#humanrightsviolations — Public Fediverse posts

⚠️ Oggi, 16 settembre, i prigionieri politici curdi Zeynab Jalalian, Verisheh Moradi, Sakineh Parvaneh e Motalleb Ahmadian sono in sciopero della fame nelle carceri di Evin e Yazd, in solidarietà con lo sciopero generale in Kurdistan, nel 4° anniversario della morte di Mahsa Jina Amini.
#MotalebAhmadian #ZeynabJalalian #SakinehParvaneh #VarishehMoradi #MahsaAmini #Iran #Kurdistan #HungerStrike #WomanLifeFreedom #StopRepression #FreePoliticalPrisoners #HumanRightsViolations

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages as ‘Calming Areas,’ Report Says

The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered #Florida #DetentionCenter.

By Madeleine Ngo, Hamed Aleaziz and David Ovalle, Sept. 14, 2026

Excerpt: "Federal investigators found that the metal enclosures — each providing only about 18 square feet of floor space — were used as 'calming areas,' where detainees were held for periods ranging from several minutes to nearly two hours.

"Although facility staff said that detainees asked to spend time in the enclosures, federal investigators found at least one instance in which the enclosures were used to discipline a detainee who 'failed to comply with a lawful command.'

" 'The use of such restrictive spaces is highly unconventional and does not align with standards for humane treatment,' the report said.

"The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The office of Gov. Ron #DeSantis of Florida also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither did the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which operated the facility before it closed.
Investigators found that the facility complied with intake and use-of-force standards, but it did not comply with a variety of national detention standards related to medical care, food service, personal hygiene and recreation."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/us/alligator-alcatraz-dhs-inspector-general.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/oxPgh

#USPol #AlligatorAlcatraz #DefundDHS #SetFireToTheCages #HumanRightsViolations #CharacteristicsOfFascism

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages as ‘Calming Areas,’ Report Says

The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered #Florida #DetentionCenter.

By Madeleine Ngo, Hamed Aleaziz and David Ovalle, Sept. 14, 2026

Excerpt: "Federal investigators found that the metal enclosures — each providing only about 18 square feet of floor space — were used as 'calming areas,' where detainees were held for periods ranging from several minutes to nearly two hours.

"Although facility staff said that detainees asked to spend time in the enclosures, federal investigators found at least one instance in which the enclosures were used to discipline a detainee who 'failed to comply with a lawful command.'

" 'The use of such restrictive spaces is highly unconventional and does not align with standards for humane treatment,' the report said.

"The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The office of Gov. Ron #DeSantis of Florida also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither did the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which operated the facility before it closed.
Investigators found that the facility complied with intake and use-of-force standards, but it did not comply with a variety of national detention standards related to medical care, food service, personal hygiene and recreation."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/us/alligator-alcatraz-dhs-inspector-general.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/oxPgh

#USPol #AlligatorAlcatraz #DefundDHS #SetFireToTheCages #HumanRightsViolations #CharacteristicsOfFascism

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages as ‘Calming Areas,’ Report Says

The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered #Florida #DetentionCenter.

By Madeleine Ngo, Hamed Aleaziz and David Ovalle, Sept. 14, 2026

Excerpt: "Federal investigators found that the metal enclosures — each providing only about 18 square feet of floor space — were used as 'calming areas,' where detainees were held for periods ranging from several minutes to nearly two hours.

"Although facility staff said that detainees asked to spend time in the enclosures, federal investigators found at least one instance in which the enclosures were used to discipline a detainee who 'failed to comply with a lawful command.'

" 'The use of such restrictive spaces is highly unconventional and does not align with standards for humane treatment,' the report said.

"The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The office of Gov. Ron #DeSantis of Florida also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither did the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which operated the facility before it closed.
Investigators found that the facility complied with intake and use-of-force standards, but it did not comply with a variety of national detention standards related to medical care, food service, personal hygiene and recreation."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/us/alligator-alcatraz-dhs-inspector-general.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/oxPgh

#USPol #AlligatorAlcatraz #DefundDHS #SetFireToTheCages #HumanRightsViolations #CharacteristicsOfFascism

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages as ‘Calming Areas,’ Report Says

The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered #Florida #DetentionCenter.

