(2025-12-12). US government brands DACA recipient Yaa'kub Vijandre a "terrorist" for opposing genocide in Gaza. wsws.org The US government has held Vijandre, a Dallas resident, in immigration detention for over nine weeks despite admitting in court filings that he has committed no crimes and that the only "evidence" of his alleged "terrorism" consists of social media posts protected under the First Amendment.
(2025-12-12). Venezuelan Authorities Prevent Cardinal Porras From Traveling, Cancel Passport. eurasiareview.com By Andrés Henríquez | On Dec. 10 Venezuelan immigration police confiscated and invalidated the passport of Cardinal Baltazar Porras, the archbishop emeritus of Caracas, as he was preparing to travel to Bogotá, Colombia, from Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía. | According to the Grand Priory of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in Venezuela, on Wednesday morning the cardinal "was subjected to humiliating treatment" by airport authorities under the government of Nicolas Maduro. | From Bogotá, Porras was scheduled to take a flight to Madrid and then travel to Toledo, wh…
(2025-12-12). Austrian parliament approves hijab ban for under-14s in schools. newarab.com 
Austria's conservative-led government – under pressure with anti-immigration sentiment is running high – proposed the ban earlier this year, arguing it is aimed at protecting girls "from oppression". | In 20…
(2025-12-12). Bridging Blocks Beyond Borders: Challenges and Opportunities of Human Migration. whyy.org Is there a universal solution? What are the opportunities and challenges that come with immigration?
(2025-12-12). ICE Prison's 911 Calls Overwhelm a Rural Georgia Emergency System. theintercept.com 
"Male detainee needs to go out due to head trauma," an employee at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's detention center in Georgia tells a 911 operator. | The operator tells the employee at Stewart Detention Center that there are no ambulances available. | "It's already out — on the last patient y'all called us with," the operator says. | "Is there any way you can get one from another county?" the caller asks. | "I can try," the operator says. "I can't make any promises, but I can try." | Listen to the 911 call: |
(2025-12-12). ICE Prisons are Getting Deadlier. counterpunch.org 
At least 25 people have died in ICE custody since President Trump returned to office, making 2025 the deadliest year for people in ICE custody since 2004. Over 65,000 others remain detained, also the highest number in years. Immigrants with no criminal record remain the largest group in immigration detention. According to ProPublica, ICE has also detained over 170 U.S. citizens this year.
(2025-12-12). Milwaukee, December 15, 2025: Support Judge Hannah Dugan! Rally and News Conference! wibailoutpeople.org 
Voces de la Frontera Join Milwaukee coalition members representing labor, immigrant rights, and faith organizations for a rally and press event the morning of Judge Hannah Dugan's trial date, currently set for Monday, December 15 at 9 a.m. Milwaukee will not be intimidated or divided. We will send a loud, unified message: due process matters, …
(2025-12-12). New Florida Bill Would Protect Anti-Trans Discrimination in the Workplace. truthout.org As the anti-transgender panic continues to escalate — and as many of the bills seen over the last four years migrate from statehouses to the national level — states that have led the charge have shown no inclination to slow down. Instead of resting on the discrimination they have already enacted, many are pressing forward with new and increasingly punitive ways to target transgender people. |
(2025-12-12). Gaza's Displaced Battle Floods Amid Shelter Shortages. devdiscourse.com Hundreds of thousands of Gazans are grappling with serious flooding as torrential rains swamp the region, severely affecting makeshift shelters. The UN International Organization for Migration revealed on Friday that essential materials like sandbags and timber are unable to reach the enclave.
(2025-12-12). UN-sanctioned migrant smuggler killed in western Libya. newarab.com 
Ahmed Oumar al-Fitouri al-Dabbashi, nicknamed Ammu, was killed in the western city of Sabratha when security forces raided his hideout. The raid came in response to an attack on a security o…
(2025-12-12). In Search of Trump's Booming Economy. counterpunch.org 
I suppose it is not nice to make fun of a 79-year-old man suffering from mental decline. But when that person is president and threatening to throw millions of people in jail and/or deport them, and also threatening war on countries around the world, their age and mental infirmity does not shield them from criticism.
