(2023-07-14). UN to investigate plot to sabotage Colombia's war crimes tribunal. colombiareports.com The United Nations' Human Rights Council agreed to investigate a plot that apparently sought to sabotage Colombia's ongoing peace process. The council agreed to appoint an investigator to investigate "what…
(2023-07-14). White House Deploys Troops To Bolster Right-Wing Coup Regime in Peru. orinocotribune.com By Abayomi Azikiwe — Jul 12, 2023 | As unrest continues the United States-backed government of Dina Boluarte commits atrocious human rights violations | Geostrategic analysis | In early December of 2022, the socialist president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, was overthrown in a political coup engineered by the conservative-dominated Congress and immediately thrown into prison. | Vice-President Dina Boluarte was installed as the new leader having received the endorsement of the military and the police. | Simultaneously, the United States administration of President Joe Biden recognized the new political order makin…
(2023-07-14). Takeaways from the UN Special Rapporteur report on Guantanamo. mronline.org 
On June 26—the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture—the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, released the final report of her technical visit to the United States, which included unprecedented access to the Guantanamo detention facility.
(2023-07-14). Violence in Haiti has intensified. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) The National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (Rnddh) denounced that at least 75 persons were killed in Haiti from May to date and another 40 were kidnapped.
(2023-07-13). Ghana: expulsion of refugees from Burkina Faso. telesurenglish.net More than 500 people, including women and children, have been expelled from Ghana, Burkina Faso authorities have said. Although international organizations are acting for the moment cautiously, they highlight in their communications to the Ghanaian government the need to respect the refugee status of people of Burkinabe who have entered the country. | Related: | According to some Human Rights activists and representatives, the Burkinabe are bein…
(2023-07-13). How Walid Daqqah has kept the struggle for dignity alive behind the bars of Israeli prison. peoplesdispatch.org A global campaign is demanding the freedom of Palestinian writer, intellectual, and activist Walid Daqqah, who has been imprisoned in Israeli jails for over 37 years, and is facing severe health issues. Sahar Francis, the General Director of Ramallah-based Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, talks about Daqqah's life of resistance and the importance of the campaign…
(2023-07-13). Who exactly is 'forcing' America to support human rights abuses? therealnews.com 
There's a subtle but deeply ideological media trope that asserts, with no evidence or explanation, that supporting despotic, human rights-abusing countries—an ongoing and decades-long tradition—is something the US, the most powerful country in the history of earth, is reluctantly "forced" to do. Take as a recent example an ostensibly
(2023-07-14). Tras el asalto del alto tribunal a los derechos civiles. workers.org 
"Igualdad ante la ley". Estas palabras están inscritas sobre la entrada principal del edificio del Tribunal Supremo. Son un engaño y una mentira. Tres decisiones de los días 29 y 30 de junio deberían haber hecho añicos cualquier ilusión persistente de que el Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos existe para . . . |
(2023-07-14). ONG denuncia política antiderechos de Boluarte en Perú. telesurtv.net FIDH afirma que la crisis política actual en ese país "obedece a un proyecto político e ideológico conservador y autoritario".