By Madeleine Ngo, Hamed Aleaziz and David Ovalle, Sept. 14, 2026

Excerpt: "Federal investigators found that the metal enclosures — each providing only about 18 square feet of floor space — were used as 'calming areas,' where detainees were held for periods ranging from several minutes to nearly two hours.

"Although facility staff said that detainees asked to spend time in the enclosures, federal investigators found at least one instance in which the enclosures were used to discipline a detainee who 'failed to comply with a lawful command.'

" 'The use of such restrictive spaces is highly unconventional and does not align with standards for humane treatment,' the report said.

"The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The office of Gov. Ron #DeSantis of Florida also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither did the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which operated the facility before it closed.
Investigators found that the facility complied with intake and use-of-force standards, but it did not comply with a variety of national detention standards related to medical care, food service, personal hygiene and recreation."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/us/alligator-alcatraz-dhs-inspector-general.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/oxPgh

#USPol #AlligatorAlcatraz #DefundDHS #SetFireToTheCages #HumanRightsViolations #CharacteristicsOfFascism

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages as ‘Calming Areas,’ Report Says

The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered #Florida #DetentionCenter.

By Madeleine Ngo, Hamed Aleaziz and David Ovalle, Sept. 14, 2026

Excerpt: "Federal investigators found that the metal enclosures — each providing only about 18 square feet of floor space — were used as 'calming areas,' where detainees were held for periods ranging from several minutes to nearly two hours.

"Although facility staff said that detainees asked to spend time in the enclosures, federal investigators found at least one instance in which the enclosures were used to discipline a detainee who 'failed to comply with a lawful command.'

" 'The use of such restrictive spaces is highly unconventional and does not align with standards for humane treatment,' the report said.

"The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The office of Gov. Ron #DeSantis of Florida also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither did the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which operated the facility before it closed.
Investigators found that the facility complied with intake and use-of-force standards, but it did not comply with a variety of national detention standards related to medical care, food service, personal hygiene and recreation."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/us/alligator-alcatraz-dhs-inspector-general.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/oxPgh

#USPol #AlligatorAlcatraz #DefundDHS #SetFireToTheCages #HumanRightsViolations #CharacteristicsOfFascism

#Iran: ad agosto 2026 almeno 14 bahá’í sono stati arrestati e altri 14 condannati complessivamente a oltre 34 anni di carcere. Le forze di sicurezza hanno inoltre perquisito almeno 5 abitazioni con sequestri di beni personali. Kamyar Malaki, è stato espulso dall’università e gli è stato vietato di proseguire gli studi a causa della sua fede.
#Bahai #ReligiousFreedom #StopPersecution #HumanRightsViolations
https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2026/09/article-5

L’UNICEF ha ricevuto segnalazioni di campagne di mobilitazione in Iran che coinvolgono anche bambini, nonché di bambini impiegati ai posti di blocco.
Chiediamo alla Repubblica Islamica dell’Iran di porre fine a qualsiasi forma di reclutamento di minori.
Il reclutamento e l’impiego di bambini da parte di forze armate o gruppi costituiscono una grave violazione dei diritti dei minori.
#UNICEF #ChildRights #Iran #IranWar #ProtectChildren #StopChildRecruitment #HumanRightsViolations

La Corte Suprema iraniana ha confermato la condanna a morte del prigioniero politico Mansour Jamali, 56 anni, detenuto nel carcere di Choubindar. Arrestato nel 2023, è stato accusato di “moharebeh” per presunti legami con i Mojahedin del Popolo e privato dei diritti fondamentali, incluso un avvocato.
#MansourJamali #ChoubindarPrison #Qazvin #Iran #StopExecutionsInIran #FreePoliticalPrisoners #HumanRightsViolations #CrimesAgainstHumanityInIran
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/04/article-3

Situazione critica nel carcere di Qarchak. Con l’aumento dei bombardamenti, parte del personale – inclusi medici e guardie – ha lasciato la struttura. Le detenute affrontano carenze di acqua potabile, servizi sanitari limitati e difficoltà nell’accesso ai beni essenziali. Giuristi chiedono l’applicazione urgente della Risoluzione 211 per garantire la sicurezza dei prigionieri.
#QarchakPrison #IranWar #Iran #FreePoliticalPrisoners #HumanRightsViolations
https://en.iranhrs.org/critical-situation-in-qarchak-prison-shortage-of-drinking-water-and-prisoners-uncertainty-in-the-shadow-of-war/

