Staff (2022-01-17). Poroshenko returns to Ukraine, faces prosecution for 'treason'. rt.com Ukraine's former president could be sent to jail after scheduled courtroom appearance | Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, declared wanted last month for a number of serious crimes, including high treason, has flown back to Kiev in time for a court hearing that could see him remanded in custody. | Poroshenko, who led Ukraine from 2014 to 2019, left the country last month around the same time a summons was issued for his interrogation. He is being investigated over his alleged involvement in the funding of separatist fighters in the Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, through the illegal sale of coal. This,…

PART (2022-01-17). Thursday 1/20: 'My Mother's Experience': Author Toby Asai Loftus on WWII Japanese American Incarceration. indybay.org Online event…

Nihonmachi Outreach Committee of San Jose (2022-01-17). Saturday 2/19: San Jose Day of Remembrance: 80th Anniversary EO 9066 WWII Japanese American Incarceration. indybay.org Virtual/online remembrance program…

sputniknews (2022-01-17). Netanyahu Mulls Plea Bargain But What Will it Mean for Israel's Political Scene? sputniknews.com According to reports, the former prime minister would evade a prison if a plea bargain ends up being reached. For now, the main friction revolves around the charge of moral turpitude, an official declaration that would bar the 72-year old leader from politics for the next seven years.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-17). Enduring stain: Guantánamo military prison turns 20. greenleft.org.au The first prisoners of the "War on Terror" — declared by US president George W Bush — began arriving at Camp X-Ray prison at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on January 11, 2002, writes Binoy Kampmark.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-16). Dual national Adelkhah retuned to prison for violating rules. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) — Secretary of Iranian Judiciary's Human Rights Council has said Iranian-French citizen Fariba Adelkhah has been jailed again after violating the limits of house arrest many times.

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-01-16). Monday 1/17: Civil Rights Through Art and Music w/ MoAD. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…

Martina Burtscher (2022-01-16). Even After Release, Guantánamo Survivors Live Under Surveillance and in Anguish. truthout.org It is a sad fact that it requires a major anniversary, two decades on from the arrival of the first prisoners in hoods and orange jumpsuits at Guantánamo Bay's Camp X-Ray prison, for the media and the U.S. public to pay attention to Guantánamo and the The 741 men who have been released have been almost entirely forgotten by the public. The truth i…

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-01-16). Monday 1/17: Civil Rights Through Art and Music w/ MoAD. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…

Martina Burtscher (2022-01-16). Even After Release, Guantánamo Survivors Live Under Surveillance and in Anguish. truthout.org It is a sad fact that it requires a major anniversary, two decades on from the arrival of the first prisoners in hoods and orange jumpsuits at Guantánamo Bay's Camp X-Ray prison, for the media and the U.S. public to pay attention to Guantánamo and the The 741 men who have been released have been almost entirely forgotten by the public. The truth i…

It's Going Down (2022-01-15). Movement, Rebellion, Repression: Lexis Figuereo of Saratoga Springs Black Lives Matter. itsgoingdown.org On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we speak with Lexis Figuereo of Saratoga Springs Black Lives Matter in New York. We talk about how the George Floyd movement exploded on the streets there, how an occupation outside of a local police station played out over a week, clashes with the Proud Boys…

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-01-15). Monday 1/17: Civil Rights Through Art and Music w/ MoAD. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-15). Enduring Stain: The Guantánamo Military Prison Turns Twenty. dissidentvoice.org Anniversaries for detention centres, concentration camps and torture facilities are not the relishable calendar events in the canon of human worth. But not remembering them, when they were used, and how they continue being used, would be unpardonable amnesia. On January 11, 2002, the first prisoners of the absurdly named "War on Terror", declared with …

Sasha Abramsky (2022-01-15). Djokovic Is Obnoxious, But His Story Highlights Cruelty of Australian Detention. truthout.org Tennis player Novak Djokovic's refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19 — and his subsequent efforts to manipulate Australia's medical exemption system so as to be allowed a visa to enter the country and compete in the first Grand Slam of the year — is one of the most surreal developments in tennis history. | As of this writing, the stubbornly unvaccinated Djokovic is still in Australia, and still slated to play in the championships starting on Monday. Yet, for days now, he's…

WSWS (2022-01-15). COVID-19 cases surge 340 percent among ICE detainees in one week. wsws.org According to the most recent federal data, an estimated 1,254 people currently held in US immigrant detention centers have tested positive for COVID-19.

WSWS (2022-01-15). COVID-19 cases surge 340 percent among ICE detainees in one week. wsws.org According to the most recent federal data, an estimated 1,254 people currently held in US immigrant detention centers have tested positive for COVID-19.

Anonymous Contributor (2022-01-15). Fundraiser for 2020 Uprising Prisoner Shawn Sutton's Release. itsgoingdown.org Call for post-release support for Shawn in Greenville, NC. Go here to support. Shawn was arrested in Greenville, NC on charges stemming from protests that were part of the George Floyd Uprising of 2020. As part of supporting prisoners of the uprising, several folks reached out to them and have been organizing funds to help…

Staff (2022-01-15). Texas synagogue suspect linked to 'Lady Al-Qaeda'. rt.com There has been on ongoing public campaign in Pakistan for the release of Aafia Siddiqui from US prison | The suspected gunman who took a Texas synagogue hostage on Saturday has reportedly demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted of attempting to kill US personnel in Afghanistan. | While the identity of the hostage taker has yet to be confirmed, ABC News and