Staff (2021-10-27). White Nationalists on Trial in Charlottesville over Deadly Rally After Victims Sued Under KKK Act. democracynow.org Four years after the deadly white supremacist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a federal civil trial charges the organizers with an unlawful conspiracy to commit violent acts. Defendants include Jason Kessler, the main organizer, and Richard Spencer, a white nationalist who spoke at the event. Neo-Nazi James Alex Fields, who slammed his car into a crowd of antiracist counterprotesters during the rally and killed activist Heather Heyer, has already been sentenced to life in prison. Plaintiffs in the case cite the careful advance planning done in online chatrooms to wreak irreparable harm. We l…

ecns.cn (2021-10-27). U.S. has notorious records on arbitrary detention: Chinese envoy. ecns.cn The United States has notorious records with regard to arbitrary detention and the Meng Wanzhou incident is a typical case of arbitrary detention, Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations.

ecns.cn (2021-10-27). Washington should stop politicizing market economy rules. ecns.cn Common sense teaches that a market economy always features openness, fairness and the principle of non-discrimination.However, in recent years, those rules have been largely abused by the United States as a political tool to rake in self-interests in global competition.

Staff (2021-10-27). Lawyer Steven Donziger, Who Sued Chevron over "Amazon Chernobyl," Ordered to Prison After House Arrest. democracynow.org The environmental and human rights lawyer Steven Donziger joins us just before he is ordered to report to jail today, after a years-long legal battle with the oil company Chevron and 813 days of house arrest. In 2011, Donziger won an $18 billion settlement against Chevron on behalf of 30,000 Indigenous people in Ecuador for dumping 16 billion gallons of oil into their ancestral land in the Amazon. Since the landmark case, Donziger has faced a series of legal attacks from Chevron and a New York federal judge, who has employed a private law firm linked to the oil company to prosecute him. Earlier this month, he was…

Ann Brown (2021-10-26). Fact Check: Did Al Sharpton Spy And Become An FBI Informant To Entrap Boxing Promoter Don King? moguldom.com Civil rights activist and Baptist preacher Rev. Al Sharpton was not only protesting the government to end discriminatory practices but also working for the government as an FBI informant in the 1980s. This came to light in 2014 when unsealed FBI documents finally forced Sharpton to admit to his role working as a spy. During …

jsgold1 (2021-10-26). Supreme Court considers asylum claim decided under quashed fast track rules. ukhumanrightsblog.com In 2015, the Court of Appeal found that the fast-track procedure rules for appeals against the refusal of some types of asylum claim (the FTR) was "structurally unfair, unjust and ultra vires" (R (Detention Action) v First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) [2015] EWCA Civ 840; [2015] 1 WLR 5341, known as DA6). The Court …

jsgold1 (2021-10-26). Supreme Court considers asylum claim decided under quashed fast track rules. ukhumanrightsblog.com In 2015, the Court of Appeal found that the fast-track procedure rules for appeals against the refusal of some types of asylum claim (the FTR) was "structurally unfair, unjust and ultra vires" (R (Detention Action) v First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) [2015] EWCA Civ 840; [2015] 1 WLR 5341, known as DA6). The Court …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-25). Mass protests in Sudan after military dissolves transitional government and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at protests in Sudan following a military-led coup, the transfer of jailed Indian activist Gautam Navlakha to a high security barrack, and more…

Staff (2021-10-25). Headlines for October 25, 2021. democracynow.org Sudanese Military Dissolves Transitional Gov't, Detains Prime Minister in Coup, "Facebook Papers" Reveal How Co. Fueled Violence in India, Facebook's Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection, "Stop the Steal" Organizers Say GOP Lawmakers, Trump Staffers Involved in Planning Jan. 6 Rallies, Israel Designates Palestinian Human Rights Orgs as "Terrorist" Groups, Turkey's Erdogan Orders 10 Western Ambassadors Expelled over Support for Jailed Dissident, U.N. Fears Possible "Mass Atrocity Crimes" in Burma as Troops Mobilize, Refugees in Libya Camp Outside U.N. Office to Demand Evacuation, Barbados Elects First-Ever President to Rep…

Staff (2021-10-25). Rep. Ro Khanna, Grandson of Activist Jailed with Gandhi Movement, Decries Facebook's Role in India. democracynow.org A consortium of 17 news outlets is examining the "Facebook Papers," a trove of internal documents turned over to federal regulators by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen that sheds new light on the social media giant's role in spreading misinformation and polarizing content. The documents reveal most of Facebook's efforts to combat online hate are focused on the United States, even though 90% of users are outside the country. A test account set up by Facebook managers to represent an average young adult user in India quickly became flooded with Hindu nationalist propaganda, anti-Muslim hate speech and inciteme…

WSWS (2021-10-25). Supreme Court doubles down to shield abusive police officers from misconduct lawsuits. wsws.org In two recent cases the Supreme Court delivered 9-0 orders upholding so-called qualified immunity to shield police and detention facility officers from excessive-force claims and other constitutional lawsuits.

Staff (2021-10-25). Free Julian Assange: Snowden, Varoufakis, Corbyn & Tariq Ali Speak Out Ahead of Extradition Hearing. democracynow.org As jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces an extradition hearing Wednesday in London, supporters gathered Friday for the Belmarsh Tribunal, named for the Belmarsh maximum security prison where Assange is being held. The mock trial highlighted major WikiLeaks revelations of U.S. war crimes and demanded Assange's freedom. Assange faces up to 175 years in prison in the U.S. under the Espionage Act for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes. Though a British judge blocked his extradition in January, the U.S. appealed the decision. We feature speakers from the tribunal, including writer Tariq…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-25). Indian activist Gautam Navlakha shifted to high-security barrack. peoplesdispatch.org The health of the 70-year-old activist has deteriorated following the move. Prison authorities are now denying the family and his lawyer phone calls with him on the pretext that inmates can now be met in jail physically…

_____ (2021-10-25). Double Standard For Jessica Reznicek And Energy Transfer Partners. popularresistance.org Jessica Reznicek was sentenced to eight years in federal prison, ordered to pay millions in fines and labeled a terrorist by the government for her actions of civil disobedience that damaged the equipment of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is owned by Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) a $54 billion dollar corporation that also co-owns the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. When ETP intentionally and illegally damaged the private property of hundreds of people in Louisiana, the company received no criminal consequences at all. | Both actors damaged private property. Jessica Reznicek was labeled a do…

Adam Trumper (2021-10-25). Prisoner rights activists take aim at government negligence. greenleft.org.au Family of prisoners and prison advocates want the NSW government's negligence in dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons to end. Adam Trumper reports.