#SajjadImannejad, prigioniero politico detenuto nel carcere di #Evin, soffre di una grave patologia al disco lombare in peggioramento. Uno specialista ha indicato la necessità urgente di un nuovo intervento chirurgico, ma le autorità continuano a negargli il trasferimento in un centro medico esterno. Il ritardo nelle cure può causare danni neurologici irreversibili. La sua salute è seriamente a rischio
#FreePoliticalPrisoners #StopTorture #HumanRightsViolations
https://en.iranhrs.org/medical-neglect-of-political-prisoner-sajjad-imannejad-in-evin-prison-worsens-health-crisis/

Mina Nasirpour, 40 anni, è stata messa a morte il 16 febbraio 2026 nel carcere centrale di Tabriz per accuse legate alla droga. Era stata arrestata due anni fa insieme al marito, Hassan Sheikh-Hosseini, anche lui condannato nello stesso procedimento e già messo a morte il 1° dicembre 2025. Le esecuzioni non sono state annunciate ufficialmente.
#MinaNasirpour #TabrizCentralPrison #StopExecutionsInIran #NoDeathPenalty #HumanRightsViolations #NOpenadimorte #stopexecutions
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/02/article-101

Maria Hossein-Panahi, donna curda di 32 anni e in stato di gravidanza, è stata accoltellata a morte dal marito a Sanandaj, dopo ripetute minacce e una lite domestica. Nonostante l’intervento chirurgico, né lei né il bambino che portava in grembo sono sopravvissuti.
#MariaHosseinPanahi ‬⁩#Sanandaj #Iran #StopFemicide #StopfemicideIran #StopFemicideinIran #WomanLifeFreedom #HumanRightsViolations #stopfemminicidio

Naser Bekrzadeh, prigioniero politico di 26 anni detenuto nel carcere di Urmia, è stato condannato a morte per la terza volta per presunto spionaggio per Israele. Le due precedenti condanne erano state annullate dalla Corte Suprema. Arrestato nel gennaio 2024, ha subito gravi violazioni dei diritti fondamentali durante la detenzione.
#NaserBekrzadeh #UrmiaPrison #Iran #FreePoliticalPrisoners #StopExecutionsInIran #NOpenadimorte #NoDeathPenalty #HumanRightsViolations
https://www.en-hrana.org/naser-bekrzadeh-sentenced-to-death-for-the-third-time/

Due attiviste per i diritti delle donne, #MarziehMoradvaisi e #AtiyehGolchini, sono state arrestate a #Sanandaj dalle forze governative. Da giorni non ci sono informazioni sul loro stato né sul luogo di detenzione. Le autorità non hanno fornito alcuna spiegazione ufficiale.
#Iran #HumanRightsViolations
https://en.kolbarnews.com/sanandaj-arbitrary-arrest-and-no-information-on-the-fate-of-two-womens-rights-activists/

Secondo i dati raccolti da #IranHumanRights, le autorità della Repubblica Islamica hanno messo a morte almeno 5.356 persone per accuse legate alla droga tra gennaio 2010 e il 30 novembre 2025. Tra le persone uccise figurano 121 donne e almeno sette individui che avevano meno di 18 anni al momento dei presunti reati
#Iran #StopExecutionsInIran #NoDeathPenalty #NOpenadimorte #NotoExecution #stopexecutions #FreePoliticalPrisoners #HumanRightsViolations
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/8499/

Secondo i dati più recenti, in #Iran sono state eseguite almeno 1.791 condanne a morte dall’inizio del 2025 fino alla fine di novembre, un aumento senza precedenti rispetto alle 993 esecuzioni registrate in tutto il 2024. In questo contesto, tra gennaio 2025 e il 13 dicembre 2025, sono state messe a morte almeno 61 donne, circa il 70% in più rispetto all’anno precedente.
#Iran #StopExecutionsInIran #NotoExecution #NoDeathPenalty #NOpenadimorte #HumanRightsViolations
https://iran-hrm.com/2025/12/22/irans-unprecedented-and-alarming-surge-in-the-execution-of-women/

#SEZs in #India: Balancing Economic Growth and #Environmental Concerns

July 27, 2024

"Picture this: vast stretches of industrial land buzzing with activity, modern factories producing goods for global markets, and thousands of job opportunities emerging overnight. This is the promise of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in India. But behind this gleaming facade lies a complex web of environmental challenges and social concerns that demand our attention. SEZs represent one of India’s most ambitious economic policies, designed to accelerate industrial growth and boost exports, yet they often come at a significant cost to the environment and local communities.

