(2022-01-08). Moscow, Beijing, Washington frame opponents as 'foreign agents'. themilitant.com As they deepen their assaults on working people and political rights, the regimes in Moscow and Beijing are trying to silence political opponents by smearing them as "foreign agents." Washington condemns these two rivals for repression, but has used the very same smears to target and frame up working-class organizations at home. | On Dec. 28, Russia's Supreme Court ordered the closing of Memorial International, a long-standing rights organization that has chronicled decades of Stalinist political repression in the Soviet Union. Its archives hold tens of thousands of documents, books and artwork by prisoners spann…
(2022-01-08). US Supreme Court hears challenge to Biden administration vaccine mandates. wsws.org In arguments before the Supreme Court Friday, conservative justices appeared ready to block a vaccine mandate for large employers issued by the Biden administration.
(2022-01-08). Wednesday 1/26: Supreme Court in 2022: Future of Abortion Rights, Voting Rights & Gun Control w/ LWV. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-07). Headlines for January 7, 2022. democracynow.org On Jan. 6 Anniversary, Biden Warns of Trump's "Dagger at the Throat of Democracy", Supreme Court to Weigh Vaccine Mandates as U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit Record High, WHO Warns Omicron Is Overwhelming Hospitals and Killing People, Not "Mild", As Omicron Shatters Pandemic Records, Brazil's Bolsonaro Blasts Child Vaccinations, Kazakh President Orders Troops to Shoot Without Warning as Protest Death Toll Mounts, 3 Eritrean Refugees, Including 2 Children, Killed by Airstrike in Ethiopia's Tigray, Israelis Kill Two Palestinians in West Bank; Far-Right Protesters Attack Palestinian Reporter, Two Journalists Murdered in…
(2022-01-07). Ukrainian military intelligence forms "territorial defense volunteer" force. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense Intelligence Agency tells how it will form territorial defense units The Defense Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine told how the territorial defense units will be formed…. "The basis of volunteer formations of territorial communities will be citizens of Ukraine who have served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, other military …
(2022-01-07). AMLO Reiterates His Proposal for Assange's Asylum to Mexico as Extradition to the US Looms. orinocotribune.com By Gustavo A. Maranges — Jan 4, 2022 | On January 4th, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reiterated his decision to give humanitarian asylum to the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The statement came after the United Kingdom High Court agreed to extradite him to the United States. Assange's history is one of the most painful violations in the annals of international freedom of speech carried out by the United States government, which has been desperately pursuing Assange during the last decade. | AMLO's decision was publicly announced, first in January 2021 when a lower UK court ruled against A…
(2022-01-07). Spy chief reacts to China's mockery of MI6 & CIA. rt.com 
A Chinese parody of the 'James Bond' series mocking Western intellience agencies was noticed by the UK's spy chief | MI6 head Richard Moore tipped his hat to Chinese state media for giving his agency "free publicity," after Xinhua News produced a satirical video poking fun at London and Washington's intelligence services. | Entitled '
(2022-01-07). Prominent Humanitarian is Arrested in Yemen — Accused of Carrying Iran's Revolutionary Agenda. journal-neo.org 
Earlier this September media outlets close to Saudi Arabia announced with much fanfare that Yemen's intelligence services had scored a massive victory in arresting the man they dubbed the 'Khomeini of Yemen', and that thanks to such efforts the Houthis had had the wind taken off their sail. "Houthi leader Hassan Ali Al Emad was …
(2022-01-07). Spy chief reacts to China's mockery of MI6 & CIA. rt.com A Chinese parody of the 'James Bond' series mocking Western intellience agencies was noticed by the UK's spy chief | MI6 head Richard Moore tipped his hat to Chinese state media for giving his agency "free publicity," after Xinhua News produced a satirical video poking fun at London and Washington's intelligence services. | Entitled '
(2022-01-07). Former US Secretary of States Reveals How He Managed to Lose 90 Pounds in Half a Year. sputniknews.com Pompeo is not the only official from the Trump administration, who's focused on his health since their departure from the White House. The ex-president himself has lost 15 pounds since last spring after he overcame stress eating and took on a healthy diet.
(2022-01-07). Former US Secretary of States Reveals How He Managed to Lose 90 Pounds in Half a Year. sputniknews.com Pompeo is not the only official from the Trump administration, who's focused on his health since their departure from the White House. The ex-president himself has lost 15 pounds since last spring after he overcame stress eating and took on a healthy diet.
(2022-01-07). New Legal Filing In Mumia's Case. popularresistance.org The new evidence contained in the boxes is damning, and we need to expose it. It reveals a pattern of misconduct and abuse of authority by the prosecution, including bribery of the state's two key witnesses, as well as racist exclusion in jury selection — a violation of the landmark Supreme Court decision Batson v. Kentucky. The remedy for each or any of the claims in the petition is a new trial. The court may order a hearing on factual issues raised in the claims. If so, we won't know for at least a month.
(2022-01-07). New Legal Filing In Mumia's Case. popularresistance.org The new evidence contained in the boxes is damning, and we need to expose it. It reveals a pattern of misconduct and abuse of authority by the prosecution, including bribery of the state's two key witnesses, as well as racist exclusion in jury selection — a violation of the landmark Supreme Court decision Batson v. Kentucky. The remedy for each or any of the claims in the petition is a new trial. The court may order a hearing on factual issues raised in the claims. If so, we won't know for at least a month.
(2022-01-07). US Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Biden Administration COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Cases. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Supreme Court on Friday heard oral arguments in two cases involving the enforcement of the Biden administration's workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandates enforced through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
(2022-01-07). Wednesday 1/26: Supreme Court in 2022: Future of Abortion Rights, Voting Rights & Gun Control w/ LWV. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-07). One date to rule them all: McQuillan, McGuigan and McKenna [2021] UKSC 55. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In one of its final decisions of 2021, McQuillan, McGuigan and McKenna, the UK Supreme Court addressed challenges to the effectiveness of police investigations into events which took place during the Northern Ireland conflict. The European Court has long maintained that the right to life (Article 2 ECHR) and the prohibition upon torture and inhuman …