2024-07-10: News Headlines

Jonathan Cook (2024-07-10). It was the Media, Led by the Guardian, that Kept Julian Assange behind Bars. dissidentvoice.org It is only right that we all take a moment to celebrate the victory of Julian Assange's release from 14 years of detention, in varying forms, to be united, finally, with his wife and children — two boys who have been denied the chance to ever properly know their father. His last five years were …

If Americans Knew (2024-07-10). Israel issues relentless evacuations, creates endless medical Crises. imemc.org Near zero medical services reportedly in Gaza City; malnutrition and cancer deaths, risks to lives of babies — all as aid trucks sit at the border; Gaza death toll likely far larger than reported; released Palestinian prisoners found dead; Israel reportedly allows shooting free-for-all; accusations that Netanyahu is actively thwarting ceasefire deal; more. By IAK …

Ali Salam (2024-07-10). Army Abducts Ten Palestinians in the West Bank. imemc.org Israeli forces abducted, on Tuesday, ten Palestinians, including a child, a young woman, an elderly citizen, and a former prisoner, in several regions of the occupied West Bank. Before dawn Tuesday, occupation forces abducted a University student in the village of Jinsafut, east of Qalqilia in the northwestern part of the West Bank. Media sources …

newarab (2024-07-10). Palestinian released from Israeli jail with signs of torture. newarab.com

newarab (2024-07-10). UAE sentences 43 to life for 'terror' links in mass trial. newarab.com Government critics and human rights activists were among the 84 defendants brought before the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal, most of whom have been in jail since a similar trial of 94 people i…

newarab (2024-07-10). Russian theatre duo jailed over play about ISIS brides in Syria. newarab.com Leading figures in Monday's verdict by a

cscommittee (2024-07-10). An update on Casey Goonan's recent hunger strike. indybay.org Casey went on a weeklong hunger strike over jail conditions, ending it after 2 of 4 demands were agreed to by jailers.

Editor (2024-07-10). The Xinjiang I saw was a hub of diversity, not oppression. mronline.org From China, ROGER McKENZIE witnesses a place where Islamic culture thrives and economic development powers China's westward expansion—a reality obscured by Western propaganda.

Mark Gruenberg (2024-07-10). Black and progressive lawmakers ring alarm on Trump's Project 2025. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—A progressive political group is sounding the alarm on the details of Donald Trump's plans to abolish worker rights should the prospective Republican nominee triumph over Democrat Joe Biden in this fall's election. And the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists declares civil rights are threatened, too. Specifically, Trump's "Project 2025," would "curtail unions and eliminate …

Flavius Mihaies (2024-07-10). Making Sense of the Trouble in New Caledonia. fairobserver.com New Caledonia, a French overseas territory rich in nickel deposits, is seeing political unrest. The indigenous Kanak population fears that proposed changes to voting laws will dilute their political power. Located in the South Pacific, the islands became a part of France in 1853. French arrivals — including many deported prisoners — lived alongside the…

Human Rights Watch (2024-07-10). UAE: Unfair Trial, Unjust Sentences. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Ahmed Mansoor plays with his children as he speaks to Reuters in Dubai November 30, 2011. | © 2011 REUTERS/Nikhil Monteiro | (Beirut) — The convictions of at least 44 defendants in the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) mass trial of at least 84 human rights defenders and political dissidents were based on a fundamentally unfair trial, a coalition of human rights groups said today. On July 10, 2024, the Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court meted out sentences ranging from between 15 years to life in prison in the UAE's second largest unfair mass trial.In December 2023, while hosting the…

aljazeera (2024-07-10). Russia court orders arrest of Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnaya, in absentia. aljazeera.com Moscow court accused Navalnaya of participating in an 'extremist' group and she faces two months in jail if she returns.

UMMID (2024-07-10). Alarming surge in crimes against Muslims after 2024 LS Polls: APCR. ummid.com Crimes against Muslims have increased in India after the conclusion of the Lok Sabha election on June 4, 2024, Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) said in a report.

