Human Rights

Turkey Announces Plans ‘For Gas’ and Cyber Security

June 20, 2013 Staff, www.rt Organize! Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Human Rights, Türkiye

Turkey has announced plans to purchase 100,000 gas bomb cartridges and launch a central cyber security agency, local media report. This comes after protests across the country which also saw a series of attacks on government’s websites. The order for the 100,000 new cartridges will be accompanied by an order for 60 water cannon vehicles, the daily local newspaper Milliyet reported, also stating that the excessive use of gas bomb cartridges meant that Turkish riot police used up some 130,000 units across the space of a mere 20 days.

In Crackdown on Dissent, Turkey Detains Press, Raids Outlet

June 20, 2013 Staff, www.cpj.org Organize! Human Rights, Türkiye

Two journalists were detained and one newsroom raided this week as Turkish authorities continued a broad crackdown on dissent, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the government to halt its obstruction of journalists seeking to cover the protests that have swept the nation. "Turkish authorities are at a crossroads. They can follow a path of growing authoritarianism or they can choose instead to tolerate public dissent and critical press coverage," CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova said from New York. "It is not too late for the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to do the right thing."

Wearing a Mask at a Riot or Unlawful Assembly is Now a Crime in Canada

June 20, 2013 Meagan Fitzpatrick, www.cbc.ca Educate! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Human Rights

A bill that bans the wearing of masks during a riot or unlawful assembly and carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence with a conviction of the offence became law today. Bill C-309, a private member's bill introduced by Conservative MP Blake Richards in 2011, passed third reading in the Senate on May 23 and was proclaimed law during a royal assent ceremony in the Senate this afternoon. The bill is meant to give police an added tool to prevent lawful protests from becoming violent riots, and that it will help police identify people who engage in vandalism or other illegal acts. The bill is something that police, municipal authorities and businesses hit hard by riots in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and other cities in recent years, were asking for.

Cindy Sheehan to Join Lynne Stewart’s Husband at White House

June 20, 2013 Staff, www.popularresistance.org Organize! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Human Rights, Solidarity, Wars and Militarism

Peace and justice activist, Cindy Sheehan and Tour de Peace will be joining the husband of unjustly imprisoned attorney, Lynne Stewart, in vigil in front of the White House at 9 a.m. on Friday, June 21st. Lynne Stewart has stage 4 cancer and is petitioning for compassionate release from Carswell Medical Facility in Ft. Worth, Texas. The warden there has agreed, and the friends and family of Lynne Stewart are only awaiting the U.S. Department of Justice to agree also. Cindy Sheehan, who is currently on the last leg of a cross-country bike trip, called Tour de Peace, has called her friend Lynne Stewart, "a modern day and real Atticus Finch, who believes that everyone deserves a vigorous defense, including her past client, the so-called Blind Sheik, who was convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Afghan Peace Volunteers Call on Whistleblowers to End War

June 20, 2013 Dr. Hakim and Afghan Peace Volunteers, www.ourjourneytosmile.com Create! Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Human Rights, Wars and Militarism, Whistleblowers

We human beings are capable of living together without war. Billions of human beings all over the world live daily without killing one another, even when dealing with the most troubled or difficult of family members. We are capable of an impossible love. We can establish global norms of resolving all our problems through understanding and dialogue, and exclude war from the negotiation table. To do so, we should exclude from the UN charter the use of war as a last resort. We should disband the UN ‘Security’ Council. Of course, accomplishing these actions hinges on us, on climate change citizens, Arab Spring citizens, Occupy citizens and the ‘awakening’ citizens of every country to free ourselves from the unequal dominance of corporate governments with their laws and weapons of self-interest.

Brazil’s President Proud of Protesters, Listening and Sympathetic

June 19, 2013 Todd Benson, www.reuters.com Resist! Brazil, Finance and the Economy, Government, Human Rights

Dilma Rousseff was leftist guerrilla in her youth who was jailed for conspiring against Brazil's military dictatorship, Rousseff said the sight of so many young Brazilians marching for their rights moved her. She also said her government sympathizes with the many grievances expressed at the demonstrations, from calls for more spending on education and healthcare to better and more affordable public transportation. "My government hears the voices clamoring for change, my government is committed to social transformation," Rousseff said. "Those who took to the streets yesterday sent a clear message to all of society, above all to political leaders at all levels of government."

Join the Campaign to Close Guantanamo

June 19, 2013 Matthew W. Daloisio, www.popularresistance.org Organize! Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights

Guantanamo has been open for 4,177 days. In a major speech on national security on May 23, President Obama promised to begin releasing the 86 prisoners still held at Guantanamo Bay who were cleared to leave by his inter-agency task force in January 2010 but are still held. It has been 27 DAYS since President Obama’s speech. 0 men have been released. There can be No More Excuses on Guantanamo. We will be judged by our actions, not our speeches. Please JOIN US TO ACT on behalf of the men who remain detained.

When Will The Police Learn? Pepper Spray Builds Protests

June 19, 2013 Kevin Zeese, www.popularresistance.org Educate! Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Human Rights, Police abuse

Pepper spray has replaced the attack dogs of the Civil Rights Movement. Today, as people challenge corrupt government that is working on behalf of the wealthy and not the people; an unfair economy the sends wealth to the top while most people struggle to get by, the image of government abuse of citizens has become pepper spray. The use of the spray has produced consistent results -- iconic photographs and videos that lead sympathy for protesters, criticism of police and a bigger movement. In every incident, it has been nonviolent protesters -- and their nonviolence is critical to the growth of the movement -- attacked by police without justification.

