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 …

Megan Lucas (2022-04-27). 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 (2022-04-27). 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.

JANET (2022-04-26). Defend Alice Walker: anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead April 25, 2022 While the war in Ukraine — egged on by U.S. imperialism and its NATO ally — continues to dominate the mainstream media in the U.S. and globally, terrorist attacks on the Palestinian people continue unabated. Crocodile tears are being shed for Ukrainian refugees, but there is little-to-no sympathy being shown toward Palestinians who have suffered colonial oppression for decades. March to defend Palestine, New York City, April 20. WW Photo: Shanza Deen These genocidal attacks, now carried out by the fascistic Israeli Defense Forces, have been the bloody foundation that…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-26). Russian Communist Leader: The Only Resolution is the Complete Military Defeat of Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Fergie Chambers The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is the largest opposition party in Russia and has criticized detentions stemming from protests that demonstrated against Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine TF contributor Fergie Chambers got the opportunity on April 15 to conduct an in-person interview in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with Roman Kononenko, a…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-26). 41 political prisoners freed in Egypt ahead of Eid. peoplesdispatch.org Egypt, among the world's top jailers, has approximately 65,000 political prisoners out of a total prison population of about 120,000. As many as 26,000 of them are in pre-trial detention…

Suran M. (2022-04-26). White Individuals Experience Less COVID-19—Related Discrimination. jamanetwork.com Compared with White individuals, all other major racial and ethnic groups in the US experience more COVID-19 discrimination, according to a study coauthored by researchers from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Respondents who identified as Asian, irrespective of national origin, and American Indian or Alaska Native individuals were most likely to experience such discrimination. The findings also suggest that COVID-19 discrimination against Asian individuals has increased over the course of the pandemic.

Jocelyn McMillan (2022-04-26). Job Discrimination Against Immigrants. indybay.org Discrimination against immigrants in the workplace. Taking a closer look at the issue and solutions to ensure undocumented workers their safety and health.

Editor (2022-04-26). The dream of a Jewish state, and the nightmare of its reality. mronline.org It is not beyond my comprehension to understand the policies of the Israeli government in light of Jewish history under the Nazis. We know Jews have suffered and have been victims. Is it that mentality behind the walls, the indescribable destruction, loss of land, houses, deaths, the decrepit prisons of torture? Are Jews really still victims of paranoia and fear?>

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-26). Zelensky advisor: If Saakashvili was in power Georgia would have entered the war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 26, 2022 Vice PM: Ukrainian Presidential advisor's comments confirm Georgia would be at war if Saakashvili were in power Comments by Ukrainian Presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych confirm that if the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili were in power in Georgia, the country would be embroiled in a war, Thea Tsulukiani, the Georgian Vice Prime …