(2019-06-29). SEP wins support for Assange and Manning at Sri Lanka's Peradeniya university. wsws.org Tenishan, an agriculture student, asked: "Is it democratic to imprison journalists who have revealed war crimes?"
(2019-06-29). Tech privacy pioneer Ola Bini released after 70 days of extrajudicial detention in Ecuador. mronline.org 
After 70 days in preventive detention without formal charges, Ola Bini's request for habeas corpus was granted, and shortly after, he was released from prison. | Source
(2019-06-29). Nationwide 'Close the Camps' Demonstrations Announced to Protest Horrific Conditions at Trump Detention Centers. commondreams.org "We need to fight for immigrant families and stop Donald Trump's racist policies, and we can only do it together." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/close_trump_camps.jpg…
(2019-06-29). Stop ICE Raids/Stop Detentions–planning meeting for July 5 protest. indybay.org New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk Street (near Ellis), San Francisco | (near Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #19, 31, 38, 47, 49)…
(2019-06-29). #CloseTheCamps: National Protests Against Inhumane Detention of Children & Families. indybay.org Protests around San Francisco Bay Area, throughout California, and nationwide | Find an event in your area (keep checking back as new events are being added): act.moveon.org/event/close-camps-now_attend/search/…
(2019-06-29). Video of Obama-appointed lawyer defending the denial of child detainees soap, toothpaste sparks outrage. wsws.org Justice Department attorney Sarah Fabian argued that it is legal to deny immigrant children in detention soap, toothpaste, blankets, and a place to sleep for days or weeks on end.
(2019-06-29). My friend is in a prison in Ecuador. mronline.org 
Two months ago, the police in Ecuador arrested my friend Ola Bini at Quito airport. Ola was on his way to Japan for a two-week martial arts course. He's a software developer from Sweden who has lived in Ecuador since 2013. Ola is not merely a software developer — to be honest. He is also […] | Source
(2019-06-28). Georgia Tried to Ban Abortion, So We Sued. aclu.org Abortion bans place people in danger, and Georgia's is no exception. | Alabama. Arkansas. Kentucky. Ohio. And today, Georgia. That's the list of states where the ACLU has had to go to court over the last few months to challenge laws banning abortion. | The Georgia law bans abortion at six weeks of pregnancy and is in clear violation of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade. In fact, that is the whole point of the law. Georgia politicians, including Governor Brian Kemp, emboldened by President Trump's appointment of two new justices to the Supreme Court, think this is their chance to get the court to take aw…
(2019-06-28). Working in Prison, I Witnessed the Inhumane Conditions of Solitary for Incarcerated Women. aclu.org Solitary confinement can amount to torture. One practitioner witnessed this first hand, and shares her story and her journey to action. | At the first checkpoint at Tennessee Prison for Women, there was a large, scrolling television screen behind the desk displaying the image of two pairs of hands — one pair with a key and one pair in handcuffs. The message read, "You can either be one of us or one of them." I had been working in the facility for less than a year, but this message exemplified an uneasiness I had long felt without articulating: The prison's faàßade of "rehabilitation" masked a system s…
(2019-06-28). Florida Governor Introduces a Poll Tax, Curtailing Amendment 4. aclu.org The law forces returning citizens with criminal records to pay for the right to vote. | On November 6, 2018, nearly 65 percent of Florida voters—more than 5 million people—resoundingly approved Amendment 4, restoring voting rights to over a million of their fellow citizens. By passing Amendment 4, Floridians successfully ushered in the largest expansion of the electorate in nearly 50 years. The people of Florida did it on their own, using a constitutional ballot initiative, to finally achieve change where Florida politicians had failed. | Instead of celebrating this progress, Florida politicians are t…
(2019-06-28). We are Fighting for Immigrants' Rights. Here's What You Can Do. aclu.org We know that a better future is possible, and we at the ACLU, along with our supporters and allies, are daring to create it. | The images of Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria, who lost their lives trying to seek refuge in the United States, have left us haunted. They serve as an ever-important reminder of the urgency of the fight for immigrant justice on our southern border and the need to stand up to the Trump administration's policies denying humanitarian protection and basic due process to families fleeing for their lives. | We remain at the frontlines of the family separation fight…
(2019-06-28). James Fields, White Supremacist Who Murdered Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Sentenced to Life in Prison. commondreams.org "The defendant's crimes were so horrendous—and the maiming of innocents so severe—that they outweigh any factors the defendant may argue form a basis for leniency." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/james_fields_heather_heyer_0.jpg…
(2019-06-28). SPLC: Sentencing of James Alex Fields Jr., who killed Heather Heyer at 'Unite the Right,' will not heal victims or their families. splcenter.org James Alex Fields Jr., who was sentenced to life in prison today for murdering a woman who was protesting a white supremacist rally two years ago, is a remorseless killer and a domestic terrorist.
