Human Rights

Edward Snowden ‘Requests Human Rights Groups Meeting’

July 12, 2013 Staff, www.bbc.co.uk Educate! Edward Snowden, Human Rights

Edward Snowden has requested a meeting with human rights groups in Moscow, Russian officials say. Snowden wants to meet them later on Friday at Sheremetyevo airport, where he is thought to be staying. Airport spokeswoman Anna Zakharenkova confirmed the meeting would take place in the transit area, and was scheduled to for 17:00 local time (13:00 GMT). "We will provide access and premises," the AFP news agency quoted her as saying. Sergei Nikitin, the head of Amnesty International's Russia office, said he had received an invitation and planned to attend the gathering. Prominent Moscow lawyer Genrikh Padva is also reported to have been invited. Human Rights Watch representative Tanya Lokshina posted the text of the email purported to be from Mr Snowden on her Facebook page. In the message, the 30-year-old fugitive complained that the US government was waging an "unlawful campaign" to prevent him from securing asylum. "This dangerous escalation represents a threat not just to the dignity of Latin America or my own personal security, but to the basic right shared by every living person to live free from persecution," the message read.

Remembrance: Activist Toshi Seeger Passes

July 12, 2013 Mark D. Moss, www.singout.org Educate! Human Rights

Toshi-Aline Ohta Seeger, wife of folk music icon Pete Seeger, passed away overnight on Tuesday, July 9th. She was a mother, an organizer, an activist and filmmaker … and an essential part of all of her husband’s work. She was 91. As much as Pete is a consummate dreamer and optimist, Toshi had a strength and brilliance that was at least his equal. Theirs was a true partnership. Without Toshi’s counsel and support, and always outspoken and direct opinions, it’s clear to anyone who ever met these two remarkable people that, without Toshi, Pete would never have had the foundation and freedom to do the work that made him so legendary.

Restore the Fourth Says Call Congress Friday

July 11, 2013 Staff, www.restorethefourth.ne Organize! Human Rights, NSA, Surveillance

On July 4th, tens of thousands of you came out to protest unconstitutional surveillance methods. There are many more protests and other actions upcoming (a bit more on that below), but as we've said many times, the next step is to let those in Washington who noticed us know this isn't over. The way to do that is for all of us, including those who have already, to call our representatives and senators Friday to tell them it isn't over, and to make sure each of our friends do the same. One number you can use is 1-STOP-323-NSA (1-786-732-3672) – make sure you have your zip code ready. Those of us on Facebook can join the event page and make sure those on our friends list take notice of it. The EFF has done its part to help promote this mission, and all of us need to do the same.

We Can Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership

July 11, 2013 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.org Organize! Corporatism, Democracy, Energy, Environment, Finance and the Economy, Food and Agriculture, Fracking, Human Rights, Solidarity, TPP, Worker Rights and Jobs

We are in the midst of an epic battle between the people of the world and transnational corporations. Wealthy governments and corporations are merging in a global system in which private corporations have absolute power over your life. This is a battle the people can win and when we do it will show that we can defeat corporate power on issue after issue. The Obama administration is currently mired in an ambitious project to accomplish both the continuation of the WTO’s agenda and a restructuring of NAFTA in ways that place corporate property rights over protection of people and the environment. Former US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, who now has a lucrative job in the private sector advising transnational corporations for the law firm Gibson Dunn, told one interviewer, if the text were made public negotiators would be walking away from the negotiations because they would be very unpopular.

Lack of Transparency Means Tainted Justice for Bradley Manning

July 8, 2013 Alexa O'Brian, www.readersupportednews.org Educate! Chelsea Manning, Government, Human Rights

The lack of contemporaneous access to court documents has caused irreparable harm to the American public's right to scrutinize the conduct of military prosecutors and the rulings of the presiding military judge. This will surely taint the final outcome of Pfc Bradley Manning's trial. "Military confinement. That's like a term of art," said the spokesperson for the military district of Washington (MDW) - which is responsible for convening a fair and impartial trial for the accused - to an American TV reporter last summer. The reporter was known for investigating infotainment websites during pre-trial sessions. "The practical effect?" commented the spokesman to the reporter. "He's in jail."

Rapper Mos Def Undergoes Force-Feeding In Support of Gitmo Hunger Strikers

July 8, 2013 Asif Kapadia, www.guardian.co.uk Educate! Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights

As Ramadan begins, more than 100 hunger-strikers in Guantánamo Bay continue their protest. More than 40 of them are being force-fed. A leaked document sets out the military instructions, or standard operating procedure, for force-feeding detainees. In this four-minute film made by Human Rights organisation Reprieve and Bafta award-winning director Asif Kapadia, US actor and rapper Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def), experiences the procedure. Warning: some viewers may find these images distressing!

Next Steps for Restore the 4th and Stopping NSA Abuse

July 5, 2013 ByAnna, Douglas and the rest of the Restore the Fourth, www.restorethefourth.ne Organize! Human Rights, NSA, Surveillance

Today the American people, the media, and even the NSA itself were made aware of our cause to end unconstitutional surveillance programs like the National Security Agency's PRISM. Now we must capitalize on that by moving on to Step 2, which is to let them know the next thing they need to be made aware of: This isn't over. Now the exhausted-but-still-working national Restore the Fourth team moves onto keeping up with our continued press contact, compiling and releasing photos/videos/information from the protests, talking to local organizers about how to move forward, and working with them on defining and promoting our future vision. So please keep in touch, because there is much more to come.

