Nathan Rich (2021-09-10). The REAL Reason Meng Wanzhou Was Arrested? dissidentvoice.org Meng Wanzhou arrested for well over 1000 days. But… why? And what does her case have in common with Anne Boleyn?

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-09). Family members of Palestinians who escaped Israeli prison arrested. peoplesdispatch.org On Wednesday, September 8, in a move defying all established human rights norms, Israeli security forces arrested five relatives of the six Palestinians who escaped from the Gilboa prison in the occupied West Bank on Monday. | According to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society, Israel launched a large scale inspection and detention campaign in villages and towns in the occupied West Bank. The occupation forces barged into several Palestinian villages and raided the houses of family members and relatives of the escapees late in the night on Wednesday. | Palestinian health minister Mai al-Kaila issued a statement cond…

Staff (2021-09-09). Colorado city to pay $3 million settlement after 73yo woman with dementia injured during violent arrest. rt.com The police in the city of Loveland, Colorado admitted to having used excessive force when arresting an elderly woman with dementia last year. Her family has reached a settlement with authorities. | Loveland City Manager Steve Adams apologized to Karen Garner and her family for the excessive force used in the woman's arrest in June of last year, during which she sustained multiple injuries, including a dislocated shoulder and a sprained wrist. | Officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali, who conducted the arrest, resigned from the force and are currently charged with official misconduct. Hopp is also charged with c…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-09). Family members of Palestinians who escaped Israeli prison arrested. peoplesdispatch.org On Wednesday, September 8, in a move defying all established human rights norms, Israeli security forces arrested five relatives of the six Palestinians who escaped from the Gilboa prison in the occupied West Bank on Monday. | According to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society, Israel launched a large scale inspection and detention campaign in villages and towns in the occupied West Bank. The occupation forces barged into several Palestinian villages and raided the houses of family members and relatives of the escapees late in the night on Wednesday. | Palestinian health minister Mai al-Kaila issued a statement cond…

Staff (2021-09-09). Colorado city to pay $3 million settlement after 73yo woman with dementia injured during violent arrest. rt.com The police in the city of Loveland, Colorado admitted to having used excessive force when arresting an elderly woman with dementia last year. Her family has reached a settlement with authorities. | Loveland City Manager Steve Adams apologized to Karen Garner and her family for the excessive force used in the woman's arrest in June of last year, during which she sustained multiple injuries, including a dislocated shoulder and a sprained wrist. | Officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali, who conducted the arrest, resigned from the force and are currently charged with official misconduct. Hopp is also charged with c…

teleSUR (2021-09-08). Bolivia: General Montero Arrested for Senkata Massacre. telesurenglish.net Former Commander-General of the Bolivian Police Rodolfo Montero was arrested on Tuesday after giving his statement about the episodes of violence occurred in the Senkata massacre on Nov. 19, 2019. | Related: | "The Public Prosecutor's Office has determined the arrest of the former Commander of the Bolivian Police, Rodolfo Montero, for the crimes of genocide, homicide, and serious injuries in relation to the Senkata…

Kevin Mwanza (2021-09-08). Chinese Billionaire Given 18 Years In Prison For 'Provoking Trouble'. moguldom.com A billionaire Chinese pig farmer was sentenced to 18 years in prison after he was found guilty of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" in China, a charge commonly used against activists and protesters. Sun Dawu, chairman of Dawu Agriculture Group, was arrested earlier this year after 300 police officers raided his offices, according to the …

Staff (2021-09-08). Cops Killed Marcus Smith 3 Years Ago, Fueling Outrage Over Police Hog-Tying. truthout.org In the early morning hours of September 8, 2018, The Greensboro Police De…

Juan Cole (2021-09-07). Southern White Male GOP Voter Suppression, anti-Abortion Laws are ways of reviving Jim Crow and expanding it to White Women. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — African-Americans have complained about the tendency of commentators to compare political suppression and regressive policies of white Republicans to slavery. Nothing, they rightly maintain, is like slavery. But some GOP laws passed by elite white males are very much like Jim Crow-style discrimination. Voter i.d. laws, for instance, are completely …

_____ (2021-09-07). Global Vaccine Apartheid Must Be Ended This Instant. commondreams.org "Urgent international action is needed to support millions of people with the necessities of life through the coming months and Afghanistan's harsh winter," said head of the Afghan Red Crescent. | We are all safer when everyone is vaccinated. New, more vaccine-resistant variants are emerging, endangering everyone.

