Rio Matsumoto (2023-11-16). The Latest Must-Pass Bill Barreling Through Congress is an Attack on Gender-Affirming Care. aclu.org

Binoy Kampmark (2023-11-16). The Politics of Indefinite Detention in Australia. dissidentvoice.org The High Court of Australia is not known for its zealotry in protecting human rights, and certainly not when considering the persuasive pull of international law and conventions. The Australian Parliament is usually given a generous hand in making policies that tend to outrage such conventions, a freedom made that much easier by an absence …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-11-16). The Politics of Indefinite Detention in Australia. asia-pacificresearch.com

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor (2023-11-16). Israel turns Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza into detention center. indybay.org The Israeli forces stormed in large numbers the al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City and turned it into military barracks and a detention center, where patients, displaced persons, and healthcare professionals are subjected to different forms of abuse, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement on Wednesday. | Euro-Med Monitor expressed fears of killings and executions as its team documented sporadic gunfire in the hospital since the early minutes of the raid, stressing that the al-Shifa Complex did not witness any gunfire other than from the Israeli forces.

teleSUR (2023-11-16). Mexico Slams Texas Anti-Immigrant Measures. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry slammed the latest anti-immigrant measures passed by the legislature of the state of Texas, saying they aimed to curb the flow of migrants by criminalizing them. | RELATED: | The bills passed by Texas with the goal of criminalizing migrants "will result in the separation of families, discrimination and racial profiling," the Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry said. | "Mex…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-11-15). Report back on Jail Vigil outside DeKalb County Jail following 'Block Cop City' Mobilization. itsgoingdown.org Report back on recent noise demo in solidarity with those arrested during recent 'Block Cop City' mobilization in so-called Atlanta, Georgia. On Monday, November 13th after the mass action to Block Cop City in Atlanta, there was a press conference and jail vigil at the Dekalb County Jail, where many people arrested in affiliation with…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-11-15). Palestinian Rights Organizations Sue Biden for Failure to Prevent Genocide in Gaza. libya360.wordpress.com Prem Thakker Secretary of State Antony Blinken, President Joe Biden, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during a Cabinet meeting in the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 2, 2023. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The federal lawsuit accuses President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin of…

Staff (2023-11-15). Peter Beinart: Israel Will Only Be Secure & Safe If Palestinians Are Given Freedom. democracynow.org Peter Beinart, editor-at-large of Jewish Currents, discusses proposals for a prisoner swap with Hamas, the ongoing cycle of Palestinian oppression and resistance, censorship of pro-Palestine advocacy in the United States, what he calls a "generational struggle" among American Jews over Zionism, and more on Israel's current assault of Gaza.

Leila M. Aruri (2023-11-16). Today, my prison is my cellphone. electronicintifada.net The destruction of Gaza is being broadcast on CNN.

Yoav Haifawi (2023-11-16). Reports of harsh conditions and abuse in Israeli security prisons where Palestinians are being held for social media posts. mondoweiss.net Jamal, a hard-working father of a big family in Haifa, has been held in Megiddo security prison for over a month after being charged with supporting terrorism for a poem he posted on Facebook.

Staff (2023-11-16). Lingayat Mutt sex scandal: Karnataka HC grants bail to rape accused. muslimmirror.com Rape accused Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru of the historical Murugha Mutt in Chitradurga was on Thursday released from prison after 14 months. He was arrested last year on charges of raping minor girls staying at the residential hostel run by the Murugha Mutt. The accused influential Lingayat seer spent 14 months in the Chitradurga district prison. …

World Beyond War (2023-11-16). Open Letter from a Ukrainian Facing Prison for Speaking for Peace. pressenza.com Greetings from Kyiv. Yesterday my city was disturbed again by air raid sirens, so I ran from Vernadsky scientific library to hide in the closest shelter, a subway station. Ruthless Russian aggression against Ukraine continues, as well as the Ukrainian defensive war effort. Civilians are dying, cities are being bombarded on both sides of the frontline, and that is the essence of any war — aggressive or defensive — the pure evil of war, which is barbaric mass killing by definition. | By Yurii Sheliazhenko | The air raid alert didn't stopped President Zelensky from signing a request to his pocket parliam…

