(2005-12-25). For a cultural and academic boycott of the UAE: An open letter in solidarity with the Sudanese people. links.org.au 
We, the undersigned workers and members of academic and cultural institutions, condemn the United Arab Emirates' role in creating, funding, and prolonging the counter-revolutionary war in Sudan.
(2025-12-05). Sudanese journalist Taj al-Sir Ahmed Suleiman killed by RSF paramilitary in EL-Fasher. CPJ Staff
(2025-12-05). International Workers Build 'People's Embargo' Against Israeli Genocide. popularresistance.org From the docks of Oakland to the ports of Morocco, from Italian logistics hubs to South African coal mines, an international movement is taking shape to do what governments have refused: Cut off the flow of weapons and fuel sustaining Israel's assault on Gaza. | On Nov. 22, labor organizers, Palestinian activists, and anti-war campaigners from six countries gathered online to launch the People's Embargo for Palestine — a coordinated effort to leverage workers' power at critical chokepoints in the global military supply chain. The webinar brought together a veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle with a new g…
(2025-12-05). Havana Film Festival fires up the projectors and the miracle continues. radiohc.cu A meeting place for lovers of the seventh art and a source of nightmares for the enemies of the Cuban Revolution, the 46th edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema got underway Thursday evening in Havana… and the miracle continues. | In her opening remarks at the Charles Chaplin Theater in Havana, Festival Director Tania Delgado drew attention to the dangers currently looming over the region, whose peace is once again threatened by the hostility of the U.S. government. | She also expressed the festival's solidarity with the Palestinian cause and denounced the Israeli genocide, a cause…
(2025-12-05). Microsoft Faces Reckoning For Assisting Israel's Genocide In Gaza. popularresistance.org Ahead of its annual shareholders meeting on December 5, Microsoft is coming under mounting pressure to reconsider its relationship with the Israeli military, which has used the tech giant's products to carry out the genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. | In an open letter to the company released on Tuesday, December 2, an international coalition of legal aid groups said Microsoft and its executives potentially face legal liability for "aiding and abetting … atrocity crimes" committed by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians. | "Over the last few months, it has become exceedingly…
(2025-12-05). Several nations boycott Eurovision over Gaza genocide. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia announced they would not take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, after it was decided Israel would be allowed to compete.
(2025-12-05). Russian MFA reveals nothing on Putin-Witkoff meet, rejecting Western spin. hindustantimes.com Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the Kremlin will not disclose details of President Vladimir Putin's nearly five‚Äëhour meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff, stressing the talks are "focused on results, not on external appearances." She dismissed Western coverage claiming Moscow rejected US proposals, calling the conversation "useful and constructive," and used the briefing to attack the EU's "moral authority," accusing Brussels of weaponising human rights and ignoring alleged abuses in Ukraine while selectively pressuring other states.
(2025-12-05). Inside Coca-Cola's Multi-Billion Dollar Theft Of Trade Secrets. popularresistance.org Since 2004, as part of the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, I have attended Coca-Cola's annual meetings of shareholders to confront The Coca-Cola Company's chief executives and board members over the company's involvement in horrific human rights abuses and other criminal behavior. | These meetings often became confrontational and tense. I was violently attacked from behind while standing at the microphone raising issues of Coca-Cola's complicity in deadly human rights abuses perpetrated against union leaders in Colombia. The assailants turned out to be Wilmington, Delaware police dressed in plain clothes moonlighti…
(2025-12-05). Lord Macaulay: Saint or Sinner? ummid.com While the Modi tribe is blaming Macaulay for our ills, the Dalit thinkers like Chandrabhan Prasad are hailing the contribution of Macaulay in laying the foundations which in due course led to the struggle for dignity and rights of equality for Dalit and marginalized sections of society.
(2025-12-05). NEP 2020 and Silent Erosion of Minority Rights. ummid.com The National Education Policy 2020 represents a quiet and comprehensive restructuring of Higher Education that never once acknowledges the existence of constitutional Minority Rights.
(2025-12-05). Unilateral coercive measures impede realization of HR. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Iranian ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has warned that unilateral coercive measures violate and impede the realization of human rights, including the right to development,…
(2025-12-05). Martín Mosquera: The Meaning of Milei. newleftreview.org With Latin America in Trump's cross-hairs, a report from Buenos Aires on the social stalemate that allowed far-right firebrand Javier Milei to impose the harshest shock therapy in Argentina's history. Mosquera mobilizes the conceptual legacies of Gramsci, Trotsky, Otto Bauer and Angelo Tasca to identify the function of the region's highly successful new rights.
