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2022-04-28: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-04-28). Human rights attorney Steven Donziger released after nearly 1,000 days in arbitrary detention. wsws.org After he was released from home confinement on Monday, Donziger vowed to continue the fight to force Chevron to comply with the terms of a $9.5 billion lawsuit won in 2011 on behalf of 30,000 people living in the Ecuadorian rainforest.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-04-28). Legal Actions Challenge Huge Logging Project in Los Padres National Forest. indybay.org Three Lawsuits Filed Against Forest Service for Failing to Protect Environment, Cultural Resources on Pine Mountain, Reyes Peak…

Jake Tucker (2022-04-28). Melissa Lucio granted stay of execution, but threat to her life remains. liberationnews.org The case of Melissa Lucio reflects the larger racist, sexist bent of the justice system, which imprisons countless innocent people.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-28). Rights groups condemn life sentence to Turkish philanthropist-activist Osman Kavala. peoplesdispatch.org Osman Kavala and seven others were sentenced to long terms in prison on charges of "conspiring to overthrow the government" during the 2013 Gezi protests and involvement in the 2016 coup attempt…

Megan Lucas (2022-04-28). The Prison System Fails Incarcerated Pregnant Women. indybay.org This article gives a look on how incarcerated pregnant women are treated poorly and what can be done to fix it.

Arlette Martinez (2022-04-28). Death Penalty Should be Abolished. indybay.org The death penalty should be abolished. There are innocent people being imprisoned, and many times have been executed. In addition, death penalty has racial bias and the capital punishment does not solve any issue. The death penalty is being used unfairly, and killing another human violates the right to life.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-27). Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia, Part III: Crimes of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Mass grave site uncovered by Gondar University research team. (Photo: Twitter @Hermela22) BAR contributor Ann Garrison reports on conditions in Ethiopia. The discovery of mass graves and underground prisons in Ethiopia has exposed the crimes of the Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front or TPLF, the U.S. puppets who tyrannized Ethiopia for 27 years with…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-27). New Mariupol: If Saakashvili's second coup bid had succeeded, Georgia would be at war — PM. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 27, 2022 PM: Georgia would be "at war" if imprisoned former President Saakashvili was in power If the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili was in power today there would be a war in Georgia, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Wednesday. Garibashvili accused a part of the political opposition in Georgia of using "baseless …

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