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2022-03-30: News Headlines

ACCESSNOW, United Nations (2022-03-30). Tuesday 3/29: Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders from Online Threats, Violence & Surveillance. indybay.org Online event via livestream or watch recording…

ecns.cn (2022-03-30). Chinese civil society NGOs cast strong voice at Human Rights Council. ecns.cn Chinese nongovernmental organizations are making their voices heard at the ongoing 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, stressing the need to protect human rights and minority cultures amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Staff (2022-03-30). Brechas de género y desarrollo: La crisis invisible de los embarazos no intencionales sobre la que alerta UNFPA. cubadebate.cu Bajo el título "Visibilizar lo Invisible: La necesidad de actuar para poner fin a la crisis desatendida de los embarazos no intencionales", el informe de UNFPA, presentado en el Congreso Internacional de Investigadores sobre Infancias, Adolescencias y Juventudes, advierte que esta crisis de derechos humanos tiene consecuencias profundas para las sociedades, las mujeres y las niñas y la salud mundial.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-03-29). Joe Biden Predicts Mass Food Shortages in America Due to War, Supply Chain Stresses. moguldom.com U.S. President Joe Biden has warned that there will be food shortages across the globe because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions imposed as a consequence. "With regard to food shortages … yes we did talk about food shortages and it's gonna be real. The price of the sanctions is not just …

KWORINOCO (2022-03-29). Russia: We Won't Supply Europe with Gas Unless Purchased with Rubles. orinocotribune.com The spokesperson for the Kremlin warned that Russia, which has been subjected to western sanctions, will not deliver gas to Europe unless purchases are made using Russia's currency, the ruble. | "Clearly we are not going to supply gas for free," said the spokesperson for the Russian President, Dmitri Peskov, during a press release this Monday. "This much can be said with absolute certainty." | According to the Russian spokesperson, Russia cannot "be a charity" while it is facing multiple sanctions imposed by western countries due to its military operations in Ukraine, which began on February 24. This course of ac…

Dave DeCamp (2022-03-29). Biden Appears to Reveal the US Is Training Ukrainian Troops in Poland. news.antiwar.com President Biden appeared to reveal on Monday that the US is training Ukrainian troops in Poland. Biden made the comments when trying to explain a recent gaffe. In Poland on Friday, President Biden told members of the 82nd Airborne Division that Ukrainians were "stepping up" against the Russian assault and said, "You're going to see …

Staff (2022-03-29). 2 April, Vancouver: Revolutionaries Are Not Terrorists Campaign Launch. samidoun.net DATE: Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 TIME: 3-5 PM PDT LOCATION: Grandview Church, 1803 E 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC, Unceded Coast Salish Homelands Join Canada Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights for our campaign launch of "Revolutionaries Are Not Terrorists", where we'll learn about revolutionary Filipinos and other groups who are unjustly criminalized & labelled as terrorists …

_____ (2022-03-29). Political Repression In Ukraine. popularresistance.org In the early morning of March 19, 2022, agents from the federal Security Service of Ukraine, the SBU, showed up at the apartment of Yuri Tkachev, editor-in-chief of the online publication Timer, based in the southern Black Sea port of Odessa. | What happened next was reported on Timer's website (1), quoting journalist and human rights activist Oksana Chelysheva (2), who said she had spoken with Tkachev's wife: | "According to [Oksana], when Yuri opened the door of the apartment, he did not show any resistance. Despite this, the SBU dragged him to the site, laying him face down. They also asked Oksana to leave the…

Editor2 (2022-03-29). EU Attacks Press Freedom in Europe, Advocates for Press Freedom in Mexico. orinocotribune.com The European Parliament is voicing concern over press freedom and through a resolution, "condemns the frequent attacks on media freedom and journalists" in Mexico‚Å —all while Europe itself imposes a general ban on Russian media outlets. | The resolution, which passed in EU Parliament earlier this month, takes aim at the Mexican government amid outrage over recent murders of journalists and human rights defenders. The Parliament calls on Mexico's authorities to investigate "crimes against freedom of expression" in the case of journalists and media workers and "urges the EU Delegation [in Mexico]…

