2021-11-06: News Headlines

Kevin Gosztola (2021-11-06). Dissenter Weekly: Colorado Kept Mental Patient 'Unconstitutionally Confined'. thedissenter.org Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (Photo from Colorado's state government website and in the public domain) | In this edition, the "Dissenter Weekly" returns after a month-long hiatus as a short podcast (10-15 minutes). There is both a video and an audio version. | The show starts with coverage of the state of New York, where whistleblower protection for workers was recently Toward the end, Kevin covers the Colorado Mental Health Insitute at Pueblo and a whistleblower who…

Philip Weiss (2021-11-05). Israel's secret 'evidence' against rights groups is based on torture and lies, and Europeans rejected it—Palestinian leaders tell a DC audience. mronline.org Leaders of the six Palestinian human rights organizations that Israel has declared to be "terrorist" spoke to a global audience last Friday on a webinar convened by mainstream Washington thinktanks and they repudiated the secret dossiers that Israel has circulated in seeking to ban the organizations.

Yusuf Selman Inanc (2021-11-05). Turkish drones: Kyrgyzstan becomes first Central Asian country to purchase TB2s. middleeasteye.net Turkish drones: Kyrgyzstan becomes first Central Asian country to purchase TB2s | Analysts say the deal highlights Central Asian attempts to counterbalance the dominance of Russia and China | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 10: 23 | A Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone flies at Gecitkale military airbase near Famagusta in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on 16 December 2019 (A…

_____ (2021-11-05). A Torture Survivor Speaks At The Guantanamo Military Commissions. popularresistance.org "I have a story that I have waited almost two decades to tell, so I want to thank you for taking the time to listen to my statement." For the next two hours, Majid Khan spoke to a panel of military jurors, and to his family—especially his father and sister, who had hugged their son and brother that morning for the first time in nineteen years and sat just feet away in the spectator gallery, visibly suffering through the horror of what they heard. | Mr. Khan described brutality and its effects even beyond the heinous acts detailed in the executive summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's 2014 oversight…

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