(2019-06-28). Alabama woman charged with murder of her unborn baby as woman who shot her walks free. rt.com 
An Alabama woman has been indicted for manslaughter after another woman shot her in the stomach, killing her unborn child. The shooter was not charged, but her victim was blamed for inciting the fight and faces 20 years in prison.
(2019-06-28). Charlottesville Federal Court Sentences James Alex Fields to Life in Prison for 'Unite the Right' Killing. splcenter.org A neo-Nazi sympathizer from Ohio received two consecutive and 27 concurrent life sentences in federal prison for killing a counterprotester and injuring others in the aftermath of 2017's racist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
(2019-06-28). #NeverAgainIsNow: Vigil for Children Imprisoned at Border (San Jose). indybay.org Issei Memorial Building, 565 North Fifth Street, San Jose, CA…
(2019-06-28). Terry Hicks, father of former Guantánamo Bay prisoner David Hicks, demands freedom for Assange and Manning. wsws.org "There's only one word to describe the victimisation and persecution of Assange and Manning, and that word is barbaric."
(2019-06-28). Harry Hay: Communist pioneer in the fight for gay liberation. peoplesworld.org 
Beginning with the "ghetto riot" at the Stonewall Bar in Greenwich Village in 1969, an open gay liberation movement came into existence which has been a significant force in the larger peoples' movements for almost a half-century. While most people identify gay liberation with the "New Left" of the 1960s, it, like the civil rights, …
(2019-06-28). 'Beyond Spin Control': Anti-Busing Past Not Going Away as Biden and Staff Dig Themselves Deeper. commondreams.org "Joe Biden's campaign going all in on states rights in the civil rights debate. Just rejecting the entire premise of the civil rights movement!" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/biden_again.jpg…
(2019-06-28). 'That Little Girl Was Me': Watch Kamala Harris Confront Joe Biden Over Opposition to School Busing and Praise for Segregationists. commondreams.org Harris pointed to her personal experience as a child who was "bused to school every day" and slammed Biden's "hurtful" comments on his relationship with senators who built careers on opposition to civil rights | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/kamala_harris_joe_biden_0.jpg…
(2019-06-28). Now We Know. counterpunch.org 
Perhaps you can commiserate. For the past few weeks I've felt an aching in my chest; an angst I cannot escape. The darkening skies of an ever besieged biosphere aside, the specter of rising fascism undoubtedly looms large now, and war, a global war, now seems inevitable. It's true that the saber rattling has been More
(2019-06-28). Families Torn Apart by the US's Deadly Immigration Policy. truthout.org From babies to teenagers, the Trump administration continues to rip thousands of immigrant children away from their parents at the border. Despite a court order to halt the process, this inhumane policy of family separation continues. Six immigrant children have died in U.S. detention since Trump took office. Six families will never be reunited. | Families belong together. What will it take to stop the Trump administration and it's racist policies? Visit Brave New Films to discover actions you can take to help reunite immigrant families now.
