(2024-02-09). Jim Crow still lingers in Bonham, civil rights lawyers say. mronline.org Civil rights complaint alleges biracial child faced two years of racially motivated attacks.
(2024-02-09). 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,…
(2024-02-09). Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Praise the Central African Republic's Efforts to Combat Harmful Traditional Practices, Ask about Sexual Violence against Women in the Conflict and Children's Access to Education. reliefweb.int Country: Central African Republic | Sources: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, UN Human Rights Council | Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Praise the Central African Republic's Efforts to Combat Harmful Traditional Practices, Ask about Sexual Violence against Women in the Conflict and Children's Access to Education | The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of the Central African Republic, with Committee Experts praising the State's efforts to combat harmful traditional pr…
(2024-02-10). It's Known as "Death by Incarceration." These People Want to End It. scheerpost.com 
(2024-02-10). Pakistan elections 2024 : Imran Khan And Nawaz Sharif both claim victory. muslimmirror.com Pakistan : Jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan is claiming victory in Thursday's poll, as independent candidates linked to him have won most seats so far. But another ex-PM, Nawaz Sharif, says his party has emerged the largest and urges others to join him in coalition. There are reports that coalition talks between Mr Sharif's …
(2024-02-09). Pakistan counts ballots with former PM Khan in jail. newarab.com 
Counting was underway Thursday after millions of Pakistanis voted in an election marred by rigging allegations and a shutdown of mobile phone services, while the country's most popular politician Pollsters predicted a low turnout from the country's 128 million eligible voters following a lacklustre campaign overshadowed by the jailing of former prime minister Khan, and the hobbling of his
(2024-02-09). Imran Khan's PTI claims victory in Pakistan's general election. peoplesdispatch.org The Pakistan Tehreek e-Insaf had alleged persecution by the army and the ruling elite in the run up to the elections, with Khan jailed and barred from contesting and the party denied its electoral symbol…
(2024-02-09). Headlines for February 9, 2024. democracynow.org UNICEF Warns Israeli Escalation in Rafah Attack Will Cause Hunger and Disease to Skyrocket, Palestinian American Brothers Detained by Israel After Raid on Gaza Home, Senate Moves Ahead with $95 Billion Funding Bill for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, Northwestern Drops Case Against Students Who Made Mock School Paper, AFL-CIO Joins Labor Union Call for Gaza Ceasefire, Special Counsel Hur Declines to Charge Joe Biden in Classified Docs Case, Attacks Biden's Memory, SCOTUS Appears Skeptical of Colorado's Ruling That Disqualified Trump from the Ballot, Allies of Jailed Ex-PM Imran Khan Hold Lead in Tight Pakist…
(2024-02-09). Maulana Tauqeer Raza urges mass protest 'Jail Bharo' over Gyanvapi dispute, detained. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror The recent announcement made by prominent Muslim leader Tauqeer Raza Khan, urging his followers to engage in mass protest through a "jail bharo" (fill the jails) campaign over the Gyanvapi dispute, has raised concerns and heightened tensions in the region. This report aims to provide an overview of the situation, the background …
(2024-02-10). Pakistan elections 2024 : Imran Khan And Nawaz Sharif both claim victory. muslimmirror.com Pakistan : Jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan is claiming victory in Thursday's poll, as independent candidates linked to him have won most seats so far. But another ex-PM, Nawaz Sharif, says his party has emerged the largest and urges others to join him in coalition. There are reports that coalition talks between Mr Sharif's …
(2024-02-09). Maulana Tauqeer Raza urges mass protest 'Jail Bharo' over Gyanvapi dispute, detained. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror The recent announcement made by prominent Muslim leader Tauqeer Raza Khan, urging his followers to engage in mass protest through a "jail bharo" (fill the jails) campaign over the Gyanvapi dispute, has raised concerns and heightened tensions in the region. This report aims to provide an overview of the situation, the background …
(2024-02-09). Tension prevails in Bareilly after cleric's call for protest on Gyanvapi issue. muslimmirror.com Bareilly : Tension prevails in Bareilly after Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, Uttar Pradesh cleric and Head of Ittehad-e-Millat Council, gave a call for 'jail bharo' movement after Friday prayers in protest against offering of prayers inside the Gyanvapi mosque, the police said. After the announcement by Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, the police is taking precautionary …
(2024-02-09). Sunday 2/25: Also Happening: Violence and Oppression in the West Bank. indybay.org Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco | 1187 Franklin St. @ Geary | S.F. Ca.
