(2022-12-25). Mayor of El Paso refusing to let undocumented immigrant children in Convention cot shelter. indybay.org When an adult parent is put in prison, the jailers don't throw the children in prison with their parent. The authorities put the children into foster care. In Texas, where the Mayor is refusing entry to the Convention center cot shelter for migrants, he is leaving out in the cold migrants with no immigration papers, he is leaving their babies and small children out in the cold with the parents. That is wrong. The children should immediately be put into foster care, not punished for illegal immigration by being left out in the freezing cold with their parents. The children did not chose to break any immigration la…
(2022-12-25). A call from Palestine: Take action for the freedom of Ahmad Sa'adat and Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net 
We urge all friends and supporters of Palestine to read the following statement, first issued in Arabic by the Handala Center for Prisoners and Former Prisoners, and join us to take action this January 14-24, 2023 to free Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners! Visit our resource page for posters, flyers, graphics and materials to …
(2022-12-24). Lawsuits Against Plastic Industry Could Exceed $20 Billion in Damages by 2030. truthout.org Thanks to new legal pathways, people around the world could sue plastics manufacturers for damages totalling more than $20 billion by 2030, with most lawsuits originating in the U.S., according to a new study. The report, published by the Australian Minderoo Foundation, estimates that the plastics industry is costing society around $100 billion annually in environmental clean-ups… |
(2022-12-24). Iran Supreme Court accepts rapper Yasin's appeal against death sentence. tribune.com.pk 
Iran's Supreme Court has accepted the death sentence appeal of rapper Saman Seydi Yasin even as it confirmed a death sentence against another protestor, the country's judiciary said on Saturday. | Yasin, a Kurd who raps about inequality, oppression and unemployment, had been accused of attempting to kill security forces, setting a rubbish bin on fire and shooting three times into the air, charges which he denied. | Yasin's mother last week pleaded in a video for help to save her son. "Where in the world have you seen a loved one's life is taken for a trash bin?" she said in the video posted on social media.
(2022-12-24). The Holidays are the Most Painful Time of the Year to be Behind Bars. scheerpost.com Every holiday season, prisoners suffer spikes in suicides, violence, and depression. Eddie Conway, who spent 44 years locked up, explains what people on the outside can do to help.
(2022-12-24). Riyadh sentences prominent Shia cleric to 4 years in prison. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) — Saudi Arabia has sentenced prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Kazem al-Omari to four years in prison, as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown on members of the religious community.
(2022-12-24). 14-24 January 2023: International Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian Prisoners — Action Call and Materials. samidoun.net 
(2022-12-24). Justice Sues "True the Vote" Vigilantes. dissidentvoice.org Finally. The Department of Justice has finally taken on 'True the Vote', the right-wing group behind the wrongful challenge of hundreds of thousands of legal Georgia voters. True the Vote challenges were the central subject of the film Vigilante, Georgia's Vote Suppression Hitman created by the Palast Investigative Fund team. I know what you're thinking: …