(2019-06-25). Banning Private Prisons—and Prisoner Exploitation. commondreams.org The two largest private prison companies, GEO Group and CoreCivic, have seen business swell due to increased ICE detention of immigrants. (Photo: Ted S. Warren/AP Photo) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/prisons.jpeg…
(2019-06-25). U.S. Border Chief Abruptly Resigns Amid Public Outrage. truthdig.com The agency has been under fire since it was revealed that migrant children have been living in squalor at a Texas detention center.
(2019-06-25). Behind the Syrian Network for Human Rights: How an Opposition Front Group Became Western Media's Go-to monitor. globalresearch.ca Top media outlets turn to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) for figures on deaths and detentions, never noting the group's seamless connection to Syria's opposition, the support it receives from states that waged war on the country, or …
(2019-06-25). 'This Is What Solidarity Looks Like,' Says Ocasio-Cortez, as Wayfair Workers Vow Walkout to Protest Company for Working With Child Detention Centers. commondreams.org "We believe that the current actions of the United States and their contractors at the southern border do not represent an ethical partnership Wayfair should choose to be a part of." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/wayfair_0.jpg…
(2019-06-25). "Never Again" Means Act Now. indybay.org As the national conversation escalates around what to appropriately call the detention centers at the southern border, the humanitarian crisis continues. | Here are tangible actions the local Santa Cruz community can take to protest America's immigration policies and support relief efforts at the border.
(2019-06-25). Supreme Court Surprisingly Decides to Analyze Lula's Release. plenglish.com 25 de junio de 2019, 16: 12Brasilia, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Unexpectedly, Brazil"s Federal Supreme Court (STF) has decided to analyze this Tuesday the habeas corpus trial for the release of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
(2019-06-25). Italian Mafia Boss Escapes Prison in Uruguay, Manhunt Ensues. telesurenglish.net A manhunt was organized in Uruguay Tuesday after an Italian mob boss, who had been imprisoned in the country since 2017, escaped from jail overnight as he was waiting to be extradited back to Italy. | Rocco Morabito and three other inmates "escaped through a hole in the roof" Sunday according to authorities. He had been the most wanted fugitive member of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta, Italy's most powerful organized crime group and one of Europe's biggest importers of South American cocaine. | Dubbed the "cocaine king of Milan," the 52-year-old Morabito had been arrested after more than two decades on the run fro…
(2019-06-25). Italian Mafia Boss Escapes Prison in Uruguay, Manhunt Ensues. telesurenglish.net A manhunt was organized in Uruguay Tuesday after an Italian mob boss, who had been imprisoned in the country since 2017, escaped from jail overnight as he was waiting to be extradited back to Italy. | RELATED: | Dozens of Mafia Suspects Held in Europe, South American Sting | Rocco Morabito and three other inmates "escaped through a hole in the roof" Sunda…
(2019-06-25). #NeverAgainIsNow: Vigil for Children Imprisoned at Border (San Jose). indybay.org Issei Memorial Building, 565 North Fifth Street, San Jose, CA…
(2019-06-24). What's Trending: Black News Weekly. naacp.org 
Blavity: Atlanta Mayor Launches 100 Men To Mentors Challenge To Find 100 Men To Give Guidance To Atlanta Boys Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has issued a call to action asking for 100 male volunteers to mentor Atlanta youth. Earlier this year, local officials met with leaders of Big Brothers and Big Sisters …
(2019-06-24). Buttigieg Criticized at Emotional Town Hall After Shooting. truthdig.com SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor. | Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) said he would call for an outside investigation of the shooting of 54-year-old Eric Logan by Sgt. Ryan O'Neill. | The 37-year-old mayor said he would send a letter to the federal Department of Justice's civil rights division and notify the local prosecutor that he'd like an independent investigator appointed. He conceded t…
