Human Rights

Hungarian Prime Minister Ordered Attack On Refugees

September 20, 2015 Benjamin Novak, www.newslanc.com Educate! Human Rights, Hungary, Refugees, Violence

By Benjamin Novak for the Budapest Beacon. BUDAPEST BEACON: “I accuse Viktor Orbán of orchestrating a premeditated attack on refugees. I accuse him of deliberately lying with the intent to manipulate so that violence would break out. I accuse him of preparing this for months so that he could prove that we are indeed being invaded by a wave of violent refugees!” – Ferenc Gyúrcsány, former Hungarian prime minister At a press conference held this afternoon, former Hungarian prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány accused Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of “not only inciting violence, but organizing it.” The opposition politician stated that he could prove that Hungarian police provoked Wednesday’s clash with asylum seekers. According to eyewitness accounts, it was the Hungarian police who attacked the refugees first.

No Health Insurance Mega Mergers – Healthcare Is A Right!

September 11, 2015 Health Care NOW!, www.change.org Petitions and Online Actions Health Care, Human Rights, Law, Public Health

By Health Care NOW! - The country's five largest for-profit health insurers are trying to merge into three mega corporations, creating an oligopoly that will drive up premiums for patients and employers, cut payments to doctors, and pocket the difference as profits. The health insurance industry is a national embarrassment that is costing patients their income and sometimes their lives. High deductibles and limited networks are becoming the norm, making healthcare inaccessible even for the insured. Tell Attorney General Loretta Lynch to block the health insurance mergers, since healthcare is a right and shouldn't be controlled by "too big to fail" insurance profiteers. All of the powers that make single-payer healthcare so effective - the ability to negotiate low prices for drugs and medical devices, and set fair rates for providers - are deadly in the hands of for-profit insurers, who pocket savings instead of passing them along to patients, and squeeze providers until the quality of care plummets.

Duma Arson Attack: Palestinians Call For ‘Day Of Rage’

September 9, 2015 Mel Frykberg and Nigel Wilson, www.aljazeera.com Educate! Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Wars and Militarism

By Mel Frykberg and Nigel Wilson in Al Jazeera - In the charred concrete remains of the home in Duma where the Dawabsheh family used to live, a group of schoolgirls wrote messages on the wall. "I love you, my teacher," wrote one girl. Another simply wrote the name "Reham" inside of a heart. Reham Dawabsheh, a 27-year-old teacher, died in hospital on Sunday night after suffering burns to more than 80 percent of her body in a July arson attack, which was allegedly carried out by Israeli settlers. The attack also killed Reham's husband and their 18-month-old son, while another son, four-year-old Ahmed, remains in hospital. With second-degree burns covering 60 percent of his body, Ahmed's chances of survival are slim, burn experts say. Razan Maher, 15, said she and her classmates cried at the start of the school year because Reham was not there. "She was always smiling and laughing; she never wanted to upset anyone. She loved teaching us," Maher told Al Jazeera.

Rights Matter: A Guide To Ending Poverty

September 6, 2015 Michele Biss, www.rabble.ca Create! Homelessness, Human Rights, Poverty

By Michele Biss in Rabble.CA. Canada - It's the first of its kind: a human rights guide to ending poverty in Canada. A guide that clearly outlines what human rights mean concretely for policymakers, activists, community-makers and all other anti-poverty stakeholders. Last week, Canada Without Poverty released our Human Rights and Poverty Strategies, A Guide to International Human Rights Law and its Domestic Application in Poverty Reduction Strategies. This step-by-step guide breaks down international human rights obligations for all levels of government and stakeholders, and brings a human rights focus to poverty reduction work in local communities across Canada. The thing is, at Canada Without Poverty, we truly believe that we can end poverty.

Rights Groups: 80% Of Yemenis Need Humanitarian Aid

September 5, 2015 Ben Norton, www.mondoweiss.net Educate! Human Rights, Wars and Militarism, Yemen

By Ben Norton in Mondoweiss - 21 million people in Yemen are in need of humanitarian aid, but the world is largely ignoring it, an officer for international human rights organization Save the Children warns in an op-ed in the Guardian. There are around 26.7 million people in Yemen, according to the World Factbook. This means approximately four-fifths of Yemenis are in need of humanitarian aid. The Saudi-led, US-backed “war has left Yemen, already the poorest country in the region, mired in a humanitarian crisis,” writes Mark Kaye, humanitarian advocacy and communications manager for the NGO. Violence has spread to 20 of Yemen’s 22 provinces, creating what the UN and human rights organizations call a “humanitarian catastrophe.”

