-defeating. His U.N. address Tuesday will likely be more of the same. | On Tuesday, President Trump will make his second appearance at the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly, where he will reportedly use the international spotlight to deliver a speech that centers on favoring U.S. "sovereignty" over our commitments to the global community. | The world has now witnessed the human costs of Trump…
aclu.org/blog/human-rights/five-ways-trump-administration-has-attacked-un-and-international-human-rights

Facebook Brushed Off the U.N. Five Separate Times Over Calls for Murder of Human Rights Worker
Sam Biddle | theintercept.com | 2018-09-22
A U.N. report said a post about the "Muslim … national traitor" was shared over 1,000 times and that comments called for the person to be killed. | The post Facebook Brushed Off the U.N. Five Separate Times Over Calls for Murder of Human Rights Worker appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/09/22/facebook-brushed-off-the-un-five-separate-times-over-calls-for-murder-of-human-rights-worker/

Palestinian Environmental and Professional Organizations Urge MedPine to Relocate KKL-JNF Sponsored Forestry Conference from Israel
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-09-21
Palestinian Environmental and Professional Organizations Urge MedPine to Relocate KKL-JNF Sponsored Forestry Conference from Israel: Open LetterPalestinian environmental networks and professional unions call on MedPine to relocate its conference outside of Israel and urge invited speakers to refuse to lend their scholarship to KKL-JNF's greenwashing of Israel's violations of Palestinian human rights. | Academic BoycottSeptember 21, 2018…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinian-environmental-and-professional-organizations-urge-medpine-relocate-kkl-jnf

Will There Ever be Justice for Rohingya Muslims?
Arshad Khan | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-21
There is an image engraved in our minds of a stoic, reserved, elegant Aung San Suu Kyi unbending in her struggle against Burma's generals for democracy, and we assumed for human rights. Last year, when the refugees streamed out of her country in the wake of atrocities, it blocked all UN agencies from delivering food,…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/21/will-there-ever-be-justice-for-rohingya-muslims/

Michael Moore: Are We Going to Be Like the "Good Germans" Who Let Hitler Rise to Power?
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-21
In his new documentary "Fahrenheit 11/9," filmmaker Michael Moore interviews the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, Ben Ferencz, who describes President Trump's policy of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border and the large-scale detention of immigrant children as a "crime against humanity." Moore also looks at the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany and compares it to the rise of Trump in the United States.
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/21/michael_m…

Alt-Right March for Israel, Human Rights Activist Smeared as Anti-Semitic
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-09-20
In Canada Dimitri Lascaris called on B'Nai Brith to disavow a white supremacist who called for Trudeau's execution. He then found himself accused of being an anti-Semite | The post Alt-Right March for Israel, Human Rights Activist Smeared as Anti-Semitic appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/alt-right-march-for-israel-human-rights-activist-smeared-as-anti-semitic

Apartheid is Always Bitter! A Palestinian Appeal to Chefs to Withdraw from Round Tables in Tel Aviv
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-09-19
Apartheid is Always Bitter! A Palestinian Appeal to Chefs to Withdraw from Round Tables in Tel Aviv: UpdatePalestinian workers', women's and farmers' associations urge international chefs to cancel their participation in Round Tables 2018 in Tel Aviv. "It is an attempt to whitewash Israel's grave violations of Palestinian human rights." | Cultural Boycott Farming InjusticeSeptember 19, 2018 | By:
| | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/news/apartheid-always-bitter-palestinian-appeal-chefs-withdraw-round-tables-tel-aviv

In Guatemala, a Tireless Search for Parents Separated From Their Children
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-18
Working with the ACLU, human rights defenders look for missing parents in villages and remote regions of the country. | When Lesly Tayes, a Guatemala City-based tax lawyer, first saw images of children locked in cages inside immigration detention facilities near the southern U.S. border, she was stunned. "It made me very upset and sad," she said. "Later I learned that Guatemala had the highest number of separated families and I felt even worse. I wanted to help." Within weeks, she'd have her chance. | Earlier this summer, the ACLU sued the Trump administration over its policy of separating parents from their chi…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/deportation-and-due-process/guatemala-tireless-search-parents-separated-their

