(2024-02-14). Israel army let groups watch Palestinians tortured: Euro-Med. newarab.com 
The Israeli army brought groups of Israeli civilians into prisons to Palestinian detainees released from two Israeli detention centres told the human rights group that they were stripped naked, beaten with metal batons and electric sticks, and The visitors came to watch the tort…
(2024-02-14). Israel superbowl ad: 'Pro-genocide' Gaza ad reported to FCC. newarab.com 
"CBS violated FCC rules by not making proper disclosures to the viewers across all platforms," wrote Abed A. Ayoub, National Executive Director of the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), on his X (formerly Twitter) account. | "This not only undermines the integrity of broadcasting standards but also misleads the public by not providing necessary context about the ad's origins…FCC must hold CBS and the NFL accountable. The American public has a right to know and be informed about the influence of foreign governments in our media, and this includes Israel," he added. | The ADC has set up a call…
(2024-02-14). World Cancer Day: Making a commitment to close the cancer care gap. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) recognizes World Cancer Day annually on February 4. The UICC's 2024 theme for World Cancer Day is "Close the Care Gap." The care gap is the gap between people who can obtain healthcare related to the prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer and those who cannot. The factors that create this gap include income, education and geographical location barriers. Discrimination based on ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, age,…
(2024-02-13). Tennessee State Legislature Passes Bill to Allow LGBTQ Marriage Discrimination. truthout.org Republican lawmakers in the Tennessee state legislature have advanced a bill to the governor which, if signed into law, would give public officials the ability to deny marriages to LGBTQ or interracial couples. The bill would invariably be challenged by LGBTQ groups as unconstitutional, in violation of standards that were enacted through Supreme Court rulings like Obergefell v. Hodges… |
(2024-02-13). World Cancer Day: Making a commitment to close the cancer care gap. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) recognizes World Cancer Day annually on February 4. The UICC's 2024 theme for World Cancer Day is "Close the Care Gap." The care gap is the gap between people who can obtain healthcare related to the prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer and those who cannot. The factors that create this gap include income, education and geographical location barriers. Discrimination based on ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, age,…
(2024-02-14). It's Known As "Death by Incarceration. portside.org
(2024-02-13). Solidarity With Mass Prison Strike In Alabama. popularresistance.org The Center for Constitutional Rights stands in solidarity with the Free Alabama Movement (FAM) and incarcerated people in Alabama who announced a mass prison strike today. We unequivocally support the organizers' demands for legislative reforms—including repealing the Habitual Felony Offender Act, abolishing death by incarceration (also known as life without parole), and reversing the near complete abandonment of parole—and their call for an end to the torture and dehumanizing treatment exacted on incarcerated people by the State of Alabama. Our solidarity with Alabama prison organizers dates back to…
(2024-02-13). Baltimore's 'Downward Spiral' Of Poverty, Disinvestment, And Policing. popularresistance.org The crisis of mass incarceration is about more than the conduct of police officers—it's a question of public expenditures, and how pouring taxpayer money into incarceration at the expense of other, more humanizing ventures takes a toll on society at large. As public schools and public health programs across the nation grapple with a host of preventable problems arising from underinvestment, state and local governments across the nation spend over $200 billion each year on prisons, jails, and police. Now, a new report from the Justice Policy Institute, "The Right Investment 2.0", takes a detailed look at the…
(2024-02-13). Cashing in on Racist Bail. counterpunch.org 
Most Americans have not considered "cash bail" as critical to equality and freedom. The term is an esoteric one but is increasingly central to the ongoing battle over racial capitalism, policing, and mass incarceration, especially in an election year as critical as 2024. Here's what cash bail means: When arrested by police on suspicion of
(2024-02-13). It's Known As 'Death By Incarceration'; People Want To End It. popularresistance.org "My life is either going to be a testimony or a warning," said Derek Lee. | Lee was speaking on a video chat from behind the walls of SCI Smithfield in central Pennsylvania. Now 35 years old, Lee has been imprisoned since he was 29. If nothing changes, he will grow old and die in prison. | In 2016, a Pennsylvania court sentenced Lee to life without parole for a burglary two years earlier that ended with his accomplice fatally shooting the homeowner. Lee was not involved in the killing, but he was convicted of second-degree or felony murder—an unintentional death that happens when the defendant is committing…
(2024-02-14). Apple engineer faces surprising penalty. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Former Apple engineer Xiaolang Zhang has been handed an unexpected punishment after admitting to stealing vital information related to Apple's self-driving car project. Zhang has been sentenced to 120 days in jail followed by three years of probation.Zhang's arrest occurred at San Jose International Airport in 2018 as he prepared to board a flight to China. Initially, Zhang denied the allegations but changed his plea in 2022, confessing to stealing trade secrets.According to court documents disclosed by 9to5Mac, Zhang has also been ordered to pay $146,984 in restitution. Initially facing a possible 10-…
(2024-02-14). Morocco: journalist gets 'suspended jail' over FB post. newarab.com 
A Moroccan court has sentenced journalist Hanane Bakour to "suspended jail" over a social media post critical of the ruling party the journalist shared two years ago. | On Monday, 12 February, the Court of First Instance in Sale, next to Rabat, sentenced Bakour to one month of suspended imprisonment and fined her 500 dirhams (about US$50), with compensation of one dirham in favour of the current ruling party, the National Rally of Independents (RNI). | According to the Moroccan penal code, "suspension of execution" means that the convicted will not serve a prison sentence unless they commit a crime punishable…
(2024-02-14). CNN whistleblowers expose systematic bias in Gaza war reporting. wsws.org Top editorial officials effectively banned any coverage of the Palestinian side of the conflict, and particularly the long history of Israeli oppression.