[...]

"[T]he rapid expansion of SEZs has raised significant environmental red flags. The most pressing concern is land acquisition, which often involves converting fertile agricultural land into industrial zones. This conversion not only reduces the country’s agricultural capacity but also disrupts local ecosystems and biodiversity.

"The establishment of SEZs typically requires large tracts of land – sometimes spanning thousands of acres. Much of this land is acquired from agricultural areas, leading to the displacement of farming communities who have depended on these lands for generations. For instance, the proposed #RaigadSEZ in #Maharashtra would have required over 14,000 hectares of #agricultural land, leading to massive #protests from local farmers.

"The conversion of agricultural land to #IndustrialUse has long-term implications for #FoodSecurity. As India’s population continues to grow, the loss of productive #farmland could exacerbate food shortage issues in the future. Moreover, agricultural land often has better soil quality and water retention capacity compared to industrial land, making this conversion environmentally costly.

"Industrial activities within SEZs generate various forms of #pollution. Air pollution from #manufacturing processes, water #contamination from industrial effluents, and #SoilDegradation from chemical usage are common problems. The concentration of industries in SEZs can create pollution hotspots that affect air and water quality in surrounding areas.

"#WaterScarcity is another critical issue. SEZs require substantial water resources for industrial processes, often competing with local communities for this precious resource. In water-stressed regions, this competition can lead to conflicts and further environmental degradation.
Human rights and social displacement

"The human cost of SEZ development cannot be overlooked. Land acquisition for SEZs often involves displacing local communities, particularly small farmers and agricultural workers. These communities frequently receive inadequate compensation and struggle to find alternative livelihoods.

"The displacement process can be traumatic for local communities who have strong cultural and emotional ties to their land. Traditional occupations like #farming, #fishing, and #SmallScaleTrading are disrupted, forcing people to adapt to entirely new economic realities. The promised employment opportunities in SEZs often don’t materialize for displaced communities, as they may lack the required skills for industrial jobs.

"Women in these communities face particular challenges, as they often have limited access to alternative employment opportunities and may lose traditional income sources like kitchen gardening or small-scale agricultural activities. The social fabric of rural communities can be severely disrupted, leading to increased poverty and social inequality."

https://csr.education/urban-planning-development/sezs-india-economic-growth-environment/#environmental-concerns-the-hidden-costs

#HumanRights #HumanRightsFreeZone #CorporateColonialism
#IMFLoanSharks #Exploitation #WorldBank #RaceToTheBottom
#HumanRightsViolations
#Pollution #EnvironmentalDegradation
#EconomicSacrificZones
#ForcedRelocation #ForcedDisplacement #TraditionalLifestyles #EnvironmentalRacism #Exploitation
#CorporateColonialism

BREAKING NEWS: In a shocking statement, Karoline Leavitt confirms the #TraitorTrumpRegime is taking steps on a pathway to deport AMERICAN CITIZENS to El Salvador. This is absolutely insane. A concentration camp network may be funded for the US, and there are already labor camps in the Prison-Industrial-Complex where work gets off-shored at the state-level #HumanRightsViolations #FuckTrumpMafiaRegime #FuckTrumpNaziDeathParty https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/8/2315354/-Anyone-seems-brandable-into-deportable-enemy-aliens-on-the-current-path-to-perfect-lawlessness #prison_industrial_complex #StopProject2025

Causing major harms through development projects

"World Bank-funded projects have also continually been found to be in direct, serious violation of international human rights standards. Major recurring issues include mass evictions and the forced displacement of peoples and communities for major infrastructure and agricultural projects (see Observer Spring 2015), violations of the rights of indigenous and forest peoples, targeting of human rights defenders, triggering local food insecurity, and serious labour rights violations, such as child and forced labour reportedly being used in Bank-funded projects (see Observer Winter 2016). The IFC has also been shown on several occasions to have invested in companies that avoid or evade taxes (see Observer Autumn 2016). More recently, the Bank has also acknowledged that its projects can create an environment that can foster gender-based violence, including sexual abuse and the spread of HIV/AIDS (see Observer Spring 2017).