Immigrants Seeking Shelter After Hurricane Florence Fear Deportation as FEMA Shifts Funds to ICE
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-18
While the worst of Hurricane Florence is over, officials say the most dangerous flooding is yet to come for residents of the Carolinas and Virginia, as thousands have been ordered to evacuate their homes and hundreds more have sought rescue from rising floodwaters. But undocumented immigrants have expressed concern they will encounter immigration enforcement if they seek help. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has reallocated nearly $10 million from FEMA's budget to ICE to pay for detention space and deportations. We speak with Laura Garduño García, a DACA recipient and Greensboro-based organizer with Siembra N…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/18/immigrant…

Arreaza: Venezuela Will Continue to 'Fully Collaborate' With UN Human Rights Council
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-12
At the U.N., Venezuela's Jorge Arreaza compared the economic blockade to the economic war waged against Chile's socialist government in the seventies.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14045

Labour Party Must Reject Biased IHRA Definition That Stifles Advocacy For Palestinian Rights
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-08-27
Labour Party Must Reject Biased IHRA Definition That Stifles Advocacy For Palestinian Rights: UpdatePalestinian civil society issues a statement urging the UK Labour Party and trade unions to reject IHRA's false, anti-Palestinian definition of antisemitism which seeks to conflate antisemitism with criticism of Israel. This definition aims to silence criticism of Israeli policies that clearly violate Palestinian human rights. | Right To BoycottAugust 27, 2018 | By:
| | Palestinian civil society groups …
bdsmovement.net/news/labour-party-must-reject-biased-ihra-definition-stifles-advocacy-palestinian-rights

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2018-09-24: News Headlines

Gwendolyn Smith, The New Civil Rights Movement (2018-09-24). Chechnya Forms Concentration Camps for Gays. alternet.org Chechnya has begun the torture of LGBTQ people, creating the first concentration camps in Europe since World War II. | According to a report in The Week, 100 gay men were detained — and three killed — in concentration camps in the last week. Those detained in the camps are forced to agree to leave Chechnya.

Tehran Times (2018-09-24). Iran Has Many Things To Say At UN: Rouhani. iranian.com Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the current U.S. administration has adopted a unilateral and extreme nationalistic ideologies and in such a situation Iran has many things to say at the UN General Assembly. "They respect no agreement. They respect neither the (UN) Human Rights Council nor economic agreements and the Paris (climate) […]

Julian Vigo (2018-09-24). The UK's Snoopers' Charter Has Been Dealt a Serious Blow. counterpunch.org Last Thursday, the British government's surveillance regime, the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA), was dealt yet another a blow—this time by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) which gave its landmark ruling against the UK government's mass surveillance program. In its decision, the ECHR stated that the IPA violated human rights and offered "no real More

aclu (2018-09-24). Five Ways the Trump Administration Has Attacked the U.N. and International Human Rights Bodies. aclu.org Trump's assault on international cooperation and human rights is ultimately self-defeating. His U.N. address Tuesday will likely be more of the same. | On Tuesday, President Trump will make his second appearance at the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly, where he will reportedly use the international spotlight to deliver a speech that centers on favoring U.S. "sovereignty" over our commitments to the global community. | The world has now witnessed the human costs of Trump…

Sam Biddle (2018-09-22). Facebook Brushed Off the U.N. Five Separate Times Over Calls for Murder of Human Rights Worker. theintercept.com A U.N. report said a post about the "Muslim … national traitor" was shared over 1,000 times and that comments called for the person to be killed.

Arshad Khan (2018-09-21). Will Their Ever be Justice for Rohingya Muslims? counterpunch.org There is an image engraved in our minds of a stoic, reserved, elegant Aung San Suu Kyi unbending in her struggle against Burma's generals for democracy, and we assumed for human rights. Last year, when the refugees streamed out of her country in the wake of atrocities, it blocked all UN agencies from delivering food, More

Democracy Now! (2018-09-21). Michael Moore: Are We Going to Be Like the "Good Germans" Who Let Hitler Rise to Power? democracynow.org In his new documentary "Fahrenheit 11/9," filmmaker Michael Moore interviews the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, Ben Ferencz, who describes President Trump's policy of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border and the large-scale detention of immigrant children as a "crime against humanity." Moore also looks at the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany and compares it to the rise of Trump in the United States.

