(2025-12-08). The Weekly Round Up: Facial recognition, Sudan censorship, FIFA concerns, and compulsory divestment under A1P1. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news The UK Home Office has begun a ten-week public consultation into the use of facial recognition and biometrics technologies by the police, with the view to expanding the rollout of live facial recognition policing (currently limited to ten forces) across the entire UK. Among the Government's proposals is the creation of a …
(2025-12-08). Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki Stands with Sudan. transcend.org The UN and humanitarian agencies now describe Sudan as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world with estimates of the displaced ranging from 9 to 13 million, at least a million more than the 8 million displaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Seven million remain within Sudanese borders with the rest sheltering in neighboring countries.
(2025-12-08). RSF seizes key Heglig oilfield as it pushes to expand control in Sudan. aljazeera.com Heglig is Sudan's largest oil field and also the main processing facility for neighbouring South Sudan's oil exports.
(2025-12-08). After el-Fasher, we must refuse a 'new normal' of mass atrocities in Darfur. aljazeera.com Massacres at the start of the war in Sudan should have shocked the world into action. They didn't.
(2025-12-08). No decision made on blacklisting Hezbollah, Ansarallah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani rejected reports claiming that Hezbollah and Yemen's Ansarallah had been designated as terrorist organizations in Iraq.
(2025-12-08). Sudanese Paramilitary Drone Strikes Kindergarten, Killing Dozens of Children. truthout.org Sudanese paramilitary forces bombed a kindergarten and the hospital where victims were brought for treatment in southern Sudan on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, including 33 children. Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out three drone strikes in the town of Kalogi, in South Kordofan, officials say. The paramilitary reportedly struck the school twice, the second time to kill civilians… |
(2025-12-08). Appeal for Mediation in Sudan Civil War. transcend.org These conflicts were organized along ethnic and religious lines.The conflicts led to the creation of a new state, South Sudan, where tensions are also strong. Mediation efforts should be carried out under the responsibility of the United Nations. However, non-governmental organizations may play a positive role.
(2025-12-08). 63 children among 114 dead in strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital: WHO. scmp.com The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that 114 people, including 63 children, were killed in "senseless" strikes on a hospital and kindergarten in Sudan's South Kordofan state last week. | The strikes "hit a kindergarten and, at least three times, the nearby Kalogi Rural Hospital, killing 114 people, including 63 children, and injuring 35 people," WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media, citing the UN health agency's Attacks on Health Care monitoring…
(2025-12-08). Tuesday 12/9: Webinar: Recognizing and Punishing Genocide. indybay.org Zoom | bit.ly/tlaib-townhall…
(2025-12-08). Anti-genocide protests demand Australia cut ties with Israel. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-12-08). Anti-Genocide Activists Picket Largest Civilian Weapons Warehouse for the Israeli Military in the United States, Demand Arms Embargo. worldbeyondwar.org 
By some opponents of genocide, December 8, 2025 | report by Progressive International and the Palestinian Youth Movement and an (2025-12-08). Israel Uses Video from Gaza Genocide to Market Arms to European, Asian Countries. transcend.org 5 Dec 2025 – Israeli defence companies pitched weapons systems to dozens of European and Asian countries by highlighting their role in Israel's onslaught against Palestinians in Gaza. Despite banning Israeli officials from a recent defence show, British officials turned up to check out Israeli weapons deployed in the Gaza genocide.
(2025-12-08). Go Tell It on the Mountain: Genocide Is Wrong. transcend.org 6 Dec 2025 – While Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues, the Israeli government paves the way for a 'Gazafication' of the West Bank.
(2025-12-08). Microsoft's Aiding of Israel's Genocide Against Palestinians Exposes Company to Legal Liability. indybay.org Microsoft's Aiding of Israel's Genocide Against Palestinians Exposes Company and its Leadership to Legal Liability…
(2025-12-08). Vigil Takes Opposition to Genocide to Dickens Festival on Long Island. worldbeyondwar.org 
At our weekly vigil this week, we became part of the Dickens Festival held here annually, with dozens of protestors reading Palestinian poems, handing out flyers, and engaging with those walking by — and with our digital billboard truck defining our message. #WorldBEYONDWar…
(2025-12-08). Syria: One Year Since Assad's Fall. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A picture of former Syrian President Bashar Assad lies on the ground as a Syrian opposition fighter stands nearby, inside the Presidential Palace in Damascus, December 8, 2024. | © 2024 Omar Sanadiki/AP Photo…
(2025-12-08). Raging Grannies and friends Sing at Tesla. indybay.org 1 min reel. Tesla showroom on the El Camino Real in Palo Alto, CA…
(2025-12-08). Antizionist Futures and Immigrant Rights in Labor Organizing. projectcensored.org In the first half of the show, we welcome back the editor-in-chief of Jewish Currents Arielle Angel to talk about the need for new Jewish institutions that reflect not only antizionist Judaism but the myriad traditions of Judaism which zionism has always tried to negate and erase. Arielle also highlights the connections between zionism and American exceptionalism, ideologies that fuel and feed off one another, the power of a grassroots leftist Jewish memory culture, and the pitfalls of self-denial on the Jewish left. Next up, editor for Workday Magazine, Sarah Lazare comes on the show to discuss the purposefully…
(2025-12-08). Witch Hunt: The Heretic and the the West Fears Francesca Albanese. transcend.org 5 Dec 2025 – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories is the "witch" being hunted by the Western powers because she represents the truth of international law against the brute force of the geopolitical narrative. She dismantles the fiction that Israel is "the only democracy in the Middle East."