"To safeguard against risks like these, the World Bank launched its revised Environmental and Social Framework in 2018, although it applies only to its project lending and not to its DPF.

"Many in civil society remain unconvinced that the safeguards are fit for purpose if the Bank is to deliver on its mandate to implement policies that benefit the poorest, especially as the Bank is set to focus on more complex and difficult environments from 2018."

#ForcedRelocation #ForcedDisplacement #HumanRightsViolations #EnvironmentalDegradation #IndigenousPeoples #ForestPeoples #SaveTheForests #Exploitation #CorporateColonialism
#IMFLoanSharks #WorldBank #GenderBasedViolence #ManCamps

[Thread] What are the main criticisms of the #WorldBank and the #IMF?

Bretton Woods Project - Critical voices on the world bank and IMF

4 June 2019

"World Bank-funded projects have also continually been found to be in direct, serious violation of international human rights standards. Major recurring issues include mass evictions and the forced displacement of peoples and communities for major infrastructure and agricultural projects (see Observer Spring 2015), violations of the rights of indigenous and forest peoples, targeting of human rights defenders, triggering local food insecurity, and serious labour rights violations, such as child and forced labour reportedly being used in Bank-funded projects (see Observer Winter 2016). The IFC has also been shown on several occasions to have invested in companies that avoid or evade taxes (see Observer Autumn 2016). More recently, the Bank has also acknowledged that its projects can create an environment that can foster gender-based violence, including sexual abuse and the spread of HIV/AIDS (see Observer Spring 2017).

"To safeguard against risks like these, the World Bank launched its revised Environmental and Social Framework in 2018, although it applies only to its project lending and not to its DPF.

"Many in civil society remain unconvinced that the safeguards are fit for purpose if the Bank is to deliver on its mandate to implement policies that benefit the poorest, especially as the Bank is set to focus on more complex and difficult environments from 2018."

https://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/2019/06/what-are-the-main-criticisms-of-the-world-bank-and-the-imf/

#HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #IndigenousPeoples #ForestPeoples #Exploitation #IMFLoanSharks #CorporateColonialism #CorruptGovernments #BigOilAndGas #BigMining #SaveTheForests

#VideoFootage shared with #Zeteo, #Israeli soldiers and #settlers in the #WestBank target #American protection #volunteers. Then, Israeli soldiers ignore pleas to extinguish a fire allegedly lit by settlers as they attempted to burn a #Palestinian home.

The footage was recorded just days before Israeli forces #killed an #AmericanVolunteer at the same weekly protests.

Read more at Zeteo.com

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/iTFJkq_TK3E?si=qiBPGtdWA0wE-gO3

#ArmsEmbargoOnIsrael #BoycottIsraeliApartheid #BDSMovement #OstracizeIsrael #WarCrimes #IOF #OccupationalTerrorists #IsraeliTerrorists #SettlerTerrorists #TerroristsImpunity #RacistIsrael #USFundsTerrorists #USFundsGenocide #USWarProfiteers #IsraelUSWarCriminals #FreePalestine #HumanRightsViolations #ICC #IsraelIsATerroristState #CiviliansAttacked #IDFcrimes #IsraeliSettlerCrimes

UN sounds alarm over atrocities as rebels renew fighting against Myanmar’s military junta | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/myanmar-rakhine-junta-violence-un-rights-b2547975.html

#Burma
#Myanmar
#UN
#Junta
#Rebels
#ArakanArmy
#Rohingya
#Buthidaung
#Violence
#UNHighCommissionerForHumanRights
#RakhineState
#Muslims
#UNEnvoy
#Turk
#HumanRights
#HumanRightsViolations
#FreeRohingyaCoalition
#NationalUnityGov

via @arizonamirror

If #Hobbs is serious about protecting #groundwater, she must work to close the #mining loophole

by Russ McSpadden
February 12, 2024

"In her first State of the State address just over a year ago, Gov. #KatieHobbs was unequivocal about her commitment to tackling one of the state’s greatest challenges: our dwindling #water supply.

