2024-08-14: News Headlines

APR editor (2024-08-14). Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral — who will it take down with it? asiapacificreport.nz Israel's zealots are ignoring the pleas of the top brass. They want to widen the circle of war, whatever the consequences. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye There should be nothing surprising about the revelation that troops at Sde Teiman, a detention camp set up by Israel in the wake of Hamas's October…

newarab (2024-08-14). Exclusive: Yemenis go on hunger strike over detention in Russia. newarab.com

Hugo GABBERO (2024-08-14). Zimbabwe: Arbitrary detention and alleged torture of Namatai Kwekweza, Robson Chere and Samuel Gwenzi. fidh.org

newarab (2024-08-14). US sued for alleged discrimination against Palestinian Americans. newarab.com A Muslim advocacy group filed a lawsuit on Monday against the FBI and leaders of other US government agencies over what it called the discriminatory and racist placement of The lawsuit is related to the placement of one

Phil Pasquini (2024-08-14). Bangladesh Hindus Call for an End to Violence. indybay.org WASHINGTON (08-13) — A vociferous crowd of Bangladeshi Hindus demonstrated at the White House on August 10, calling for an end to religious discrimination and violence directed against them in the aftermath of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation and hasty departure to India. As head of the Awami League Party coupled with her 15-year reign as prime minister, her popularity has waned over time as her government had become more authoritarian. The weeks of violent protests and demonstrations beginning in July when scores of university students and others were killed was the beginning of the end of her st…

UMMID (2024-08-14). Never seen any discrimination in 40 years of service: JNMC AMU Principal. ummid.com Refuting the allegations made by BJP leader and Aligarh MP Satish Gautam, Prof (Dr) Veeena Maheshwari said she had never seen any discrimination at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) run under the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) during her long tenure.

Web Desk (2024-08-14). Hamby sues WNBA, Aces alleging discrimination. gnnhd.tv Sparks forward Dearica Hamby filed a federal lawsuit against the WNBA and her former team, the Aces, alleging unlawful retaliation from the Aces after she revealed she was pregnant.

newarab (2024-08-14). The Tale of a Wall: Nasser Abu Srour's 30 years of incarceration. newarab.com In his remarkable literary memoir, Palestinian prisoner Nasser Abu Srour crafts a universe from the monotonous surroundings of his prison cell. | Srour's memoir, The Tale of a Wall, was written from within the carceral condition that he has endured since 1993 when he was imprisoned towards the end of the Accused of being an accomplice to the murder of an Israeli intelligence officer, he was convicted based on a confession extracted under torture and sentenced to life in…

David Rosen (2024-08-14). Death by Incarceration. counterpunch.org Walter Bourque, Jr., has been incarcerated in New Hampshire for 68 years for the murder of a 4-year-old girl in December 1955. Kenneth Nicely has been incarcerated in Arkansas for 65 years for killing a police officer. And Francis "Frank" Smith served 72 years in a Connecticut facility for his part in the killing of a night watchman until 2022 when,

presstv.ir (2024-08-14). Palestinians in West Bank demand end of war in Gaza and fair treatment of prisoners. presstv.ir Hundreds of Palestinians marched in West Bank to call for an end of war in Gaza and fair treatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

newarab (2024-08-14). J.K. Rowling, Musk named in Imane Khelif cyberbullying lawsuit. newarab.com

Staff (2024-08-14). How Amazon "Lied, Spied, Cheated Its Way to the Top": WSJ Reporter Dana Mattioli. democracynow.org We speak with Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli about her new book, The Everything War, which examines how Amazon came to dominate the U.S. economy through its "scorched-earth" tactics. "I found just a ton of business practices driven by this toxic culture at Amazon, where the company lied, spied, cheated its way to the top," she says. Mattioli also discusses the threat of antitrust lawsuits to Amazon and other Big Tech firms, political pressure on Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan and more.

Phil Pasquini (2024-08-14). CAIR Sues FBI for Gaza Activists Constitutional Violations. indybay.org WASHINGTON (08-12) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held two press conferences on August 12, in Washington, DC and Los Angeles in introducing a lawsuit filed against the federal government on behalf of two United States citizens of Palestinian descent who have been placed on the secret No-Fly list claiming they were added for political reasons.