(2019-06-24). Migrant Children Held by US Gov't Face 'Inhumane' Conditions. telesurenglish.net More than 250 migrant children, including teens, infants, and toddlers, are locked up in "horrendous" conditions at a Border Patrol station in Texas near the city of El Paso, according to an Associated Press report published June 20. | RELATED: | "In my 22 years of doing visits with children in detention, I have never heard of this level of inhumanity," said Holly Cooper, who co-directs University of California's, Davis Immigration Law Clinic and represents detained youth. She was part of the legal team that visited the facility and interviewed dozens of children. | The experts were left aghast when faced w…
(2019-06-24). Advocates Say Illinois Ban on Private Immigrant Detention Centers, a 'Firewall' Against Trump's Attacks on Immigrants, Should Be Model for Country. commondreams.org Critics of President Donald Trump's immigration policies are calling on state and federal lawmakers to follow the lead of Illinois, which banned private immigrant detention centers and enacted other protections for undocumented state residents ahead of the president's deportation raids that were planned for Sunday but have been temporarily delayed. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/jb_0.jpg…
(2019-06-24). "Never Again" Means Act Now. indybay.org As the national conversation escalates around what to appropriately call the detention centers at the southern border, the humanitarian crisis continues. | Here are tangible actions the local Santa Cruz community can take to protest America's immigration policies and support relief efforts at the border.
(2019-06-24). Japanese-American internment survivors protest plan to jail migrant kids at Fort Sill, a WWII camp. nationofchange.org "There's a historical pattern of detention and separation of families that we're seeing across the United States, affecting immigrant communities and affecting communities of color."
(2019-06-24). Statelessness for terrorists' families, never an acceptable option, urges UN rights chief. un.org Thousands of suspected foreign ISIL terrorist fighters and their families who are being held in detention in Syria and Iraq, must be treated fairly by their captors and taken back by their home countries, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Monday.
(2019-06-24). Why is the US government using social media to monitor the public? wsws.org The lawsuit filed by New Sanctuary Coalition and other groups, says that ICE specifically targeted individuals for deportation, to suppress their political speech.
(2019-06-24). US Supreme Court Rejects Argentina Appeal over YPF Compensation. telesurenglish.net The United States (U.S.) Supreme Court on Monday rejected Argentina's bid to fend off a lawsuit by energy company Petersen Energia Inversora, S.A. seeking compensation for shares it owned in the state-owned YPF S.A. (Fiscal Oilfields) energy company, nationalized in 2012 by former left-wing President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner. | RELATED: | Argentina Gov't Refers to Malvinas Islands as Falkland, Again | The justices left in place a lower court ruling that allowed privately held P…
(2019-06-24). Hundreds of 737 Max Pilots Sue Boeing over 'Unprecedented Cover-Up" globalresearch.ca Over 400 pilots have joined a class-action lawsuit against Boeing, accusing the company of an "unprecedented cover-up" of "known design flaws" on the company's top-selling 737 MAX, according to the Australian Broadcasting Company. | The MAX, first put into service in …
(2019-06-24). Supreme Court to Postpone Analysis of Lula's Habeas Corpus. plenglish.com 24 de junio de 2019, 15: 14Brasilia, June 24 (Prensa Latina) The Federal Supreme Court (STF) will postpone the habeas corpus trial for the freedom of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, scheduled for Tuesday, according to what journalist Monica Bergamo published tMonday in the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.
