2024-07-10: News Headlines

Jonathan Cook (2024-07-10). It was the Media, Led by the Guardian, that Kept Julian Assange behind Bars. dissidentvoice.org It is only right that we all take a moment to celebrate the victory of Julian Assange's release from 14 years of detention, in varying forms, to be united, finally, with his wife and children — two boys who have been denied the chance to ever properly know their father. His last five years were …

If Americans Knew (2024-07-10). Israel issues relentless evacuations, creates endless medical Crises. imemc.org Near zero medical services reportedly in Gaza City; malnutrition and cancer deaths, risks to lives of babies — all as aid trucks sit at the border; Gaza death toll likely far larger than reported; released Palestinian prisoners found dead; Israel reportedly allows shooting free-for-all; accusations that Netanyahu is actively thwarting ceasefire deal; more. By IAK …

Ali Salam (2024-07-10). Army Abducts Ten Palestinians in the West Bank. imemc.org Israeli forces abducted, on Tuesday, ten Palestinians, including a child, a young woman, an elderly citizen, and a former prisoner, in several regions of the occupied West Bank. Before dawn Tuesday, occupation forces abducted a University student in the village of Jinsafut, east of Qalqilia in the northwestern part of the West Bank. Media sources …

newarab (2024-07-10). Palestinian released from Israeli jail with signs of torture. newarab.com

newarab (2024-07-10). UAE sentences 43 to life for 'terror' links in mass trial. newarab.com Government critics and human rights activists were among the 84 defendants brought before the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal, most of whom have been in jail since a similar trial of 94 people i…

newarab (2024-07-10). Russian theatre duo jailed over play about ISIS brides in Syria. newarab.com Leading figures in Monday's verdict by a

cscommittee (2024-07-10). An update on Casey Goonan's recent hunger strike. indybay.org Casey went on a weeklong hunger strike over jail conditions, ending it after 2 of 4 demands were agreed to by jailers.

Editor (2024-07-10). The Xinjiang I saw was a hub of diversity, not oppression. mronline.org From China, ROGER McKENZIE witnesses a place where Islamic culture thrives and economic development powers China's westward expansion—a reality obscured by Western propaganda.

Mark Gruenberg (2024-07-10). Black and progressive lawmakers ring alarm on Trump's Project 2025. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—A progressive political group is sounding the alarm on the details of Donald Trump's plans to abolish worker rights should the prospective Republican nominee triumph over Democrat Joe Biden in this fall's election. And the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists declares civil rights are threatened, too. Specifically, Trump's "Project 2025," would "curtail unions and eliminate …

Flavius Mihaies (2024-07-10). Making Sense of the Trouble in New Caledonia. fairobserver.com New Caledonia, a French overseas territory rich in nickel deposits, is seeing political unrest. The indigenous Kanak population fears that proposed changes to voting laws will dilute their political power. Located in the South Pacific, the islands became a part of France in 1853. French arrivals — including many deported prisoners — lived alongside the…

Human Rights Watch (2024-07-10). UAE: Unfair Trial, Unjust Sentences. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Ahmed Mansoor plays with his children as he speaks to Reuters in Dubai November 30, 2011. | © 2011 REUTERS/Nikhil Monteiro | (Beirut) — The convictions of at least 44 defendants in the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) mass trial of at least 84 human rights defenders and political dissidents were based on a fundamentally unfair trial, a coalition of human rights groups said today. On July 10, 2024, the Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court meted out sentences ranging from between 15 years to life in prison in the UAE's second largest unfair mass trial.In December 2023, while hosting the…

aljazeera (2024-07-10). Russia court orders arrest of Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnaya, in absentia. aljazeera.com Moscow court accused Navalnaya of participating in an 'extremist' group and she faces two months in jail if she returns.

UMMID (2024-07-10). Alarming surge in crimes against Muslims after 2024 LS Polls: APCR. ummid.com Crimes against Muslims have increased in India after the conclusion of the Lok Sabha election on June 4, 2024, Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) said in a report.

Human Rights Watch (2024-07-10). EU Should Add Xinjiang, Aluminum to Forced Labor Database. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A guard stands in a tower on the perimeter of the Number 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 23, 2021. | © 2021 AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein…

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