(2023-06-29). Unpublished policy and unlawful detention: a case note on R (MXK) v Secretary of State for the Home Department. ukhumanrightsblog.com In R (MXK) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 1272 (Admin), the Administrative Court held that: In reality, the facts carried the day. This was true not only in relation to the unlawful detention issue, but also on some other points — for example, the SSHD failed to evidence any public interest in …
(2023-06-28). Denied their Eid celebration, three Palestinian administrative detainees on hunger strike for 11th day. samidoun.net 
Three Palestinian prisoners jailed without charge or trial in Israeli occupation prisons are on hunger strike for the 11th day, demanding their freedom. All three launched their hunger strikes on 18 June; they are held in the Ofer prison and reject their arbitrary administrative detention. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network stands with the Palestinian prisoners …
(2023-06-29). Cancer and the LGBTQ+ community: Mayo Clinic expert addresses key topics. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Being diagnosed with cancer is a hardship on its own, but it's especially challenging if a person is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Jewel Kling, M.D., director of women's health at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, explains that stigma and discrimination create barriers to healthcare, placing the LGBTQ+ community at heightened risk for certain forms of cancer due to delayed cancer screenings as well as challenges with survivorship care. Increased cancer risks…
(2023-06-29). 'Does This Mean That My Existence Is Illegal Now?': New Kansas Anti-Trans Law Brings Legal Unknowns. scheerpost.com 
Advocates worry the law, which takes effect July 1, could impact many areas of life for trans and gender-diverse people — including their ability to vote without discrimination.
(2023-06-28). Most Americans say racial discrimination a cause of political divide. plenglish.com Washington, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Most of Americans strongly believe racial and ethnic discrimination is a major issue and a significant reason behind the country's political divisions, according to a new poll.
(2023-06-28). DeSantis's Election Strategy? Competing With Trump to Be Crueler to Migrants. truthout.org In an effort to portray himself as the harsher punisher of migrants when compared to Donald Trump, 2024 presidential hopeful and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rolled out a border policy platform on Monday that would require the mass incarceration of migrants, including families and children, in an expanded version of an immigration prison system that is notorious for human rights violations. |
(2023-06-28). How Honduran activist Edwin Espinal won his freedom from JOH's dictatorship. peoplesdispatch.org Five years ago, Honduran activist Edwin Espinal sat in a supermax prison facing trumped up charges of arson, property damage, and use of homemade explosive material. | Espinal was arrested and faced possibly decades of jail time due to his participation in the mass protests in Honduras against the electoral fraud carried out by Juan Orlando Hernández in the November 2017 elections. The blatant fraud had sparked a mass reaction and from the end of November 2017 well into February 2018, the streets and highways across the country were sites of road blockades, marches, rallies, and cultural actions demanding "Out JO…
(2023-06-28). Turkish journalist Merdan Yanardaƒü arrested for criticizing government's treatment of Abdullah Ocalan. peoplesdispatch.org Merdan Yanardaƒü, a prominent Turkish television journalist, was arrested after he criticized Turkish authorities for not allowing Ocalan to meet his family members and his lawyer…
(2023-06-28). Global left publishers declare solidarity with Walid Daqqah, demand freedom for Palestinian prisoner. samidoun.net 
Walid Daqqah has been imprisoned in Israeli jails for over 37 years. Last year he was diagnosed with a rare form of bone marrow cancer and due to intentional medical negligence by Israeli authorities, his health is rapidly deteriorating. Palestinian organizations and activists in Palestine and across the globe have intensified the campaign to call …
(2023-06-29). US government urges court to dismiss federal youth climate lawsuit. nationofchange.org The DOJ under the Biden administration appears to be resuming the fight against the 21 youth plaintiffs who are seeking to force the U.S. government to face trial and answer to their evidence of climate science.
(2023-06-28). Lawsuit Says Virginia's Disenfranchisement Laws Violate Post-Civil War Statute. truthout.org A group of disenfranchised voters in Virginia who have had their voting rights taken away because of an archaic and racist state constitutional amendment are suing the state in federal court. The suit alleges that the laws disallowing individuals formerly convicted of felony crimes from engaging in the democratic process are in violation of a post-Civil War federal statute. |
(2023-06-28). Future of Colombia's peace policy uncertain. colombiareports.com Colombia's constitutional court may strike down the flagship "Total Peace" policy of President Gustavo Petro. The court revealed it was studying a lawsuit that claimed Congress committed errors in the…
(2023-06-28). Nauru's Refugee Stain: Australia's Continued Offshore Processing Regime. dissidentvoice.org The last refugee, for now, has left the small, guano-producing state of Nauru. For a decade, the Pacific Island state served as one of Australia's offshore prisons for refugees and asylum seekers, a cruel deterrent to those daring to exercise their right to seek asylum via the sea. Since July 2013, 3,127 people making the …
(2023-06-28). UN Expert Demands Immediate Shutting Down of Guantanamo Prison, Apology to Inmates. scheerpost.com 
UN special rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the first such expert who was allowed to visit the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison in over 20 years, noted that US' treatment of detainees was "cruel, inhuman and degrading"
(2023-06-28). 1 July, Boston: Rally, benefit concert and mural exhibition for Palestine! samidoun.net 
Saturday, 1 July 3-6 pm 358 Centre Street Boston, MA Info: www.instagram.com/p/Ct9Wi1Au25c/ Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network thanks the Lucy Parsons Center for organizing this benefit concert and support event! Come join us this Saturday, July 1st, from 3-6pm outside the Lucy Parsons Center bookstore to celebrate our beautiful new mural for Palestine by @eyevan617 …
(2023-06-28). UN Expert Demands Immediate Shutting Down Of Guantanamo Prison. popularresistance.org UN special rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin on Monday, June 26, asked the US authorities to shut down the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison and apologize for the torture of inmates. She asked that all persons responsible for such abuses in the last 20 years be held accountable. | Ní Aoláin was addressing a press conference in New York on the occasion of UN's International Day in Solidarity with the Victims of Torture. She also released her report on Guantanamo Bay prepared after visiting the prison earlier this year. | "The US government must urgently provide judicial resolution, apology and guarantees of non-repetiti…
