(2021-11-26). Tamil refugee finally released into community detention after being locked up for 12 years. greenleft.org.au Chloe DS reports that Sivaguru "Rajan" Navanitharasa, who endured one of the longest periods inside Australia's detention centres, was finally released into community detention on November 25.
(2021-11-26). Blockade Australia activist given 12 months' jail for climate protest. greenleft.org.au Sergio Herbert was sentenced to 12 months' jail for taking non-violent direct action as part of Blockade Australia's mobilisation against coal. Kathy Fairfax reports.
(2021-11-26). American Released from Myanmar Was Part of US Regime-Change Machine. newatlas.report November 26, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — The Western media announced that American citizen Danny Fenster was freed from prison in Myanmar and allowed to leave the Southeast Asian nation in mid November after negotiations between American politician Bill Richardson and Myanmar's government. Reuters in its article, "US journalist freed in Myanmar, says he is …
(2021-11-25). All three of Ahmaud Arbery's killers found guilty of murder. wsws.org All three men were convicted of murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and criminal intent to commit a felony. They face a minimum sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole.
(2021-11-25). Tampa protest demands justice for Rittenhouse victims. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – At least 40 people gathered November 21 on a busy intersection off Hillsborough Avenue in East Tampa Florida to demand justice for the victims of right-wing vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse. Only days before, in a sham trial, Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges stemming from his rampage in Kenosha in August of 2020. The crowd chanted "How do you spell racist? K-Y-L-E" and "No justice, no peace, vigilantes get off our streets." | Uniting around the demand to throw Rittenhouse in jail, the event was organized by the Tampa Bay Community Action Committee and Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Soci…
(2021-11-25). Thanksgiving glorifies the abhorrent colonization of Indigenous Peoples. mronline.org From Columbus Day to Independence Day to Thanksgiving, the U.S. pretty much specializes in taking dates that celebrate genocide and discrimination, and repackaging them as family-friendly holidays.
(2021-11-25). Samidoun mourns the passing of comrade Samah Idriss, Lebanese Arab revolutionary intellectual. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network mourns the passing of comrade Samah Idriss this evening, 25 November, in Beirut. Samah Idriss was committed throughout his life, until his last moments, to the liberation of Palestine, the Arab people and the people of the world. He was a writer, publisher, editor, thinker, editor-in-chief of Al-Adab magazine and […] | The article
(2021-11-25). Imprisoned Assange could get married by New Year. rt.com Julian Assange and his fiancée Stella Moris have formally registered their intention to get married in maximum security Belmarsh prison, where the Wikileaks co-founder is being held. | Read more | | "Today we notified our intention to marry. It will take at least 28 days for that to be cleared. We don't have a date planned yet because it will depend on the authorities. It could be as soon as before the New Year," Moris told journalists on Wednesday after visit…
(2021-11-25). Israel military 'pimped' correctional officers to terrorists — prison chief. rt.com Allegations that female Israeli prison guards were left vulnerable to sexual assaults by suspected terrorists in an attempt to gain leverage and coax confessions have been reignited by a prison commander. | Speaking on Wednesday to an Israeli government panel, Gilboa Prison commander Freddy Ben Shitrit appeared to confirm reports from 2018 that women serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were put at risk of sexual assault in an effort to extract confessions from Palestinian terrorism suspects. | The commander said the prison bosses had "pimped soldiers" and "handed over female soldiers to terrorists for s…
(2021-11-25). Leonard Peltier may finally get out of prison after more than 4 decades. mronline.org Peltier has served about four-and-a-half decades in prison for a crime—the killing of two FBI agents in a 1975 gun battle at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota—that even his erstwhile prosecutor now admits that Peltier did not commit.
(2021-11-25). Wednesday 12/22: America's Youngest Voters: Catalysts for Change and Targets of Suppression. indybay.org Online event…