Anonymous (2024-08-14). Santa Barbara City College President Erika Endrijonas Garners Lawsuit. indybay.org Career college administrator Erika Endrijonas garners new lawsuit against Santa Barbara Community College.

MEE staff (2024-08-14). Paris Olympics 2024: Algerian boxer Imane Khelif names JK Rowling and Elon Musk in lawsuit. middleeasteye.net Paris Olympics 2024: Algerian boxer Imane Khelif names JK Rowling and Elon Musk in lawsuit | Khelif was the subject of tabloid and social media controversy over unproven claims that she was a man | | Imane Khelif has blamed 'bullying' for the controversy surrounding her presence at the Olympics (A…

presstv.ir (2024-08-14). Jewish Voice for Peace: US 'actively assisting' Israel to commit genocide. presstv.ir "It's well past time for a weapons embargo. We demand a complete end to US funding, arming, and backing of the state of Israel's oppression of Palestinians."

Aseel Saleh, People's Dispatch. (2024-08-14). Gaza's Ceasefire And Prisoner Deal Hangs In The Balance. popularresistance.org Israeli media outlets leaked statements of Israel's Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant regardin the stalemate of captives-for-prisoners swap talks during a private briefing for a parliamentary committee on Monday, August 12. In his statements, Gallant blamed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for obstructing the prisoner swap deal talks saying: "The reason a hostage deal is stalling is in part because of Israel." | Gallant also described Netanyahu's promises of "absolute victory" in the ongoing aggression on the Gaza strip and his idea of destroying the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) as "gib…

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (2024-08-14). Torture of Palestinian prisoners is Zionist crime against humanity. workers.org The following statement was issued by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Office of Martyrs, Prisoners and Wounded on Aug. 8, 2024, by the Resistance News Network. Incarcerated Palestinians The leak of rape and torture scenes that Palestinian detainees are subjected to in the extermination camp at "Sde . . . |

JANET (2024-08-14). Torture of Palestinian prisoners is Zionist crime against humanity. iacenter.org By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine August 13, 2024 The following statement was issued by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Office of Martyrs, Prisoners and Wounded on Aug. 8, 2024, by the Resistance News Network. Incarcerated Palestinians The leak of rape and torture scenes that Palestinian detainees are subjected to in the extermination camp at "Sde Teman" is a new Zionist crime against humanity, reminiscent of what happened in the American Guantanamo camp. The anger of Zionist officials over the leak of the torture scenes and their demand for the formation of an investigation commi…

UUSF Global Conversations, the IEC (2024-08-14). Sunday 8/25: Brave Resistance by Iran's Women Political Prisoners. indybay.org On Zoom: zoom.us/j/91631626879?pwd=ajem5BtDvWSXVry4Bnwiii0gfB7BJP.1 | Also live audience at 1187 Franklin St. TSK Room…

Mike Raccoon Eyes Kinney (2024-08-14). Shane Gray's Sign Mission to Free Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier. indybay.org Shane Gray Has made Thousands of Free Leonard Signs In The San Francisco Bay Area To Make The Public Aware Of Leonard Peltier Being A Political Prisoner.

Eric A. Gordon (2024-08-14). 'Sing Sing' sings out for justice, clemency, rehabilitation, humanity. peoplesworld.org The new 105-minute film Sing Sing is about life inside Sing Sing Correctional Facility, perhaps the most infamous maximum security prison in America, perhaps the world. It's the infamous place where Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in 1953 as "atomic spies" at the height of the McCarthyite Red Scare. The context of the film …

Maxime Duriez (2024-08-14). Egypt: Human rights organisations condemn the targeting of ElMaraya for culture and arts and call for the protection of cultural institutions. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is co-signing a call to the Egyptian authorities to end their harassement and repression of independent cultural organisations in Egypt. The political regime's continued use of security services, police crackdowns, arrests and prison sentencing to intimidate artists and cultural workers must stop.
13 August 2024. The signatories of this statement condemn the Egyptian security forces' raid on the headquarters of ElMaraya for Culture and (…) | – | /…

The Independent (2024-08-14). State Attorney charged with 16 counts of corruption, remanded. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A case of corruption has rocked the Attorney General's chambers, as State Attorney Sam Tusubira is remanded to Luzira Prison for allegedly soliciting a 100 million shillings bribe from a litigant in a land matter. Tusubira, 33, employed by the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, was arrested by the …

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