Monthly Archives: February 2024

2024-02-01: News Headlines

Malik Miah (2024-02-01). Why Many Blacks Turn on Biden Over Palestine. internationalviewpoint.org "We know too well that our freedom [as South Africans] is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." | – | / |

Malik Miah (2024-01-31). Why Many Blacks Turn on Biden Over Palestine. internationalviewpoint.org "We know too well that our freedom [as South Africans] is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." | – | / |

Bruce C.T. Wright (2024-01-31). RIP Casey Goodson Jr.: Trial Begins For Ex-Cop Who Shot Black Man 6 Times In The Back. newsone.com Source: Walton + Brown, LLP / Walton + Brown, LLP | The trial of the former officer charged in the 2020 shooting Former deputy Jason Meade was charged with murder and reckless homicide in December 2021 after he shot and killed Goodson while he was entering his grandmother's home in Columbus, Ohio. | Meade pleaded not guilty to all the charges. | pic.twitter.com/zwuCjPhIW0 | — Anna Hoffman (@AnnaHoffmanTV)

NEOB (2024-02-01). Lamola condemns protest actions in Groblersdal. sanews.gov.za Lamola condemns protest actions in Groblersdal | The Department of Justice and Correctional Services has condemned protestors' attempts to forcefully enter the Groblersdal Magistrate's Court premises and their brandishing of the colonial era Vierkleur flag. | The court was hearing a case against two men — Piet Groenewald and his son Stephen Greef — who allegedly assaulted one of their workers whom they accused of being drunk on duty. | Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola said: "We applaud the [SA Police Service] for swiftly arresting all the protesters that attempted to block or…

Abhishek Awasthi (2024-01-31). Italy protests alleged mistreatment of woman in Hungarian court. firstpost.com Italy's government has expressed its discontentment over the treatment of Ilaria Salis, a 39-year-old Italian woman awaiting trial in Hungary for her alleged involvement in a counter-demonstration against a neo-Nazi rally. | The images of Salis, handcuffed and chained, sparked outrage and prompted Italian ministers to summon Budapest's ambassador in protest. Arrested in Budapest last February, Salis faces three counts of attempted assault and accusations of being part of an extreme left-wing organization. | If convicted, she could be sentenced to up to 11 years in jail. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani sta…

Codepink (2024-01-31). BREAKING: 5 Peace Activists Arrested For Disrupting UNRWA Hearing, Demand Humanitarian Aid for Gaza. pressenza.com Five peace activists were arrested today as CODEPINK and other organizations disrupted the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing titled "UNRWA Exposed: Examining the Agency's Mission and Failures." The protest aimed to draw attention to the urgent need for humanitarian aid in Gaza. | The disruption comes in the wake of the International Court of Justice's recent ruling, which found South Africa's charge of genocide against Israel to be credible. The court issued provisional measures demanding that Israel cease the killing of Palestinians and restore the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Despite these urgent cal…

UN Human Rights Council (2024-01-31). Statement by Nicholas Koumjian, Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (30 Jan 2024) [EN/MY]. reliefweb.int Country: Myanmar | Source: UN Human Rights Council | Please refer to the attached file. | Three years of widespread, systematic violence in Myanmar and the evidence against perpetrators is mounting | Geneva, 30 January 2024 — Three years ago, the Myanmar military overthrew the country's elected government. A host of serious international crimes followed, starting with the violent suppression of protests and arrests of those daring to speak out against the military regime. Thousands, including political opponents and journalists, have been detained without due process of law, and these detentions have…

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