(2025-12-08). Law Pod UK latest episode: Tacking Ageism. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
Is law up to the problem of discrimination on grounds of (old) age? To discuss this question, Rosalind English is joined in today's episode by regular Law Pod guest Alasdair Henderson of One Crown Office Row and Nina Georgantzi, a human rights lawyer and academic who serves as head of human rights advocacy at Age …
(2025-12-08). Terms of Reference : Researcher Global Report on the Situation of Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs). fidh.org Duration: February — November 2026 (10 months) Location: Remote Commitment: Approximately 80 days Reporting to: Executive Coordinator, Knowledge Co-Creation Working Group Additional information: Individuals, groups of researchers and research organisations are welcome to apply. Application deadline: January 10, 2026 About WHRD-IC :
| The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD-IC) is a transnational, intersectional feminist coalition of women human rights defenders, (…) | – |
(2025-12-08). Wednesday 12/10: Human Rights Day Ceremony for Global Freedom & Peace (San Jose). indybay.org Plaza of Santa Clara County Government offices | 70 West Hedding Street | San José, CA 95110…
(2025-12-08). Palestinian Rights Committee Supporting Farmers and Beekeepers. mediasanctuary.org On Saturday, December 6, the Albany Palestinian Rights Committee did a Joy and Resilence event at the Radix Ecological Sustainability Center in the South End of Albany to raise funds to be directly distributed to beekeepers and farmers in Palestine! Hana and Nora, both of whom will shortly travel to Palestine, talks about the group's effort with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.b…
(2025-12-08). Sunday 12/14: San Jose: International Human Rights Day Rally & March. indybay.org Meet at Federal Building on the corner of 1st St and San Carlos St, San Jose…
(2025-12-08). 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.
(2025-12-08). Chief Constable in contempt: Buzzard-Quashie v CC of Northamptonshire Police [2025] EWCA Civ 1397. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
By Kian Leong Tan INTRODUCTION In Buzzard-Quashie v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police [2025] EWCA Civ 1397, the Court of Appeal has helpfully restated the law on (civil) contempt of court. The decision — arising out of a longstanding refusal by the Northamptonshire police force ("the police force") to comply with orders from the Information …
(2025-12-08). 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.
(2025-12-08). Tanzania: Crackdown Ahead of Planned Protests. hrw.org Click to expand Image | The flag of the United Republic of Tanzania. | © 2010 TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images | (Nairobi) — Tanzanian authorities have wrongfully arrested alleged protest organizers and opposition supporters ahead of nationwide protests called for December 9, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should end its crackdown and immediately release all those arbitrarily detained.Activists have urged people to demonstrate peacefully on Tanzania's Independence Day, known as D9, against the police use of lethal force around the October 29 general elections. The government ca…
(2025-12-08). US: Close Fort Bliss Immigration Detention Site. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Protesters opposing mass deportations by ICE hold signs during a protest held at Fort Bliss, the US Army base where a large new ICE detention facility is being built, in El Paso, Texas, August 17, 2025. | © 2025 REUTERS/Paul Ratje | (Washington, DC) — Human rights groups today urged US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end immigration detention at Camp East Montana, a massive tent camp at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas. In their letter, advocates summarized accounts of horrific conditions, including beatings and sexual abuse by officers against deta…
(2025-12-08). Russia bans the oldest worldwide human rights movement. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), one of the world's oldest human rights movements comprising of 196 civil society organisations, has been declared "undesirable" by the Russian Federation. The undersigned FIDH member organisations strongly condemn this designation, which bans FIDH from undertaking any activities in Russia and criminalises any cooperation with the Federation by a Russian national or organisation.
