Monthly Archives: July 2024

2024-07-19: News Headlines

Brett Wilkins, Consortium News. (2024-07-19). Appeals Court Dismisses Biden Genocide Complicity Case. popularresistance.org A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco affirmed a lower court's dismissal of the lawsuit against President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, which was led by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of several Palestinian groups and individuals. | During a Tuesday interview on Democracy Now!, CCR attorney Katherine Gallagher — who represented plaintiffs in the case — said its dismissal "essentially gives the blank check to carry out any kind of conduct that the executive wants in times of genocide, in tim…

Staff (2024-07-19). Headlines for July 19, 2024. democracynow.org Trump Accepts GOP Nomination with Longest-Ever Convention Speech, 2nd Dem. Senator Calls on Biden to Step Down Amid Reports He May Be on Verge of Ending Campaign, Israel Bombs Another U.N. School; Families Grieve Loved Ones as Bodies Exhumed from Al-Amal Hospital, Israel's "Weaponization of Water" Leading to Death, Disease as Polio Virus Is Detected in Gaza, Houthis Claim Responsibility for Strike in Tel Aviv That Kills One, Death Toll Climbs to 28 in Bangladesh Student Protests as Crackdown Intensifies, Microsoft Outage Grounds Planes, Causes Global Chaos, U.K. Court Hands 4- and 5-Year Prison…

newarab (2024-07-19). Israel prison 'incommunicado' detention of Palestinians must end. newarab.com Amnesty International on Thursday called on Israel to end the "Israeli authorities must end their indefinite incommunicado detention of Palestinians from the occupied Gaza Strip, without charge or trial … (which is) in flagrant violation of international law," the rights group said statement. | Amnes…

newarab (2024-07-19). Tunisia presidential hopeful gets jail sentence, life ban. newarab.com A potential Tunisian presidential candidate on Friday received an eight-month prison sentence and lifetime ban from running for office, reports said, with NGOs warning of increasing obstacles for Lotfi Mraihi, head of left-wing opposition Republican People's Union, was arrested on July 3 on suspicion of corruption. | In addition to the prison sentence, Mraihi, who announced his candidacy in early April, was given a lifetime ban from standing in any election, Tunisian media said.

newarab (2024-07-19). Children as young as 7 'arrested' by German police at Gaza demos. newarab.com Berlin police is arresting children at The most recent confirmed arrest of children involved the early June detention of a 7-year-old boy for allegedly hitting an officer's helmet with his flag. In a witness statement shown to The New Arab (TNA), the boy's father said he had been carrying his son on his shoulders at a march when they suddenly found themselves surrounded by officers who lashed out…

Dania Akkad (2024-07-19). Saudi fitness teacher, jailed for supporting women's rights, target of sexual harassment campaign. middleeasteye.net Saudi fitness teacher, jailed for supporting women's rights, target of sexual harassment campaign | Sentenced to 11 years in prison over social media posts, Manahel al-Otaibi is now being followed around prison by harassers, her sister says | | Manahel al-Otaibi is a Saudi fitness instructor a…

WSWS (2024-07-19). More statements demanding freedom for Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk from Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org "We need to stand with Bogdan now, because it's easy to imagine the alternative: if Ukraine is able to imprison socialists and ban the WSWS without protest, what's to stop the UK, Germany or the US, from doing the same?"

Reuters (2024-07-19). Russian court jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 years after convicting him of espionage. scmp.com Evan Gershkovich, 32, who worked for the Wall Street Journal, is the first US journalist arrested on spying charges in Russia since the Cold War.

Hugo GABBERO (2024-07-19). Cambodia: Convictions and prison sentences of ten members of Mother Nature Cambodia. fidh.org

Plus News (2024-07-19). Gov't Starts Processing Land Titles for Karusandara Residents. plusnews.ug The government has started processing land titles for residents of Karusandara Sub County, Kasese District. Karusandara sub-county was created in 1989. It is mainly occupied by members of the Basongora communities from Virunga National Park, who had settled on a piece of land measuring over 5,000 acres, mainly carved out of Mubuku Prisons farm. …

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2024-07-17: News Headlines

Alexis Sterling (2024-07-17). Appeals court dismisses case against Biden administration for complicity in alleged Gaza genocide. nationofchange.org The three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco affirmed a lower court's dismissal of the lawsuit against President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

newarab (2024-07-17). Palestinian prisoner lost half his body weight in Israeli prison. newarab.com Like someone who emerged from a cave after an eternity, with deteriorating health and a dilapidated body, bodybuilding champion His family, which was waiting for him at the gate of Ofer Military Prison, saw an emaciated man who couldn't walk, supported by another man. | Both appeared exhausted, their shaggy hair and long beards making them look like they had come out of a grave. | Since October 7th, it has become co…

presstv.ir (2024-07-17). Torture, hunger, humiliation: Freed Palestinians recount Israeli jail conditions. presstv.ir The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has treated 13 people, including an elderly woman, who were released at the Kissufim checkpoint in central Gaza.

newarab (2024-07-17). Saudi activist held in Bulgaria announces hunger strike. newarab.com "I began an open-ended hunger strike on July 5 in protest of the Bulgarian authorities' violation of my human rights, European laws, and international treaties," Abd al-Rahman al-Khalidi told AFP. | He was speaking by phone from the detention centre in Sofia where he has been held for nearly three years. | He called on Bulgarian authorities to "immediately and unconditionally release" him. | "I will contin…

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2024-07-17). Truth Dies: Uhuru 3 Trial May Set Dangerous Precedent For Free Speech. popularresistance.org On July 29, 2022, the FBI raided seven properties connected to the African People's Socialist Party/Uhuru Movement and fabricated charges against three prominent members: Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Jesse Nevel, Chair of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, and Penny Hess, Chair of the African People's Solidarity Committee. They are facing up to 15 years in jail for speaking out against the proxy war in Ukraine. Their trial is currently scheduled for September 3. Clearing the FOG spoke with Penny Hess and Leonard Goodman, a criminal defense attorney with the Uhuru Legal Team. Mr. Goodman made the point that if this trial…

geo.tv (2024-07-17). This is the only thing that would make Joe Biden quit 2024 presidential race. geo.tv US President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, July 16, 2024. — ReutersUnited States President Joe Biden has recently revealed the only thing that would make him drop out of the 2024 presidential race amid growing calls among Democrats for…

MEE staff (2024-07-17). Egypt: Six detainees die in one week at detention centre. middleeasteye.net Egypt: Six detainees die in one week at detention centre | Egyptian rights group says detainees suffered from 'suffocation' due to overcrowding and poor ventilation | | Mohamed Farouk Hussein, aged 49, died on Monday after suffering from chest pains and breathlessness (Facebook) | Six detainees have…

Chauncey K. Robinson (2024-07-17). Biden at NAACP focuses on Trump's lies, voter suppression, white supremacy. peoplesworld.org LAS VEGAS, Nev.—On Tuesday morning, President Joe Biden addressed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) convention with a speech that rarely minced words regarding political violence, former president Donald Trump's continued lies, the plight of the Black community, and the high stakes for the upcoming presidential election. The president emphasized that …

(2024-07-17). Azerbaijan extends pretrial detentions of journalists facing currency charges. reuters.com

Hugo GABBERO (2024-07-17). Cambodia: Convictions and prison sentences of ten members of Mother Nature Cambodia. fidh.org

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