(2024-01-23). Gaza war divide hits New York public schools with new antisemitism and Islamophobia training. middleeasteye.net 
Gaza war divide hits New York public schools with new antisemitism and Islamophobia training | Students expressing pro-Palestinian views have been subjected to 'bullying, harassment, and disciplinary sanctions', according to ACLU | Tue, 01/23/2024 – 20: 13 | Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and free speech outside of Columbia University campus in New York City, on 15 November (A…
(2024-01-23). Democratic Senators Ask DOJ If Facial Recognition Tech Violates Civil Rights Act. truthout.org In a letter sent to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday, a group of Democratic senators demanded that the agency review how police use facial recognition and other biometric technologies and whether the use of such tools are in violation of federal civil rights laws. "We are concerned that the use of certain forms of biometric technology, such as facial recognition technology… |
(2024-01-24). Australian government reactivates "Pacific Solution" anti-refugee regime. wsws.org The Labor government has reopened the detention camp on the tiny remote island of Nauru and also begun deporting the detainees to the countries they fled.
(2024-01-24). Outspoken Egyptian journalist freed from Saudi jail after nearly one-year incarceration. presstv.ir An outspoken Egyptian journalist is freed from Saudi confinement after almost a year in jail.
(2024-01-23). Outspoken Egyptian journalist freed from Saudi jail after nearly one-year incarceration. presstv.ir An outspoken Egyptian journalist is freed from Saudi confinement after almost a year in jail.
(2024-01-24). In Assange's Darkest Hour, Committee To Protect Journalists Excludes Him. popularresistance.org The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released its census report for 2023. Three hundred and twenty detained or imprisoned journalists were counted by the press freedom organization, as of December 1, 2023. | As indicated, that number is not far from the record high of 360 jailed journalists that was set in 2022. | The 2023 census takes on greater significance given the Israeli government's war on Gaza and the military attacks and crackdown on Palestinian journalists. Seventeen journalists were jailed by Israel, the "highest number of arrests" since CPJ began tracking arrests in 1992. It is the first time th…
(2024-01-23). Julian Assange Excluded From Jailed Journalist Index Again. scheerpost.com 
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released its census report for 2023. Three hundred and twenty detained or imprisoned journalists were counted by the press freedom organization, as of December 1, 2023. As indicated, that number is not far from the record high of 360 jailed journalists that …
(2024-01-24). US Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Silence Palestinian Rights Advocacy. popularresistance.org Free speech defenders welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to take up a lawsuit that outlandishly claimed a civil society group provided "material support" for terrorism by advocating for Palestinian human rights. | The Supreme Court's punting of Jewish National Fund v. U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights—which comes over three months into Israel's war on the Gaza Strip—marks the third consecutive time a federal court has dismissed the case, which USCPR said casts "collective activism and expression of solidarity as unlawful." | In the case's first dismissal in March 2021, a federal judge said t…
commondreams.org (2024-01-24). US Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Silence Palestinian Rights Advocacy
Free speech defenders welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to take up a lawsuit that outlandishly claimed a civil society group provided "material support" for terrorism by advocating for Palestinian human rights. | The Supreme Court's punting of Jewish National Fund v. U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights—which comes over three months into Israel's war on the Gaza Strip—marks the third consecutive time a federal court has dismissed the case, which USCPR said casts "collective activism and expression of solidarity as unlawful."
(2024-01-23). Francesca Albanese: "ICJ Case Opens a New Era Between the Global North and South" libya360.wordpress.com Alba Nabulsi Bethlehem Municipality employees raise a South African flag as a sign of appreciation for their lawsuit against Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, January 16, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90) Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese discusses South Africa's charge of genocide in Gaza and the power struggle…
(2024-01-23). Francesca Albanese: "ICJ Case Opens a New Era Between the Global North and South" libya360.wordpress.com Alba Nabulsi Bethlehem Municipality employees raise a South African flag as a sign of appreciation for their lawsuit against Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, January 16, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
(2024-01-23). Israel Collapsing at All Levels, Committing Gravest Crimes Against Humanity: Palestinian Resistance. orinocotribune.com A senior member of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the Israel is collapsing at all levels as the regime is committing the most egregious crimes against humanity. | Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas' political bureau, made the statement on Sunday as he pointed to the latest developments regarding Israel's genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. | "The Zionist regime is collapsing by committing the biggest crimes against humanity at the internal, social, military and political levels and, today, has been brought to international courts," Hamad said, referring to lawsuits lodged by…
(2024-01-24). Low-Quality Schools Are a Double Punishment for Youth in Prison. scheerpost.com
(2024-01-23). Double Exposure: Genocide in Residential Schools. Biden Genocide Case in U.S. Court. indybay.org The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada released new records from residential schools, essentially prisoner-of-war camps where Native children were the victims of genocide. At the same time, the Center for Constitutional Rights in the United States announced that its case of genocide in Palestine filed against President Biden begins in federal court in northern California next Friday.
(2024-01-23). Headlines for January 23, 2024. democracynow.org Axios: Israel Proposes 2-Month Ceasefire in Exchange for Remaining Hostages, A Quarter of Gaza Faces Catastrophic Hunger as Unrelenting Israeli Attacks Target Schools, Hospitals, Yemenis Defiant as U.S. and U.K Launch New Joint Strikes on 8 Houthi Targets, SEIU Becomes Largest U.S. Union to Call for Gaza Ceasefire, SCOTUS Rejects Case That Sought to Silence Palestinian Advocacy Group, SCOTUS Offers New Hope to Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip, Agrees to Hear His Appeal, SCOTUS Allows Biden Admin to Cut Down Razor Wire on Texas's Southern Border, New Hampshire Votes in Nation's First Primary of 2024,…
(2024-01-23). The Exonerated: How Many More Are Still Imprisoned? progressive.org A recent rise in exonerations is a clear example that our criminal justice system is failing.