(2019-06-28). Stop ICE Raids/Stop Detentions–planning meeting for July 5 protest. indybay.org New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk Street (near Ellis), San Francisco | (near Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #19, 31, 38, 47, 49)…
(2019-06-28). LGBTQ Activists Demand an End to the Pinkwashing of Militarism. truthout.org Fifty years ago, the Stonewall uprising — whose leaders prominently included Black trans women and trans women of color — took the fight for LGBTQ liberation to the next level. It was a rebellion against police violence and the state-sanctioned oppression of LGBTQ people. This type of state-sanctioned oppression includes imperialism and war all over the world, which is why many LGBTQ activists are also challenging the actions of the U.S. military. | Given this history, on the anniversary of Stonewall, it's worth lo…
(2019-06-27). Supreme Court Finds that Wilbur Ross Lied To Put Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census. aclu.org The ruling affirms that the Trump administration cannot offer pretextual reasons to cover up its anti-immigrant attacks. | This morning, the Supreme Court told the country what we and our clients have long known: that Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross provided a false reason for his decision to add a citizenship question to the Decennial Census. The court explained that the Trump administration's stated reason for adding a citizenship question—enf…
(2019-06-27). Claiming Trump Is Forcing Them to Commit 'Widespread Violation' of International Law, Asylum Officers Back Lawsuit Against President's Policy. commondreams.org Expressing grave objections to an immigration policy which has forced them to violate international law, U.S. asylum officers filed a federal court brief demanding an end to President Donald Trump's so-called "Remain in Mexico" policy under which asylum seekers have been turned away at the U.S.-Mexico border. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11513236651.jpg…
(2019-06-27). Progressive Leads Queens DA Race, Shocking the Establishment. therealnews.com 
31-year-old Public Defender Tiffany Caban ran an AOC-style grassroots campaign calling for an end to mass incarceration and radical reform to the prosecutor's office…
(2019-06-27). Statements by Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, on Supreme Court's Democracy Rulings. naacp.org 
Statement on Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek: "The Court's rulings today upend our democratic principles by allowing party politics to determine the outcomes of our elections. Extreme partisan gerrymandering has infected our electoral process for far too long. Exercise of the franchise, which many fought and even died for, must not be …
(2019-06-27). Beijing Municipality Bans Gender Discrimination in Job Hiring. telesurenglish.net Beijing municipal government banned by law all gender discriminatory hiring practices, a measure which aims at boosting women's job opportunities, Chinese media Xinhua reported Thursday. | RELATED: | Women in China Say 'Me Too' Too | "Although the Chinese women's labor rate participation is among the highest in the world, they still face difficulties in finding a job because…
(2019-06-27). Trump admin moves 100 migrant kids back to "child jail" despite concern over inhumane conditions. nationofchange.org The Department of Homeland Security has moved 100 migrant children back to a Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas, where infants and toddlers have been locked up without adequate food, water, sanitation or medical care, with older children having to care for the younger ones. Around 300 kids were removed from the facility Monday following …
(2019-06-27). "They Decided to Kill Him": Egyptian Officials Threatened Morsi Days Before Death. globalresearch.ca Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood leaders in prison in Egypt were given an ultimatum by top officials to disband the organisation or face the consequences, Middle East Eye has learned. | They had until the end of Ramadan to decide. Morsi …
(2019-06-27). Headlines for June 27, 2019. democracynow.org 2020 Democratic Primary Debate Kicks Off with Focus on Immigration, Healthcare, Senate Passes Border Aid Package After Rejecting House Version, Bank of America Ends Relationship with Migrant Prison Companies, Asylum Officers Say Trump's "Remain in Mexico" Policy Threatens Migrants' Lives, Family of Black Man Shot by Indiana Cop Sues Officer, City of South Bend, Twin Suicide Bombs Rock Tunis, Trump, World Leaders in Osaka for G20, Court Rules France Failed to Properly Address Air Pollution, U.N. Expert Warns of Impending "Climate Apartheid", NYC Votes to Declare a "Climate Emergency", Dems Vote to Subpoena Kellyan…
(2019-06-27). Imprisoned Trump campaign boss Manafort to face further charges of giving false and misleading information. thecanary.co Donald Trump's imprisoned former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is set to be arraigned on state mortgage fraud charges which could keep him locked up even if he's pardoned for federal crimes uncovered during the probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. | Manafort, 70, is already serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence for misleading the US govern…
(2019-06-27). For a global campaign to prevent Julian Assange's rendition to the US! wsws.org On June 20 the WSWS issued a call for the formation of a Global Defence Committee to secure freedom for Wikileaks founder and class-war prisoner Julian Assange.
(2019-06-27). Join the Sydney rally this Saturday demanding freedom for Julian Assange! wsws.org The demonstration will insist that the Australian government take immediate action to prevent the WikiLeaks founder's extradition to the US, where he faces life imprisonment or the death penalty.
(2019-06-27). #NeverAgainIsNow: Vigil for Children Imprisoned at Border (San Jose). indybay.org Issei Memorial Building, 565 North Fifth Street, San Jose, CA…
(2019-06-27). What the Concentration Camps of Bosnia Can Teach Us About the Abuse of Immigrants on the U.S. Border. theintercept.com 
I never thought the pattern of abuse and deceit that I saw at Serb-run prison camps in the 1990s would be relevant to America — but it is.
(2019-06-27). The truth about reparations: They're a condemnation of U.S. capitalism. peoplesworld.org 
"Enslavement was about the devil's work of predatory capitalism." — economist Julianne Malveaux For the first time in over a decade, on June 19, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held its first congressional hearing on reparations. Though it's a discussion that's taken many forms over the years, the …
(2019-06-27). 'We Owe These Vulnerable Populations More': California Lawmakers Call on Gov. Newsom to Divest State From Child Detention Profiteers. commondreams.org The open letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom cited the #WayfairWalkout as the impetus for the request | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/kids_5.jpg…
(2019-06-27). AOC was actually facing an empty parking lot during emotional border protest photo op. rt.com 
Clutching her face in despair and weeping, photos of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seemingly show her strong reaction to a horrific scene of US migrant detention. However, new angles reveal she may have played things up a bit.
