(2022-02-03). 'Police used Bogota bus terminals to torture protesters'. colombiareports.com Bogota police used bus terminals in Colombia's capital as illegal detention centers during protests last year, according to opposition politicians. The accusation made by two Bogota city council members was…
(2022-02-03). Jorge Rodríguez: Deputies Failing to Fulfill their Oath Will be Jailed. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, February 2, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) Jorge Rodríguez, warned that deputies who fail to comply with their oath will go to prison. This was said after referring to the case of PSUV parliamentarian, Taina González Rubio, who was arrested in Falcón for her alleged involvement in a drug trafficking network. | "Jail will be the destination for any deputy failing to fulfill their oath, thus becoming a despicable traitor. Everyone who deviates from the right path will be sent to jail," he asserted during his speech at the session this Tuesday, in which the parliamentary immunity o…
(2022-02-03). More than two dozen major lawsuits are putting a price tag on the climate damage caused by fossil fuel companies. nationofchange.org Four years ago, Boulder, Colorado, sued ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy—owner of the only oil refinery in the state—for climate change-related damages and adaptation expenses. Boulder and its co-plaintiffs, Boulder County and San Miguel County, home to Telluride, estimated the damage caused by extreme weather events would cost them more than $100 million by 2050. As …
(2022-02-03). Instead of Freeing Palestinian Prisoners, New Scheme Aims at Punishing Their Families. dissidentvoice.org 
A scheme is underway to withhold or to reduce payments made by the Palestinian Authority to the families of Palestinian prisoners. According to Israeli media, the Biden Administration has requested that the PA entirely overhauls its support system of Palestinian prisoners. The Palestinian leadership had already expressed willingness to engage the US in a 'discussion'. …
(2022-02-03). Fertilizer plant fire in North Carolina threatens to ignite massive explosion, putting thousands at risk. wsws.org Authorities have called for the evacuation of about 6,000 people, including Wake Forest University students and more than 200 inmates from a nearby prison and urged residents to stay indoors as the fire continues to burn.
(2022-02-02). BLM Finances And Leadership Are A Mystery: 5 Quotes From Experts In Nonprofit Industrial Complex. moguldom.com Black Lives Matter may have garnered worldwide attention during protests against police brutality including the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, but there remain questions about the organization's leadership and finances. For many, BLM is shrouded in mystery. The organization raked in $90 million in 2020 alone, yet many of the chapters …
(2022-02-02). PSUV is Against Corrupt Officials, There will be No Impunity, Says Diosdado Cabello. orinocotribune.com Diosdado Cabello, first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), declared the resounding condemnation of the party against any act of corruption committed by officials in public posts, and stated that the full weight of justice should fall on those who get involved in criminal activities. | Cabello emphasized that there should be no impunity in cases such as the ones that recently led to the detention of a mayor and a deputy in the state of Zulia, who had been linked to drug trafficking; and a mayor in Anzoátegui state linked to fuel mafias. | At the press conference, the PSUV leader stat…
(2022-02-02). NFL Coach Fired After Winning Season Says NFL Managed 'Like A Plantation', Files Racial Discrimination Lawsuit. moguldom.com Brian Flores, the former head coach of the Miami Dolphins, has filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, the New York Giants, the Denver Broncos, and the Dolphins, claiming racial discrimination in the league's hiring process for coaches and executives. Flores alleges in the lawsuit that the NFL is racially segregated and "managed much like a plantation." Its …
(2022-02-02). In Turkey, 'journalism is not just a profession, it is a responsibility'. greenleft.org.au Kurdish journalists continue to be killed or jailed simply for reporting the news, reports Steve Sweeney.
(2022-02-02). Israel's oppression of Palestinians constitutes apartheid, says Amnesty International. peoplesdispatch.org The report claims that Israel is not only implementing apartheid policies against Palestinians in the occupied territories, but many of its other laws and policies targeting Palestinian citizens of Israel and Palestinian refugees and expatriates are also ultimately aimed at maintaining Jewish supremacy…
(2022-02-02). Feb. 3 Webinar: Camila Saab, Wife Of Diplomat/US Political Prisoner. popularresistance.org Alex Saab is a Venezuelan diplomat the US government has illegally seized and imprisoned for what the US considers "violation" of the illegal US economic warfare on Venezuela. He was in fact assisting Venezuela in legally working around the US blockade on his country by finding the means to import food, medicine, and materials for the Venezuelan oil industry. The US is seeking to coerce Alex Saab into disclosing the methods Venezuela uses to circumvent the US-Canadian-European sanctions with the goal of further tightening the economic blockade and suffering on the Venezuelan people. These sanctions are illegal ac…
(2022-02-02). Why Wouldn't Biden Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier? dissidentvoice.org 
Last Friday, it became known that the 77-year-old native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier was sick with COVID-19. Peltier has been in prison for over 46 years, which makes him the oldest political prisoner in the United States. This fact has brought attention to his case, but the truth is that his freedom has been …
(2022-02-02). Tomorrow February 3 Webinar: In Conversation with Camila Saab, Wife of Alex Saab & Special Guest, Oscar López Rivera. orinocotribune.com 
Alex Saab is a Venezuelan diplomat the US government has illegally seized and imprisoned for what the US considers "violation" of the illegal US economic warfare on Venezuela. He was in fact assisting Venezuela in legally working around the US blockade on his country by finding the means to import food, medicine, and materials for the Venezuelan oil industry. The US is seeking to coerce Alex Saab into disclosing the methods Venezuela uses to circumvent the US-Canadian-European sanctions with the goal of further tightening the economic blockade and suffering on the Venezuelan people. These sanctions are illegal ac…
(2022-02-02). February 2022 screenings: "Fedayin: Georges Abdallah's Fight" samidoun.net 
The busy schedule of "Fedayin: Georges Abdallah's Fight" is continuing in February 2022, with Collectif Vacarme(s) Films participating in 14 screenings already planned. The film traces the life story and struggle of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a tireless struggler for Palestine and an Arab Communist revolutionary, imprisoned in France for over 37 years. "Fedayin" travels with …
(2022-02-02). The Act of Theatre that Shows Israel's Contempt for Gaza. orinocotribune.com 
By Eva Bartlett — Jan 30, 2022 | Israel has The soldier, who posted his bravado video to TikTok, reportedly got 10 days in military prison. According to an Israeli army statement, "The soldier's behavior in the video does not conform with the norms expected of so…
(2022-02-02). SDF Continue To Search For Hundreds Of ISIS Terrorists Who Fled Al-Hasakah Prison (Videos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Source: the Hawar News Agency. | The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue to search for hundreds of ISIS terrorists who fled Geweran prison in the northeastern Syrian city of al-Hasakah nearly two weeks ago. | ISIS prison break attack, which started on
(2022-02-02). West could have prevented deadly ISIS prison breakout in northeast Syria. greenleft.org.au The recent Islamic State (ISIS) attack on the al-Sina'a prison in Hesekê, northeast Syria, made headlines around the world, reports Peter Boyle. Aimed at freeing the almost 4000 ISIS members, the breakout began with an attack by suicide bombers on January 20.
(2022-02-02). COVID Cases in Youth Prisons Are Cutting Vulnerable Kids Off From Their Parents. truthout.org 
The Omicron variant brought a predictable spike in COVID cases in prisons for children and teens. In response to to these spikes, juvenile facilities have limited educational and recreational activities, and suspended in-person visitation, further isolating incarcerated youth and increasing costs for anxious parents who are desperately trying to look out for their children. | Public outcry over pandemic-exacerbated conditions like these is, in some states, fueling efforts already underway…