(2023-07-14). Tunisian court frees two opposition leaders detained during recent spate of arrests of dissidents. peoplesdispatch.org Among the around 20 opposition figures recently detained by the government of President Kais Saied, the court released only Chaima Issa and Lazhar Akremi…
(2023-07-13). Over 40 Protesters Ordered to Be Arrested in Jujuy, Argentina. telesurenglish.net The Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) of Argentina reported Thursday that there have been more than 40 arrest warrants issued in the last few hours for members of social organizations that demonstrated against the constitutional reform promoted by Governor Gerardo Morales. | RELATED: | "Raids continue in Jujuy and there have been more than 40 arrest warrants in the last hours. Most of the people detained are…
(2023-07-14). Ten years too long: End offshore detention. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-14). Federal Court judge rules hotel detention inhumane but legal. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-14). Mourning Mutulu Shakur And The Black Radical Tradition. popularresistance.org Inspired by the Cuban Revolution and the Black Panthers, a clique of poor and working class Puerto Ricans founded the liberation organization, the Young Lords, in Chicago in 1968 and opened its New York chapter a year later. The activists got down to business immediately, creating a free, daily breakfast program for children and testing them for lead poisoning, organizing clothing banks and street patrols to monitor police abuse, and launching inmates' rights and school reform efforts. | In October of 1969, the militants protested abysmal living conditions in East Harlem and the South Bronx by forming a human cha…
(2023-07-14). How Michiganders Showed Up for Reproductive Freedom and Won. aclu.org 
Last year's decision overturning Roe v. Wade proved to be a major galvanizing moment for people who support abortion rights in communities across the country as bans began to go into effect. One of those states is Michigan, where a grassroots coalition had growing concerns about an archaic 1931 abortion ban that could take effect if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and had already been working to prepare for that possibility. Their tireless work put abortion rights on the ballot with
(2023-07-14). Headlines for July 14, 2023. democracynow.org Russia Threatens to End Ukraine Grain Deal as U.N. Warns 1 in 10 Worldwide Faced Hunger in 2022, Senior Russian Commander Fired After Blasting Military's Handling of Ukraine War, Russian Lawmakers Approve New Restrictions on Transgender Rights, FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptive, Unaccompanied 15-Year-Old Migrant from Guatemala Dies in U.S. Custody, Phoenix Poised to Surpass Record Number of Consecutive 110 ∞ Days, Unionized Actors Join Writers on Picket Line, Bringing Hollywood to a Standstill, Federal Jury Finds Pittsburgh Synagogue Gunman Eligible for Death Penalty, Fox News Hit…
(2023-07-14). Monday 7/17: Banking on a Safe World: Divesting from Nuclear Weapons & Fossil Fuels. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…
(2023-07-14). Wednesday 7/19: Renters' Rights Clinic in West Oakland. indybay.org Oakland Public Library: West Oakland Branch | 1801 Adeline Street | Oakland, CA 94607…
(2023-07-14). Federal Court judge rules hotel detention inhumane but legal. greenleft.org.au
(2023-07-14). Mourning Mutulu Shakur And The Black Radical Tradition. popularresistance.org Inspired by the Cuban Revolution and the Black Panthers, a clique of poor and working class Puerto Ricans founded the liberation organization, the Young Lords, in Chicago in 1968 and opened its New York chapter a year later. The activists got down to business immediately, creating a free, daily breakfast program for children and testing them for lead poisoning, organizing clothing banks and street patrols to monitor police abuse, and launching inmates' rights and school reform efforts. | In October of 1969, the militants protested abysmal living conditions in East Harlem and the South Bronx by forming a human cha…
(2023-07-14). How Michiganders Showed Up for Reproductive Freedom and Won. aclu.org Last year's decision overturning Roe v. Wade proved to be a major galvanizing moment for people who support abortion rights in communities across the country as bans began to go into effect. One of those states is Michigan, where a grassroots coalition had growing concerns about an archaic 1931 abortion ban that could take effect if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and had already been working to prepare for that possibility. Their tireless work put abortion rights on the ballot with
(2023-07-14). Headlines for July 14, 2023. democracynow.org Russia Threatens to End Ukraine Grain Deal as U.N. Warns 1 in 10 Worldwide Faced Hunger in 2022, Senior Russian Commander Fired After Blasting Military's Handling of Ukraine War, Russian Lawmakers Approve New Restrictions on Transgender Rights, FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptive, Unaccompanied 15-Year-Old Migrant from Guatemala Dies in U.S. Custody, Phoenix Poised to Surpass Record Number of Consecutive 110 ∞ Days, Unionized Actors Join Writers on Picket Line, Bringing Hollywood to a Standstill, Federal Jury Finds Pittsburgh Synagogue Gunman Eligible for Death Penalty, Fox News Hit…
(2023-07-14). Monday 7/17: Banking on a Safe World: Divesting from Nuclear Weapons & Fossil Fuels. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…
(2023-07-14). Wednesday 7/19: Renters' Rights Clinic in West Oakland. indybay.org Oakland Public Library: West Oakland Branch | 1801 Adeline Street | Oakland, CA 94607…
(2023-07-13). Trade union bureaucrats and pseudo-left groups celebrate NDP stalwart Olivia Chow's election as Toronto mayor. wsws.org Chow is a stalwart of the union-sponsored NDP—a right-wing, pro-big business party that is propping up the federal Liberal government as it wages war against Russia, massively increases military spending and attacks workers' democratic and social rights.