New Yorkers Protest Corrupt Senate in Albany

June 19, 2013 Record Staff, www.troyrecord.com Resist! Corruption, Government, Human Rights

State troopers have arrested demonstrators urging Senate votes on several bills who blocked the office door of a legislative leader at New York’s Capitol. About 50 protesters who crowded around Sen. Jeff Klein’s office support measures including campaign finance reform, transgender rights, farm worker wages, women’s rights, decriminalizing marijuana and prohibiting hydrofracking. Their spokesman, Charlie Albanetti, says 21 were arrested, including seven Capital Region residents. Klein leads the Independent Democratic Conference, which has formed a coalition with Senate Republicans to control that chamber. Demonstrators say Klein should use his position to advance those bills to a floor vote.

Sao Paulo Protests Rage In Brazil’s Largest City

June 19, 2013 Bradley Brooks, www.ap.org Resist! Brazil, Finance and the Economy, Government, Human Rights, Transportation

Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament – people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption. "What I hope comes from these protests is that the governing class comes to understand that we're the ones in charge, not them, and the politicians must learn to respect us," said Yasmine Gomes, a 22-year-old squeezed into the plaza in central Sao Paulo. Mass protests have been mushrooming across Brazil since demonstrations called last week by a group angry over the high cost of a woeful public transport system and a recent 10-cent hike in bus and subway fares in Sao Paulo, Rio and elsewhere. The local governments in at least four cities have now agreed to reverse those hikes, and city and federal politicians have shown signs that the Sao Paulo fare could also be rolled back.

Turkish Unions Strike Again, Bolstering Call for Government to Resign

June 18, 2013 Samantha Winslow, www.labornotes.org Resist! Human Rights, Türkiye, Worker Rights and Jobs

At the end of last week there was talk of compromise as the Turkish prime minister offered to halt construction of a shopping mall in Gezi Park to placate demonstrators. But that’s too little, too late, labor groups said: However, this is not sufficient for people. If government had stated this 20 days ago, this might be a solution. However, in this 20 days, 5 people died, almost 7,000 people were injured. 15 people lost their eyes. There are 50 heavily injured people. Thousands of people were taken under custody. In all cities millions poured to the streets demanding resignation of the government. The number of people joined this mobilization is estimated to be as almost 10 million by press but this may be higher.

More From Shadow Cabinet on TPP: More Corporate, Less Human Rights

June 18, 2013 Staff, www.greenshadowcabinet.us Educate! Corporatism, Human Rights, TPP, Worker Rights and Jobs

On June 17th, the Green Shadow Cabinet joined the national resistance to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Each day of this week, Cabinet members are sharing in specific detail why they, and people they represent, oppose the TPP. Please see below for statements by Ajamu Baraka on Human Rights, Lee Camp the impact on you, Sarah Mansk bad for small business, and Richard McIntyre on secrecy and corporate power. This is part of the continuing campaign by the Green Shadow Cabinet to stop the TPP.

Turkey: Doctors Strike After Colleagues Arrested

June 18, 2013 Lonna Lisa Williams, www.digitaljournal.com Resist! Health Care, Human Rights, Türkiye

Today in Turkey, doctors walked off the job to protest the police violence against protesters and the arrest of doctors in Istanbul. Turkish doctors are wearing black, and they are not found in hospitals or clinics (except a few who remain in emergency rooms). They are striking to show their solidarity with fellow doctors who were arrested in Istanbul on Saturday, June 15 after police drove protesters from Gezi Park, using water canons and pepper spray. "The doctors were only trying to help the protesters by giving them emergency medical aid in the clinic set up inside the Divan Hotel," one witness told me. "The police marched right into the five-star hotel and arrested these doctors dressed in white lab coats. They were led off with their hand behind them, handcuffed."

Protesters Rally Against Gitmo in Yemen

June 18, 2013 Staff, www.rt.com Resist! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Human Rights, Wars and Militarism

Hundreds have rallied in front of the US embassy in the Yemeni capital of Saana against American operations at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp amid an ongoing hunger strike and the Obama administration's failed promises to close the facility. The demonstrators, many of whom were relatives of Gitmo prisoners highlighted the failure of the US government to fulfil its obligations to close the prison in Cuba. Activists have also gathered to draw attention to the deteriorating state of health of many prisoners who have been on hunger strike since February. The protesters, many with pictures of their loved ones in captivity also call called for immediate release of Yemenis who were cleared while insuring speedy and fair trials for those who have not yet experienced the US justice system.

California: Prisoner Hunger and Work Strike Begins July 8

June 17, 2013 Staff, www.prisonstrike.wordpress.com Resist! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Human Rights

tarting on July 8th prisoners in California will initiate statewide hunger strikes for those in the segregation units (Security Housing Units and Administrative Segregation) and work stoppages for those in general population. Prisoners in the Green Hill Juvenile prison in Chehalis Washington have stated they will join the strike and have released their own demands. It is important to remember that prisons cannot function for long without the labor of prisoners. Outside support groups for these strikes have been organized in San Diego, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, Sacramento, Portland, and Seattle. A demonstration at the King County Jail (5th and James) at Noon on Monday, July 8this called for. The purpose of this demonstration is to communicate to the prisoners of Washington and California solidarity with their struggles, noise is encouraged.

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