(2023-03-26). Six Civilians Killed In Two Central Syria Attacks Attributed To ISIS. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On March 26, six civilians were killed in two separate terrorist attacks in Syria's central region which were both attributed to ISIS. | In the eastern Homs countryside, terrorists believed to be members of ISIS attacked a group of civilians who were collecting truffles in the area of al-Shaer near the ancient city of Palmyra. The terrorists killed four of the civilians and abducted two others, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | Later, the London-…
(2023-03-25). [World Report] The health consequences of crowd-control weapons. thelancet.com Two new reports outline how the increasingly indiscriminate use of weapons such as rubber bullets, tear gas, and batons on protestors is harming health and human rights. Talha Burki reports.
(2023-03-25). Leopoldo López, Representing NGOs, Attacks Venezuela in United Nations. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan far right politician and fugitive from the justice system, Leopoldo López, presented himself as a representative of the Zionist NGO UN Watch to speak ill of his own country at the United Nations Human Rights Council. | At the UN Human Rights Council meeting, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, March 22, Leopoldo López said that the only way to improve the "human rights situation" in Venezuela is regime change, for which called for foreign intervention, a narrative that is despised by the majority of Venezuelans irrespective of their political affiliation. | Qué miseria… Leopoldo Lopez habla co…
(2023-03-25). TUNE IN: Stella Assange, Stefania Maurizi, and Kevin Gosztola In Berlin. thedissenter.org The Dissenter's Kevin Gosztola, author of Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange, is in Berlin for a conference organized by the Disruption Network Lab. He will speak on a panel, "Targeted By Surveillance: Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, & Networked Repression," at 2pm ET/11 am PT. | Stella Assange and Stefania Maurizi will also be part of the panel. Stella is a human rights lawyer who is married to Julian. She is featured in the documentary, "Ithaka," and was a target of surveillance while visiting the Ecuador embassy in London, where Julian lived under political asylum. | Maurizi is t…
(2023-03-25). Health emergency! Free Alex Saab now! iacenter.org March 22, 2023 The #FreeAlexSaab Movement issued the following statement on March 17. On March 17, 2023, Camilla Saab, spouse of Alex Saab, reports on the dire health emergency facing the Venezuelan diplomat imprisoned in the U.S. Photo: #FreeAlexSaab On Friday, March 17, 2023, Camilla Saab made an urgent call to the world to denounce the dire health condition of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, which endangers his life. In July 2021, the Working Group against Torture and several United Nations rapporteurs expressed their concern about the irreparable deterioration of Alex Saab's health condition. Let us recall tha…
(2023-03-25). 'Parents Bill of Rights' de los republicanos oculta el racismo, la homofobia y la censura. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON, D.C. (PAI)—Varios de los sindicatos más grandes del país, encabezados por Teachers (AFT), se unieron la semana del 22 de marzo para tratar de derrotar a los republicanos gobernantes de la Cámara y su proyecto de ley denominado "Declaración de derechos de los padres". El Comité de Educación y Fuerza Laboral de la Cámara …
(2023-03-26). Six Civilians Killed In Two Central Syria Attacks Attributed To ISIS. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On March 26, six civilians were killed in two separate terrorist attacks in Syria's central region which were both attributed to ISIS. | In the eastern Homs countryside, terrorists believed to be members of ISIS attacked a group of civilians who were collecting truffles in the area of al-Shaer near the ancient city of Palmyra. The terrorists killed four of the civilians and abducted two others, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | Later, the London-…
(2023-03-25). [World Report] The health consequences of crowd-control weapons. thelancet.com Two new reports outline how the increasingly indiscriminate use of weapons such as rubber bullets, tear gas, and batons on protestors is harming health and human rights. Talha Burki reports.
(2023-03-25). Leopoldo López, Representing NGOs, Attacks Venezuela in United Nations. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan far right politician and fugitive from the justice system, Leopoldo López, presented himself as a representative of the Zionist NGO UN Watch to speak ill of his own country at the United Nations Human Rights Council. | At the UN Human Rights Council meeting, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, March 22, Leopoldo López said that the only way to improve the "human rights situation" in Venezuela is regime change, for which called for foreign intervention, a narrative that is despised by the majority of Venezuelans irrespective of their political affiliation. | Qué miseria… Leopoldo Lopez habla co…
(2023-03-25). TUNE IN: Stella Assange, Stefania Maurizi, and Kevin Gosztola In Berlin. thedissenter.org The Dissenter's Kevin Gosztola, author of Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange, is in Berlin for a conference organized by the Disruption Network Lab. He will speak on a panel, "Targeted By Surveillance: Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, & Networked Repression," at 2pm ET/11 am PT. | Stella Assange and Stefania Maurizi will also be part of the panel. Stella is a human rights lawyer who is married to Julian. She is featured in the documentary, "Ithaka," and was a target of surveillance while visiting the Ecuador embassy in London, where Julian lived under political asylum. | Maurizi is t…
(2023-03-25). Health emergency! Free Alex Saab now! iacenter.org March 22, 2023 The #FreeAlexSaab Movement issued the following statement on March 17. On March 17, 2023, Camilla Saab, spouse of Alex Saab, reports on the dire health emergency facing the Venezuelan diplomat imprisoned in the U.S. Photo: #FreeAlexSaab On Friday, March 17, 2023, Camilla Saab made an urgent call to the world to denounce the dire health condition of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, which endangers his life. In July 2021, the Working Group against Torture and several United Nations rapporteurs expressed their concern about the irreparable deterioration of Alex Saab's health condition. Let us recall tha…
(2023-03-25). 'Parents Bill of Rights' de los republicanos oculta el racismo, la homofobia y la censura. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (PAI)—Varios de los sindicatos más grandes del país, encabezados por Teachers (AFT), se unieron la semana del 22 de marzo para tratar de derrotar a los republicanos gobernantes de la Cámara y su proyecto de ley denominado "Declaración de derechos de los padres". El Comité de Educación y Fuerza Laboral de la Cámara …