(2025-12-05). Honduras: Plot By The US-Backed Far Right Causes Political Crisis. popularresistance.org More than 6 million Hondurans went to the polls this past Sunday to elect the country's next president in a process marked by irregularities, foreign interference, and coup attempts by the far right. Pre-election polls showed a wide lead for the candidate of the ruling Libre party, Rixi Moncada. However, today Honduras marks three days without knowing its president-elect, amid technical failures and an extremely tight count that keeps conservative candidates Nasry Asfura and Salvador Nasralla in a technical tie, in what Moncada describe as an electoral plot.
(2025-12-05). The Reluctant Hegemon: China's Strategic Rejection of Global Currency Primacy. moderndiplomacy.eu Ever since the 2008 global financial crisis, a popular narrative has assumed that China's rise will inevitably push the Chinese yuan (Renminbi, RMB) to replace the U.S. dollar as the world's dominant reserve currency. The logic seems straightforward: China is now the world's second-largest economy and its biggest trading nation, so surely its currency will …
(2025-12-05). Crisis and division grip Bolivia's new right-wing government. wsws.org Caught between the demands of global finance capital and the resistance of the working class, Bolivia's ruling class is incapable of governing in the old way.
(2025-12-05). Australian economy "flat" amid global volatility. wsws.org The data shows a drop to zero in the per capita growth rate, under conditions of rising inflation, a continuing cost-of-living crisis and low levels of corporate investment, except for AI-related data centres.
(2025-12-05). UAE-backed paramilitary forces abduct political commentator in southwestern Yemen. Geoffrey King/CPJ Technology Program Coordinator and Tom Lowenthal/CPJ Staff Technologist
(2025-12-05). US Military Blows Up Another Boat in Latin America Amid Scrutiny of Bombing Campaign. news.antiwar.com The US military blew up another boat in the waters of Latin America on Wednesday, an attack that comes amid growing congressional scrutiny of the bombing campaign. US Southern Command said in a statement on X that its forces conducted a "lethal kinetic strike" on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The command claimed, …
(2025-12-05). Iran condemns US sanctions as 'crimes against humanit. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Iran has strongly condemned US-imposed unilateral sanctions on the occasion of the newly established International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures, describing them as "illegal, inhuman, and crimes against humanity."
(2025-12-05). "Kill Everybody" : War Crimes and Pete Hegseth's Lust for Blood. globalresearch.ca Pete Hegseth, the soap opera-styled US Secretary of Defense, sports a questionable sanity. His behaviour before generals is the stuff of low comedy. His mania about sending narco-traffickers making passage on the sea from Venezuela to a watery grave …
(2025-12-05). Sheikh Hasina's Future After Death Penalty. ummid.com In the wake of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) verdict for the death penalty for Sheikh Hasina, will her political career come to an end on the road?
(2025-12-05). Ethnic music in Xinjiang: Music of the Desert in Northwest China. ecns.cn In the vast desert of Northwest China, there are woods that can sing. They are examples of the string instruments used by China's Uyghur ethnic group, with quite a long history.
(2025-12-05). ICE Now Grabbing People Out Of Churches. popularresistance.org Chicago — ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), in an ever-expanding unconstitutional crime spree, is ushering in the Christmas season by launching immigration raids inside churches across the country. Trump's holiday gift to the nation is the administration's new policy that it is legal to enter churches as people worship and round them up in the immigration raids happening from coast to coast. | Not waiting for the fightback on the part of immigrants and their supporters that has already begun, ICE agents began their terror campaign here in Chicago on a recent Sunday.
(2025-12-05). West Contra Costa California educators and classified workers launch joint strike. wsws.org The strike by 3,000 educators and support staff has shut down normal operations in one of the San Francisco Bay Area's largest school districts.
(2025-12-04). UN warns Sudan's Kordofan faces mass atrocities as fighting spreads. aljazeera.com Rights chief fears another wave of violence similar to el-Fasher as death toll mounts across strategic region.
(2025-12-04). United Nations warns of famine among Sudanese children. plenglish.com Khartoum, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations has reportedly warned of the urgent need for humanitarian aid in Sudan, where more than 30 million people, including 15 million children, are suffering from hunger due to the war.