TASS (2022-03-29). UN calls for investigation into reports about torture of prisoners of war in Ukraine. tass.com It is important that any ill treatment that may happen is stopped immediately, Head of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Matilda Bogner said…

Chris Hedges (2022-03-29). The Marriage of Julian Assange. orinocotribune.com By Chris Hedges — Mar 25, 2022 | London — I am standing at the gates of HM Prison Belmarsh, a high security penitentiary in southeast London, with Craig Murray, British Ambassador to Uzbekistan until he was fired for exposing CIA black sites and torture centers in that country. Inside the prison,

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-29). Activists protest in support of Palestinian women prisoners outside Israeli jail. peoplesdispatch.org As many as 32 Palestinian women prisoners are Damon prison. The protesting activists also demanded that authorities immediately release all prisoners being held under the illegal administrative detention policy…

Kathy Durkin (2022-03-29). Say NO to abortion bans! Reproductive justice now! workers.org Hundreds of people demonstrated at the Idaho State Capitol against anti-abortion Senate Bill 1309 on March 19 in Boise. Freeing Idaho, a community-based reproductive rights coalition, organized the action and is determined to continue to fight this attack. Boise, Idaho, March 19. Both houses of the state legislature have passed . . . |

WSWS (2022-03-29). Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs anti-democratic "Don't Say Gay" bill" wsws.org As part of the Republicans' fascistic midterm electoral strategy and continuing attacks on the democratic rights of the entire population, Republican legislatures have advanced nearly 200 anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ bills this year.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-29). US, Canada, Australia Advised to Reflect on Violations of Indigenous People's Rights. libya360.wordpress.com Global Times The US, Canada and Australia are advised to reflect seriously on their wrongdoings in history, immediately amend laws and change policies that violate indigenous people's rights, investigate the crimes and hold the perpetrators accountable, Jiang Duan, minister of the Chinese mission to the UN in Geneva, said at a side event during the…

_____ (2022-03-29). The MADness Of The Resurgent US Cold War On Russia. popularresistance.org The war in Ukraine has placed U.S. and NATO policy toward Russia under a spotlight, highlighting how the United States and its allies have expanded NATO right up to Russia's borders, backed a coup and now a proxy war in Ukraine, imposed waves of economic sanctions, and launched a debilitating trillion-dollar arms race. The explicit goal is to pressure, weaken and ultimately eliminate Russia, or a Russia-China partnership, as a strategic competitor to U.S. imperial power. | The United States and NATO have used similar forms of force and coercion against many countries. In every case they have been catastrophic for…

WSWS (2022-03-29). North Korea tests intercontinental ballistic missile. wsws.org The ICBM test was a desperate attempt to prompt negotiations to end the sanctions regime that has crippled North Korea's economy since 2018.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-03-29). Albright Was a Key Figure Sparking New Cold War by Championing NATO Expansion as Secretary of State in 1990s. covertactionmagazine.com An acolyte of grand chess-master Zbigniew Brzezinski, Albright also championed lethal NATO bombings in Kosovo and devastating sanctions in Iraq …

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-03-29). Ukrainian president calls West sanctions on Russia "passive" en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his most recent national address that western countries' "passive" sanctions cannot stop Russia.

ecns.cn (2022-03-29). Sanctions are not effective ways to solve problems: FM. ecns.cn

Newsclick (2022-03-29). Mapping Faultlines: A month later, where is the Ukraine war heading? peoplesdispatch.org NewsClick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the situation in Ukraine a month after the Russian attack began, including the military developments and the questions of sanctions and their economic impact…

TASS (2022-03-29). Developers unveil pilot version of Russian alternative to Instagram. tass.com Rossgram users will be able to upload photos and videos from their smartphones, as well as videos from other platforms such as YouTube, Dailymotion and Vimeo…