“Our groundwater should be used to support #Arizonans, not foreign business interests,” she said in that speech, referring to the Saudi Arabian conglomerate #Fondomonte. Over the past few years, Fondomonte has been pumping unlimited amounts of groundwater in La Paz County for alfalfa crops that it ships to feed cows on the other side of the earth.

"Though the Hobbs administration has already canceled one of Fondomonte’s four leases and says it won’t renew the others when they’re up this month, the problem doesn’t end with Saudi agriculture.

"It’s also mining companies that take advantage of loopholes in the state’s water laws to maximize profit at the expense of Arizonans — including mining giants #RioTinto and# BHP.

"Because of intense pressure from #lobbyists, when lawmakers adopted the much-heralded #ArizonaGroundwaterManagementAct in 1980 they exempted #mines from groundwater regulation, even when located in #ActiveManagement Areas — state-designated areas where groundwater pumping is controlled. That means that mines can pump unlimited amounts of water without paying the state a dime.

"This exemption was controversial in 1980. Today it’s existentially dangerous.

#ResolutionCopper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto and BHP, is a perfect example. Their proposed mine at #OakFlat — about 70 miles east of #Phoenix in the #TontoNationalForest and within the Phoenix Active Management Area — would pump 250 billion gallons of desert groundwater over the life of the project.

"That’s 17 million gallons of water every day for four decades.

"Under current water prices, that equates to $404 million worth of groundwater that Resolution Copper will get for free. Arizona won’t see a cent for it. And it’s more than likely that the copper ore from Oak Flat will be exported to China for smelting, again depriving local communities of economic benefit.

"This limitless pumping would happen even as the #megadrought that has plagued the #AmericanSouthwest for the past two decades is likely to worsen, straining the #ColoradoRiver and #Gila rivers even more and making us all more reliant on groundwater aquifers.

"If left intact, the mining loophole will facilitate construction of Resolution’s massive mine. The extreme water pumping from the #EastSaltRiverValley will lead to groundwater depletion and subsidence, threatening to deplete wells and damage infrastructure.

"The #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, where I work, has been fighting for decades to stop this mine, and Canadian mining company Hudbay’s disastrous plan to mine for copper in the #SantaRita Mountains south of #Tucson (in the Tucson Active Management Area).

"Both projects would devastate surrounding fragile #ecosystems, pushing endangered species like the #MexicanSpottedOwl closer to the brink of #extinction. They would also destroy sacred #TribalLands and gulp down massive amounts of water when other users are being asked to conserve.

"Handing mines unlimited access to Arizona’s precious desert groundwater would be an injustice to Arizona’s #Tribes and every resident of this state.

"Fortunately, Hobbs has the vision and courage to fight for a secure water future for Arizona. It is time for her to work with legislators to close the mining loophole in Arizona water law and subject mines to the same groundwater pumping limits that apply to other entities within the state’s Active Management Areas.

"We’re hopeful she will work to block #ResolutionCopperMine and other terrible mining projects like #Hudbay’s. At the very least, it’s time for mining giants to pay for the water they use just like the rest of us."

https://azmirror.com/2024/02/12/if-hobbs-is-serious-about-protecting-groundwater-she-must-work-to-close-the-mining-loophole/

#WaterIsLife #HumanRightsViolations #CulturalGenocide #CopperMining #Mining #CorporateColonialism #EnvironmentalRacism #IndigenousNews #SaveOakFlat #IndigenousRights #Apache

ICYMI from 2023: #Biden Moves Forward With #Mining Project That Will Obliterate a Sacred #Apache Religious Site

In court, the feds said #OakFlat would be in the hands of mining giants #RioTinto and #BHP by early summer.

“This is a people matter. This is about the people and their freedom: freedom to be Apache, to be Indigenous, to be Americans.”

by Ryan Devereaux
March 22 2023

"Biden administration attorneys were in court this week to defend a mining project that will obliterate one of the most sacred Apache religious sites in the American Southwest.

"In oral arguments Tuesday, the U.S. Forest Service said it was nearing completion of an environmental impact study that will transfer land east of Phoenix to two of the world’s largest mining companies for the purpose of building one of the largest #copper mines on the planet. The massive project will hinge on the destruction of Chi’chil Biłdagoteel, a plateau otherwise known as Oak Flat, that is sacred to many Native American tribes, particularly the #SanCarlosApache, who consider the area among their most holy of sites.

