Tag: Human rights

Categories Latin America

Billionaire-backed Human Rights Watch lobbies for lethal US sanctions on leftist governments as Covid crisis rages

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Regime change-hungry HRW is proudly taking credit for crushing new US sanctions on Nicaragua while pushing to escalate Washington’s economic war on Venezuela. The Grayzone presents a deep dive into the “human rights” arm of US empire. … Read More >Billionaire-backed Human Rights Watch lobbies for lethal US sanctions on leftist governments as Covid crisis rages

Categories World

Israel-Palestine issue is glaring example of how some people have rights and some don’t – Roger Waters to RT

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Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, facing a campaign to deplatform him from SXSW after B’nai B’rith got his ads pulled from Major League Baseball, told RT the accusations of anti-Semitism are a distraction from human rights. … Read More >Israel-Palestine issue is glaring example of how some people have rights and some don’t – Roger Waters to RT

Categories Middle East

Int’l Criminal Court Has No Jurisdiction to Investigate in Palestinian Territories – Netanyahu

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The prime minister’s statement came shortly after the International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she would open a full investigation into “the situation in Palestine” as it had been determined that war crimes had been committed there. … Read More >Int’l Criminal Court Has No Jurisdiction to Investigate in Palestinian Territories – Netanyahu

Categories World

Human Rights NGO Files Suit Against Google, Apple, Tesla Over ‘Forced Child Labor’ in Congo

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A human rights non-profit has filed a lawsuit against global tech giants, including Apple, Google and Tesla, among other corporations, on behalf of 14 plaintiffs who were directly or indirectly affected by forced child labor in the world’s largest Congolese cobalt mines. … Read More >Human Rights NGO Files Suit Against Google, Apple, Tesla Over ‘Forced Child Labor’ in Congo

Categories Middle East

Iran Slams US Sanctions on Access to Medicine as Act of Terrorism and Crime Against Humanity

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Chief Justice of Iran Ebrahim Raisi has stated that after failing to pressure the Islamic Republic by orchestrating riots and other means, the US has resorted to “terrorism” by hindering the country’s access to medicine. … Read More >Iran Slams US Sanctions on Access to Medicine as Act of Terrorism and Crime Against Humanity

Categories EU

Pity that reference to human rights sometimes serves as basis to interfere in other states’ domestic issues – Hungarian FM to RT

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The EU’s policy regarding sanctions and restrictive measures is sometimes marked with double standards, Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto told RT, stressing that even an issue of human rights can be seen differently inside the bloc. … Read More >Pity that reference to human rights sometimes serves as basis to interfere in other states’ domestic issues – Hungarian FM to RT

Categories Asia & Pacific

‘Most regrettable’: Hong Kong’s chief executive says US ‘human rights’ bill creates ‘instability’

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Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam slammed a “human rights and democracy” bill recently signed into law by US President Donald Trump, which declares Washington’s support for the territory’s protest movement. … Read More >‘Most regrettable’: Hong Kong’s chief executive says US ‘human rights’ bill creates ‘instability’