(2022-09-17). US Leaders Moralize About Alleged Human Rights Abuses In Russia And China To Justify Proxy Wars. popularresistance.org Jonny, a pseudonym for a 45-year-old man currently being held in pretrial detention in Miami's Federal Detention Center (FDC Miami), believes that prison authorities are trying to kill him. Maria, Jonny's partner of three years, tells me in a series of interviews translated by her teenage daughter that she is also concerned for his life, given FDC Miami's cruel mismanagement of his grave medical condition. | As a pretrial detainee, Jonny's innocent until proven guilty and protected by the Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, but you wouldn't know this from the inhumane treatment he receives at the…
(2022-09-17). "Death By Incarceration": Human Rights Groups Urge UN to Call for Abolition of Life Without Parole Sentences. scheerpost.com 
(2022-09-17). Documentary 'Alex Saab, A Kidnapped Diplomat' Premieres. orinocotribune.com The documentary Alex Saab, A Kidnapped Diplomat, directed by Venezuelan journalist and documentary filmmaker Karen Méndez, which tells the truth about the illegal detention of Venezuelan ambassador Alex Saab, first in Cape Verde and since October 2021 in the United States, premiered on Friday, September 16. | "For years, opinion experts on media have lied about Alex Saab, and they hide the truth that he brought food, medicine and fuel to Venezuela in the midst of the total blockade by the US," Méndez wrote on Twitter. "It is time to listen to lawyers, experts and family members to understand the story of the firs…
(2022-09-17). Some Oakland Cops Rake In Half A Million Annually, & Have Millions Of Dollars Stashed Away. indybay.org Despite the Oakland cops having having millions of dollars stashed away at various locations, the City of Oakland remains on the hook to settle lawsuits because of the activities of the Oakland cops.
(2022-09-17). Fall 2022 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Immigrant Justice News Alert! indybay.org U.S. Political Prisoners Special Report: We Have Hundreds of Political Prisoners, Thousands of Asian-American Hate Victims, Half Million Child Farm Labors!
(2022-09-17). Governor Gruesom Newsom Signs SB 1388 Attacking The Unhoused. indybay.org John George Psychiatric Hospital & Santa Rita Jail Are Condemned By Findings Of The DOJ:…
(2022-09-17). Lawsuit Aims to Protect West Coast Fisher. indybay.org Rare Forest Carnivore Threatened by Logging, Climate Change, Poison…
(2022-09-17). Standing Rock Rattled Legislators into Backdoor Deal: Prison for Peaceful Protesters. indybay.org
(2022-09-17). Terrorism, Racism & Union Busting Against SEIU1021 SF General Hospital Workers By HR DPH. indybay.org Workers and SEIU 1021 SF General Hospital union leaders reported on the epidemic of bullying, racist discrimination and union busting by DPH and CCSF HR. The City has spent over $100 million on paying for illegal discrimination, defendant lawyers and City lawyers to defend illegal racist attacks and systemic racism.
(2022-09-17). Racist Governors Abott and DeSantis Deserve Jail Time. commondreams.org Abbott and DeSantis should be looking at jail time or serious civil fines for engaging in this heartless, racist sport.