_____ (2021-09-07). Citing 'Vaccine Apartheid,' 1,500+ Global Groups Urge Delay of UN Climate Summit. commondreams.org "On average, U.S.-led airstrikes have killed more than 1,000 civilians a year since 2001."

Kevin Gosztola (2021-09-07). Twenty Years In A Security State: FBI Responded To 9/11 By Locking Up Hundreds Of Muslim Immigrants (Exclusive For Subscribers). thedissenter.org John Ashcroft, who was U.S. attorney general under President George W. Bush from 2001-2005 (Photo: [Editor's Note: To mark the 20th anniversary of the rise of the American security state after the September 11th attacks, The Dissenter presents a retrospective on this transformation in law enforcement and government. Each entry in the series will connect with whistleblower stories where possible.]Asif-ur-Rehman Saffi was arrested for an immigration violation and brought to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, Ne…

_____ (2021-09-07). More Than 500 Arrested As Extinction Rebellion Protests Continue. popularresistance.org Police have arrested more than than 500 people during Extinction Rebellion's protests in London. | The environmental group began their 'Impossible Rebellion' action on 23 August. The Metropolitan Police said since the action began, as of 6.30pm on Saturday 4 September they had arrested 508 people. It comes after another wave of demonstrations from Animal Rebellion and Nature Rebellion at Trafalgar Square on Saturday. | The groups 'stand in solidarity' with Extinction Rebellion. They met at the London landmark during the afternoon for a "March For Nature". | Protesters could be seen in colourful costumes. And they…

_____ (2021-09-07). More Than 500 Arrested As Extinction Rebellion Protests Continue In London. popularresistance.org Police have arrested more than than 500 people during Extinction Rebellion's protests in London. The environmental group began their 'Impossible Rebellion' action on 23 August. The Metropolitan Police said since the action began, as of 6.30pm on Saturday 4 September they had arrested 508 people.

Anonymous007 (2021-09-07). Crimea Pipeline Explosion Was Allegedly Orchestrated By Ukrainian Intelligence. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The explosion of a gas pipeline in Crimea was organized by Ukrainian intelligence, Russia's security service — the FSB reported. | On August 23, unidentified persons damaged the gas pipeline, located in Crimea's mountainous area and used for supplying gas to a military unit and to the village of Perevalnoye. The gas pipeline operation was restored on the next day. On 6 September, four suspects were arrested."It was established that this act of sabotage was orchestrated by the Uk…

_____ (2021-09-07). More Than 500 Arrested As Extinction Rebellion Protests Continue In London. popularresistance.org Police have arrested more than than 500 people during Extinction Rebellion's protests in London. The environmental group began their 'Impossible Rebellion' action on 23 August. The Metropolitan Police said since the action began, as of 6.30pm on Saturday 4 September they had arrested 508 people.

Anonymous007 (2021-09-07). Crimea Pipeline Explosion Was Allegedly Orchestrated By Ukrainian Intelligence. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The explosion of a gas pipeline in Crimea was organized by Ukrainian intelligence, Russia's security service — the FSB reported. | On August 23, unidentified persons damaged the gas pipeline, located in Crimea's mountainous area and used for supplying gas to a military unit and to the village of Perevalnoye. The gas pipeline operation was restored on the next day. On 6 September, four suspects were arrested."It was established that this act of sabotage was orchestrated by the Uk…

International People's Assembly (2021-09-06). Moroccan political activists arrested during protests demanding democratization. liberationnews.org The PSL extends our fullest solidarity to the imprisoned leaders of Democratic Way and condemns this blatant act of repression.

Anonymous007 (2021-09-06). Military Situation In Iraq On September 6, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 4, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Babel area | On September 4, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Qadesiyah area | On September 5, 13 Iraqi forces were killed in an attack by ISIS terrorists on an Iraqi federal police headquarters in the Rashad area | On September 5, a group of ISIS members planning a car bomb attack in a market in Irbil were arrested, according to the…

Joris Leverink (2021-09-06). The Laura Flanders Show: These Films Keep People Out of Prison. roarmag.org What if judges could know a person more completely before sentencing them to prison? | An organization called Complete Picture uses the power of film and storytelling to give judges an in-depth, humanizing look at the lives of defendants facing prison for non-violent crimes. All of Complete Picture's films have resulted in a sentence reduction and half of their clients received no prison time at all. | In this episode, Laura speaks with the project's founding filmmakers, whose own experience of incarceration inspired the project. She interviews a defense attorney who's seen the impact on judges and talks with two…