(2023-03-26). Condemn repression of Louisiana immigrant rights organizations. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from New Orleans Immigrant Rights Action. | New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Immigrant Rights Action (NOIRA) condemns the subpoenas issued by Attorney General Jeff Landry against three Louisiana immigration nonprofits. We demand that Landry cease his participation in Republican anti-immigrant lawsuits and that these repressive subpoenas be dropped. | Landry (R) demanded confidential documents from Home is Here NOLA, Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy (ISLA), and Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention (LA-AID). This information would reveal…
(2023-03-26). Louisiana LGBTQ activists disrupt governor's interview, demand firm commitment against bigotry. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – On March 22, a group of LGBTQ activists interrupted a public interview with Governor John Bel Edwards at Loyola University. They unfurled a banner reading "Gov. Edwards: Will you veto hate?" Ed Abraham, the main protest speaker, demanded that Edwards commit to vetoing all bills threatening LGBTQ rights in the Louisiana legislature. Edwards did not deliver a commitment, and Loyola police removed protesters from the venue. The activists left chanting, "Defend trans kids! Veto hate!" | So far, activists are concerned about six bills. Two (SB 7 and HB 102) attempt to prohibit libraries from acquiri…
(2023-03-26). Friday 3/24: Rights of Nature: UN Water Conference – SDGs for Protection of Earth's Water Ecosystems. indybay.org Online streaming of in-person U.N. Water Conference session…
(2023-03-25). [Correspondence] Nigeria's National Mental Health Act 2021: any challenges ahead? thelancet.com Although mental health problems are widespread in many African nations, they rarely receive the attention they merit. Stigmatisation is a prevalent factor that makes patients reluctant to seek mental health care in most African countries. As knowledge about mental health increased, some African countries, such as Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia, began passing legislation and laws to safeguard the rights of individuals who have mental health problems. In 1916, Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, enacted its first mental health legislation, which was called the Lunacy Ordinance.
(2023-03-25). Trans rights are under attack. mronline.org 
There is a dangerous escalation of transphobia happening right now. The political right in the United States and the United Kingdom are rolling back civil rights for trans people specifically and LGBT people more broadly. This is being driven by an amalgamation of mainstream conservative parties, the far right, Christian fundamentalists and right-wing shock jocks and tabloids.
(2023-03-25). Colombia: 'The Most Ambitious Labor Reform of the Century'. orinocotribune.com By Gustavo A Maranges — Mar 21, 2023 | This is how Colombia's Labor Minister Gloria Ines Ramirez described the labor reform bill introduced to Congress on March 17. Improving workers' conditions and rights is a major part of President Gustavo Petro's plan to reduce inequality. | The reform is the first of two planned this year by the Ministry of Labor. According to the legislative calendar, the Pension Reform will be presented on March 22, so both discussions will take place almost simultaneously. It is expected that the documents will undergo changes in Congress, but if the President's legislative force re…
(2023-03-25). SVB: 'The bank is now insolvent'. iacenter.org March 13, 2023 It is often the case that, when the capitalist system is on the verge of a crisis, the period leading up to it is marked by buoyant explosions of optimism. On Oct. 25, 1929, President Herbert Hoover proclaimed that the U.S. economy was "on a sound and prosperous basis." Four days later the stock market crashed. (billofrightsinstitute.org) This old cartoon depicts wild economic fluctuations ending with the 1929 Wall St. crash. It's not much different almost a century later. Typically before a recession, the working class (along with uneasy wealth-holders) is reassured that the economy is "robust" or…
(2023-03-25). ICC Charges Putin With War Crimes While US and Israeli Leaders Enjoy Impunity. truthout.org On March 17, a little more than one year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that the Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) had issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for the commission of war crimes in Ukraine. The PTC also issued an arrest warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova, commissioner for children's rights… |
(2023-03-25). General Strike Can Root Out "Taliban" Embedded in U.S. Government and Supreme Court. indybay.org Religious fanatics are taking away our rights and replacing them with god-given rights—this must be stopped…
(2023-03-25). Controversies and Tensions Surrounding 28th Ibero-American Summit. orinocotribune.com 
The 28th Ibero-American Summit began in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Friday amid a series of controversies and tensions among some participating governments and with the absence of the presidents of the largest countries in the region: Mexico and Brazil. | "Together for a fair and sustainable Ibero-America," is the motto of this year's summit in which representatives of the 22 member countries will sign an Ibero-American Environmental Charter, an Ibero-American Charter of Principles and Digital Rights, an agreement on food security, and a commitment to build a fairer, more inclusive and flexible internat…
(2023-03-26). Chinese envoy urges Security Council to address adverse effects of sanctions on DPRK. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Thursday called for the Security Council to address the adverse impact of sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
(2023-03-25). Venezuela Calls Upon Ibero-American Summit to Condemn Unilateral Sanctions. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has called upon the Ibero-American Summit to express an unconditional condemnation of the use of unilateral coercive measures that have been detrimental to the right to development of the peoples. The foreign affairs minister of Venezuela, Yvan Gil, made the proposal at the meeting of Ibero-American Foreign Ministers on Friday, March 24. | "We have asked for a condemnation, and it has been a unanimous condemnation," Minister Gil stated, adding that the 28th Ibero-American Summit has decided to unanimously condemn unilateral coercive measures. The condemnation will be reflected in the final declaration t…
