2023-05-21: News Headlines

The Lancet (2023-05-20). Editorial] The death penalty: a breach of human rights and ethics of care. thelancet.com "The death penalty is, in our common experience, an atavistic relic from the past that should be shed in the 21st century", said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Tàºrk in April, 2023, during the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council. The death penalty has existed since the Code of Hammurabi, with its history seeped in politics and discrimination. Physicians have been involved throughout this history. In the eyes of the public, the medicalisation and very involvement of physicians renders execution palatable, eroding any natural sense of abhorrence.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-05-21). Saharauis celebran aniversario 50 del Frente Polisario. telesurtv.net Se cumplen cinco décadas del inicio de la lucha armada. Presidente Gali subraya que esa fue la respuesta a los intentos de socavar los derechos de su pueblo.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-05-20). Pueblo saharaui celebra aniversario 50 del Frente Polisario. telesurtv.net Se cumplen cinco décadas del inicio de la lucha armada. Presidente Gali subraya que esa fue la respuesta a los intentos de socavar los derechos de su pueblo.

Kevin Gosztola (2023-05-21). US Prosecutors' Power Under Espionage Act Grows With Teixeira Detention. thedissenter.org

Andy Kroll (2023-05-21). Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. tomdispatch.com He appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices who shocked the nation with rulings that dramatically took away rights. He sided with the racists who used "states' rights" to push through undemocratic policies locally. And he's the only American president who lost a reelection bid but returned to office in the following election. Yes, I'm thinking of former New York governor and Democrat Grover Cleveland who first won the presidency in 1884, lost his reelection bid in 1888, only to successfully regain the presidency in 1892 against then-incumbent Benjamin Harrison. In 2024, Donald Trump hopes to repeat tha…

scorinoco (2023-05-21). The United States of America's Coercive Diplomacy and Its Harm. orinocotribune.com By Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China — May 18, 2023 | Introduction | The United States is used to accusing other countries of using great power status, coercive policies and economic coercion to coerce other countries to obey and engage in coercive diplomacy, but in fact, the United States is the instigator of coercive diplomacy. The invention rights, patent rights and intellectual property rights of coercive diplomacy all belong to the United States. For a long time, the United States will do everything possible to coerce other countries, and the United States has a very disgraceful "d…


Fight Back (2023-05-20). Minneapolis holds emergency rally to demand no troops at the U.S.-Mexico border. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On May 18, more than 30 immigrant rights activists gathered with banners at the corner of Lake Street and Chicago Avenue for an emergency response rally. The rally was initiated by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) after President Biden announced that the administration was sending 1500 more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. Troops have already been sent under the guise of dealing with the aftermath of the end of Title 42, a Trump-era immigration policy that ended last week on May 11. | Protesters held banners that read "No militarized border," "No more deportations" and "

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-22). US Announces New Russia Sanctions With G7 Nations. news.antiwar.com The US on Friday announced new sanctions on Russia that were imposed in coordination with the Group of Seven, but they fall far short of what the Biden administration was hoping to achieve. According to the Treasury Department, over 300 sanctions were implemented on individuals, entities, vessels, and aircraft. The measures are meant to combat …

Abdul Rahman (2023-05-21). Economic sanctions make populations in targeted countries poorer, sicker and vulnerable. peoplesdispatch.org According to a study published by CEPR, rich and developed countries in the West have increased the use of illegal unilateral punitive measures despite being aware of their ill effects on people…

Pepe Escobar (2023-05-20). Adventures in NATOstan: Sparks Flying in Ibiza, Locked Down Bilderberg in Lisbon. thealtworld.com With G7 "leadership" mired in a sticky swamp of intellectual shallowness, predictably the only agenda in colonized Japan was more sanctions on Russia. | Let's start with a graphic depiction of where the Global North and the Global South really stand. | 1. Xian, former imperial capital, and key hub of the Ancient Silk Roads: Xi Jinping hosts the China-Central Asia summit, attended by all Heartland "stans" (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgzystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan). | The final statement stresses economic cooperation and "a resolute stand" against Hegemon-concocted color revolutions. That expands what the Shangh…


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2023-05-20: News Headlines

The Lancet (2023-05-20). Editorial] The death penalty: a breach of human rights and ethics of care. thelancet.com "The death penalty is, in our common experience, an atavistic relic from the past that should be shed in the 21st century", said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Tàºrk in April, 2023, during the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council. The death penalty has existed since the Code of Hammurabi, with its history seeped in politics and discrimination. Physicians have been involved throughout this history. In the eyes of the public, the medicalisation and very involvement of physicians renders execution palatable, eroding any natural sense of abhorrence.

