Daily Archives: 2022-04-30

2022-04-30: News Headlines

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-30). Colombia's conflict victims frustrate Otoniel's extradition to US. colombiareports.com Colombia's highest administrative court ordered President Ivan Duque to suspend the extradition of jailed warlord "Otoniel" at the request of victim organizations. According to the order of the Council of…

Lynda Carson (2022-04-30). John Stewart Company Seeks Property Managers. indybay.org Jailbirds:…

Lynda Carson (2022-04-30). Property managers operating illegally face $20,000 in fines and or 6 months in jail. indybay.org Jailbirds:…

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-04-30). 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…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-29). Saakashvili returned to Georgia to open second front with Russia: ruling party. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaApril 29, 2022 GD: Saakashvili Returned to Drag Georgia into Forthcoming Ukraine War Georgian Dream chairperson Irakli Kobakhidze said anyone who wants or demands the release of jailed Mikheil Saakashvili wants "a war to rage in Georgia," responding to mounting calls for the medical transfer of the ex-President abroad over his worsening health condition. …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-29). 3,723 prisoners freed in Egypt including prominent leftist Hossam Mones. peoplesdispatch.org Over 3,700 prisoners including prominent leftist journalist-activist Hossam Mones were released in Egypt, as per news reports on Thursday, April 27. This is just days after the release of 41 political prisoners from illegal pre-trial detention. According to Egyptian media, the Ministry of Interior announced the release of 3,723 prisoners through presidential pardon on the occasion of the Sinai Liberation Day which falls on April 25. This day has been observed in Egypt every year since 1982 as a public holiday to commemorate Israel handing back control of the Sinai peninsula to Egypt after years of occupation foll…

Travis Nell (2022-04-29). "We make poverty wages and we wanted more:" Chicago grad students strike, win major gains. liberationnews.org GEO began their second strike in three years on April 18 for a fair contract, citing low pay, excessive fees, and lack of protection from harassment and discrimination as major issues.

Staff (2022-04-29). Iranians mark Quds Day with massive rallies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — Millions of Iranians from various provinces across the country took to the streets on Friday to mark Quds Day rallies in voice solidarity with Palestinians and their decades-long oppression by the Israeli regime.

Joe Piette (2022-04-29). Pennsylvania prisons: a fight for humane release policies. workers.org Philadelphia Joe Piette and Bradford Gamble. Credit: Rupalee Rashatwar Bradford Gamble is out of prison after serving 46 years and is now living with his nephew, Shaquan J. Jordan, in West Philadelphia. He is terminally ill with metastatic colon cancer that has spread to his liver. Gamble is one of only . . . |

Staff (2022-04-29). Victory for Palestine: French State Council suspends dissolution of Collectif Palestine Vaincra! samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes our comrades in the Collectif Palestine Vaincra and the Committee Against the Dissolution of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra upon the occasion of this important victory for Palestine. The French Council of State, the body that hears legal appeals against the dissolution of an organization by the French government, ruled …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-29). Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five years in prison in first of 11 corruption cases. peoplesdispatch.org The military has accused the former head of state of election fraud, violating the Official Secrets Act and several other offenses that could potentially lead to her being behind bars for decades…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-04-29). This Man Pulled the Trigger, But Did the CIA and DGSE Put the Idea in His Head and the Gun in His Hand? covertactionmagazine.com On April 6, 2022, Burkina Faso's ex-President Blaise Compaoré was tried, convicted and sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for …

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