Sharmila Devi (2024-07-20). World Report] Calls for closure of Israeli detention centre and hospital. thelancet.com Israeli medics working at Sde Teiman have spoken out over conditions and practices at the facility. Sharmila Devi reports.

Ali Salam (2024-07-20). Israeli Soldiers Kill a Palestinian Near Hebron. imemc.org Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian young man, on Friday night, in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. According to medical sources at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron, the former prisoner, Ibrahim Hamza Ibrahim Zaqaqiq, 20, died shortly after being shot in the head with live …

newarab (2024-07-20). Algeria places pro-democracy activists in pre-trial detention. newarab.com Eight Algerian activists from The activists were arrested between July 8 and 15 in Bejaia, some 220 kilometres (136 miles) east of the capital Algiers. | Mira Mokhnache, a university professor and human rights defender, along with seven other activists were placed in pre-trial detention on Thursday by an investigating j…

newarab (2024-07-20). Children as young as 7 'arrested' by German police at Gaza demos. newarab.com Berlin police is arresting children at The most recent confirmed arrest of children involved the early June detention of a 7-year-old boy for allegedly hitting an officer's helmet with his flag. In a witness statement shown to The New Arab (TNA), the boy's father said he had been carrying his son on his shoulders at a march when they suddenly found themselves surrounded by officers who lashed out…

newarab (2024-07-20). Tunisia presidential hopeful gets jail sentence, life ban. newarab.com A potential Tunisian presidential candidate on Friday received an eight-month prison sentence and lifetime ban from running for office, reports said, with NGOs warning of increasing obstacles for Lotfi Mraihi, head of left-wing opposition Republican People's Union, was arrested on July 3 on suspicion of corruption. | In addition to the prison sentence, Mraihi, who announced his candidacy in early April, was given a lifetime ban from standing in any election, Tunisian media said.

Staff (2024-07-20). From Kanaky to Palestine, resistance to colonial incarceration. samidoun.net The following statement/article, by Samidoun Paris Banlieue, was published first in French. The English translation is below: samidoun.net/fr/2024/07/la-question-carcerale-dans-la-colonisation-de-la-kanaky-a-la-palestine/. Kanaky, called New Caledonia by the French, is a French colony ("overseas collectivity") where, this year, after widespread protests and demonstrations, French military forces targeted demonstrators, imposed a countrywide ban on TikTok, and have now seized multiple …

The Independent (2024-07-20). Geraldine Ssali, MPS committed to high court over corruption. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, Geraldine Ssali Busuulwa has been sent on remand to Luzira prison on charges of conspiring with five others to defraud the government of billions of shillings. The others are Igara East MP, Michael Mawanda, Elgon County MP, Mudimi Wamakuyu, …

(2024-07-20). Russia sentences US journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years. Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director

aljazeera (2024-07-20). Tunisian President Saied says he will seek re-election in October. aljazeera.com As president runs for new term, critics say credible polls can't be held unless jailed opposition politicians are freed.

Plus News (2024-07-20). Geraldine Ssali, MPS Committed To High Court Over Corruption. plusnews.ug The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, Geraldine Ssali Busuulwa has been sent on remand to Luzira prison on charges of conspiring with five others to defraud the government of billions of shillings. The others are Igara East MP, Michael Mawanda, Elgon County MP, Mudimi Wamakuyu, and their Busiki County counterpart, …

Dania Akkad (2024-07-19). Saudi fitness teacher, jailed for supporting women's rights, target of sexual harassment campaign. middleeasteye.net Saudi fitness teacher, jailed for supporting women's rights, target of sexual harassment campaign | Sentenced to 11 years in prison over social media posts, Manahel al-Otaibi is now being followed around prison by harassers, her sister says | Fri, 07/19/2024 – 10: 00 | Manahel al-Otaibi is a Saudi fitness instructor a…

