Eva Lopez (2023-06-14). Showing Up for Trans Students in Virginia. aclu.org Over the last few years, states across the country have advanced a Through advocacy, litigation, and lobbying…

Staff (2023-06-14). Headlines for June 14, 2023. democracynow.org Trump Pleads Not Guilty to 37 Charges Before Telling Supporters "They're Coming After You", Judge Allows E. Jean Carroll to Add Trump CNN Town Hall Remarks to Defamation Lawsuit, Russian Strikes Kill 6 in Ukraine; U.S. to Send More Weapons, Incl. Depleted Uranium Tank Shells, South African Activists Take Aim at Standard Bank in Fight to Stop East African Pipeline, Greta Thunberg Warns Global Climate Decisions at COP28 Could Be "Death Sentence" for Humanity, Olympic Track Star Tori Bowie Was 8 Months Pregnant and in Labor When She Died of Complications, Black Civil Rights Attorney Arr…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-14). One in five children is engaged in child labor in Afghanistan. peoplesdispatch.org Around 90% of Afghans lack enough food to eat, forcing many impoverished families to send their children to work. Many children are also forced to work due to unsafe migration, family separation, detentions, and injuries from unexploded ordinances…

Staff (2023-06-14). Alex Saab's Illegal Detention Reaches 3 Years. orinocotribune.com This Monday marked three years of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab's illegal detention in a United States prison, in a case in which violations of international law and diplomatic conventions by the US regime stand out. | On June 12, 2020, Alex Saab was traveling to Iran on a diplomatic mission for the Venezuelan government to negotiate medical supplies and food for the Venezuelan people amid the crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the strengthening of illegal US and European sanctions. | The Venezuelan government plane Saab was traveling in stopped on Sal island in Cape Verde, an archipelago country off t…

Staff (2023-06-14). "Money Has Won": Saudi Rights Activist Says PGA-LIV Golf Merger Gives MBS More Power & Influence. democracynow.org We speak to Lina Alhathloul, the sister of a Saudi dissident who was jailed and tortured, about how the kingdom is using its oil fortune to reshape its image by taking over the world of professional golf with the merger of its own LIV Golf and the PGA Tour. This comes after President Biden pledged to make Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a "pariah" after the brutal assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. Lina Alhathloul discusses Saudi Arabia's human rights record and its latest diplomatic moves with regional and international powers, including its reestablishment of ties with Iran.

Staff (2023-06-14). The Espionage Act: Could Trump Indictment Lead to Changes to 1917 Law Used to Jail Whistleblowers? democracynow.org The majority of former President Donald Trump's charges for mishandling classified documents stem from the Espionage Act, a World War I-era law that has often been used to silence dissent and go after whistleblowers. We speak with Chip Gibbons of Defending Rights & Dissent, who calls for reforming the Espionage Act. Regardless of Trump's conduct, the Espionage Act is "basically unconstitutional" and should not be used as it is currently written, says Gibbons, and notes Trump himself used the Espionage Act to go after whistleblowers when he was in office.

WSWS (2023-06-14). UK mother cruelly jailed for late abortion. wsws.org Women in Britain do not have a right to abortion, only exemption from prosecution if certain conditions are met—the same as the legal status of strike action.

WSWS (2023-06-14). JPMorgan Chase settles with victims of Jeffrey Epstein for $290 million. wsws.org JPMorgan Chase and lawyers for the victims of deceased billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein issued a statement on Monday that the bank would settle a class action lawsuit out of court for $260 million.

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-14). NAACP: Black Voters Will Be Disillusioned If Biden Fails to Act on Student Debt. truthout.org The NAACP is warning President Joe Biden that failing to deliver on student debt relief if the Supreme Court strikes down his forgiveness plan will be tantamount to breaking his promises to narrow the racial wealth gap. In a letter sent to Biden on Wednesday, first reported by NBC, the group expressed frustration over Biden's recent move to end the student loan payment pause at the end of this… |

teleSUR (2023-06-15). Venezuelans Hold Forum in Solidarity With Diplomat Alex Saab. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, social activists held the forum "Lawfare against Venezuela: Three years of the kidnapping of diplomat Alex Saab" in Caracas. Attendees at the event were able to listen to an audio message sent by the Venezuelan diplomat who is currently imprisoned in Miami. Here is his message: | RELATED: | I want to read you a letter that I sent you on today's forum. I thank you for honoring us with your presence he…