(2025-12-04). There They Go Again in Venezuela. fpif.org Mark Twain allegedly quipped, "God created war so Americans would learn geography." Whether or not he actually said that, it would be a good test—for the world's mightiest military power to be prevented from waging war if a majority of Americans failed to find the alleged enemy on a world map. | This should not need to be said, but the United States has no legal authority to attack Venezuela (or Iran, Sudan, Somalia, or any other country). Nor does it have the legal right to engage in covert action to overthrow any government, including that of Venezuela. Should the United States do so, it will be opposed b…
(2025-12-04). Court rules dissolution of the Palestine Congress 2024 in Berlin was unlawful. wsws.org A Berlin court has ruled that the violent shutdown of the 2024 Palestine Congress was unlawful, exposing the arbitrary political actions behind the police operation. The judgment highlights how the German authorities have trampled on democratic rights to suppress criticism of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
(2025-12-04). AI Cyber Spy: Gilman Louie. projectcensored.org As the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was fragmenting in the late 1980s, a moonlighting Russian software engineer, Alexey Pajitnov, coded a spellbinding video game called Tetris on an Electronica 60 computer. | Dan Ackerman's 2016 book The Tetris Effect—The Cold War Battle for the World's Most Addictive Game recounts years of backstabbing battles for legal rights to package and sell Tetris. Combatants included media mogul Ian Robert Maxwell, who is credibly alleged to have functioned as an Israeli intelligence asset, and Gilman Louie, the CEO of Maxwell's combat simulation gaming company, Spectrum Holo…
(2025-12-04). Manifestation of religious belief: Smith v Manchester City Council [2025] EWHC 2987 (KB). ukhumanrightsblog.com 
By Georgina Pein To what extent does the law afford protection to couples looking to foster children, in circumstances where that couple possesses (and vocalises) strong religious beliefs? This was the issue for consideration before Turner J, who heard this appeal in the King's Bench Division of the High Court. Judgment was handed down on …
(2025-12-04). UHRC Cautions Politicians Over Youth Brigades. plusnews.ug 
The Uganda Human Rights Commission has urged politicians to desist from recruiting youth brigades. The Commission's Chairperson, Mariam Wangadya, said the youth brigades could threaten the ongoing electoral process and could plunge the country into anarchy. She told a joint media briefing in Kampala that the youth brigades have started clashing with …
(2025-12-04). New Report Exposes Torture, Abuse, and Medical Neglect in Florida Migrant Jails. truthout.org Two immigration detention centers in Florida have gained notoriety for inhumane conditions since Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, in close alignment with President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant agenda, has rapidly scaled up mass detention in the state, and a report released Thursday detailed how human rights violations at the two facilities amount to torture in some cases. |
(2025-12-04). Texas Cities Have Some of the Highest Preterm Birth Rates in the US, Highlighting Maternal Health Crisis Nationwide. counterpunch.org 
Seven years ago, at 30 weeks into a seemingly low-risk pregnancy, I unexpectedly began to bleed. Doctors diagnosed me with complete placenta previa. Then, while on bed rest at 32 weeks, my placenta suddenly ruptured, leading to an immediate emergency cesarean section. I became one of about 10% of women giving birth in Nigeria to
(2025-12-04). As Displaced Palestinians Wait To Return to Their Homes in West Bank Refugee Camps, U.S. Reconstruction Plans Threaten To Erase the Camps. scheerpost.com By Qassam Muaddi / Mondowiess It has been well over 200 days since the people of the Tulkarem, Nur Shams, and Jenin refugee camps were forced out of their homes by the Israeli army during its offensive in the northern West Bank dubbed "Operation Iron Wall." Over 40,000 Palestinians from these camps have been displaced for …
(2025-12-04). Israeli strikes kill two in Majdel hours after rare Naqoura talks. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Israeli warplanes carried out multiple airstrikes across southern Lebanon early Thursday, killing two civilians and wounding four in the town of Majdel, just hours after rare direct Lebanese-Israeli talks in Naqoura. The strike hit a three-story residential building sheltering displaced families, with civil defense teams rescuing survivors from the rubble as fires spread through nearby homes.The attacks began before dawn, with earlier strikes hitting Mahrouna and Jbaa in the Bint Jbeil district, destroying a multi-story building near an infirmary and sparking fires that damaged olive groves. Lebanon's H…
(2025-12-04). Iran launches military drill in West Azarbaijan province. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a military exercise in West Azarbaijan province on Thursday, aiming to enhance the readiness of the province's Basij forces.
