2021-11-14: News Headlines

Staff (2021-11-14). The Book 'Letters of Alex Saab from Kidnapping' to be Given for Free to FILVEN 2021 Attendees (+ Pro-Saab Street Mobilizations Throughout North America Scheduled for Monday). orinocotribune.com The book Letters of Alex Saab from Kidnapping, which describes Saab's torture and plight during his illegal detention in Cape Verde, as well as his love for the people of Venezuela and support for its government, will be given away to attendees this Sunday, November 14, at the International Book Fair of Venezuela (FILVEN). The book fair is being held in Caracas, at the Federal Legislative Palace, which is the headquarters of the National Assembly of Venezuela. | As part of the programed activities for FILVEN 2021, Alex Saab's wife, Camilla Fabri, will attend a press conference scheduled to begin at 11: 00 a.m (Car…

Staff (2021-11-14). Trump attacks Congress' 'subversion of justice' while US 'is going to hell'. rt.com Former President Donald Trump has blasted the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot, saying "American patriots" will not "allow this subversion of justice" to continue. | The former president once again blasted the House investigation into January 6, with a Sunday statement asking why that "protest" continues to be investigated, but those who "violently burned down and took over Democrat-run cities" are not, referring to 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in cities like Portland, Oregon. | "If anybody was near the Capitol waving an American flag" on January 6, Trump claims, "they've had…

Staff (2021-11-14). Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell speaks to press for first time since arrest. rt.com Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who faces a possible life sentence for her involvement with the pedophile millionaire, has spoken out for the first time about her conditions in prison, claiming she has been abused. | Speaking to the Daily Mail from her cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, Maxwell called her incarceration a "living hell," claiming she had been kept in solitary confinement, deprived of sleep, and fed rotten food. | "I have been assaulted and abused for almost a year and a half," she said. She further alleged she was not allowed to exercise or have the lig…

Brian Williams (2021-11-13). Guantánamo trial exposes brutality of CIA torture. themilitant.com In testimony before a sentencing jury of eight senior military officers Oct. 28, Majid Khan read a statement in court detailing his personal experiences being tortured by the CIA. Khan has been imprisoned for 15 years by the U.S. government at its notorious military facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which it occupies against the will of the Cuban people. | "I thought I was going to die," Khan said, describing the various torture techniques he was subjected to, including beatings, sexual assaults, being chained naked from a ceiling beam for long periods, starved, doused repeatedly with ice water to keep him awake…

Fight Back (2021-11-13). Free Alex Saab, Venezuela Diplomat, Jailed by U.S. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CSFR). | The Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CSFR) is calling on people to join a rally to "Free Alex Saab Now!" on Monday, November 15. Alex Saab is a good man who has done nothing wrong, only opposed U.S. sanctions and aggression against Venezuela. It is the U.S. government and President Joe Biden who should be put on trial for their ongoing harassment of Venezuela's democratic and popular Bolivarian Revolution. | Rally, Monday, Nov. 15, 9: 30 a.m. EST | Miami Federal Courthouse, 400 North Miami Ave | Miam…

MEE staff (2021-11-13). Iran: Husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ends 21-day hunger strike. middleeasteye.net Iran: Husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ends 21-day hunger strike | Richard Ratcliffe ends latest attempt to persuade UK to secure wife's release, saying their daughter "needs two parents" | Sat, 11/13/2021 – 13: 55 | Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of jailed British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, ends his hunger strike outside the UK Foreign Office on 13 November, 2021 after 21 days (Reuters)…

Joris Leverink (2021-11-13). The "forgotten fight" for prison abolition in France. roarmag.org Abandoned prison in Avignon, France. Jef Wodniack / Shutterstock.com | When I saw that Jaccques Lesage de La Haye had a new book called

_____ (2021-11-13). Nicaragua Has A Public Relations Problem. popularresistance.org Managua, Nicaragua – US President Joe Biden hectored Nicaragua about their November 7 elections accusing them of "a pantomime election that was neither free nor fair, and most certainly not democratic." Three days earlier, the US lavished a $650mil arms deal on Saudi Arabia, a monarchy where they don't even pretend to have elections for higher office. Clearly more than democracy is at issue with the US offensive against Nicaragua. | At issue is what Biden described as "the arbitrary imprisonment of nearly 40 opposition figures since May, including seven potential presidential candidates." An objective investigati…

WSWS (2021-11-13). Trials begin of former SS guard and secretary at Stutthof concentration camp. wsws.org As in earlier trials, most of the joint plaintiffs are less concerned that the defendants, who are now very old, should receive a heavy sentence and go to prison, than that the brutal crimes of the Nazi regime should come before the courts and be condemned.

teleSUR (2021-11-13). Ecuador: New Prison Riot Leaves 68 Slaughtered Prisoners. telesurenglish.net In Ecuador, At least 68 inmates died Saturday in a new bloodbath at a prison in Guayaquil. | RELATED: | The revolt took over the Guayas 1 prison, where 119 inmates had previously suffered a cruel death with beheadings and burnings in September. | Guayas governor Pablo Arosemena indicated that the new clashes broke out on Friday night when one of the groups invaded a cellblock to kill members of the opposing group…

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