Human Rights

117 Countries Slam American Police Brutality At UN Human Rights Council

July 15, 2016 Claire Bernish, www.theantimedia.org Resist! Human Rights, police brutality, United States

By Claire Bernish for The Anti Media - (ANTIMEDIA) In what could hardly be called a surprise, the UN Human Rights Council chastised the US over its epidemic of police violence, discrimination, needless killings, and general neglect, following through with recommendations made in its first review in 2010. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) takes place every four years to scrutinize the human and civil rights practices of each of the UN’s 193 member nations. Delegates from 117 countries took the opportunity to lambaste the US’ record of civil rights violations exacted by its brutal and racist police forces.

Civil Society Targetted While Responding To Human Rights Abuses

June 29, 2016 Staff, www.civicus.org Resist! Abuse, Human Rights

By Staff of Civicus - In an increasingly unequal world where human rights are being undermined, civil society is challenging exclusion in innovative ways. “Much of civic life is about promoting inclusion. It is about amplifying the voices of the marginalised, tackling the causes of discrimination, and promoting equal rights and access to services,” said Dr Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, CIVICUS Secretary-General on launching the organisation’s 2016 State of Civil Society Report. “But, for many millions of people exclusion remains a painful, everyday reality.”

Apartheid, Human Rights And BDS

June 16, 2016 Robert Fantina, www.counterpunch.or Resist! Apartheid, BDS, Human Rights

By Robert Fantina for Counter Punch - Now that Israel has declared the Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) movement an existential threat, along with all the countless other things that supposedly represent such a threat to that apartheid nation, United States government officials, who are second to none in their obeisance to Israel, have begun to act. Some states have actually passed laws banning BDS. Since New York was not one of them, its Zionist governor, Andrew Cuomo, issued an executive order, preventing the state from doing any business with businesses that support the movement.

Free Prisoners Of Conscience In South Korea

June 5, 2016 Staff, www.popularresistance.org Petitions and Online Actions Corea, Criminal Justice, Democracy, Human Rights, Peace

By Popular Resistance. Washington, DC - A delegation of three women are currently visiting the United States as representatives of a coalition of social justice and labor organizations called the Corean Alliance for Independent Reunification and Democracy (CAIRD) on a peace expedition. They are educating activists in the US about the serious situation in the Republic of Korea for social justice activists. The government of President Park Geun-hye is using the National Security Law in an extreme way to ban protests and arrest activists. For example, simply speaking positively about North Korea is a crime punishable with seven years in prison. Activists who participated in peaceful demonstrations last year are currently in jail or are facing imprisonment. They are considered to be prisoners of conscience by CAIRD members. One activist in particular, Kim Hye-young, needs support from people in the US.

40% Of Detroit Will Be Deprived Of Life Sustaining Water

May 19, 2016 Marsha Cole, www.blackagendareport.com Educate! Detroit, Human Rights, Water

By Marsha Cole for Black Agenda Report - The United States has no moral authority to speak of “human rights” as an American “value” when it systematically deprives Detroit’s Black poor population of water. “The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department has begun shutting off water to 3,000 people a week, and could soon cut off access to drinkable water for 150,000 Detroit residents.” Meanwhile, the city has decided not to disconnect businesses – or even a corporate-owned graveyard.

Palestinians Nakba Day: Defiant, Undeterred and Organizing

May 15, 2016 Nada Elia, mondoweiss.net Resist! Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Palestinians

By Nada Elia for Mondoweiss. May 15 is observed annually as “Al Nakba Day,” and groups all around the globe hold actions and events to commemorate the fateful months of 1947-48. We name the villages that were destroyed, erased of the map, to allow for Israel to become a “Jewish homeland” in historic Palestine. We speak of the refugees, still in exile. But Al Nakba is not a memory, it is an ongoing daily reality. Sixty-eight years into our catastrophe, Palestinians in the West Bank are still losing towns, homes, land, olive groves, to the Zionist settlers. And still we persist, maintaining our right to freedom, dignity, self-determination. Our strategy, BDS, is so effective that Israel is trying desperately to stem it by threatening prominent activists with civilian assassination and/or exile. Ww get empowering reports of campaign successes, a growing number of allies joining our struggle, more voices speaking out. We know ours is a just cause, a moral cause, and that knowledge, that certainly, sustains us.

Michael Ratner, Relentless Radical Lawyer, Dies

May 11, 2016 Center for Constitutional Rights, www.PopularResistance.org Educate! Constitutional Law, Human Rights, International Law, Michael Ratner

By the Center for Constitutional Rights. Michael had the vision to see things on the horizon—things that others barely glimpsed, often dismissed, or were convinced simply didn’t exist. From his work at CCR challenging US imperialism and oppression through policies of brutal militarism from Central America, Iraq and at home, Michael stood for peaceful conflict resolution and accountability for the inevitable abuse that accompanies the use of force. He never shied away from a fight, no matter the odds; indeed, it is likely he specifically selected the cases with the longest odds. After all, those involved in these cases were most in need of solidarity, support and a legal ally. This was obvious in the years he spent dedicated to exposing conditions facing Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and advocating for adherence to international law and recognition of their human rights.

Communities Testify On Us Water Crises At Human Rights Hearing

April 11, 2016 Kevin Gosztola, www.shadowproof.com Educate! Human Rights, Water Pollution

By Kevin Gosztola for Shadow Proof - In a hearing hosted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, representatives of indigenous, working class, and minority populations in the United States testified on water and sanitation crises. The hearing hosted by IACHR, which is part of the Organization of American States (OAS), was scheduled in response to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. It featured stark testimony that sharply contrasted with the bureaucratic statements of U.S. officials.