(2023-07-13). Royal Mail workers indict CWU leadership for rotten sellout of their year-long fight. wsws.org "Ward and his overpaid sidekicks are throwing away rights won by previous generations. Their names will live on in ignominy."
(2023-07-13). Arrested Sri Lanka comedian Natasha Edirisooriya granted bail. wsws.org While the High Court decision to overrule the Magistrates' Court indicates sections of the ruling class want to avoid international criticism, the attacks on democratic rights will intensify.
(2023-07-13). Poll: 1 in 10 Americans Know Someone Who Couldn't Get Abortion Where They Lived. truthout.org A newly published poll demonstrates that most Americans support abortion rights, even as states across the country continue to introduce draconian restrictions on the procedure one year since the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled federal abortion rights protections. Since June of 2022, when the Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn nearly 50 years of precedent… |
(2023-07-13). Patrick Lawrence: The 'Disinformation Industry' Lands in Court. scheerpost.com 
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost What kind of a week was last week in the theater of war wherein battles rage over illegal censorship, illegal attacks on freedom of speech, illegal government infringements on our constitutional rights, and, amid it all, the complicity of our most powerful media in these illegalities? For a …
(2023-07-13). Understanding the Iranian Narrative. Censorship and Women's Rights. globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-13). The UK Online Safety Bill poses grave threats to free speech, House of Lords told. expose-news.com "A wide range of policy analysts, civil rights groups, academics, lawyers, free speech campaigners and industry representatives have [suggested] ways of mitigating some of the grave threats to free speech in this …
(2023-07-14). Venezuelan President Maduro Gets Massive Support in La Guaira. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, thousands of citizens took to the streets of La Guaira to support Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and reject the U.S. sanctions against their nation. | RELATED: | "The Bolivarian Revolution will continue to resist and fight in the face of adversity," the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) vice president Diosdado Cabello, said from the Maiquetia. | "We are not going to surrender to Imperi…
(2023-07-14). The UK Again Lashes Out At Iran, Corporate Media Continues To Peddle Propaganda. thelastamericanvagabond.com The UK Government took steps to further sanction the Islamic Republic of Iran, gaining instant praise from Washington, in what is primarily going to be a symbolic move with little real world impacts. What appears to be a tantrum from the British government, over the successes of Iran, coincidentally comes just prior to their "planned"
(2023-07-14). Gold Repatriation Grows Fearing 'Western Sanctions'. orinocotribune.com The phenomenon of gold repatriation is currently growing, particularly among nations of the Global South. The wealth-backed metal that many central banks and sovereign wealth funds keep in vaults offshore, be it in London or in other Western states, is safer at home, amid rising concerns about "sanctions," illegal seizures and security. | This insecurity has grown due to the sanctions and blocking of assets enacted against Russia by the United States and the European Union, following NATO provocation and the subsequent Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Eurasian country had almost half its foreign currency and gold…
(2023-07-14). China: U.S. should lift sanctions before visit. ecns.cn China has urged the United States to abandon irrational suppression of Chinese companies and lift unilateral sanctions on them ahead of a possible visit by the U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
(2023-07-13). Biden's corruption led to Ukraine's destruction: fmr. Kiev diplomat. thegrayzone.com Former Ukrainian diplomat and political insider Andrii Telizhenko — now under US sanctions on what he says are false grounds — speaks out. Former Ukrainian government official and diplomat Andrii Telizhenko joins Aaron Maté to discuss how, in his view, powerful US figures including Joe Biden have used Ukraine for personal corruption and the geopolitical aim of bleeding Russia — all to the detriment of Ukrainians. Telizhenko worked for the Ukrainian prosecutor general's office in Kyiv before moving to Ukraine's …
