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2022-02-13: News Headlines

sputniknews (2022-02-13). Prince Charles Tells Andrew to Keep 'Out of Line of Sight' Amid Sexual Assault Scandal, Report Says. sputniknews.com Earlier, Queen Elizabeth II stripped her second son, Prince Andrew, of his royal titles, military affiliations and royal patronages after former prostitute Virginia Giuffre filed a lawsuit in a US federal court accusing the prince of sexual assault.

teleSUR (2022-02-13). Nicaragua: Prosecutor's Office Confirms Death of Jorge Torres. telesurenglish.net Jorge Hugo Torres Jimenez was born on April 24, 1948 and had been in prison since June 13, 2021, where he was being prosecuted for the crime of Treason. | The Prosecutor's Office has reported the death of imprisoned political opponent Jorge Hugo Torres, this Saturday, February 12, due to natural causes after being admitted to a hospital, accompanied by relatives.

WSWS (2022-02-12). Australian PM's defeat on religious discrimination bill deepens political crisis. wsws.org With only a handful of parliamentary sitting days left before an election, the Coalition was desperate to push the bill through in order to meet a pledge to religious fundamentalist organisations.

_____ (2022-02-12). Italian Co-Ops Hire Inmates To Make Food And Fashion. popularresistance.org Hand-made jewellery, bottles of locally produced wine and other artisanal products line the shelves of a small shop in the centre of Turin, northern Italy. Two fashionably dressed women are browsing the selection of handbags. 'Made in Italy' is a popular label that attracts both tourists and locals. But here the products are more specifically, and proudly, 'made in carcere' (the Italian word for prison). Forty co-operatives supply the shop — called Freedhome — with goods produced by around 2,000 prisoners. About half of them work on day-release outside prison: on farms, wineries or different workshops…

Irvin Jim (2022-02-12). Solidarity is the road to liberation. peoplesdispatch.org This is a lightly edited version of a speech given to an international meeting held on 1 February under the banner: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and All Anti-Imperialist Freedom Fighters! Speakers included Abu-Jamal (via a recorded statement), Angela Davis and a number of trade unionists. | Around the world, imperialism — with its dehumanization and brute violence — has allowed for a small minority to permanently accumulate wealth at the expense of the masses of our people. In recent years, women and men have been killed — from Afghanistan and Iraq to South Africa and the prison archipelago of the US.

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