(2019-06-27). What Should We Do About Concentration Camps in Trump's America? progressive.org Portland, Maine is welcoming a wave of migrants with kindness as the administration comes under fire for its cruelty at immigrant detention centers.
(2019-06-27). Boston: Hundreds protest Wayfair's profiting from sales to immigrant detention centers. wsws.org Employees learned last week that a $200,000 order of bedroom furniture from Wayfair was placed by a private contractor for a detention facility.
(2019-06-27). 20 ways you can help immigrants now. nationofchange.org Immigrant children are dying in federal custody. Children in detention are being denied basic supplies like soap and blankets—and the Trump administration says that's fine. Trump threatened then delayed mass immigration raids across the country, using the plan as a bargaining chip with Congress, while families are left in an ever-heightened state of uncertainty. While Congress is continually being …
(2019-06-27). Julián Castro Challenges Democrats to End the Criminalization of Immigration. truthout.org The Democrats' first debate was held in Miami, Florida. The venue was less than an hour away from Homestead, Florida, where more than 2,000 unaccompanied minors are incarcerated in a for-profit detention center run by Caliburn. Trump's former Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly sits on its board. Prior to the debate, Senators Warren and Klobuchar visited the facility. During the debate, Julián Castro, the former secretary of housing and urban development, criticized the immigration policies of fellow Texan, former Congressmember Beto O'Rourke. We air part of the debate and speak to Ana María Archila o…
(2019-06-27). After Rio Grande tragedy, UNICEF chief highlights 'dire' detention centres on US-Mexico border. un.org The shocking image of a drowned Central American migrant and his infant daughter on the banks of the river dividing Mexico and the United States, continues to evoke strong reactions, the latest from the head of the UN Children's Fund.
(2019-06-27). In First Debate, Julián Castro Challenges Democrats to End the Criminalization of Immigration. democracynow.org 
The Democrats' first debate was held in Miami, Florida. The venue was less than an hour away from Homestead, Florida, where more than 2,000 unaccompanied minors are incarcerated in a for-profit detention center run by Caliburn. Trump's former Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly sits on its board. Prior to the debate, Senators Warren and Klobuchar visited the facility. During the debate, Julián Castro, the former secretary of housing and urban development, criticized the immigration policies of fellow Texan, former Congressmember Beto O'Rourke. We air part of the debate and speak to Ana María Archila of the Center for…
(2019-06-27). American Concentration Camps. commondreams.org A bus transporting immigrants leaves a temporary facility at a US Border Patrol Station in Clint, Texas, on June 21, 2019. – Lawyers who were able to tour the facility under the Flores Settlement, which governs detention conditions for migrant children, said they witnessed inhumane conditions of overcrowding, and about 250 children being held over the limit of 72 hours, some saying they were there for weeks in overcrowded cells. (Photo: Paul Ratje / AFP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/american_concentration_camps.jpg…
(2019-06-27). AOC was actually facing an empty parking lot during emotional border protest photo op. rt.com Clutching her face in despair and weeping, photos of Senator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seemingly show her strong reaction to a horrific scene of US migrant detention. However, new angles reveal she may have played things up a bit.
(2019-06-26). I've Lived on the Border My Entire Life. The Courts Must Shut Down Trump's Border Wall. aclu.org Communities, public lands and property are threatened by the president's abuse of emergency powers. | The ecological destruction of Arizona, New Mexico, and California hangs in the balance as courts decide whether to block President Trump's abuse of emergency powers to secure funds for a border wall Congress denied. | On Feb. 15, 2019, President Trump declared a national emergency so that he could raid the military budget for billions of dollars for border wall construction. The declaration came after the president put the country through the longest government shutdown in U.S. history over Congress's refusal to…
(2019-06-26). Raising our Voices for Equality at Stonewall and the Supreme Court. aclu.org 50 years after the riots at Stonewall, we are telling the Supreme Court not to roll back protections for LGBTQ people. | It's been half a century since the Stonewall uprising began on June 28, 1969, the reason we celebrate Pride each June. But there's another fitting date to commemorate this month, and it falls just two days before the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. | June 26 marks the anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in 2003 striking down state laws that criminalized same-sex intimacy. T…