Gary Engler (2023-11-15). Serial Abuse of 'Antisemitism' Destroys Meaning, Harms Jews. counterpunch.org When you accuse people of antisemitism for being against bombing civilians, the killing of children, putting thousands, including 14-year-olds, in prison without trial; or for supporting United Nations resolutions criticizing Israel, chanting slogans that call for a secular state, demanding a ceasefire in a military operation that has killed over 11,000 people, you are undermining

Jamil Dakwar (2023-11-15). The U.S. Touts Itself as a Global Leader in Human Rights. A New U.N. Report Says Otherwise. aclu.org

Ann Brown (2023-11-14). Al Sharpton Gets Funding From RJ Reynolds: He Is Pressuring Biden To Lift Ban On Newport Cigarettes. moguldom.com Longtime civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton has found himself at the center of controversy for opposing President Joe Biden's administration's proposed ban on menthol cigarettes. Sharpton, the leader of the National Action Network (NAN), for years, has argued against the ban, claiming it could lead to an illicit market and potentially deadly clashes reminiscent …

presstv.ir (2023-11-15). UN says racism 'systemic' in US; fight against discrimination at 'critical juncture'. presstv.ir A United Nations special rapporteur has expressed shock at the "mutually reinforcing manifestations of systemic racism" in the United States, saying the country is at a "critical juncture" in fight against racism.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-11-14). How Palestinians in Israeli prisons experience the war. peoplesdispatch.org Before October 7, 2023, Israel was holding 5,200 Palestinian political prisoners in its jails. This included 170 children and 1,264 administrative detainees held without trial or charge. Since October 7, Israel has escalated its raids across Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank, arresting dozens of Palestinians daily. There are also reports that Palestinian citizens have been arrested over social media posts. After October 7, Israel revoked the work permits of Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip, and thousands were arrested. An order was issued to consider these Gazans "unlawful combatants" in orde…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-11-15). Report back on Jail Vigil outside DeKalb County Jail following 'Block Cop City' Mobilization. itsgoingdown.org Report back on recent noise demo in solidarity with those arrested during recent 'Block Cop City' mobilization in so-called Atlanta, Georgia. On Monday, November 13th after the mass action to Block Cop City in Atlanta, there was a press conference and jail vigil at the Dekalb County Jail, where many people arrested in affiliation with…

Joe Piette (2023-11-15). A plea from U.S. jails: Stop killing us. workers.org Robert Divine, 52, died 2/14/23; Steven Smith, 38, died 4/15/21; Courtney Salmon, 31, died 5/25/21; Quincy Di-Harris, 25, died 8/27/21; Kenneth Harris, 69, died 6/7/23; Bass Wykeem, 33, died 8/26/22 — these are just six out of at least 46 people who died in Philadelphia County jails since 2020. Philadelphia . . . |

Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. (2023-11-15). Lawsuit Targets Biden Administration Over Complicity In Gaza Genocide. popularresistance.org A U.S. nonprofit has taken legal action against the Biden administration over support for Israel's deadly assault on Gaza. | On Monday the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a lawsuit in Northern District of California against U.S. President Joe Biden, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for failure to prevent genocide and complicity in genocide. | Plaintiffs include the human rights groups Defense for Children International—Palestine (DCIP) and Al-Haq, Great March of Return founder Ahmed Abu Artema, founder of the 2018 Great March of Return, Nasser M…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-11-15). Palestinian Rights Organizations Sue Biden for Failure to Prevent Genocide in Gaza. libya360.wordpress.com Prem Thakker Secretary of State Antony Blinken, President Joe Biden, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during a Cabinet meeting in the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 2, 2023. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The federal lawsuit accuses President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin of…

Staff (2023-11-15). Peter Beinart: Israel Will Only Be Secure & Safe If Palestinians Are Given Freedom. democracynow.org Peter Beinart, editor-at-large of Jewish Currents, discusses proposals for a prisoner swap with Hamas, the ongoing cycle of Palestinian oppression and resistance, censorship of pro-Palestine advocacy in the United States, what he calls a "generational struggle" among American Jews over Zionism, and more on Israel's current assault of Gaza.