Paris, 3 December 2025. The designation was made by the (…) | – |
(2025-12-08). Thousands march across US against Trump's drive for war in Venezuela. therealnews.com 
On Dec. 6, people across the United States marched. They protested. They carried banners: No war on Venezuela. No blood for oil. US hands off Venezuela. They chanted and waved Venezuelan flags. | Trump says he's coming to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. He's promised it's only a matter of time. The United States has amassed the largest military buildup in the Caribbean since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. | But according to a recent CBS poll, 70% of Americans are opposed to US military action in Venezuela. And over the weekend, those voices were loud. Marches against US military intervention. Ag…
(2025-12-08). Saturday 1/3: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Left – 3 Paths Through the Planetary Crisis. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. All are welcome!
(2025-12-08). Nigeria dispatches jets, troops to quash Benin coup bid. newarab.com 
Nigerian fighter jets and ground troops moved on Monday to help restore order after a foiled coup attempt in Benin, aiming to head off a political crisis in a country that is battling jihadists and serves as a key trade corridor in In its first foreign military intervention in nearly a decade,
(2025-12-08). Violence against women a national disaster that demands national action — President. sanews.gov.za Violence against women a national disaster that demands national action — President | President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his weekly newsletter to bemoan the country's persistently high levels of violence against women and children, warning that gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) now amounts to a national disaster requiring exceptional measures. | As South Africa marks the annual 16 Days of Activism campaign, the President's newsletter underscores the scale of the crisis and outlines government's intensified response after officially declaring GBVF a national disaster last month. | "As South Africa…
(2025-12-08). Mozambique: ICRC responds to pressing humanitarian needs. icrc.org About 250'000 people have been displaced in the last year because of the armed conflict in northern Mozambique.
(2025-12-08). Indonesia counts human cost as more climate change warnings sounded. aljazeera.com Indonesia says 1,000 dead, some 1 million displaced from rains as report points at the threat posed by climate change.
(2025-12-08). Israel committed 57 violations against the Palestinian press in November. radiohc.cu Israeli security forces and settlers committed 57 violations against Palestinian journalists in the occupied territories in November, a source in the sector reported on Monday. | The Press Freedom Committee of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate accused the neighboring country of continuing its systematic escalation against the media. | In its monthly report, it indicated that the violations targeted journalistic work and directly endangered the lives of the professionals. | It also accused Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank of playing a key role in the campaign. It specified that the attacks included ph…
(2025-12-08). Nigeria deploys fighter jets, ground forces to quell attempted coup in Benin. tehrantimes.com Nigeria's military sent fighter jets and ground forces into neighboring Benin to support President Patrice Talon, after a group of soldiers attempted to seize control of the tiny West African nation, Bloomberg reported Monday.
(2025-12-08). EU weighing ways to boost Lebanon's internal security forces. newarab.com 
The A 2024 truce between Lebanon and Israel remains fragile, with Israel
(2025-12-08). UK's bold defence plans face doubt over funding as security challenges rise. scmp.com As Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey talks up his plans to buttress the UK military, doubts over funding and the country's ability to move fast enough are unsettling the industry and armed forces. | Healey in June laid out a 130-page defence review, billing it as the first in a generation that would transform and grow the UK military. He set out plans to rebuild arms stockpiles, expand Britain's nuclear deterrent and submarine fleet, and invest more heavily in long-range weapons and advanced…
(2025-12-08). Israel raids UNRWA headquarters in Sheikh Jarrah. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Israeli forces raided the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Monday.The Israeli army entered the UNRWA compound, conducted searches, and confiscated the mobile phones of security guards, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.The Jerusalem Governorate said that reinforced Israeli army forces stormed the headquarters in the early morning hours of Monday, detained the security staff and seized their phones, which led to a cutoff of communication with them and made it impossible to…
(2025-12-08). US Navy officer reveals truth about contentious Sept 2 Boat strike | Trump. hindustantimes.com An explosive CNN investigation has undercut Donald Trump's claims that a "narco‚Äëterror" boat destroyed on September 2 posed an imminent threat to the U.S., revealing the vessel was instead linking up with a larger ship bound for Suriname, not America. Briefed lawmakers were told by Adm. Frank Bradley that the suspected traffickers planned to transfer drugs at sea and that U.S. forces never located the second vessel, even as the administration publicly framed the strike as stopping a direct run toward the U.S. coastline. Watch for more…
(2025-12-08). Congress Wants To Know If The C-130 Hercules Could Be The USAF's New 'Doomsday Plane'. twz.com 
The National Defense Authorization Act demands info on what replaces the 'Looking Glass' ICBM-launching flying command post once the Navy retires the E-6B.