MEE staff (2023-05-19). Iran executes three anti-government protesters. middleeasteye.net Iran executes three anti-government protesters | Iranian authorities allegedly tortured the three men, who were arrested last November following deadly violence at protests | Fri, 05/19/2023 – 11: 00 | From left to right: Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi, who were all executed by Iran on 19 May for taking part in anti-government protests (Social Media) | Three men allegedly tortured by aut…

teleSUR, JDO (2023-05-20). Pueblo saharaui celebra aniversario 50 del Frente Polisario. telesurtv.net Se cumplen cinco décadas del inicio de la lucha armada. Presidente Gali subraya que esa fue la respuesta a los intentos de socavar los derechos de su pueblo.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-19). More US Activists Face Harassment From Authorities Upon Return From Cuba. orinocotribune.com Days after members of a youth delegation were detained when returning to the US from Cuba, another batch of activists who were also on the island as part of the May Day Brigade, faced similar harassment | On May 7, several members of the US-based National Network on Cuba (NNOC) who had participated in the May Day Brigade, were detained and harassed by US Customs and Border Protection upon arrival to the United States from Cuba. | The NNOC released a

Natalia Marques (2023-05-19). NYC tenants say: the rent is too damn high! peoplesdispatch.org On the morning of Saturday, May 20, New York City tenants will mobilize in Brooklyn to fight rent hikes on rent stabilized units in the world's richest city. Organized by the New York State tenant's rights group Housing Justice For All and the Rent Justice Coalition, which organizes rent stabilized tenants, turnout is expected to be in the thousands as tenants across New York fight Tenants of rent stabilized units usually pay relatively cheap rents with very…

Caitlin May (2023-05-19). Here's How Georgia's New Voting Law Harms Voters With Disabilities. aclu.org Empish Thomas is a 51-year-old voter from DeKalb County, Georgia who is blind and needs help filling out and mailing in an absentee ballot. In 2020, she was able to get that help from a sighted friend she trusted. But after the state of Georgia passed a law that made it a felony for anyone other than a "caregiver" or certain family members to help her return her ballot, she doesn't know if she will be able to find anyone to help her vote absentee. She feels she has no choice but to try to vote in person, even though she can't drive and has to rely on rides from others or public transportation to get to the pol…

_____ (2023-05-20). Adventures in NATOstan: Sparks Flying in Ibiza, Locked Down Bilderberg in Lisbon. strategic-culture.org With G7 "leadership" mired in a sticky swamp of intellectual shallowness, predictably the only agenda in colonized Japan was more sanctions on Russia. | Let's start with a graphic depiction of where the Global North and the Global South really stand. | 1. Xian, former imperial capital, and key hub of the Ancient Silk Roads: Xi Jinping hosts the China-Central Asia summit, attended by all Heartland "stans" (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgzystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan). | The final statement stresses economic cooperation and "a resolute stand" against Hegemon-concocted color revolutions. That expands what the Shangh…

teleSUR (2023-05-19). Russia Responds to US Sanctions Announced at the G7 Summit. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the Kremlin responded to new U.S. sanctions by banning 500 U.S. citizens from entering Russian territory. Among them is former President Barack Obama. | RELATED: | This ban will apply to senior officials, congressmen and senators elected in November 2022, members of U.S. security agencies, and CEOs of military industry companies supplying weapons to Ukraine. | The Kremlin response also cover experts, analysts, and journ…

teleSUR (2023-05-19). Russia's 2nd Largest Bank Plans to Open Office in Iran. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Deputy Governor for International Affairs of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Mohsen Karimi said that Russia's second-largest bank VTB plans to set up a representative office in Tehran. | RELATED: | Two Iranian banks are laying the groundwork to set up branches in Russia, as both countries have stepped up financial cooperation in the face of tough U.S. sanctions. | Iran had requested Russia's Central Bank…

WSWS (2023-05-19). Quebec government's trade union-backed Bill 19 sanctions dramatic rise in child labour. wsws.org Supported by the trade unions and the pseudo-left Québec Solidaire, the CAQ's Bill 19 is a legal fig leaf for the growing exploitation of children by capitalist businesses, reviving one of the most retrograde elements of the Victorian era.

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