Daily Archives: 2023-04-15

2023-04-15: News Headlines

Brian Stull (2023-04-14). We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases. aclu.org

Johanna Silver (2023-04-14). RuPaul's Drag Race Finale Highlights ACLU's Defense of Trans Rights. aclu.org

Mansoor Adayfi (2023-04-15). I met the Florida governor years ago. My 14 Years Detention at Guantanamo. globalresearch.ca

Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. (2023-04-14). Politicians Demand US Drop Assange Charges On Anniversary Of Arrest. popularresistance.org Elected politicians in Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and the United Kingdom signed on to letters to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that the Justice Department drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. | A letter of opposition signed by four members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Representative Rashida Tlaib, who initiated the letter, was prepared. However, it had not yet been sent to Garland at the time of publication. | The letters were timed to mark the fourth anniversary of Assange's arrest and detention. | On April 11, 2019, Ecuador President Lenin More…

WSWS (2023-04-14). From Georgia to Indiana, inmates left by jailers to die in deplorable, inhumane conditions. wsws.org In Jackson County, Indiana, Joshua McLemore, a 29-year-old man who suffered from schizophrenia, died after 20 days in solitary confinement. In Fulton County, Georgia, horrifying photos show deceased 35-year-old Shawn Thompson, who also suffered from mental illness, covered in sores and bedbugs after being abandoned in a filthy jail cell for months.

Igor Derysh (2023-04-14). Trump's Lawsuit Against Michael Cohen Could Badly Backfire, Experts Say. truthout.org Legal experts say former President Donald Trump's $500 million lawsuit accusing former attorney Michael Cohen of both revealing his confidences and "spreading falsehoods" about him "makes no sense." Trump on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against his former longtime fixer in federal court in Florida, days after the former president pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsification of business… |

Brian Stull (2023-04-14). We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases. aclu.org

Johanna Silver (2023-04-14). RuPaul's Drag Race Finale Highlights ACLU's Defense of Trans Rights. aclu.org

Mansoor Adayfi (2023-04-15). I met the Florida governor years ago. My 14 Years Detention at Guantanamo. globalresearch.ca

Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. (2023-04-14). Politicians Demand US Drop Assange Charges On Anniversary Of Arrest. popularresistance.org Elected politicians in Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and the United Kingdom signed on to letters to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that the Justice Department drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. | A letter of opposition signed by four members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Representative Rashida Tlaib, who initiated the letter, was prepared. However, it had not yet been sent to Garland at the time of publication. | The letters were timed to mark the fourth anniversary of Assange's arrest and detention. | On April 11, 2019, Ecuador President Lenin More…

WSWS (2023-04-14). From Georgia to Indiana, inmates left by jailers to die in deplorable, inhumane conditions. wsws.org In Jackson County, Indiana, Joshua McLemore, a 29-year-old man who suffered from schizophrenia, died after 20 days in solitary confinement. In Fulton County, Georgia, horrifying photos show deceased 35-year-old Shawn Thompson, who also suffered from mental illness, covered in sores and bedbugs after being abandoned in a filthy jail cell for months.

Igor Derysh (2023-04-14). Trump's Lawsuit Against Michael Cohen Could Badly Backfire, Experts Say. truthout.org Legal experts say former President Donald Trump's $500 million lawsuit accusing former attorney Michael Cohen of both revealing his confidences and "spreading falsehoods" about him "makes no sense." Trump on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against his former longtime fixer in federal court in Florida, days after the former president pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsification of business… |

Matthew Green, Desmog. (2023-04-14). 'Bombshell' 1989 Shell Memo Features In New Court Filing. popularresistance.org In October 1989, Shell researchers wrote a confidential report warning that climate-fuelled migration could swamp borders in the United States, Soviet Union, Europe, and Australia. "Conflict would abound," the document said. "Civilisation could prove a fragile thing." | A group of climate disinformation researchers and nonprofits filed the brief on April 7 in support of a 2020 lawsuit brought by the District of Columbia, part of a wave of litigation by at least 20 U.S. states and cities seeking to hold the oil industry to account for climate damages. | The 50-page brief cites academic studies and media reports to…

WSWS (2023-04-14). First lawsuit filed against Pennsylvania chocolate factory owner, vigil for 7 workers killed in explosion. wsws.org Family members of a 55-year-old mother of 3 named Judy, who died in the chocolate factory explosion, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against R.M. Palmer and utility UGI.