Abolition Media (2023-06-14). June 11th Statement from Anarchist Prisoner Michael Kimble. itsgoingdown.org Statement from anarchist prisoner Michael Kimble on June 11th, an international day of solidarity with long-term anarchist prisoners. Greetings of Love and Solidarity, Alot has taken place in my life in the last year. I got married to a beautiful and smart trans woman. In March I had surgery for a hernia repair, which I…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-14). Palestinian prisoners protest medical negligence by Israeli authorities. peoplesdispatch.org They highlighted the condition of activist and writer Walid Daqqa, who was recently diagnosed with cancer while in prison on a 38-year sentence. The epicenter of the protests was the Ramleh prison, where Daqqa is being held…

Staff (2023-06-14). How Do We Interrupt Violence Without Police? truthout.org What do successful alternatives to policing, prosecution and prison actually look like? And how would they work? A group of Chicago's leading public safety, health, and justice innovators gathered at the DePaul Art Museum last summer to provide much-needed clarity on these crucial questions. Artists, survivors of violence, entrepreneurs and business leaders, public defenders, policy experts… |

Unicorn Riot (2023-06-14). Israel Blows Up Home of Palestinian Prisoner's Family. unicornriot.ninja

ecns.cn (2023-06-14). Human traffickers sentenced to prison; abductee unsatisfied. ecns.cn Thirty-three years after being abducted and sold as a child, 38-year-old Li Jingwei's search for his mother ended last year with the two reunited after years of searching.

Mansa Musa, The Real News Network. (2023-06-14). US Sentencing Commission Could Reduce Prison Time For Thousands. popularresistance.org On April 27, 2023, the United States Sentencing Commission submitted to Congress amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines that would recommend lower sentences for certain defendants. If these changes are applied retroactively, some 18,775 people in federal prison could become eligible for a sentencing reduction—including 3,288 individuals who could be eligible for immediate release. Mary Price of Families Against Mandatory Minimums joins Rattling the Bars to discuss the proposed amendments and what they could mean for thousands of prisoners and their families.

Lora Strum (2023-06-13). The Fight to Take Back Our Genes. aclu.org Should companies be able to patent human genes? For decades, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said yes, ultimately granting patents on thousands of genes. | Two of the genes that were patented are BRCA1 and BRCA2. The patent office approved exclusive rights over the genes because Myriad Genetics was the first to "isolate" them, or remove them from the body and cell. The patents on the genes allowed Myriad to exercise a monopoly on the genes in the United States, shutting down other labs from offering testing or second opinions and increasing the price to thousands of dollars per test. | The ACLU opposes pa…

Urooba Abid (2023-06-13). Donated Blood or an Organ? Police Shouldn't Have Easy Access to Your DNA. aclu.org

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-14). One in five children is engaged in child labor in Afghanistan. peoplesdispatch.org Around 90% of Afghans lack enough food to eat, forcing many impoverished families to send their children to work. Many children are also forced to work due to unsafe migration, family separation, detentions, and injuries from unexploded ordinances…

WSWS (2023-06-13). More information that Australia's war crimes in Afghanistan were covered up. wsws.org In one incident, an elderly imam was allegedly shot and killed, despite being unarmed and in detention. The military command and the government defended the conduct of the soldiers involved.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-13). The Illegal Detention of Hannibal Gaddafi in Lebanon. libya360.wordpress.com Marinella Correggia Hannibal Gaddafi, one of the surviving sons of the Libyan leader killed as a result of the Nato war in 2011, began a hunger strike days ago in the Lebanese prison where he has been held since 2015, without trial or charges. His medical condition is precarious, his lawyer Paul Romanos told the…

Staff (2023-06-13). The jailing of a woman for her abortion exposes the misogyny at the heart of modern state surveillance. thecanary.co On 12 June, a judge sentenced a 44-year old woman to 28 months in prison for aborting a 'late-term' pregnancy. The woman, a mother-of-three, allegedly received abortion pills through the "pills by post" scheme introduced during the first coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown in 2020. Abortion: criminalised under an archaic act The legal case for the prosecution …

WSWS (2023-06-14). JPMorgan Chase settles with victims of Jeffrey Epstein for $290 million. wsws.org JPMorgan Chase and lawyers for the victims of deceased billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein issued a statement on Monday that the bank would settle a class action lawsuit out of court for $260 million.