(2019-06-24). Brazil: Supreme Court Postpones Review of Lula's Habeas Corpus. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (SFT) has decided to delay former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's Habeas Corpus Trial. The hearing which was supposed to examine Lula's defense request for his freedom, and was initially scheduled to start Tuesday. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro: Car Wash Exposé Is 'Gay Plot' Against Gov't | According to Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo, STF judge, Gilmar Mendes, said the case will be postponed for the second semester of the year because of a l…
(2019-06-24). "Somebody Is Going to Die": Lawyer Describes Chaos, Illness & Danger at Migrant Child Jail in Texas. democracynow.org 
Outrage is mounting over a shocking Associated Press report published late last week revealing that at least 250 migrant infants, children and teenagers have been locked up for nearly a month without adequate food, water or sanitation at a Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, near the city of El Paso. Lawyers who visited the facility described a scene of chaos and sickness, with children unable to shower or change into clean clothes for weeks on end. The AP report came the same week that the Trump administration argued in federal court that the government is not required to provide toothbrushes, soap or beds to…
(2019-06-24). Chaos, Illness and Danger Pervade Migrant Child Jail in Texas. truthout.org Outrage is mounting over a shocking Associated Press report published late last week revealing that at least 250 migrant infants, children and teenagers have been locked up for nearly a month without adequate food, water or sanitation at a Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, near the city of El Paso. Lawyers who visited the facility described a scene of chaos and sickness, with children unable to shower or change into clean clothes for weeks on end. The AP report came the same week that the Trump administration argued in federal court that the government is not required to provide toothbrushes, soap or beds…
(2019-06-24). New Zealand neo-Nazi jailed for 21 months for sharing video of mosque shootings. wsws.org The trial was a test case for anti-democratic legislation that can and will be used to suppress mounting social opposition from the working class.
(2019-06-24). Japanese-American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids at WWII Prison Camp. democracynow.org 
Democracy Now! was there when five Japanese-American elders, survivors of U.S. internment camps, engaged in civil disobedience Saturday outside the Fort Sill Army post in Oklahoma, where the Trump administration plans to indefinitely detain 1,400 immigrant and refugee children starting next month. Fort Sill was an internment camp for 700 Japanese-American men in 1942. It was one of more than 70 sites where the U.S. government incarcerated about 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, including one of 14 U.S. Army bases. President Obama first used Fort Sill in 2014 to detain migrant children seeking asylum…
(2019-06-24). Japanese-American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids. truthout.org Five Japanese-American elders, survivors of U.S. internment camps, engaged in civil disobedience Saturday outside the Fort Sill Army post in Oklahoma, where the Trump administration plans to indefinitely detain 1,400 immigrant and refugee children starting next month. Fort Sill was an internment camp for 700 Japanese-American men in 1942. It was one of more than 70 sites where the U.S. government incarcerated about 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, including one of 14 U.S. Army bases. President Obama first used Fort Sill in 2014 to detain migrant children seeking asylum from violence in Central A…
(2019-06-24). Former IAAF chief to go on trial for corruption, money laundering. cgtn.com 
Lamine Diack [Gallo Images]Former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack will be tried in France for graft and money laundering, judicial sources said on Monday. | The trial will commence after a four-year investigation into doping cover-ups, extortion and bribe-taking in world athletics. | Diack and his son Papa Massata were last month formally accused by financial prosecutors of a host of illicit doings during his time with the world athletics organization. | Money laundering alone carries a jail term of up to 10 years. | Diack led the IAAF from 1999-2015, and wa…
(2019-06-24). Ola Bini, Privacy Activist and Julian Assange Friend, Speaks Out After Release from Ecuadorian Jail. democracynow.org 
Last week, an Ecuadorian judge ordered the release of Swedish programmer and data privacy activist Ola Bini, who spent more than two months in jail without charge. Bini is a friend of WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange. He was arrested in Quito on the same day that Assange was forcibly taken by British authorities from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. We speak with Ola Bini in Quito, where he remains under investigation for allegedly hacking the Ecuadorian government. He says, "Through the whole process, 70 days in prison, and all of the days since, we've been asking the prosecution to tell us what it is I have don…
(2019-06-24). Former police officer sentenced to prison for excessive force and obstruction. nationofchange.org A former Massachusetts police officer was recently sentenced to more than a year in federal prison after breaking a man's nose without legal justification and lying in his report of the incident in order to obstruct an investigation into the assault. Earlier this year, a jury found the ex-cop guilty of one count of deprivation of rights under color of law and one count of falsification of a document. | On April 3, 2017, the victim, Nickolas Peters, was reportedly sitting on a bench in the Hadley Police Department booking area when Hadley Police Officer Christopher Roeder suddenly struck Peters in the face with…
(2019-06-24). Cop Caught on Body Cam Arresting a Man for Talking. therealnews.com 
The illegal arrest by a Baltimore City cop has lead to charges of false imprisonment and misconduct, but also reveals a deep-rooted reason why police seek to silence critics…
(2019-06-24). UN Human Rights Head Visits Venezuela, Meets Maduro and Guaido. venezuelanalysis.com Michelle Bachelet commented on access to food and medicine, allegations of political prisoners, and the impact of sanctions, among other issues.
