Kelley B. Vlahos (2021-10-16). The Guantanamo Detention Center: Men 'Cleared' for Release from GITMO is a Cruel, Twisted Joke. globalresearch.ca …
Staff (2021-10-16). Armed activist shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during Kenosha riot sues city, county & police for 'conspiring with vigilantes'. rt.com 
Gage Grosskreutz, one of the armed activists shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during last year's riots in Kenosha, is blaming the authorities and police in the Wisconsin city for his injuries and is seeking monetary compensation. | In the Grosskreutz alleged that l…
Editor (2021-10-16). Protest works! Turkish political prisoner is freed on bail but still faces trial with over 100 other leaders and activists of the left-wing HDP. mronline.org 
PETER TATCHELL and ERIC LEE shine a light on the case of Cihan Erdal, a trade union, peace and LGBTI+ campaigner, who faces trumped-up charges in one of Turkey's biggest mass trials.
Staff (2021-10-15). Headlines for October 15, 2021. democracynow.org Bomb Attack on Mosque in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province Kills at Least 32, Lebanon Holds Day of Mourning After Beirut Violence Leaves Seven Dead, U.K. and EU Nations Block COVID Vaccine Patent Waiver at World Trade Organization, FDA Panel Recommends Moderna Vaccine Boosters for Some Groups, Biden Welcomes Kenyan President Kenyatta Amid Pandora Papers Scandal, Chilean Lawmakers Move to Impeach President Piñera over Pandora Papers Revelations, African Asylum Seekers File Civil Rights Complaint Against ICE Over "Cruel, Inhumane" Restraints, House Memo Shines Spotlight on Police Use of Tear Gas, a Chemical Banned in…
Sara Flounders (2021-10-15). Cape Verde, nearing designation as human rights abuser, criticized heavily by UN. workers.org 
The following is a statement from the International Action Center. The United Nations has put Cape Verde on notice: the torture, arbitrary detention and violations inflicted on Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab must stop, and the government has been asked to explain itself. Free Alex Saab benefit concert, Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. . . . |
Fight Back (2021-10-15). Free Carmen Villalba! Paraguay illegally detaining political prisoner. fightbacknews.org The Paraguayan government is illegally detaining Carmen Villalba despite her completion of all prison sentences. Carmen Villalba is a political prisoner under arbitrary detention. This violation of the law by Paraguayan officials is a continuation of the vendetta, often deadly, against her and her family. | Carmen Villalba was arrested in 2004 for her revolutionary activities as a member of the Patria Libre (PL) party. Villalba was part of the struggle against the repressive Stroessner government – a bloody dictatorship, fully supported by the United States. Stroessner harshly repressed workers, peasant and indig…
Staff (2021-10-15). A Death Trap? As 12th Prisoner Dies at NYC's Rikers Island, Calls Grow to Close World's Largest Jail. democracynow.org 
We take an in-depth look at the growing humanitarian crisis at the world's largest jail complex, Rikers Island in New York City. After touring the jail, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams describes it as "a disaster." In response to mounting public pressure, most of the women and transgender people at Rikers are being transferred to two prisons, including a maximum-security facility, even as most are still awaiting trial. "It's like putting a Band-Aid on a gunshot wound," says Anisah Sabur, who was formerly incarcerated at Rikers and one of the prisons and is…
sputniknews (2021-10-15). Former FBI Deputy Director Fired During Trump Administration Wins Back Pension. sputniknews.com Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has won back his full pension and other benefits after settling a lawsuit with the US Justice Department — more than three years after being booted from the Trump administration just hours before he was scheduled to retire, his lawyers announced Thursday.
_____ (2021-10-15). The Haitian Migration Crisis: Made in the U.S.A. strategic-culture.org 
By Ashley SMITH | Through his administration's recent policies towards Haiti and Haitian migrants, President Joe Biden is carrying out a crime against humanity. Unfortunately, this represents continuity in a decades-long, bi-partisan policy toward Haiti. | Biden recently ordered the breakup of a camp of 15,000 mainly Black Haitian migrants under a border bridge in Del Rio, Texas. The migrants—many of whom had traveled thousands of miles—had fled to the U.S. in the hopes of being granted asylum from the horrific oppression and exploitation they face in Haiti, Chile, Brazil, and other states in the regi…
_____ (2021-10-15). Scheer Intelligence: Brave Boys Who Helped End The Vietnam War. popularresistance.org Decades after the end of the Vietnam War, the impact on both Vietnam and the United States is still felt. Yet few Americans are aware that the conflict, which killed several million people, ended in large part thanks to the anti-war movement made up of, among others, 570,000 Americans that refused to be drafted to fight a war that many saw as immoral even then. Among those, 3,250 draft resisters—many of whom considered themselves conscientious objectors—were punished with up to five years in prison, including the anti-war activist and journalist David Harris. These valiant young men from a wide range…
_____ (2021-10-15). Free Julian Assange: The Belmarsh Tribunal Comes To London. popularresistance.org Inspired by the famous Russell-Sartre people's tribunal, the Belmarsh Tribunal places the War on Terror on trial and holds the US government accountable for its war crimes. It is named for the London prison that has held Assange in permanent confinement for the last two years, as he faces extradition to the US, whose government plotted his assassination. The Belmarsh Tribunal will hold its first physical proceedings in London on the 22 of October 2021 at the Convocation Hall, Church House, Westminster, which was used for sittings of parliament during the Second World War. | The Belmarsh Tribunal will gather leadi…
Rick Rozoff (2021-10-15). Saakashvili calls on emigrants to return to Georgia by the end of month "for a decisive battle" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Saakashvili calls on emigrants to return to Georgia by the end of month 'for a decisive battle' Former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has released a letter from Rustavi Prison No. 12 earlier today and asked emigrants to return to Georgia 'for a week, by the end of the month' to take part in a …
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A year has passed since The federal complaint made international headlines after advocates filed it with the…