(2024-02-10). Sunday 2/25: Also Happening: Violence and Oppression in the West Bank. indybay.org Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco | 1187 Franklin St. @ Geary | S.F. Ca.
(2024-02-10). Much like Prison Visiting Rules, The Use of the Espionage Act is Arbitrary and Punitive. scheerpost.com 
By Jeffrey Sterling / Progressive Hub In Mid-December 2023, Charles Glass, the esteemed writer, journalist, broadcaster, and publisher visited with Julian Assange, an inmate at Belmarsh Prison in the U.K. Assange has been confined there since April, 2019. He is awaiting his final appeal to quash U.S. efforts to extradite him to face some of …
(2024-02-09). UK Steps Up War on Whistleblower Journalism with New National Security Act. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg Under a repressive new act, British nationals could face prison for undermining London's national security line. Intended to destroy WikiLeaks and others exposing war crimes, the law is a direct threat to critical national security journalism. It was the afternoon of May 17 2023 and I had just arrived at London's Luton Airport. I was…
(2024-02-09). UK steps up war on whistleblower journalism with new National Security Act. thegrayzone.com Under a repressive new act, British nationals could face prison for undermining London's national security line. Intended to destroy WikiLeaks and others exposing war crimes, the law is a direct threat to critical national security journalism. It was the afternoon of May 17 2023 and I had just arrived at London's Luton Airport. I was on my way to the city of my birth to visit my family. Before landing, the pilot instructed all passengers to have their passports ready …
(2024-02-09). On 'purple-washing' and the abuses against the Palestinians. newarab.com 
For the past four months, Israel has continued to engage in a brutal campaign of aerial bombardment against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, with casualties nearing 30,000 lives and rising by the day. | The physical destruction done unto individuals, residences, hospitals, holy spaces, educational facilities, and general infrastructure is unprecedented in modern warfare. | Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank are facing different forms of brutality committed against them as their families and neighbours are terrorised by the Israeli army in tandem. | Despite international criticism and court orders, Israel co…
(2024-02-09). Left groups in Italy demand safe return of anti-fascist activist imprisoned in Hungary. peoplesdispatch.org Italian school teacher Ilaria Salis has been imprisoned in Hungary for nearly a year, accused of assaulting neo-Nazis during an anti-fascist counter protest…
(2024-02-09). For Crisis-Hit Pakistan, Elections May Not Lead to a Meaningful Alternative. counterpunch.org 
Scheduled for February 8, the upcoming elections for Pakistan's National Assembly and provincial assemblies hold significant importance against the backdrop of numerous upheavals in the country. Notably, the recent arrest and conviction of the former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, adds a layer of complexity. On January 31, Khan received a 14-year prison sentence, adding to his existing three-year
(2024-02-09). "Political Crisis Will Continue": Close Contest in Pakistan Amid Election Crackdown. democracynow.org 
Initial election results in Pakistan show a lead for candidates affiliated with imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Khan's political party was blocked from running for office, and supporters have accused Pakistan's military-backed interim government of trying to rig the election by shutting down cellphone and internet services just as voting began and by delaying election results. "It's up in the air exactly how many seats each party has got," says journalist Munizae Jahangir, who reports from Karachi that "there is no clarity" on who won, despite substantial vot…
(2024-02-09). There Are Individual Men and Women and There Are Families. dissidentvoice.org Some people are still complaining —rightly — about the penetration of women's competitive sports (along with prisons and school lavatories). There is a strong temptation to see this merely as some bizarre fashion against which too many officials lack the courage to resist. In fact I do not believe this is cowardice. There are cowards …
(2024-02-09). Schrodinger's Child: The Curious Case of Ethan Crumbley. counterpunch.org 
"Ethan Crumbley," Reuters reported in December, "was 15 years old when he opened fire at Oxford High School on Nov. 30, 2021," killing four and wounding seven. At 17, per the Reuters story, Crumbley was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. At the times of both the shootings and the sentencing,
(2024-02-09). Pseudo-left Québec Solidaire complicit in unions' suppression of public sector workers' struggle. wsws.org Speaking for affluent sections of the middle class, QS is organically hostile to the prospect of broadening the struggle of public sector workers by appealing to the entire working class, not just in Quebec but across Canada.