(2023-09-01). 300 Black Lives Matter Protesters in Denver Awarded $4.7 Million Settlement. truthout.org On Monday, the city council of Denver, Colorado, unanimously approved a $4.72 million settlement that covers over 300 protesters in the movement for Black lives who were arrested by Denver police in the summer of 2020. "Tens of thousands of activists took to the streets of Denver to demand justice for Black lives and faced a massive, militarized response," Z Williams, director of client support… |
(2023-09-01). Biden Administration Sued as Thousands of Afghan Evacuees Are Detained Overseas Waiting for U.S. Entry. democracynow.org 
More than two years after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, thousands of Afghan evacuees seeking to come to the United States remain arbitrarily detained in other countries like Qatar, Kosovo and the United Arab Emirates. Many of the Afghans are living in camps that are largely coordinated, facilitated or under the control of the U.S. government. The Center for Constitutional Rights and the civil rights group Muslim Advocates recently sued the Pentagon, State Department and the Department of Homeland Security seeking governmental records about the relocation and detention of Afghan evacuees. "What th…
(2023-09-01). US Government Sued for Hiding Information on Afghan Refugees in Detention Camps. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-01). Russia urges UN rights officials to condemn Estonia's discriminatory initiative. tass.com According to the statement, "tens of thousands of the country's residents and taxpayers will be subjected to straightforward discrimination only because their free opinions and beliefs may differ from the Tallinn government's ideas and policies"
(2023-09-01). US: Muslim woman sues sheriff's office after being forced to remove hijab. middleeasteye.net 
US: Muslim woman sues sheriff's office after being forced to remove hijab | Sophia Johnston said she was told that if she did not remove her hijab for a mugshot she would be jailed until she complied | Fri, 09/01/2023 – 20: 26 | Muslim women hold a sign during a press conference on 18 June 2013 in New York to discuss planned legal action challenging the city police department's surveillance of businesse…
(2023-09-01). Headlines for September 1, 2023. democracynow.org Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Georgia Racketeering Charges, Asks to Sever Case from Co-Defendants, Two Proud Boys Leaders Get 17 and 15 Years in Jail for Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection, AU Suspends Gabon After Coup; Opposition Seeks Ballot Count After Pre-Coup Election Loss, AFP Reports 48 People Killed by Soldiers in Eastern Congo, Chile Launches Nationwide Search for 1,000 Disappeared During Pinochet Rule, Tribunal Finds U.S-Trained General Responsible for Extrajudicial Killings in Colombia's War on Drugs, Biden Admin Advises Americans to Leave Haiti as It Continues to Deport Haitian Asylum Seekers, China Conde…
(2023-09-01). Tennessee woman gave birth alone in jail cell. wsws.org Despite alerting staff on the medical pod in which she was being held that she was experiencing contractions and needed to go to the hospital, jail staff kept the inmate in her cell intermittently checking her condition for an hour until she gave birth.
(2023-09-01). Did Defunding Police Cause Oakland's "Crime Wave"? Here's What Really Happened. truthout.org Around the country, media and politicians blame the defund police movement for alleged escalations in crime and a retreat from progressive policies and candidates. In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden, for instance, rushed to denounce the idea. One recent attack has come from the Oakland chapter of the NAACP, which issued a letter last month claiming, "Failed leadership… |
(2023-09-02). Correspondence] Human rights violations in Ukraine: the need for forensic investigations. thelancet.com Reports from Ukraine since the start of the conflict in February, 2022, describe a variety of war crimes committed by the Russian armed forces in areas such as Bucha and Izyum, which include torture and summary executions.1 In November, 2022, the Ukrainian army was also accused of executing Russian prisoners of war.2 Stories on major media outlets cite witness statements about these crimes, and describe the exhumation of mass graves conducted by local authorities.
