Author: Brett Wilkins
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Demands grow for Biden to push Saudis on Yemen atrocities
80 nations—including US—commit to better protect civilians from urban bombing
Iranians continue protests, defying mounting death toll and execution risk
Migrant rights defenders demand Italy let all asylum-seekers off rescue ships
US, Israel are only ‘no’ votes as UN condemns Cuba embargo for 30th straight year
‘A Brazil of hope’: Leftist Lula defeats far-right Bolsonaro in presidential runoff
‘Dark day for trans youth’ as Florida moves to ban gender-affirming healthcare for minors
12-year-old succumbs to injuries as Israeli forces kill 4 more Palestinian teens
Naomi Klein spotlights perils of repressive Egypt hosting COP27 climate conference
Rights groups condemn Iran’s ‘cruel disregard for life’ amid deadly repression of protests
Three transgender progressives elected to Brazilian National Congress
Pentagon report claiming US military killed just 12 civilians last year met with skepticism
Student walkouts underway across Virginia against Youngkin’s attack on transgender youth
Independent probe finds Israeli killing of Palestinian-American journalist ‘deliberate’ as family turns to ICC
Mexican activist and pageant winner Lorena Amor Barajas hopeful for US return as Biden reverses Trump’s transphobic policies
Louisiana woman whose fetus had no skull forced on ‘extremely traumatizing’ 2,500-mile abortion journey
Victims of British imperialism won’t be mourning the Queen’s death
Washington Post ripped for ‘neocolonial’ editorial opposing new Chilean constitution
Outrage after Ohio cop kills unarmed Black man Donovan Lewis in bed
Mikhail Gorbachev, who presided over end of Cold War and Soviet Union, dies at 91
US refuses to return $7 billion in seized Afghan funds—even as 6 million face famine
Israeli ex-diplomat says growing acknowledgment of apartheid ‘must be wakeup call’
Human rights groups cautiously welcome Pentagon’s civilian casualty action plan
Mississippi town’s Black residents ‘terrorized’ by racist police seek DOJ investigation
Saudi Arabia’s enablers condemned as activist Salma al-Shehab sentenced to 34 years for tweets
Lawsuit alleges CIA ‘blatantly violated’ rights of journalists and lawyers visiting Julian Assange
‘Dictatorship never again’: Massive pro-democracy protests sweep Brazil
800,000+ Brazilians sign pro-democracy manifesto amid Bolsonaro coup threat
At least 45 Palestinians—including 16 children—killed during Israeli attack on Gaza
Albert Woodfox, ‘Angola 3’ Black Panther wrongfully imprisoned 43 years, dies at 75
China accuses US of ‘playing with fire’ as Pelosi arrives in Taiwan
Advocates demand justice for Brett Rosenau, 15-year-old killed during Albuquerque police attack
‘We WILL fight back’: Outrage, resolve as protests erupt against SCOTUS abortion ruling
US rejecting 90% of Afghans seeking asylum under humanitarian program
Quakers renew demands for Yemen War Powers Resolution as US complicity in Saudi-led airstrikes revealed
US military clears itself of blame in Syria airstrike that killed ‘piles’ of women and children
As senators try to expand war crimes jurisdiction, critics ask if US war criminals count
Palestine defenders hail Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s ‘historic’ Nakba resolution
Jailed Palestinian lawyer implores ICC to probe Israeli ‘crimes against humanity’ in East Jerusalem
Abbas vows ICC probe, says killing of Shireen Abu Akleh must not ‘go unpunished’
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