(2019-06-24). Alleged Threat against Jorge Glas Raises Requests for Prison Transfer. plenglish.com Quito, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) A video threatening the life of former Ecuadorian President Jorge Glas, broadcast from the Latacunga prison, where he is serving time for alleged illegal association, has raised requests to transfer him to another prison.
(2019-06-24). International Jurists Manifesto Calls for Lula's Release. plenglish.com 24 de junio de 2019, 15: 18Brasilia, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) At least 13 international lawyers and jurists have described on Monday former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as a political prisoner, asked for his sentence annulment and for being released as well.
(2019-06-23). Are Immigration Detention Centers Concentration Camps? therealnews.com 
Aviva Chomsky discusses the reality of refugees coming to the U.S in light of the controversial statement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that refugees are kept in concentration camps…
(2019-06-23). 400+ 737 MAX pilots sue Boeing over 'unprecedented cover-up' that led to crashes & grounding. rt.com 
A class-action lawsuit against Boeing reportedly accuses the US aviation giant of covering up the faulty sensor issue and keeping pilots in the dark about the feature in the pursuit of quick returns.
(2019-06-23). 'Shameful' number of people sent to prison in England and Wales, report says. thecanary.co More people are being sent to prison in England and Wales every year than anywhere else in western Europe, figures branded as "shameful" have suggested.The rate of people being sent to prison in England and Wales is around twice as high as Germany and roughly three times that of Italy and Spain, the Prison Reform Trust found.This amounted to more than 140,000 admissions into prison in England and Wales in 2017, the most recent year data is available for.The trust's analysis suggests there are nearly 240 prison admissions for every 100,000 people in the England and Wales each year.It blamed an "addiction to impris…
(2019-06-22). Et tu, Ilhan? Twitter goes bananas as Omar explains why detention centers are 'concentration camps'. rt.com 
Rep. Ilhan Omar has argued that US immigrant detention centers fit the definition of concentration camps, eliciting both applause and eye-rolling on social media as debate over immigration continues to polarize the country.
(2019-06-22). In Venezuela, Bachelet calls on Government to release prisoners, appeals for 'bold steps towards compromise'. un.org Speaking at the end of the first-ever official mission to Venezuela by a UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet called on the Government to release all those detained for peacefully protesting and announced that a team from her office would remain in Caracas to monitor the human rights situation.
(2019-06-21). NAACP Invites Detroit and Surrounding Cities Residents to 110th National Convention Events. naacp.org 
NAACP Experience Hall, Health Pavilion and Career Fair to headline free events at Convention. BALTIMORE‚ÄØ— Families, students, professionals and residents of Detroit, MI and surrounding areas are invited to attend the NAACP Experience taking place Saturday, July 20 through Tuesday, July 23. Hosted at the COBO Center, hundreds of partners, companies, civic organizations, and vendors …
(2019-06-21). In Guantánamo Case, U.S. Government Says It Can Indefinitely Detain Anyone — Even U.S. Citizens. theintercept.com 
The Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Moath al-Alwi, in which the government has made some eyebrow-raising claims about detention and rendition.