TASS (2022-03-29). NATO took steps affecting Russia's security before Moscow's operation in Ukraine – Kremlin. tass.com The situation is quite concerning, Peskov said…

TASS (2022-03-29). No free gas supplies for Europe, Kremlin spokesman says. tass.com No payment, no gas, the Kremlin spokesman emphasized…

Juan Cole (2022-03-29). How Israel's Indiscriminate bombing of Gaza Endangers its Precious Hellenistic and Roman Archeological Heritage. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Palestinian Gaza Strip doesn't stay on the world's mind the way some besieged cities in Ukraine do right now, but it is also surrounded, besieged, and blockaded by Israeli forces. This blockade is illegal in international law, since Israel is recognized as the Occupying authority over Gaza, which it …

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2022-03-29: News Headlines

TASS (2022-03-29). NATO took steps affecting Russia's security before Moscow's operation in Ukraine – Kremlin. tass.com The situation is quite concerning, Peskov said…

ACCESSNOW, United Nations (2022-03-29). Tuesday 3/29: Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders from Online Threats, Violence & Surveillance. indybay.org Online event via livestream or watch recording…

ecns.cn (2022-03-29). Sanctions are not effective ways to solve problems: FM. ecns.cn

TASS (2022-03-29). No free gas supplies for Europe, Kremlin spokesman says. tass.com No payment, no gas, the Kremlin spokesman emphasized…

_____ (2022-03-28). Russia's Invasion Signifies The End Of An Era Of Unipolar American Power. popularresistance.org If you are like me, you have been glued to the news about the Russian military operation in Ukraine and its implications for the world. Obviously, we cannot know about all of these implications at this point, and we may not for some time to come. Indeed, this recalls to mind Nixon's query to Zhou Enlai in 1972 about his thoughts on the French Revolution. Zhou, with his long-term view of the world, responded simply, "too soon to say." | However, we are seeing some developments emerge very quickly which may tell us where all of this is heading. First, in response to the U.S.'s extreme sanctions on Russia, including…

_____ (2022-03-28). Caravans Show That The World Stands With Cuba. popularresistance.org The world is living in uncertain times. The Western powers, led by the United States, insist on escalating tensions in Eastern Europe over an regional conflict that should have nothing to do with them. Unbridled hatred is spreading through social networks as never before, towards Russia, Russians, and anyone who is not on Washington's side in defending its "world order". | The White House and its allies announced a battalion of sanctions against Moscow for the war in Ukraine and deployed thousands of NATO troops across the region, threatening to bring the planet to the brink of a nuclear catastrophe. Their obedie…

Ann Brown (2022-03-28). Bishop Talbert Swan: Joe Biden Deported 30,000 Haitians But Welcomes 100,000 Ukrainians. moguldom.com The White House has announced that the U.S. will welcome 100,000 Ukrainians who have fled their country due to the Russian invasion, which was launched on Feb. 24. While the gesture could be viewed as humanitarian, some see it as a political move. The U.S. is more invested in the European country of Ukraine than, …

Benjamin Norton (2022-03-28). Many Global South countries blame US/NATO for Ukraine war, not Russia. multipolarista.com While Western powers impose sanctions on Russia, many countries in the Global South blame the US and NATO for the Ukraine war, such as South Africa, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea, and Eritrea. Dozens more remain neutral.

Prabhat Patnaik (2022-03-28). The irony of sanctions against Russia. mronline.org The juggling which U.S. imperialism has to do to maintain its hegemony becomes more bizarre by the day. First, it kept needling Russia ("provoking the bear") "on behalf of the western alliance" by expanding NATO to its very borders, knowing full well that Ukraine's joining NATO would be totally unacceptable to Russia.