US & Saudi Arabia War Crimes Keep Killing Yemenis

September 4, 2015 William Boardman, www.readersupportednews.org Educate! Government, Human Rights, Wars and Militarism, Yemen

By William Boardman in Reader Supported News - Saudi ground forces invaded Yemen for the first time in this war on August 27. Officially, the Saudi government characterizes the invasion as an incursion that will be limited and temporary. The Saudi government made similar representations about their terror-bombing of Yemen that began March 26 and has continued on a near-daily basis to the present. Other foreign troops have invaded southern Yemen in support of the ousted Yemeni government. At the same time as the Saudi invasion, the ousted Yemeni government, now talking tough from the safety of Riyadh, the Saudi capital, says it won’t enter into any peace talks until the other side, which has no air force and no navy, surrenders its weapons and withdraws from disputed territory. This “demand” is consistent with the corrupt UN Security Council resolution that passed in April, with the support of the US and other countries then waging war on Yemen.

Canada Bans Off-Grid Living

September 4, 2015 Daniel Jennings, www.offthegridnews.com Educate! Canada, Freedom, Human Rights

By Daniel Jennings in Off The Grid News - It is illegal for Cheryl Smith to live in her own home because it doesn’t have electricity. Officials in Clark’s Harbour, Nova Scotia, are refusing to give Smith a certificate of occupancy to live in her new house because it has no power. She since has stopped working on the home. “Why am I being forced to rely on electricity or fossil fuels or whatever if I don’t want to?” Smith asked CTV. Smith cannot get a certificate of occupancy because national building codes in Canada require new homes to have wiring for smoke detectors and ventilation systems. Smith’s 14-by-20-square-foot dream “tiny home” has been sitting empty with signs that say “Freedom of Rights Denied” and “Work Stopped” tacked to the door for a year.

BDS: Victory As Veolia Sells Off Israeli Operations

September 3, 2015 Palestinian BDS National Committee, www.bdsmovement.net Resist! BDS, Capitalism, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine

By Palestinian BDS National Committee - The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and its worldwide partners are celebrating the withdrawal of the huge French corporation Veolia from the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR), an illegal rail system built to facilitate the growth and expansion of Israeli colonial settlements on occupied Palestinian territory. The sale of its stake in the JLR project ends all of Veolia’s involvement in the Israeli market, including all projects that violate international law and the human rights of the Palestinian people. The sale follows an extensive 7-year boycott campaign against Veolia, due to its complicity in the Israeli occupation, which cost it tenders around the world estimated to be worth over $20 billion.

California Agreement Ends Solitary Purely Due to Gang Validation

September 2, 2015 Center for Constitutional Rights, www.ccrjustice.org Create! California, Human Rights, Mass Incarceration, Solitary Confinement, Torture

By Center for Constitutional Rights - Today, the parties have agreed on a landmark settlement in the federal class action Ashker v. Governor of California that will effectively end indeterminate, long-term solitary confinement in all California state prisons. Subject to court approval, the agreement will result in a dramatic reduction in the number of people in solitary across the state and a new program that could be a model for other states going forward. The class action was brought in 2012 on behalf of prisoners held in solitary confinement at the Pelican Bay prison, often without any violent conduct or serious rule infractions, often for more than a decade, and all without any meaningful process for transfer out of isolation and back to the general prison population. Ashker argued that California’s use of prolonged solitary confinement constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and denies prisoners the right to due process.

82 Orgs Ask DOJ To Address Illegality Of ‘Muslim-Free Zone’

September 2, 2015 CAIR, www.cair.com Resist! Criminal Justice, discrimination, Faith, Human Rights, Islamophobia, Law

By CAIR - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announced today that a coalition of 82 civil liberties, human rights, immigrant rights, faith, and cultural organizations (see list of signatories below) sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch asking her to investigate the growing phenomena of so-called “Muslim-free zone” businesses nationwide. The coalition, which includes prominent national organizations such as the ACLU, NAACP and the YWCA USA, requested that the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division’s Housing and Civil Enforcement Section conduct a full federal investigation into all businesses that have declared themselves as “Muslim-Free Zones” and “bring civil enforcement proceedings against business owners who have violated the law.”