Brett Wilkins, Consortium News. (2024-07-19). Appeals Court Dismisses Biden Genocide Complicity Case. popularresistance.org A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco affirmed a lower court's dismissal of the lawsuit against President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, which was led by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of several Palestinian groups and individuals. | During a Tuesday interview on Democracy Now!, CCR attorney Katherine Gallagher — who represented plaintiffs in the case — said its dismissal "essentially gives the blank check to carry out any kind of conduct that the executive wants in times of genocide, in tim…

Staff (2024-07-19). Headlines for July 19, 2024. democracynow.org Trump Accepts GOP Nomination with Longest-Ever Convention Speech, 2nd Dem. Senator Calls on Biden to Step Down Amid Reports He May Be on Verge of Ending Campaign, Israel Bombs Another U.N. School; Families Grieve Loved Ones as Bodies Exhumed from Al-Amal Hospital, Israel's "Weaponization of Water" Leading to Death, Disease as Polio Virus Is Detected in Gaza, Houthis Claim Responsibility for Strike in Tel Aviv That Kills One, Death Toll Climbs to 28 in Bangladesh Student Protests as Crackdown Intensifies, Microsoft Outage Grounds Planes, Causes Global Chaos, U.K. Court Hands 4- and 5-Year Prison…

newarab (2024-07-19). Israel prison 'incommunicado' detention of Palestinians must end. newarab.com Amnesty International on Thursday called on Israel to end the "Israeli authorities must end their indefinite incommunicado detention of Palestinians from the occupied Gaza Strip, without charge or trial … (which is) in flagrant violation of international law," the rights group said statement. | Amnes…

newarab (2024-07-19). Tunisia presidential hopeful gets jail sentence, life ban. newarab.com A potential Tunisian presidential candidate on Friday received an eight-month prison sentence and lifetime ban from running for office, reports said, with NGOs warning of increasing obstacles for Lotfi Mraihi, head of left-wing opposition Republican People's Union, was arrested on July 3 on suspicion of corruption. | In addition to the prison sentence, Mraihi, who announced his candidacy in early April, was given a lifetime ban from standing in any election, Tunisian media said.

newarab (2024-07-19). Children as young as 7 'arrested' by German police at Gaza demos. newarab.com Berlin police is arresting children at The most recent confirmed arrest of children involved the early June detention of a 7-year-old boy for allegedly hitting an officer's helmet with his flag. In a witness statement shown to The New Arab (TNA), the boy's father said he had been carrying his son on his shoulders at a march when they suddenly found themselves surrounded by officers who lashed out…

Dania Akkad (2024-07-19). Saudi fitness teacher, jailed for supporting women's rights, target of sexual harassment campaign. middleeasteye.net Saudi fitness teacher, jailed for supporting women's rights, target of sexual harassment campaign | Sentenced to 11 years in prison over social media posts, Manahel al-Otaibi is now being followed around prison by harassers, her sister says | Fri, 07/19/2024 – 10: 00 | Manahel al-Otaibi is a Saudi fitness instructor a…

WSWS (2024-07-19). More statements demanding freedom for Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk from Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org "We need to stand with Bogdan now, because it's easy to imagine the alternative: if Ukraine is able to imprison socialists and ban the WSWS without protest, what's to stop the UK, Germany or the US, from doing the same?"

Reuters (2024-07-19). Russian court jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 years after convicting him of espionage. scmp.com Evan Gershkovich, 32, who worked for the Wall Street Journal, is the first US journalist arrested on spying charges in Russia since the Cold War.

Hugo GABBERO (2024-07-19). Cambodia: Convictions and prison sentences of ten members of Mother Nature Cambodia. fidh.org

Plus News (2024-07-19). Gov't Starts Processing Land Titles for Karusandara Residents. plusnews.ug The government has started processing land titles for residents of Karusandara Sub County, Kasese District. Karusandara sub-county was created in 1989. It is mainly occupied by members of the Basongora communities from Virunga National Park, who had settled on a piece of land measuring over 5,000 acres, mainly carved out of Mubuku Prisons farm. …