Matthew Brown, Amy Beth Hanson (2023-06-13). In first trial of its kind, young environmentalists take Montana climate case to court. peoplesworld.org HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Whether a constitutional right to a healthy, livable climate is protected by state law is at the center of a lawsuit going to trial Monday in Montana, where 16 young plaintiffs and their attorneys hope to set an important legal precedent. It's the first trial of its kind in the U.S., and legal scholars around …

ecns.cn (2023-06-14). Human traffickers sentenced to prison; abductee unsatisfied. ecns.cn Thirty-three years after being abducted and sold as a child, 38-year-old Li Jingwei's search for his mother ended last year with the two reunited after years of searching.

Unicorn Riot (2023-06-14). Israel Blows-up Home of Palestinian Prisoner's Family. unicornriot.ninja

Abolition Media (2023-06-14). June 11th Statement from Anarchist Prisoner Michael Kimble. itsgoingdown.org Statement from anarchist prisoner Michael Kimble on June 11th, an international day of solidarity with long-term anarchist prisoners. Greetings of Love and Solidarity, Alot has taken place in my life in the last year. I got married to a beautiful and smart trans woman. In March I had surgery for a hernia repair, which I…

Fight Back (2023-06-13). Free the Santa Marta 5, environmentalist political prisoners in El Salvador. fightbacknews.org Santa Marta, Cabañas, El Salvador – On January 11, 2023, five environmental activists and community leaders from Santa Marta, Cabañas, El Salvador were arrested on bogus charges in a clear case of political persecution. They are still detained five months later and the movement to free them is growing around the world. | The men arrested – Antonio Pacheco, Saúl Rivas, Pedro Antonio Rivas, Alejandro Laínez and Miguel Gámez – are prominent leaders of the grassroots movement that won the world's first ban on metallic mining. The organization they're part of, the Association for Social Economic Development (ADES…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-13). Zionist Ambassador in Berlin Attacks Samidoun and the Prisoners' Movement. orinocotribune.com The Zionist occupation ambassador in Berlin, Germany, Ron Prosor, expressed his anger over the presence of the issue of Palestinian prisoners "on trees" and in the streets of Berlin, which "have become similar to the streets of Gaza," as the occupation ambassador said in a previous tweet about a week ago. | "I am sure that the citizens of Berlin were very surprised that the Samidoun terrorist organization did not think of collecting donations for the needy and elderly Palestinians, God forbid," Persor said in a recorded statement, referring to the popular campaigns organized by the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner S…

Pavan Kulkarni (2023-06-13). Moroccan agents assault former Sahrawi political prisoner Mahfouda Lefkir, besiege her house in occupied territory. peoplesdispatch.org A trade unionist and prominent human rights defender, Mahfouda has been unrelentingly participating in the struggle for Western Sahara's liberation from Moroccan occupation despite torture, imprisonment, and threats of rape…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-13). Swaziland: Campaign launched for release of political prisoners. greenleft.org.au The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) is set to launch a "Break the Chains" campaign to demand the release of political prisoners, including its Central Committee member Mvuselelo Mkhabela, reports Peoples Dispatch.

Staff (2023-06-13). "Doing Journalism Is a Crime": Guatemalan Publisher José Rubén Zamora Faces 40 Years Behind Bars. democracynow.org Prominent Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora faces 40 years in prison in his sentencing hearing Wednesday for what press freedom and human rights groups say are inflated charges of money laundering. Zamora is the founder and president of the investigative newspaper El Periódico and has long reported on Guatemalan government corruption. El Periódico was forced to shut down last month after months of intensifying harassment and persecution from President Alejandro Giammattei's right-wing government. The government has held Zamora "as a hostage" for nearly a year as part of its wider crackdown…