B’more: Cellphone Tracking Used To Violate Rights Of 2K Defendants

September 1, 2015 Josie Duffy, www.dailykos.com Educate! Baltimore, Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Police, Surveillance

By Josie Duffy in Daily Kos - A recent investigation by USA Today showed that police in Baltimore have been tracking cellphones during investigations but have failed to disclose the tracking to defendants and their attorneys. As a result, public defenders in Baltimore are expected to request that "a large number" of criminal convictions be thrown out. Baltimore police have used cellphone trackers, commonly known as stingrays, to investigate crimes as minor as harassing phone calls, then concealed the surveillance from suspects and their lawyers. Maryland law generally requires that electronic surveillance be disclosed in court. […] Stingrays are suitcase-sized devices that allow the police to pinpoint a cellphone’s location to within a few yards by posing as a cell tower. In the process, they also can intercept information from the phones of nearly everyone else who happens to be nearby.

Senate Confirms First Native American Ambassador

August 31, 2015 David McCabe, www.huffingtonpost.com Create! Human Rights, Native Americans, United Nations

By David McCabe in The Huffington Post - The Senate confirmed Keith Harper as ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council Tuesday, making him the first Native American to ever become a U.S. ambassador. Harper is an attorney who was one of the lawyers behind a landmark class action lawsuit brought by Native Americans against the federal government. President Barack Obama first nominated him in June 2013. "I’m pleased that my colleagues have voted to appoint another historic first for Indian Country," said Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) in a statement. "As a longtime advocate for the civil rights of Native Americans, Keith will be a great Ambassador for our country.” A member of the Cherokee Nation, Harper helped represent around 500,000 Native Americans who brought a class-action suit -- Cobell v. Salazar -- against the United States in the 1990s over alleged federal mismanagement of revenue from mines and oil wells owned by Native Americans.

200 People Participate In Peace Picnic Seeking Peace In Middle East

August 31, 2015 DC IndyMedia, www.dcindymedia.org Resist! Human Rights, Iran, Israel, Wars and Militarism

By DC IndyMedia - On the 30th of August, Code Pink stages a picnic for peace with Iran and the nuclear deal that Obama has signed but some in Congress are attempting to block. US Park Police and park rangers interfered, demanding that food be served only on the curb, that not even cushions be set on the stone chairs at the chess tables, and that a woman in a chair with health issues either leave or not use the chair, Also, a very interesting dialog resulted with an Iranian resistance group that showed up to protest executions in their country. Code Pink allowed them onstage to speak and agreed with them that capitol punishment is unacceptable anywhere. The situation at Code Pink's picnic was in stark contrast to what happeneed after the coup in Egypt where supporters and opponents of the coup both showed up in Lafayette Park at once and ended up duking it out on Penn Ave in front of the White House as horse cops tried to keep them apart.

Black Prisoners’ Lives Matter: Dallas 6 Blow Whistle On The Inside

August 25, 2015 Shandre Delaney, www.truth-out.org Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Human Rights, Mass Incarceration, Political Prisoner

By Shandre Delaney in Truth Out - On April 29, 2010, six prisoners in solitary confinement at SCI Dallas in Dallas, Pennsylvania, decided that enough was enough. Collectively, they are known as theDallas 6. One of them is my son. The Dallas 6 are jailhouse lawyers who fight injustice within prison walls and share information with the outside. They came to be seen as political prisoners through their actions as jailhouse lawyers, activists and whistleblowers. This caused them to be held in solitary indefinitely, where they were starved, beaten and outright tortured. Between the six, they served from 10 to 20 years in solitary, and one of them is still in solitary. After being subjected to starvation, brutal beatings, food tampering, witnessing beatings, the guard-assisted suicide of one prisoner and the torture of another, they covered their solitary cell windows and politely requested outside intervention.

McDonalds Faces First Hearing On Race To The Bottom

August 20, 2015 Fight for Fifteen, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Corporatism, Human Rights, Wages, Worker Rights and Jobs

By Fight for Fifteen. São Paulo and Brasília, Brazil – The Brazilian Federal Senate will hold an unprecedented hearing Thursday on McDonald’s role in driving a global race to the bottom, placing the fast-food giant under the microscope in one of its most important markets overseas, and marking a major escalation of the global effort to hold McDonald’s accountable for its mistreatment of workers and bad corporate citizenship. Workers from five continents, elected officials, and labor leaders from around the world will deliver in-depth testimony on how McDonald’s business model is harming workers, consumers, governments, suppliers, and competitors.

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