Human Rights Watch (2024-07-10). EU Should Add Xinjiang, Aluminum to Forced Labor Database. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A guard stands in a tower on the perimeter of the Number 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 23, 2021. | © 2021 AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein…

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2024-07-08: News Headlines

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-07-08). Israel Refuses Hamas Demand For Written Ceasefire Assurances. popularresistance.org Israel will not accept Hamas' request for written assurances regarding negotiations in the second phase of a proposed deal for a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement in Gaza. | The Palestinian resistance group is demanding that a cessation of hostilities outlined in the first phase of the proposal be ongoing throughout negotiations in the second phase. However, Israel is insistent on the option to resume the war if negotiations falter. | During David Barnea's visit to the Qatari capital, Doha, last week, the Mossad chief conveyed the message to mediators that Israel "does not accept Hamas' demand for a writt…

newarab (2024-07-08). Israel 'executes' four Palestinian prisoners near Gaza border. newarab.com The Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) condemned on Sunday the

newarab (2024-07-08). Three Gazans 'found killed' following Israeli detention: family. newarab.com Abdel Hadi Ghabayen, an uncle of one of the detainees, Kamel Ghabayen, said he set out at 5 am on Sunday looking for his nephew following his arrest by Israeli forces on Saturday. | "I found him left on the ground along with the other two martyrs. They were…

newarab (2024-07-08). Amnesty urges Jordan to free journalist Ahmad Al-Zoubi. newarab.com Al-Zoubi was arrested on Tuesday by security forces implementing a 2023 court order, which sentenced him to jail over a Facebook post critical of the authorities' response to transportation strikes. | "No one should be imprisoned simply for expressing criticism of the authorities on social media," said Aya Majzoub, Amnesty's…

Mike Garrity (2024-07-08). Environmental Groups Save Ashley National Forest Roadless Areas from Bulldozers and Chainsaws. counterpunch.org The great news is the Ashley National Forest has been saved from a "landscape scale" deforestation plan in which the Forest Service planned to bulldoze in skid trails to log and burn up to 147,000 acres (230 square miles!) of Inventoried Roadless Areas. But when faced with the lawsuit brought by the Alliance for the

(2024-07-08). Myanmar journalist Htet Aung sentenced to 5 years in prison under counterterrorism law. cpj.org/feed/atom/

(2024-07-08). UN group says detention of Guatemalan journalist Zamora violates international law. cpj.org

Abayomi Azikiwe (2024-07-08). Juneteenth to Freedom Summer. The 60th Anniversary of the African-American Civil Rights Movement During 1964. globalresearch.ca

Peter Koenig (2024-07-08). WEF's Klaus Schwab Crossing the Line on Sexual Harassment and Discrimination. Exposed by WSJ. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Suzanne Burdick (2024-07-08). Lawsuit on Behalf of Vaccine-injured Seeks to Strike Down 'Unconstitutional' PREP Act. globalresearch.ca

Kevin Rennie (2024-07-08). 'Free at last': Aussies respond to Julian Assange homecoming. globalvoices.org Wikileaks founder's release from prison brings mixed reactions down underOriginally published on Julian Assange home in Australia. Screenshot from 7.30″ on the

Kodao Productions (2024-07-08). Philippines's oldest political prisoner walks free at 85. globalvoices.org

John Malkin (2024-07-08). Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis. indybay.org Interview with Dave Maass, author of the new graphic novel "Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis" based on a suppressed opera written in 1943 by Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, two prisoners at the Terezín Nazi concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The authors did not live to see their masterpiece performed. Dave Maass is also investigations director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. This interview was originally broadcast on "Transformation Highway" with John Malkin on KZSC 88.1 FM / kzsc.org at the University of California Santa Cruz.

cscommittee (2024-07-08). An update on Casey Goonan's recent hunger strike. indybay.org Casey went on a weeklong hunger strike over jail conditions, ending it after 2 of 4 demands were agreed to by jailers.

presstv.ir (2024-07-08). Palestinian prisoners' heath condition worsening due to severe food shortage. presstv.ir That is according to the independent human rights organization Center for Defending Freedoms and Civil Rights (Hurriyat).

Plus News (2024-07-08). Three Hornby High School Staff in Custody over Missing Computers. plusnews.ug The theft of 19 computers from Hornby High School Junior in Kabale district has led to the detention of three staff members. The suspects are Nicholas Muhwezi, a computer teacher; Phillip Tushabomwe, a night watchman; and Michael Mbabazi, a casual staff member. Geoffrey Ainebyoona, the school head teacher, reported that the computers, worth 259 million …

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