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2022-03-28). Biden's reality check in Europe. peoplesdispatch.org The takeaway from US president Joe Biden's European tour on March 25-26 is measly. Dissenting voices are rising in Europe as western sanctions against Russia start backfiring with price hikes and shortages of fuel and electricity. And this is only the beginning, as Moscow is yet to announce any retaliatory measures as such. | The unkindest cut of it all is that the Russian defense ministry chose Biden's trip as the perfect backdrop to frame the true proportions of success of its special operation in Ukraine. The US and NATO's credibility is perilously close to being irreparably damaged, as the Russian juggernaut…

Editor (2022-03-28). Ukraine: War and the Challenge of Human Rights in the U.S. and Beyond. scheerpost.com New York City protest, 2017. (Photo: Reuters) | By Ajamu Baraka / Images of burnt flesh from napalm bombs, wounded and dead soldiers, scenes of U.S. soldiers burning the simple huts of Vietnamese villages, eventually turned the public against the war in Vietnam and produced the dreaded affliction, from the ruling class point of view, known as the "Vietnam syndrome." This collective Post Traumatic Stress Disorder made it impossible for the public to support any foreign military i…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). African nations condemn Ukraine's recruiting mercenaries for "international legion" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleMarch 28, 2022 Ukraine's bid to recruit fighters from Africa sparks uproar Nigeria, Senegal and Algeria have criticized Ukraine's efforts to enlist international fighters as it resists the Russian invasion. Analysts say those who have responded to the call need to reconsider. Russia's war on Ukraine is barely two weeks old, but Kyiv is …

Amy Goodman (2022-03-28). Refugees of Color Fleeing Ukraine Held in Migrant Jails in Poland and Estonia. truthout.org Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompted an exodus of nearly 4 million people and an outpouring of support for many of the refugees. But a new report finds dozens of nonwhite people who fled Ukraine are being held in long-term detention centers in Poland and Estonia. We speak with Maud Jullien, investigations editor at Lighthouse Reports, which just published a series of reports in collaboration with The Independent, Der Spiegel, Radio France and others on the detention of African students fleeing Ukraine. She describes how the European Union's temporary protection directive sets a double standard by permitting the…

Jon Rainwater (2022-03-28). Briefing & Action Steps on War in Ukraine. peaceaction.org Key Tools for the Ukraine Crisis: Diplomacy, Deescalation & Aid Bold & Sustained Negotiation is Urgently Needed to Save Ukrainian Lives Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine and gross human rights violations are causing immense human suffering. There is no viable military solution here, despite the unity displayed by the Ukrainian people. Diplomacy must not be …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). The Trial of Julian Assange: A Story of Persecution. transcend.org The Trial of Julian Assange: A Story of Persecution, by Nils Melzer, Verso, 8 Feb 2022, 368 pp. – In July 2010, WikiLeaks published Cablegate, one of the biggest leaks in the history of the US military, including evidence for war crimes and torture. Unsurprisingly, Melzer's book has hardy received a whisper in the Western corporate mainstream press.

_____ (2022-03-28). America Plea Bargains For Its Crimes Of Torture. popularresistance.org The Guardian reported last week that a recently-declassified CIA Inspector General's report from 2008 found that CIA officers at a covert detention site in Afghanistan used a prisoner, Ammar al-Baluch, as a "training prop," taking turns smashing his head against a plywood wall and leaving him with permanent brain damage. Baluch is currently one of five defendants before a military tribunal at the US military prison at Guantanamo charged with participating in the planning for the September 11 attacks. The case has been stuck in the pre-trial phase for 10 years, in part because much of the information that the gove…

Our Reporter (2022-03-28). Police hunt for assailants behind plumber's torture. plusnews.ug Police have launched a manhunt for unknown people captured in a video torturing a man by burning his back with melting plastic after tying his hands and legs. Police swung into action when the video went viral on social media over the weekend showing a group of people donning NRM shirts torturing their victim. Police Spokesperson, …

teleSUR, JDO, JL (2022-03-28). Denuncian violaciones de DD.HH. de una minera en Honduras. telesurtv.net Secretaría de Derechos Humanos revela maltrato contra defensores de tierras en Azacualpa, Copán, por la minera Aura/Minerals-Minosa.

