Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-09-21). Eating Pets or Devouring Sovereignty? Notes on Anti-Haitian Racism. libya360.wordpress.com Jemima Pierre Haitian refugees in the McCalla hangar in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base on Dec. 5, 1991. Photo: AP/Chris O'Meara It is not only JD Vance and Trump and their Republican friends who have been racist towards Haiti and the Haitian people. It is all the other people who — either by their silence or…

Hugo GABBERO (2024-09-21). Azerbaijan: Civil society demands attention to human rights and climate justice ahead of COP29. fidh.org Human rights organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, highlight the urgent need to address serious human rights concerns in Azerbaijan in the lead-up to its hosting this year's United Nations Climate Conference (COP29), to be held in Baku from November 11 to 22, 2024.
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Hugo GABBERO (2024-09-21). Azerbaijan: Unprecendent repression since January 2024. fidh.org In a joint letter, human rights groups, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, alert the new Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr Alain Berset, to the escalation of repression in Azerbaijan since January 2024.
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Staff (2024-09-15). Soldiers lightly wounded after drones from Lebanon explode in northern Israel. haaretz.com Israel mistakenly issues statement condemning unannounced ICC arrest warrants ‚ñ Netanyahu's office denies plans to replace gov't-appointed northern coordinator ‚ñ IDF probe finds three hostages killed in November likely after Israeli strike ‚ñ Forty rockets fired from Lebanon into northern Israel, IDF says ‚ñ Netanyahu: Situation in northern border requires 'shift in the balance of powers,' Israel would 'exact price' from Houthis…

presstv.ir (2024-09-15). Hezbollah strikes Israeli military sites in new missile, drone attack. presstv.ir Lebanon's resistance movement Hezbollah has in a fresh round of strikes targeted several Israeli military sites with drones and missiles.

William Silversmith (2024-09-15). Hunted by Israeli Tanks and Drones, an English Teacher Protects Her Family in Central Gaza. counterpunch.org Image by Andrej Li≈°akov. | Under threat from Israeli tanks, the parents and siblings of Ms. Kamla (a pseudonym) were forced to evacuate al-Bureij camp and relocate to her central Gaza home in al-Maghazi on December 25, 2023. Three days later an Israeli tank fired a shell into her home, though thankfully their family was gathered in a different room of the house so there were no injuries. Since December 28, Kamla and her family have been displaced 7 or 8 times. | When the Israeli tanks finished their operation, Kamla left the tent she had evacuated to in Dier al-Balah. She went to see if her house wa…

newarab (2024-09-15). Ukraine says Russia launched 8,060 Iranian drones during war. newarab.com "The partnership between Russia and Iran has resulted in lost homes and lost lives," the foreign ministry said on X. | Kyiv first accused Iran of supply…

SKWAWKBOX (2024-09-15). Video: Lammy defends Starmers' £000s donations for clothes: 'outfits should be funded by taxpayers'. skwawkbox.org Arrogance, hypocrisy and entitlement of Labour right writ large again as party drones try to defend undeclared sprees funded by multimillionaire donor given Downing Street pass Foreign Secretary David Lammy has put the arrogance and entitlement of the Labour right on full show again today by telling Sky News, in defence of Starmer's failure to …