(2019-06-21). Billionaires Can Buy Sex and Not Go to Jail. Why Can't You? therealnews.com 
A new law introduced in New York state would decriminalize all sex work, but it faces pushback from the NY National Organization of Women and others groups. The law follows in the wake of last year's FOSTA SESTA, which has negatively impacted sex workers and online free speech advocates…
(2019-06-21). Human Rights Lawyer Condemns Canada's Support For Honduras's Repressive Regime (2/2). therealnews.com 
Prisilla Alvarado, a lawyer acting for imprisoned human rights defender Edwin Espinal, condemns Canadian support for the regime of Juan Orlando Hernandez…
(2019-06-21). Brian Mier on Brazilian Political Scandal. fair.org 
The Brazilian anti-corruption crusade, called Car Wash or Lava Jato, that put popular ex-president Lula da Silva in prison and paved the way for fascist president Jair Bolsanaro—all while being celebrated in the US corporate press—was actually, as critics contended, less interested in corruption than in keeping Lula's Workers Party out of power.
(2019-06-21). This Palestinian Activist Got Swept Up in the War on Terror. Decades Later, ICE Tried to Secretly Deport Him to Israel. theintercept.com 
Abdelhaleem Ashqar was targeted in a trifecta of post-9/11 prosecutions. He spent 11 years in federal prison before ending up in ICE's custody.
(2019-06-21). Crackdown on Christians in Eritrea spurs UN expert to press Government 'to live up to its international commitments'. un.org Cracking down on Catholic Church activities, arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of Orthodox and other Christian congregation members in Eritrea, prompted a call from a UN independent rights expert on Friday for the Government to respect citizens' freedom of religion and to "release those who have been imprisoned for their religious beliefs".
(2019-06-20). Sudan's Military Is Killing Pro-Democracy Protesters. Trump Doesn't Care — but We Should. theintercept.com 
A group of Sudanese women protest against the military junta in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 26, 2019. | at least 100 young civil rights protesters were shot or bludgeoned to death in Khartoum; many of their bodies were tossed into the Nile River. Hundreds of other protesters were shot or critically injured. Experts believe that at least 70 women
(2019-06-20). Supreme Court Undermines Religious Neutrality In Permitting Giant Governmental Cross. aclu.org The decision ignores our constitutional commitment to official religious neutrality. | Today, the Supreme Court announced that a governmental display of a 40-foot-tall Latin cross as a war memorial for all veterans does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The decision ignores our constitutional commitment to official religious neutrality and is a slap in the face to non-Christian veterans.
(2019-06-20). Morsi's Legacy: Unlikely Democrat, Reluctant Martyr. dissidentvoice.org 
Morsi surrounded by his minders Mohamed Morsi (1951—2019) was the fifth President of Egypt (30 June 2012 to 3 July 2013), deposed by General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in a coup d'état July 3, 2013. In his last words, Morsi accused the government of "assassinating" him through years of poor prison conditions. Morsi is survived by …
(2019-06-19). Stacey Abrams to Speak at Clarence Mitchell Luncheon during NAACP's 110th National Convention. naacp.org The Honorable Stacey Abrams will speak on the importance of ending voter suppression during the annual NAACP Convention in Detroit BALTIMORE — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's foremost civil rights organization, has announced that politician, lawyer and author Stacey Abrams will be speaking at the prestigious Clarence Mitchell …
(2019-06-19). Headlines for June 19, 2019. democracynow.org Shanahan Withdraws from Defense Sec. Consideration over Domestic Violence Past, U.N. Finds "Credible Evidence" of MBS's Responsibility in Khashoggi Murder, U.S. Excludes Saudi Arabia from List of Countries Using Child Soldiers, DOJ Intervenes to Keep Paul Manafort Out of Rikers, Trump Taps Anti-Muslim Katharine Gorka for CBP Press Sec., Acting Head of USCIS Tells Agency Staff to Crack Down on "Frivolous" Asylum Claims, AOC Calls Immigration Prisons "Concentration Camps", AOC Calls Out Amazon's Poor Labor Practices, Gunmen Kill At Least 40 People in Mali Amid Mounting Ethnic Conflict, Trump Launches 2020 President…