With Obama In Cuba, Pro-Torture Pundits Suddenly Concerned

March 23, 2016 Adam Johnson, www.fair.org Educate! Barack Obama, Cuba, Human Rights, Torture

By Adam Johnson for FAIR - US President Barack Obama landed in Havana Sunday to great fanfare, both in Cuba and stateside. His visit marks a significant shift of the United States’ approach towards the socialist state, and the possibility of cooperation after decades of hostility. US media generally struck a hopeful tone, with a surprisingly nuanced mix of positive and critical stories about Cuba. Some Cold War hold-outs in the media just weren’t having it, though, taking the occasion to feign outrage that Obama could visit a country with such a terrible human rights record.

Dozens Of Protesters Arrested As Obama Lands In Cuba

March 20, 2016 RT, www.rt.com Resist! Cuba, Human Rights, Obama

By RT. Cuban authorities have arrested more than 50 anti-government protesters just hours before Barack Obama’s plane touched down in Cuba, marring the beginning of a rare three-day visit to the island nation – the first for a US president in almost 90 years. Just hours ahead of Obama’s arrival, the Cuban police arrested more than 50 female activists during their weekly rally in protest of the detention of political prisoners. During their usual routine on Sunday, the Ladies in White tried to walk to other streets deviating from the route, where they encountered two counter demonstrations. “No human rights violations,” the group welcoming Obama on the island slogan read. The activists were also releasing copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The other counter-demonstration of several hundred government supporters was carrying signs that read "All marched for a prosperous and sustainable socialism" and shouting "Fidel, Fidel.”

Women-Led Movements Redefine Power, From California To Nepal

March 20, 2016 Rucha Chitnis, www.yesmagazine.org Resist! Domestic Workers, Environement, Human Rights, Indigenous People, Racism, Women

By Rucha Chitnis for YES! Magazine. In the face of growing corporate power, land grabs, economic injustice, and climate change, women’s movements offer a paradigm shift. They have redefined leadership and development models, connected the dots between issues and oppression, prioritized collective power and movement-building, and critically examined how issues of gender, race, caste, class, sexuality, and ability disproportionately exclude and marginalize. Women of color have unleashed powerful media campaigns and actions by connecting identity and its relationship with structural racism and institutional power. Whether it is indigenous women in the Amazon fighting corporate polluters and climate change or undocumented Latina domestic workers advocating for worker rights and dignity in California, women’s groups and networks are making links between unbridled capitalism, violence, and the erosion of human rights and destruction of the Earth.

Farmworkers In Mexico, Facing Human Rights Abuses

March 18, 2016 Griselda San Martin, www.transbordermedia.com Resist! Farmworkers, Human Rights, Mexico, Protests

By Griselda San Martin for Transborder Media - Cecilia Sanchez, 25, has two children and is pregnant with her third. When asked how far along she is, she simply tilts her head and shrugs. She doesn’t know because she hasn’t been able to see a doctor yet. She lacks the money for the bus to get to the clinic. Sanchez’s husband works as a farmworker each day, sometimes spending more than 12 hours in the field. This month he is picking strawberries. He earns 700 pesos – about $35 – each week.

Ending Impunity With Truth: Oaxaca Uncovers Massive State Abuse

March 1, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Educate! Human Rights, Impunity, Mexico, Protests

By Staff of Tele Sur - Under the banner of “Now we know!” the Truth Commission report seeks to uncover “historic truth” and calls for an end to impunity in Oaxaca. The Mexican state committed “massive and systematic” human rights abuses in the southwestern state of Oaxaca in 2006 and 2007, including extrajudicial killings and possible crimes against humanity, according to the final report of the Oaxaca Truth Commission released on Monday.

US Ties To Saudi Kingdom Are Beheading Democracy

February 28, 2016 Paul Gottinger, www.readersupportednews.org Educate! Criminal Justice System, Human Rights, Obama, Saudi Arabia

By Paul Gottinger for Reader Supported News. Saudi Arabia opened 2016 with a tragic, yet increasingly common event for the Kingdom, a mass execution. In the words of Amnesty International, “Saudi Arabia’s authorities demonstrated their utter disregard for human rights and life by executing 47 people in a single day.” According to the British rights organization Reprieve, Saudi Arabia has had one of the world’s highest rates of execution for over ten years. Many of these executions occur after unfair trails and may be carried out by the barbaric means of beheading, public crucifixion, stoning, or firing squad. All 47 individuals executed on January 1 were accused of being terrorists. However, four of those executed were involved in Saudi Arabia’s Arab Spring protests. These four remained strictly nonviolent in their calls for greater democracy and rights in the Kingdom.

Close, Don’t Move Guantanamo

February 25, 2016 Matthew W. Daloisio, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights, Wars and Militarism

By Matthew W. Daloisio for Witness Against Torture, President Obama’s plan to close the prison at Guantanamo is finally here. But it’s as useless as the Executive Order he signed almost eight years ago. Obama’s plan proposes to close the facility but not end the legal and moral abomination it represents. Indefinitely detaining men without charge or trial in the continental United States — in supermax prisons no less — is as unacceptable as indefinite detention at Guantanamo. The Military Commissions are unworkable and unfair, and cannot be tweaked into legitimacy. Saving money by changing the zip code of an unjust system does nothing to lessen its moral cost. Any talk of expenses should be about how to offer compensation to the men the United States abused and provide proper resources for their resettlement.

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