(2022-09-16). Multinationals Impose Their Law on Latin America. orinocotribune.com By Sergio Ferrari Sep 7, 2022 | In the last 30 years, the pressure of foreign investors against Latin American states has been increasing day by day, and the number of lawsuits for "non-compliance" on their part has multiplied. Up from six known cases in 1996, there are now 1,190. | Throughout that period, these countries were condemned to pay $33.6 billion, which thus vanished from the public coffers. According to the Transnational Institute (TNI) based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, this figure represents a third more than the losses due to the impact of climate catastrophes on the continent between 197…
(2022-09-16). Izyum is Bucha 2.0: New Ukrainian False Flag War Crimes and Western PSYOP. libya360.wordpress.com Nicolas Cinquini While the authorities have ordered lawsuits and detention of collaborators but private channels are simply spurring the murder of civilians, Ukraine pretends on September 15, 2022, to have found out a mass grave of 440 bodies near Izyum. The Russian forces have seized Izyum, northeastern Ukraine, in March, on their path to the…
(2022-09-16). Massive Human Rights Abuses in America's Prison System. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-16). India's Media at 75: Shackled by Profit, Politically Imprisoned. orinocotribune.com Editorial note: As a rule Orinoco Tribune does not re-publish opinion pieces more than 10 days after their original publication, but in this case we are making an exception, because this is a on a very sensitive issue that demands attention. | By P. Sainath Aug 17, 2022 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi's lockdown speech of March 24, 2020 gave a nation of 1.4 billion people four hours to shut itself down. It would devastate hundreds of millions of livelihoods within days. Minutes after Modi's speech, his government listed the essential services that would remain operational through the lockdown. | Refreshingly…
(2022-09-16). The Civil Rights Movement's 'Smallest Freedom Fighter' on the Power of Your Vote. aclu.org 
On the morning of March 7, 1965, 7-year-old Sheyann Webb-Christburg scrawled a note to her parents and set it on the washing machine before quietly slipping out of her home in Selma, Alabama: "I am marching for our freedom." | Her parents warned her not to join the more than 600 other marchers that day, bound for the Edmund Pettus Bridge and then Montgomery. They knew it would be dangerous, and they were right — March 7 would come to be known as Bloody Sunday. | "But I had become disobedient," Sheyann told the ACLU in a recent interview. "I had already made up my mind, and nobody was going to turn me aro…
(2022-09-16). Over 600 Palestinians Arrested Last Month: Report. orinocotribune.com The commission said that, by the end of August, 4,6 Palestinian prisoners were held in occupation prisons | A statement released by the Commission of Detainees' Affairs for Palestinian Prisoners on 12 September revealed that the Israeli authorities arrested 607 Palestinians, including 13 women and 59 children, last month. | The commission added that there has been an increase in the number of violations committed by Israeli forces in August, including field executions and organized arrest campaigns, which resulted in grave human rights violations against the detainees and their families. | The occupation forces…
(2022-09-16). Al Falasteniyeh: New Palestinian media network committed to return and liberation. samidoun.net youtu.be/BfsbtlRZMKQ Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes Al Falasteniyeh Media Network, a new Palestinian media initiative that aims to link Palestinians inside occupied Palestine and everywhere in exile and diaspora together with Arab and international liberation movements, with a clear and principled commitment to anti-normalization, return and liberation. With the slogan, "From the River to …
(2022-09-16). A Look at History: Civil Liberties Are on the Ballot. aclu.org There are countless elections happening across the nation this November. Whether it's for a district attorney election in your town or a governor's race in your state, we want to give you the tools to vote your values and have informed conversations with your friends and families. In spite of the fact that most elections take place once every few years, it's important to remember that every single one will have lasting effects on our country. | There should be no doubt that throughout American history, elections can sometimes lead to the rollback of all of our civil rights. That's why it's important to vote fo…
(2022-09-16). USF students march in defense of abortion rights. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On Wednesday, September 14, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society organized a protest as a part of a National Day of Action around reproductive rights. The rally brought out about 30 students to march across campus to show their support for abortion rights. Members from many other student groups gave speeches to show solidarity on this issue. | Diego Falcon, a member of UndocUnited, said that he "saw this coming since the Trump administration" and that "the abuse of women in ICE detention centers facing forced hysterectomies" was a precursor to the loss of bodily autonomy. | Florida's own abor…
(2022-09-16). Censorship Is A Bedrock of Incarceration In The United States. thedissenter.org Brian Nam-Sonenstein, co-host of "Beyond Prisons," appears on "Unauthorized Disclosure," to outline the issue of censorship in US prisons.
(2022-09-16). US Black Women Suffer From Pay Gap: Report. telesurenglish.net In the United States, pay gap is especially stark for Black women, who face not only race discrimination, but also sex discrimination reported the National Women's Law Center on Thursday. | RELATED: | Among full-time, year-round workers, Black women typically make just 67 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men, according to the report. | "This wage gap costs Black women 1,891 U.S. dollars per month,…
(2022-09-16). Groups Urge UN To Call For Abolition Of 'Death By Incarceration'. popularresistance.org Several human rights organizations submitted a 31-page complaint to United Nations experts today, alleging that the United States is committing torture and violating the prohibition against racial discrimination by condemning people to death by incarceration through extreme sentences including life and life without possibility of parole (LWOP). The groups, including the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Drop LWOP Coalition and the Abolitionist Law Center, are urging the UN to call for the abolition of all death by incarceration sentences. | "Death by incarceration is the devastating consequence of a cruel and…
(2022-09-16). Palmer: A man just out of prison reenters society. wsws.org Nuanced performances grace this composed and patient film, a relative rarity in present-day cinema.