Staff (2022-03-28). Disponible para consulta anteproyecto de Ley de la Expropiación por Razones de Utilidad Pública o Interés Social (+ PDF). cubadebate.cu La iniciativa, cuyo anteproyecto ha sido publicado en la web del MFP con la posibilidad de que la ciudadanía emita sus criterios, regula la expropiación por razones de utilidad pública o interés social como medio de actuación del Estado en favor de intereses colectivos, como forma de adquisición de bienes y derechos para el patrimonio estatal.

_____ (2022-03-28). How Afro-Colombians Are Fighting White Feminism. popularresistance.org Feminist Movements in Latin America have recently made incredible strides in women's rights after generations of struggle against a society founded in machismo. When supporting and celebrating progress in Women's Liberation in Latin America, mainstream media often tends to focus on countries such as Argentina, Chile, and Mexico and the rise of the #NiUnaMenos, (not one more) anti-femicide movement. Although the feminist movements in these countries have been successful in achieving some essential rights for women, with the exception of Mexico, these predominantly white countries are also intentionally centering c…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Obituary: How Madeleine Albright's 'Munich Mindset' Turned into Uninhibited Interventionism. transcend.org 24 Mar 2022 – Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. Secretary of State, a prominent liberal interventionist, and promoter of NATO expansion, died on 23 Mar from cancer at the age of 84. A refugee who rose to the highest levels of government, she became a well-positioned advocate of American exceptionalism.

_____ (2022-03-28). Fed Inflation Lies, Russia Sanctions and a New World Order. journal-neo.org The Federal Reserve and most other world central banks are lying about how interest rates affect inflation. It's no small matter, as it clearly is being used to usher in a global economic depression, this time far worse than in the 1930s, using Russia as the scapegoat to blame, as the powers that be prepare …

WSWS (2022-03-28). How the anti-Russian sanctions were planned. wsws.org According a Wall Street Journal article, detailed sanctions planning began shortly before Thanksgiving last year when US Treasury Secretary Yellen met with senior military and intelligence officials.

_____ (2022-03-28). Awaiting New DPRK Satellites and New Sanctions. journal-neo.org Events have taken a new turn since the last report on the development of the DPRK's missile program, focusing on the launch of two supposedly medium-range missiles. In addition to US and South Korean calls to "cease missile provocations and come to the negotiating table," there have been clear signs of escalation. On March 7, …

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-03-28). Kharrazi calls for guarantees, lifting of bans before deal. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — An advisor to Iran's Leader Kamal Kharrazi said Monday that issues of assurances and lifting of sanctions need to be resolved on the part of the United States before any deal in the Vienna talks.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Reporting from Moscow: Sanctions May Achieve the Opposite of Biden's Stated Long-Term Goals. transcend.org 27 Mar 2022 – In Russia, sanctions have taken a bite out of the Russian economy, but interviews and data suggest they cannot fulfill the West's strategic motives for imposing them.

Emily Apple (2022-03-28). Massive solidarity for Lowkey as pro-Israel group tries to get him chucked off Spotify. thecanary.co People are standing in solidarity with rapper Lowkey after he became the latest target for a pro-Israeli group. We Believe in Israel is trying to get the performer banned from Spotify. | But it isn't going well for the pro-Zionist group, because people are showing they will not be silenced in their support for Lowkey and the Palestinian struggle. | In particular, the group has | Lowkey is a passionate and eloquent d…

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-28). The US Should Remember that Israel's Squatter-Settlements in Palestine are War Crimes. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, engaged in further diplomatic contradictions, as he fluctuated between asserting the Biden administration's stance purportedly against Israeli settlement expansion, yet making concessions for earlier encroachment upon Palestinian land. "We can't do stupid things that impede us from a two-state solution," Nides reportedly told …

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