(2025-12-08). Democracy Now! 2025-12-08 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for December 08, 2025; "Murder on the High Seas": War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody on Trump's Boat Strikes; "I Was Pepper-Sprayed": Rep. Adelita Grijalva on ICE Raid, Epstein Files, Rising Health Costs & More; "Domestic Terrorism": Leaked DOJ Memo Targets "Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity"; "The Problem with Plastic": Former EPA Official on How to Save the Planet Before It's Too Late | Headlines for December 08, 2025; "Murder on the High Seas": War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody on Trump's Boat Stri…
(2025-12-08). UN hits out at global 'apathy' as it slashes aid appeal for 2026. scmp.com The United Nations on Monday hit out at global "apathy" over widespread suffering as it launched its 2026 appeal for humanitarian assistance, which was limited in scope as aid operations confront major funding cuts. | "This is a time of brutality, impunity and indifference," UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher told reporters, condemning "the ferocity and the intensity of the killing, the complete disregard for international law, horrific levels of sexual violence" he had seen on the ground in…
(2025-12-08). IRCS ready to send relief aid to flood-hit Indonesia. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN —The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has expressed its readiness to dispatch relief teams and humanitarian aid to assist Indonesians affected by floods.
(2025-12-08). Shadows of soldiers in a village: Itai Ron wins photo of the year. haaretz.com From protests to displacement to personal loss, 'Local Testimony' at Tel Aviv's Eretz Israel Museum reveals the people behind the headlines…
(2025-12-08). Trump's Aggression Toward Venezuela Should be Setting Off Alarm Bells. counterpunch.org 
President Trump promised "no new wars," but his aggression against Venezuela is the exact opposite. The U.S. military has been blowing up alleged "drug boats" near Venezuela that have killed at least 83 people. The UN has condemned these unprovoked strikes as unlawful extrajudicial executions. Yet President Trump has said the U.S. may "very soon"expand
(2025-12-08). Shift In Ukraine Support In Congress's Proposed Pentagon Budget. twz.com 
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(2025-12-08). Tehran concert to support children with cancer. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN- Mehrnava Music Ensemble is set to hold a concert at Andisheh Cultural Center in Tehran on Thursday as part of their latest artistic initiative.
(2025-12-08). 'A big opportunity': why Spain's new electric car plan hands an opening to China. scmp.com Spain's ambitious multi-billion-euro plan to become Europe's leading player in the electric vehicle market presents a golden opportunity for Chinese car brands, which could be vital to the strategy's success, according to analysts. | The Spain Auto 2030 Plan, presented by Madrid on Wednesday, seeks to mobilise government funding to provide consumer subsidies, support the construction of charging stations and help the Spanish car industry — which drives about 10 per cent of the country's economic…
(2025-12-08). New university in Dongguan to provide talent support for GBA. ecns.cn A newly established university in Dongguan, Guangdong province, is projected to play a role in providing talent support for Dongguan city and even the entire Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
(2025-12-08). Un-American Candidate Vows to Kick "Every Dirty Muslim out of Texas" : Glenn Reacts. scheerpost.com 'By Glenn Greenwald / ⚪ Please share this story and help us grow our network!: ⚪ Editor's Note: At a moment when the once vaunted model of responsible journalism is overwhelmingly the play thing of self-serving billionaires and their corporate scribes, alternatives of integrity are desperately needed, and ScheerPost is one of them. Please support our independent journalism by contributing to our online donation platform, Network…
(2025-12-08). European allies back Ukraine's Zelensky after Trump criticism. scmp.com Ukraine's European allies put on a show of support for President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday as they expressed scepticism about parts of the US proposal to end Russia's nearly four-year invasion. | Zelensky first held a meeting in London with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany before heading to Brussels later Monday for talks with the heads of the EU and of Nato. Afterwards, he was to fly to Rome for a meeting Tuesday with the Italian prime minister.
(2025-12-08). How probable is it that Assad will return? thealtworld.com What role does Moscow play, and why are Israel, Lebanon, and Turkey the most vulnerable? | The global news agency "Reuters" broadcasted a very lengthy report (at least 2,500 words) about a movement being undertaken by five supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad who have been planning for some time to stage a coup to overthrow the current regime led by interim President Ahmad al-Shara and restore the previous regime to power, if not throughout Syria, then at least in the Alawite areas of the northern coast. | According to the agency, citing stolen material, General Kamal Hassan, head of military intelligen…
(2025-12-08). Uttar Pradesh Government Ensures Financial Aid for Medical Treatment. devdiscourse.com In a significant move to ensure medical care accessibility, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath assured financial support for individuals seeking treatment. He instructed officials to prevent patient suffering due to inadequate funds.
(2025-12-08). Hamas signals openness on arms freeze as it warns violence could resume | Israel. hindustantimes.com Hamas is using its claim that the October 7, 2023 attack was an "act of defense" to project defiance and signal that renewed violence remains an option if ceasefire arrangements do not meet its conditions. Hamas also signaled it is willing to discuss "freezing or storing" its weapons as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Israel, with senior official Bassem Naim describing the offer as a way to prevent renewed escalation as the process moves into a more complex second phase. The current truce, which halted a prolonged Israeli offensive in Gaza launched after Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack, has so far focused on…