Huma Yasin (2023-11-14). Criminalization of First Amendment-Protected Pro-Palestinian Speech Is Spreading. truthout.org New York University law student Ryna Workman was removed as president of the Student Bar Association last month and had a job offer rescinded after expressing "unwavering and absolute solidarity with Palestinians in their resistance against oppression toward liberation and self-determination" and assigning blame to the system of apartheid in Israel for "the tremendous loss of life. |

Gary Engler (2023-11-15). Serial Abuse of 'Antisemitism' Destroys Meaning, Harms Jews. counterpunch.org When you accuse people of antisemitism for being against bombing civilians, the killing of children, putting thousands, including 14-year-olds, in prison without trial; or for supporting United Nations resolutions criticizing Israel, chanting slogans that call for a secular state, demanding a ceasefire in a military operation that has killed over 11,000 people, you are undermining

Yoav Haifawi (2023-11-15). Haifa graffiti saying 'Sorry my dear Gaza' lands Palestinians in Israeli prison, indefinitely. mondoweiss.net Two Palestinian citizens of Israel being held indefinitely in security prison for a possibly "dangerous" crime. Their offense? Writing graffiti in solidarity with Gaza.

Yoav Haifawi (2023-11-15). Haifa graffiti saying 'Sorry my dear Gaza' lands Palestinians in Israeli security prison. mondoweiss.net Two Palestinian citizens of Israel being held in security prison for a possibly "dangerous" crime. Their offense? Writing graffiti in solidarity with Gaza.

Dave DeCamp (2023-11-14). Hamas Says It Discussed Freeing 70 Hostages in Exchange for Five-Day Truce. news.antiwar.com Hamas's armed wing said Monday that it discussed with Qatari mediators a deal to free up to 70 Israeli hostages in exchange for a five-day ceasefire and the release of some Palestinian prisoners. "Last week there was an effort from the Qatari brothers to release the enemy captives from women and children, in return for …

Neve Gordon (2023-11-14). Why is Israel Bombing Gaza Hospitals and Ambulances? It's All About "Winning" counterpunch.org For the Israeli political right and many on the political center, "winning" means transforming parts of northern Gaza and a large perimeter around the Strip's northern, eastern and southern borders into a no-man's land. It means the permanent removal of populations from the north to the south and from Gaza's borders inward while confining the Palestinians into an even smaller prison than the one they have lived in for the past 16 years.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-14). On Al-Shifa Hospital. orinocotribune.com By Mouin Rabbani — Nov 13, 2023 | I have never been underneath Al-Shifa Hospital and have no idea what is or isn't there. It is however clear that Israeli accusations regarding the hospital are 80 per cent assertion, 20 per cent drawings, and 100 per cent unverified. The enthusiastic confirmation of Israel's assertions by US intelligence officials and European politicians, with zero additional evidence provided, add nothing to the accusations. The confirmations provided by Hamas prisoners can also be safely dismissed. Both because torture in Israeli prisons is systematic, and because as a matter of elementar…

The Independent (2023-11-15). African nations still grappling with poor prison infrastructure. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many African nations are still reliant on prisons built during colonial times, which are inadequate for the current population due to economic growth, Johnson Byabashaija, the Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons Services (UPS) has observed. He notes that competing needs like health, education, and roads demand immediate financing, diverting …