Shared by Hezvo Mpunga (2018-09-20). Alt-Right March for Israel, Human Rights Activist Smeared as Anti-Semitic. therealnews.com In Canada Dimitri Lascaris called on B'Nai Brith to disavow a white supremacist who called for Trudeau's execution. He then found himself accused of being an anti-Semite

aclu (2018-09-18). In Guatemala, a Tireless Search for Parents Separated From Their Children. aclu.org Working with the ACLU, human rights defenders look for missing parents in villages and remote regions of the country. | When Lesly Tayes, a Guatemala City-based tax lawyer, first saw images of children locked in cages inside immigration detention facilities near the southern U.S. border, she was stunned. "It made me very upset and sad," she said. "Later I learned that Guatemala had the highest number of separated families and I felt even worse. I wanted to help." Within weeks, she'd have her chance. | Earlier this summer, the ACLU sued the Trump administration over its policy of separating parents from their chi…

Democracy Now! (2018-09-18). Immigrants Seeking Shelter After Hurricane Florence Fear Deportation as FEMA Shifts Funds to ICE. democracynow.org While the worst of Hurricane Florence is over, officials say the most dangerous flooding is yet to come for residents of the Carolinas and Virginia, as thousands have been ordered to evacuate their homes and hundreds more have sought rescue from rising floodwaters. But undocumented immigrants have expressed concern they will encounter immigration enforcement if they seek help. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has reallocated nearly $10 million from FEMA's budget to ICE to pay for detention space and deportations. We speak with Laura Garduño García, a DACA recipient and Greensboro-based organizer with Siembra N…

TeleSur English (2018-09-12). Arreaza: Venezuela Will Continue to 'Fully Collaborate' With UN Human Rights Council. venezuelanalysis.com At the U.N., Venezuela's Jorge Arreaza compared the economic blockade to the economic war waged against Chile's socialist government in the seventies.

Democracy Now! (2018-09-12). Headlines for September 12, 2018. democracynow.org "Storm of a Lifetime": Hurricane Florence Barrels Down on Carolinas' Coast, Ahead of Florence, SC Officials Say They Will Not Evacuate Ridgeland Prison, Florence Threatens Catastrophic Waste Spills from Pig Farms, Coal Ash Ponds, 6 Years Before Florence, North Carolina Passed Law Banning Studies of Sea Level Rise, Ahead of Florence, Trump Tries to Celebrate Admin Response to Hurricane Maria, Merkley: Trump Admin Diverted $10M from FEMA to ICE to Build Detention Centers, HHS to Triple Size of Texas Tent Camp for Migrant Children, Stephen Miller's Former Rabbi Slams Him at Rosh Hashanah Services over Family Separat…

Democracy Now! (2018-09-11). John Bolton Threatens International Criminal Court Judges for Probing U.S. Torture in Afghanistan. democracynow.org President Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, has threatened U.S. sanctions against International Criminal Court judges if they proceed with an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by U.S. troops in Afghanistan. In 2016 an ICC report accused the U.S. military of torturing at least 61 prisoners in Afghanistan during the ongoing war. The report also accused the CIA of subjecting at least 27 prisoners to torture, including rape, at CIA prison sites in Afghanistan, Poland, Romania and Lithuania. Bolton said in a speech at the Federalist Society Monday, "We will let the ICC die on its own. After…

Democracy Now! (2018-09-11). Trump Admin Punishes PLO for Trying to Prosecute Alleged Israeli War Crimes in International Court. democracynow.org On Monday, President Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, announced the administration will close the Palestine Liberation Organization's office in Washington as retaliation for the Palestinians' efforts to bring alleged Israeli military war crimes to the International Criminal Court. Palestinian diplomat Saeb Erekat called the move "an affirmation of the U.S. administration's determination to continue its policies of blackmail and extortion and undermining the peace process and the two state solution." We speak with Jamil Dakwar, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Human Rights Program.

Last Process: 14 Citations 2018-09-24 19:07:37 GMT (13:08 MDT)