Thousands Ready to “Restore the Fourth”

July 3, 2013 Staff, www.rt.com Organize! Human Rights, NSA, Privacy, Surveillance

Thousands of websites will launch a July 4 online protest against the NSA surveillance programs. Reddit, Wordpress, and Mozilla will take part in the 'Restore the Fourth' campaign online, while live protests take place in cities across the US. ‘Restore the Fourth’ is aimed at restoring the fundamentals of the Fourth Amendment – the part of the Bill of Rights which protects citizens against unlawful searches and seizures. Participants will display an online banner which reads, “This 4th of July, we stand by the 4th Amendment and against the U.S. government’s surveillance of internet users.” The campaign, which was spawned on Reddit, has the support of several privacy and press freedom advocacy organizations, including Mozilla, Free Press, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, and ColorOfChange.org.

Solidarity Hunger Strike Report: Still Fasting, Action Still Needed

July 3, 2013 Tarak Kauff, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights, Wars and Militarism

uly 2nd. Finishing 25 days into my hunger strike. Listening to Leadbelly sing about "breaking up this old Jim Crow" and thinking of Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie fighting oppression back then with their music. The struggle remains, only it seems more urgent now as we realize we don't have unlimited time to turn back those who are literally torturing not only individuals at Guantanamo but in a larger sense, the whole planet and it's denizens. Just watched "Chasing Ice." Incredible. See it if you can. It's all connected. Guantanamo represents and is emblematic of much more than just one prison. It's also an achilles heel of the system, representing to the whole world the cruelty, sadism and inhumanity of the sociopaths running the U.S. Empire.

Open Letter From Lou Snowden to His Son Edward

July 3, 2013 Lou Snowden, www.scribd.com Educate! Edward Snowden, Human Rights, NSA, Privacy

What you have done and are doing has awakened congressional oversight of the intelligence community from deep slumber; and, has already provoked the introduction of remedial legislation in Congress to curtail spying abuses under section 215 Of the Patriot Act and section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence; Surveillance Act, You have forced onto the national agenda the question of Whether the American people prefer the right to be left alone from government snooping absent probable cause to believe Crime is afoot to vassalage; In hopes of a risk-free existence. You are a modern day Paul Revere.

UC Campuses Do Not Honor Israeli Divestment

July 1, 2013 Nora, www.electronicintifada.net Educate! Human Rights

In the first few minutes of his remarks, seen in the video posted above, Yudof talks about the thriving Jewish communities across the 10 UC campuses. He highlights the various academic and student life programs that Jewish students are a part of, and says that Jewish students, in general, “like the University of California better than most of the other groups.” However, he goes on to say that Muslim organizations “and other interest groups, racial minorities and others” and events such as Palestine Awareness Weeks “offend many Jewish students.”

PA Prison Punishing Mumia Abu-Jamal for Speech and Writing

July 1, 2013 Rachel Wolkenstein, Esq., www.popularresistance.org Educate! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Human Rights

This is the first time since 1995 with the infamous Department of Corrrection (DOC) attempt to stop Mumia’s radio commentaries and punish him for the publication of his book, Live From Death Row, that Mumia received any prison disciplinary action. Punishing Mumia for his speech and writing was found unconstitutional by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, as a violation of his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. See, Abu-Jamal v. Price,154 F3d 122 (3rd Circ. 1998). In another act of harassment, the DOC refuses to process contact visitation between Mumia and his son, Jamal Hart. In August 2012, Hart had a 4-hour contact visit without incident with his father, the first contact visit between father and son in thirty years. But the DOC is refusing to grant additional contact visits.

Bhopal Chemical Disaster Victims Suffer Setback: “Travesty of Justice”

July 1, 2013 Rachna Dingra, www.popularresistance.org Educate! Corporatism, Environment, Human Rights

Five Bhopal based organizations active on the issue of ongoing toxic contamination in and around the abandoned Union Carbide factory in Bhopal today condemned the recent decision of the US Federal court that dismissed an appeal filed by a group of plaintiffs last year. The organizations said that that the decision of the Appellate court was a gross miscarriage of justice as it deliberately ignored the documentary evidence presented in court in the last nine years. The organizations said that they would now persuade the Indian government, owner of the contaminated lands, to intervene in the case pending before the US court.

Photo Gallery: Drone Killer Protest at CIA Headquarters

June 30, 2013 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Organize! CIA, Drones, Human Rights, Wars and Militarism

Photo gallery of protest against CIA's killer drone program. Fifty people protested killer drones at the main gate of the CIA in Virginia on Saturday, June 29, 2013, and six individuals were arrested attempting to deliver a letter to CIA director William Brennan calling for an end to drone killings. The action was organized by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR], a group that has been active in challenging U.S. invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries, abolishing torture, closing Guantanamo, and bringing an end to drone warfare.

Impunity Inc: Reflections on the “Super Rights” and “Super Powers” of Corporate Capital

June 30, 2013 Observatory On Debt in Globalisation and TransNational Institute, www.stopcorporateimpunity.org Create! Corporatism, Finance and the Economy, Human Rights, Worker Rights and Jobs

“We are faced by a direct confrontation between the large transnational corporations and the states. The corporations are interfering in the fundamental political, economic and military decisions of the states. The corporations are global organizations that do not depend on any state and whose activities are not controlled by, nor are they accountable to any parliament or any other institution representative of the collective interest. In short, all the world political structure is being undermined. The large transnational firms are prejudicial to the genuine interests of the developing countries and their dominating and uncontrolled action is also carried out in the industrialized countries, where they are based. This has recently been denounced in Europe and in the United States and resulted in a US Senate investigation. The developed nations are just as threatened by this danger as the underdeveloped ones.

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