(2025-12-04). Yasser Abu Shabab killed in Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Gaza's militia leader, Yasser Abu Shabab, was killed in the Gaza Strip, Israel's Channel 12 reported on Thursday.According to Israeli media, Yasser Abu Shabab was killed at the hands of unknown armed men.Abu Shabab is a Palestinian militant and the leader of the Popular Forces, which is an anti-Hamas armed group in the Gaza Strip.During the Gaza war, which lasted for two years, the Popular Forces, led by Yasser, worked along with the Israeli army against Hamas.Some sources reportedly said that he was killed at the hands of a Hamas fighter; however, the Palestinian group has not made any announcement re…
(2025-12-04). Watched, Tracked, and Targeted: Inside Gaza's Fight for Privacy and Survival. scheerpost.com Nehemia Gershuni-Aylho By: Joshua Scheer | In Gaza, surveillance has become as relentless as the bombing. In "Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza," author Mohammed R. Mhawish, describes how Israeli forces use cameras, drones and digital tracking to monitor — and control — every move of Palestinians. The piece pulls back the curtain on a system where daily life, flight and survi…
(2025-12-04). Administrative detention: Israel hunts al-Balboul brothers again. thecanary.co Mohammed and Mahmoud al-Balboul were again arrested, earlier this month, by Israeli occupation forces (IOF). Over the years, they have been repeatedly detained by the IOF. Although Mahmoud has now been released, his brother Mohammed remains in prison under administrative detention. Administrative detention—repeated arrests for the al-Balboul brothers On June 9, 2016, Israeli occupation soldiers […] | By
(2025-12-04). UPDF Medics Treat Hundreds at Chahafi HC IV In Kisoro. plusnews.ug 
A team of medical personnel from the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) is treating hundreds of patients at Chahafi HC IV in Gisha village, Kisoro Municipality, as part of activities to mark the 45th Tarehe Sita celebrations in Kigezi Sub-region. The static medical and surgical camps, which will ran from December 2-7, 2025, are offering …
(2025-12-04). Sahand-2025 Drill: Iran emerges as regional security hub. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) — The Sahand-2025 joint anti-terrorism drill, hosted by IRGC Ground Forces in East Azarbaijan province, signals Tehran's emerging leadership in a powerful Eastern coalition and its commitment to safeguarding regional security.
(2025-12-04). 'Relive the magic'? K-drama dating service probed for sex crimes in Brazil. scmp.com A dating platform in Brazil that markets paid encounters with Korean men styled as K-drama "oppa" is under investigation for sexual exploitation, with the South Korean consulate in Sao Paulo appealing for potential victims to come forward. | KDramaDate advertises itself as a service that lets women "relive the magic of K-dramas", offering curated outings with Korean men at cafes, barbecue restaurants and popular city landmarks. One package includes what the site describes as an "intimate…
(2025-12-04). Belarus, Laos discuss expanding political, humanitarian ties. eng.belta.by The Belarusian ambassador held a meeting with Laos' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Maithong Thammavongsa.
(2025-12-04). Pakistan says to let humanitarian aid into Afghanistan. newarab.com 
The countries have been locked in an increasingly
(2025-12-04). Dube-Ncube attends unveiling of UNIVEN's major infrastructure projects. sanews.gov.za Dube-Ncube attends unveiling of UNIVEN's major infrastructure projects | Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Nomusa Dube-Ncube, will on Friday attend the official opening of several major infrastructure projects at the University of Venda (UNIVEN) in Thohoyandou, Limpopo. | The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) continues to support infrastructure development at South Africa's 26 public universities through the Infrastructure and Efficiency Grant (IEG) programme. | Introduced in 2007/08 financial year, the IEG aims to address historical backlogs, upgrades, and refurbishment needs…
(2025-12-04). Philly's William Way has raised the funds to renovate its historic home in Center City. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? After months of uncertainty, the William Way LGBT Community Center announced this week that the nonprofit is not abandoning, but repairing its longtime home in Center City. | "Thanks to the support of multiple sources, including generous donors, and the efforts of our board, staff, and partners, we are pleased to share that the Center will return to the building once redevelopment is complete," said board co-chairs David Huting and Laura Ryan in a statement. | The update is…
(2025-12-04). Netanyahu will win again, because in Israel, 'there is none like him'. aljazeera.com His supporters defend him, his opponents cannot look past him and the centre keeps trying to bargain with him.
(2025-12-04). US authorities arrest Brian Cole as suspect in 2021 Capitol Hill pipe bombs. aljazeera.com Arrest of Virginia man potentially ends five-year mystery that highlighted rise of political violence in the US.