Fight Back (2023-04-14). Dallas protest against Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, April 8, over 150 members of the Palestinian diaspora and allies gathered at The Grassy Knoll at Dealey Plaza to protest the recent Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam and the attacks came during the height of Ramadan. Israeli forces have killed more than 90 Palestinians so far this year. | Speakers at the rally called for the end of U.S. financial support for Israel and an end to Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. They chanted, "Not another penny, not another dime, no more money for Israe…

samidounfr (2023-04-15). Father Atallah Hanna: We call on the German authorities to lift the ban on Prisoner's Day marches in Berlin. samidoun.net The Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia in occupied Palestine, Father Bishop Atallah Hanna, affirmed his rejection of the repressive policies pursued by the German state against Palestinians and Arabs in Germany. In which the German media and politicians launched a smear campaign against Palestinians that lasted an entire week with the authorities of Berlin concluding …

Amber Akemi Piatt (2023-04-15). New Report Reveals Systemic Medical Neglect and Violence in CA Women's Prisons. truthout.org The COVID-19 pandemic brought to the fore the public health crises unfolding in carceral settings across the United States. In California, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has documented more than 90,000 cases in state prisons, with more than 3,500 of those cases in women's prisons. People incarcerated in women's prisons have reported alarming neglect in CDCR's… |

The Lancet (2023-04-15). [Editorial] Punishing the tortured: criminalisation of suicide. thelancet.com Providing care and treatment for people with suicidal ideas, rather than subjecting them to a criminal process, seems intuitively humane and appropriate. And yet, in more than 20 countries, suicide and attempted suicide remain an offence punishable by imprisonment and fines for those who survive, and financial penalties for the families of those who do not. The continuation of laws against suicide and attempted suicide is partly based on two contentious beliefs that need to be interrogated.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-14). 4 years of Assange's imprisonment. peoplesdispatch.org April 11 marked four years since Julian Assange was forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London and imprisoned in the high security Belmarsh prison. He has spent much of his time in Belmarsh under judicial remand, without any charges or conviction, fighting a prolonged extradition process. The day witnessed demonstrations across the globe demanding his release.

Staff (2023-04-14). 16 April, Online Event: Support Palestinian Political Prisoners. samidoun.net ÿ®ŸÖŸÜÿßÿ≥ÿ®ÿ© ŸäŸàŸÖ ÿߟÑÿßÿ≥Ÿäÿ± ÿߟџşÑÿ≥ÿ∑ŸäŸÜŸä ÿ™ÿØÿπŸàŸÉŸÖ ÿߟџÖÿ§ÿ≥ÿ≥ÿ© ÿߟџɟÜÿØŸäÿ© ÿߟџşÑ&y…

Staff (2023-04-14). 16 April, Online Event: The Palestinian Prisoners — An ongoing suffering and unbreakable resilience. samidoun.net On Palestinian Prisoner's Day Act For Palestine Foundation and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network invite you to participate in a panel discussion titled : The Palestinian Prisoners — An ongoing suffering and unbreakable resilience Time: April 16, 2023 | 02: 00 PM (Jerusalem Time) Speakers: ▶ Imad Barghouthi: A Palestinian astrophysicist and ex-prisoner. ▶ Thomas Hofland: …

Abby Cunniff (2023-04-14). 2 California Prisons Face Imminent Flooding. They Must Be Evacuated Now. truthout.org California's prison system is in a state of crisis. Routine violations of incarcerated people's Eighth Amendment protections from cruel and unusual punishment — including a lack of medical care, overcrowding and ongoing endangerment of incarcerated people with dramatic COVID surges — are compounded by climate-induced disasters that result in losses of power, water and food. What's more… |

Anonymous Contributor (2023-04-14). Neither Condemned, Nor Persecuted: Call for Actions in Solidarity With Miguel Peralta. itsgoingdown.org Communique from the support group of Miguel Peralta calling for solidarity actions for the revocation of his fifty-year prison sentence. A half-century is what state and judicial power seek to take from the life of our compañero, Miguel Peralta Betanzos, Indigenous Mazatec of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, Oaxaca. The state seeks his imprisonment, to criminalize…

Martha Grevatt (2023-04-14). April 11: 30th anniversary of Lucasville prison uprising. workers.org April 11, 2023, marks the 30th anniversary of the heroic uprising at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. The uprising began as Muslim inmates protested against being forced to take a tuberculosis test that violated their religious beliefs against alcohol. It quickly turned into a full-scale rebellion that . . . |

Staff (2023-04-14). Headlines for April 14, 2023. democracynow.org Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Banning Abortions at Just Six Weeks, Federal Judge Issues Conflicting Ruling on Abortion Medication, Setting Up Supreme Court Fight, ProPublica: Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Sale of Property to Billionaire GOP Donor , 21-Year-Old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira Arrested over Leaked Classified Documents, Leaked Documents Show U.S. Spied on U.N. Leader, Reveal Russian Infighting over Ukraine, Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny May Have Been Poisoned in Prison, Supporters Say, Saudi Arabia Restores Ties with Syria, Swaps POWs with Yemen's Houthi Rebels,…

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