Monthly Archives: March 2022

2022-03-31: News Headlines

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-31). Mayo Clinic earns highest score on LGBTQ Health Equality Index survey. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Florida and Rochester earned 100 —the highest score possible —on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Health Equality Index survey. These locations have been recognized as "Leaders in LGBTQ+ Healthcare" for 2022. With numerous different locations as a factor, Mayo Clinic Health System did not participate. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the largest civil rights organization in the U.S., working to achieve equality for LGBTQ people. The Foundation uses its…

CA Poor People's Campaign, partners (2022-03-31). Wednesday 3/30: What's Up With Our Alameda County Jail System? Zoom Town Hall. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

splcenter (2022-03-30). Attack on Civil Rights: SPLC contributes to UN special report on state of minorities in the US. splcenter.org

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-30). International condemnation following Israel's detention of Palestinian-French activist Salah Hammouri. peoplesdispatch.org Hammouri is currently being held in illegal administrative detention in Israel based on secret evidence following a violent raid at his home on March 7. The activist had recently challenged the illegal revocation of his Jerusalem residency status by the Israeli interior ministry…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-30). In Video: Ukrainian President Adviser Praises ISIS. Kiev's Warfare Explained (21+). southfront.org

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2022-03-30: News Headlines

CA Poor People's Campaign, partners (2022-03-30). Wednesday 3/30: What's Up With Our Alameda County Jail System? Zoom Town Hall. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Dave DeCamp (2022-03-29). Biden Appears to Reveal the US Is Training Ukrainian Troops in Poland. news.antiwar.com President Biden appeared to reveal on Monday that the US is training Ukrainian troops in Poland. Biden made the comments when trying to explain a recent gaffe. In Poland on Friday, President Biden told members of the 82nd Airborne Division that Ukrainians were "stepping up" against the Russian assault and said, "You're going to see …

Khury Petersen-Smith (2022-03-29). Uprising for Black Lives Drove Cancellation of Joint US-Israeli Police Trainings. truthout.org A recently It was not too long — less than two years ago in the summer of 2020 — that people moved by the cases of George Floyd, Breonna Tayl…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-29). Activists protest in support of Palestinian women prisoners outside Israeli jail. peoplesdispatch.org As many as 32 Palestinian women prisoners are Damon prison. The protesting activists also demanded that authorities immediately release all prisoners being held under the illegal administrative detention policy…

Our Reporter (2022-03-29). NUP supporter gets eight months jail term for contempt of court. plusnews.ug The Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) General Court Martial has sentenced Muhydin Kakooza, a supporter of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party to eight months in jail for contempt of court. The Court Chairperson, Lt. General Andrew Gutti found Kakooza guilty of contempt of court by exhibiting what he described as scandalous behaviour during proceedings, which …

Anonymous103 (2022-03-29). Another Information Provocation Against Russia Succeeded. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On March 29th, Russian General Vladimir Shamanov claimed that the AFU servicemen who shoot Russian prisoners of war and watched them suffering have already been captured by the Russian special forces: " Those who mocked our servicemen, they did not rejoice for long, after three days our special forces captured these ruffians. Today they are lying at their feet, begging for mercy. I'll tell you their names. One ruffian was called Sergey Velichko, nickname Chili. The second is Konstantin Nemechev.

TASS (2022-03-29). UN calls for investigation into reports about torture of prisoners of war in Ukraine. tass.com It is important that any ill treatment that may happen is stopped immediately, Head of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Matilda Bogner said…

Our Reporter (2022-03-29). Private security firms on the spot for confiscating guard's National IDs. plusnews.ug Private Security Organisations(PSOs) are under the spotlight for confiscating the National Identity cards of their employees. "My monthly salary is Shs 160,000. I recently got a better paying job where they needed a National ID but my current employers refused to give it to me. I am like a prisoner because even when I want …

Chris Hedges (2022-03-29). The Marriage of Julian Assange. orinocotribune.com By Chris Hedges — Mar 25, 2022 | London — I am standing at the gates of HM Prison Belmarsh, a high security penitentiary in southeast London, with Craig Murray, British Ambassador to Uzbekistan until he was fired for exposing CIA black sites and torture centers in that country. Inside the prison,

Robert P. Alvarez (2022-03-29). A Five-Alarm Emergency for Democracy. otherwords.org "Voter suppression" is a divisive and highly politicized term. But for the slate of bills Republicans are pushing across the country, it's the only correct one. | They're introducing these bills in virtually every state, but three — Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin — are especially worrisome. These swing states, along with Pennsylvania and Michigan, helped decide the last presidential election. Each flipped from Trump in 2016 to Biden in 2020. | But now, in these states and elsewhere, Republicans want to make it harder to vote by mail, get rid of same-day voter registration and ballot drop-off boxes, l…

TASS (2022-03-29). Developers unveil pilot version of Russian alternative to Instagram. tass.com Rossgram users will be able to upload photos and videos from their smartphones, as well as videos from other platforms such as YouTube, Dailymotion and Vimeo…

TASS (2022-03-29). NATO took steps affecting Russia's security before Moscow's operation in Ukraine – Kremlin. tass.com The situation is quite concerning, Peskov said…

TASS (2022-03-29). No free gas supplies for Europe, Kremlin spokesman says. tass.com No payment, no gas, the Kremlin spokesman emphasized…

Juan Cole (2022-03-29). How Israel's Indiscriminate bombing of Gaza Endangers its Precious Hellenistic and Roman Archeological Heritage. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Palestinian Gaza Strip doesn't stay on the world's mind the way some besieged cities in Ukraine do right now, but it is also surrounded, besieged, and blockaded by Israeli forces. This blockade is illegal in international law, since Israel is recognized as the Occupying authority over Gaza, which it …

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