(2023-09-02). Russian folk-punks release track in solidarity with political prisoner Boris Kagarlitsky. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-09-02). African court orders Tunisia to allow legal access to political prisoners. middleeasteye.net 
African court orders Tunisia to allow legal access to political prisoners | The AfCHPR has ordered the Tunisian government to 'eliminate' the barriers to justice that political prisoners face in the country | Sat, 09/02/2023 – 13: 45 | Rached Ghannouchi was sentenced in absentia to a year in prison in the most high-profile escalation of an authoritarian crackdown by President Kais Saied (AFP) | The Afri…
(2023-09-02). Editorial] The Lucy Letby case: lessons for health systems. thelancet.com Lucy Letby will spend life in prison for murdering seven infants and attempting to kill at least six others during her time as a nurse. Although such a horrifying case is rare, it is not unique. Numerous medical professionals have intentionally killed or harmed patients. Attention is now turning to establishing what exactly happened and what lessons might be learned. An inquiry is underway, but can we expect a strong system of accountability and a cultural shift to result from it? The inquiry after the Mid-Staffordshire scandal—during which hundreds of patients died at a single hospital over 4 years due to…
(2023-09-02). Guantanamo military judge rules against evidence "derived from torture" wsws.org The fact that nobody has ever gone to prison for the CIA torture program implicates the entire US political establishment and exposes the hypocrisy of its claims to be defending human rights abroad.
(2023-09-01). Samidoun Network: We Dare to Speak Out for Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees. scheerpost.com 
By Rima Najjar / CounterCurrents.org There is history and there is a pattern to how Zionist and Jewish organizations coalesce to plot the erasure of Palestinians. Today, they are mobilizing to criminalize the activities of Samidoun, Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. Eleven Zionist organizations have announced the establishment of an alliance for the inclusion of Samidoun Network on terrorist …
(2023-09-01). Israel: Ben Gvir restricts family visits for Palestinian prisoners. middleeasteye.net 
Israel: Ben Gvir restricts family visits for Palestinian prisoners | The prime minister's office later denied that a decision has been made to limit visits to once every two months | Fri, 09/01/2023 – 15: 01 | A police officer keeps watch from an observation tower at the Gilboa Prison in northern Israel on 6 September 2021 (AFP) |
(2023-09-01). It's Nearly Labor Day, and Congress Has a Chance to Abolish Prison Slavery. truthout.org Johnny Perez was arrested and incarcerated two days after his daughter was born, a heart-wrenching fact by itself. Perez wanted to be there for his daughter, but he was stuck at a state prison in Coxsackie, New York. He worked hard to save money, but his prison job sewing bed sheets started at 17 cents an hour. There were no sick days, no time off and refusal to work could result in solitary… |
(2023-09-01). Enbridge Is the Guilty Party, Not Me: Meet the Pipeline Protester Facing 5 Years for Peaceful Action. democracynow.org 
We speak with climate activist and water protector Mylene Vialard, whose trial for peacefully protesting the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline began this week in Minnesota. Vialard faces up to five years in prison for her 2021 protest, when she attached herself to a 25-foot bamboo tower erected to block a pumping station in Aitkin County. Vialard, who lives in Colorado, had come to Minnesota to take part in a wave of Indigenous-led acts of civil disobedience to stop the pipeline. Between December 2020 and September 2021, police in Minnesota made more than 1,000 arrests. Mylene Vialard is just the second water protector fa…
(2023-09-01). Jan. 6: Proud Boys Lieutenant Joe Biggs, Who Warned of "Second Civil War," Sentenced to 17 Years. democracynow.org 
Two former leaders of the right-wing Proud Boys gang were sentenced Thursday for their actions during the January 6 insurrection, with the judge handing down some of the longest sentences yet for people involved in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Joseph Biggs, the former leader of the group's Florida chapter, was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison. Zachary Rehl, the former leader of the Philadelphia chapter, received 15 years. The two men were convicted in May of seditious conspiracy and other charges alongside other Proud Boys leaders, including the group's former national chair, Enrique Ta…
(2023-09-01). The Disappearance of Integrity: Organized Suppression of the Facts, Only Writers Who Support "Official Narratives" Are Tolerated. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-01). The Suppression of Anti-Imperialists Depends on Discouraging Solidarity With Uhuru & the State's Other Targets. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Aug 28, 2023 | To understand the nature of pro-imperialist psyops in the era after the Ukraine war's start, we need to understand what these psyops are about defending: monopoly capital. The context behind every attack against an anti-imperialist country; attempt to discredit a person or org that's helping the anti-imperialist cause; or act of state persecution towards these voices of dissent; is a situation where the economic basis for the power of our ruling class is being perpetually weakened. The Ukraine proxy war was supposed to give monopoly capital new strength by destroying the Euras…
(2023-09-01). Childhood Vaccines cause Autism: The evidence and the institutional cover-up. expose-news.com There is damning evidence linking vaccines with autism and neurodevelopmental disease. And, there has been systemic suppression of this evidence. Thousands of peer-reviewed articles demonstrate a connection between children's poor health from …