(2025-12-12). 2024 Eurovision Winner Returns Trophy to Protest Israel's Inclusion in Contest. truthout.org Last year's winner of the Eurovision Song Contest says they are returning their trophy to the contest's governing body in protest of Israel's inclusion in the 2026 competition, adding to a mounting pressure campaign to exclude the genocidal state. In posts on Instagram on Thursday, singer and musician Nemo Mettler, known as Nemo, said that although they are "immensely grateful" for the… |
(2025-12-12). Stop The Hate UK: The Shadowy Israel-Aligned Group Targeting Mintpress. popularresistance.org A prolific writer who has penned 28 pro-Israel articles in the past two months alone, Sawer asked the British Palestinian journalist to respond to pro-Israel pressure group Stop The Hate U.K.'s campaign for him to be prosecuted for "anti-Semitic hate crimes." | Abul-Essad's "crime" was attending an October 2024 demonstration in London protesting an event featuring former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert speaking on the future of Gaza — a case that the Metropolitan Police have already looked into and dismissed. | Sawer has previous connections to Stop The Hate U.K.
(2025-12-12). Nepal Counts $586 Million Economic Blow from 'Gen Z' Anti-Graft Protests. moderndiplomacy.eu Nepal's government says the youth-led anti-corruption protests that erupted in September and ultimately forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign have inflicted more than $586 million in damage on the country's $42 billion economy. The demonstrations, driven largely by Gen Z activists frustrated with political corruption, spiralled into nationwide unrest that left 77 people …
(2025-12-12). Political prisoner's mum asks hunger strikers to eat or Starmer will let them die. thecanary.co 
A large crowd of supporters of the 'Filton 24' anti-genocide protesters held for more than a year without trial as political prisoners by the Starmer regime, and of the eight of them who are on hunger strike in protest, gathered again outside Downing Street on Thursday, 12 December to demand an end to Keir Starmer's […] | By
(2025-12-12). Rule of Law Backsliding in France. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Riot police barricade, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, December 8, 2018. | © 2018 Human Rights Watch | On December 9, CIVICUS Monitor, a nongovernmental group assessing civic freedoms globally, downgraded France's civic space from "narrowed" to "obstructed."The downgrade is the result of years of attacks on civic space, marked by "escalating police violence, surveillance practices, and arrests of protesters, targeting of journalists, and persistent restrictions on fundamental rights," according to CIVICUS. The French government is also increasingly using heavy-handed administrative me…
(2025-12-12). Mass protests force Bulgarian PM to resign as government collapses. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov abruptly resigned on Thursday, stepping down just minutes before a scheduled no-confidence vote in parliament, following the massive December 10 protests in which tens of thousands took to the streets of Sofia and other major cities demanding an end to systemic corruption and economic mismanagement.Zhelyazkov said he was responding to the "voice of the people," bringing an early end to his center-right GERB-led coalition, which had been in power for less than a year. His resignation now places responsibility on President Rumen Radev, who publicly backed the demo…
(2025-12-12). UK Kurds rally against Italian 'mistreatment' of Mullah Krekar. newarab.com 
Kurds in the The protesters denounce what they describe as his "inhumane" treatment in Italy. | The 69-year-old Iraqi Kurdish preacher went to Norway as a refugee in 1991. In 2020, he was sen…
(2025-12-12). Fatal Accident Halts Athens Ellinikon Megaproject Workers Strike for Safety. thinktank.pk Construction at Athens' landmark Ellinikon megaproject came to a standstill after a young Egyptian construction worker fell to his death. The tragedy sparked a strike, with workers and unions demanding stronger safety standards and condemning long shifts and unsafe working conditions. Riot police monitored protests as crowds gathered to mourn the victim and call for …
(2025-12-12). Activists in New York City denounce Trump's 'no-fly zone'. workers.org 
New York City December 10 — Antiwar activists in the United States held a news conference today to protest the illegal "no-fly zone" U.S. President Donald Trump ordered for Venezuela. The order had prevented many activists from attending a solidarity meeting in Caracas, Venezuela. From the tone of today's protest, . . . |