(2024-02-14). The Last American War. popularresistance.org These are difficult times. Day after day, a shocking genocide is unfolding before the eyes of the whole world. Israel is nurturing a psychotic seizure as its "functional response" to the trauma of October 7. We have already become accustomed to living in the heart of an apartheid regime, oppression, and wars that have shed rivers of blood, but the death and destruction that Israel is inflicting today upon the residents of the Gaza Strip are much worse than anything we have seen before in the history of "the conflict." | At the time of this writing, the United States has not only done nothing to stop the massacre…
(2024-02-13). Unravelling human history: the rise of class society and women's oppression. mronline.org Anthropology, since its inception, has been an ideologically contested—discipline, and the same is true of both primatology and zoology when they have been used to explain human evolution.
(2024-02-14). Argentina: His Name Was Cristian Díaz and His Crime Was Supporting Palestine. orinocotribune.com Carlos Aznárez — 10 Feb, 2024 | Cristian Díaz is a key name in Argentina's solidarity with Palestine. If you have not heard of him, it is simply because, in this type of society, there is an attempt to make invisible all those who put their body or intellect at the service of a just cause. Let us remember that exactly eight months ago, Cristian was detained in the Marcos Paz prison, accused of neither more nor less than "racial hatred." He is there against all judicial logic, since time and again the request of his lawyers was rejected—a request that while waiting for his trial he could enjoy freedom o…
(2024-02-14). Defunding UNRWA: The Last Phase of Israeli Genocide. counterpunch.org 
International leaders who lined up to pledge their support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the largest open-air prison break on October 7, 2023 had paved the way for the ensued Israeli war of genocide. Now, the suspension of funding to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) for the Palestinian refugees, complements
(2024-02-14). Northwestern U: Threatened With Prison For Distributing Parody Paper. popularresistance.org Students at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, produced a parody edition of the school's paper, the Daily Northwestern, to call out the school's stance on Israel's war on Gaza. Some folks wrapped the fake front pages around some 300 copies of the actual school paper. | This exercise in culture jamming got two students brought up on a charge that could have landed them in prison for a year. After widespread protest on campus, and national coverage in the Intercept (2/5/24) and Responsible Statecraft (2/5/24), charges were dropped against the students. | After the appearance of the look-alike Northweste…
(2024-02-14). PEC Condemns Myanmar Junta for Murdering Reporter. pressenza.com Geneva, 12 February 2024: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body has condemned the murder of Myanmar journalist Ko Myat Thu Tun (alias Phoe Thiha) along with six other political prisoners by the military junta under their custody. It came to public notice only after the Arakan Army, a Rakhine-based ethnic armed group captured Mrauk-U township from the junta forces and discovered their bodies, reported local media. | According to a statement issued by the Arakan Army, most of the deceased were under forties and the exact dates of their killing are yet to be confirmed. A former reporte…
(2024-02-14). ICRC accused of 'inaction' on Palestinian prisoners. newarab.com 
Palestinian organisations supporting Since 7 October, Israel has arrested more than 7,000 Palestinians, many of whom have been released and given testimonies of unprecedente…
(2024-02-14). Updates: "The Illegal Kidnapping and Persecution of Reiner Fàºllmich" and "Legal Expert Panel Reveals All." expose-news.com Lawyer Dr. Reiner Fàºllmich who led the Corona Committee investigative team, is still being detained in a German prison accused of embezzlement. In the past couple of days there have been video …
(2024-02-13). As a Girl In Prison, I Experienced Degrading Health Care. scheerpost.com
(2024-02-13). At Northwestern U, Distributing a Parody Paper Gets You Threatened With Prison. scheerpost.com 
(2024-02-13). Saturday 2/24: Night of Cultural Revolt to Free Toomaj and All Iran's Political Prisoners. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Ave. | Berkeley, CA…
(2024-02-13). Could Marwan Barghouti be the key to a ceasefire in Gaza?>. newarab.com 
Whenever Hamas and Israel negotiate on prisoner exchanges, the name of In 2011, his name was put forward to be part of an exchange deal that saw over 1,000 Palestinians freed for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, but Israel refused to release him. | It was in this deal that now Hamas leader in Gaza
(2024-02-13). 'Israel humiliates Palestinian prisoners from Gaza by torturing them in front of settlers'. presstv.ir A human rights organization says the Israeli regime allows settlers to watch the torture and humiliation of Palestinians abducted from Gaza.
While studying abroad a couple of years ago, I heard first-hand accounts from Jordanian-Palestinian friends about the displacement their families, and families like theirs, experienced during the 1948 Nakba (Arabic for "catastrophe"). Moved by the painful memories they shared, I started researching student organizations advocating for Palestinian rights, and came across the Instagram of the University of Florida (UF) chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). When I enrolled at UF a few months later, I immediately joined. | As a member of UF SJP, it was devastating when top Florida officials ordered p…
This comes as candidates aligned with imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan maintained a lead in election results thus far.