"In a nearly two-hour hearing, an 11-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California, peppered lawyers on both sides of the high-stakes legal fight with an array of complex case law questions raised by the project. Begun nearly two decades ago, the battle for Oak Flat sits at the intersection of Indigenous rights and dispossession, religious liberty, public lands and private sales, and a growing demand for so-called green energy solutions in an era of #ClimateCatastrophe.

"'As the court is aware, this case is not about an agency action. It’s about an act of Congress, in which Congress considered demands on a piece of property, balanced those interests, and made a decision,' said Joan Pepin, an attorney for the Forest Service, the agency that exchanged the land in a controversial deal nearly a decade ago. 'It decided that Oak Flat should be transferred to #ResolutionCopper so the third-largest copper ore deposit in the world can be mined.”

"The legislation in question — the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act — was the product of a proposal then-Arizona Sens. #JohnMcCain and #JeffFlake added to a must-pass defense authorization bill late one night in 2014. The addendum, known as a rider, incurred no congressional debate.

"Described by the San Carlos Apache as a 'midnight backroom deal,' the law transferred Oak Flat to Resolution Copper, a British-Australian concern jointly owned by the extractive giants Rio Tinto and BHP, both of which had sought access to the wildly lucrative ore deposit for years.

"The project centers on a 2,200-acre area known as Oak Flat Campground, part of the #TontoNationalForest, that has served as a centerpiece of Apache #ReligiousCeremony and #cosmology since before settler expansion into the West. To access the ore underneath, Resolution Copper will use a technique known as block cave mining, which over several years will turn the sacred mountain into a two-mile-wide crater deep enough to hide a skyscraper.

"Initiation of construction hinges on the publication of an #EnvironmentalImpact study from the Forest Service, which, under the law passed in 2014, starts a 60-day countdown before the transfer of the land from the federal government to the mining company must happen.

"Luke Goodrich, the lead attorney for Apache Stronghold, an Arizona-based nonprofit that brought the lawsuit to stop the transfer, told the panel of judges that the destruction of Oak Flat was a direct and flagrant violation of the #ReligiousFreedomRestoratioAct. Violation of the statute requires the imposition of a “substantial burden” on a person or group’s ability to practice their faith.

"'A fine is a substantial burden, but here the government is doing something far worse,' Goodrich said, 'not just threatening fines, but authorizing the complete physical destruction of Oak Flat, barring the Apaches from ever accessing it again and ending their core religious exercises forever.'

"In January 2021, five days before leaving office, the administration of President Donald #Trump released a study supporting the creation of the #OakFlatMine. #ApacheStronghold had filed a federal lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the project.

"Unsuccessful in the attempt, the group filed an emergency appeal to the 9th Circuit the following month. Six hours before its deadline to respond passed, the Forest Service — by then, in March 2021, under the leadership of President Joe Biden — announced that it was withdrawing the environmental impact study and postponing the land transfer.

"A three-judge panel of 9th Circuit dismissed Apache Stronghold’s case in October 2021 but agreed to hear the case again before a full panel last winter. The unusual decision set the stage for Tuesday’s hearing.

"While the postponement of the project had given opponents of the mine a moment of respite in the long-running battle, the government’s testimony this week confirmed that the Biden administration is moving forward with a new environmental impact study and stands behind the controversial land swap."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2023/03/22/oak-flat-mine-arizona-biden/

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#NativeAmericanNews

Trial of #LandDefenders Fighting the #CoastalGasLink #Pipeline is Put on Hold as Canadian #Police Come Under Scrutiny for Excessive Force

The defense for three activists from #FirstNations argues abuse of process by security forces around the pipeline construction site, as the U.N. and Amnesty International allege excessive force, surveillance and #criminalization of land defenders.

By Keerti Gopal
January 24, 2024

"The trial of three Indigenous land defenders arrested at a pipeline construction site on #unceded #Wetsuweten First Nation land was adjourned until spring on Friday, as the court looks into potential abuses by Canadian police.

"In the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Smithers, B.C., the trial is the latest development in the nearly 12-year fight against the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline in the Canadian province.

"Land defenders #Sleydo’ #MollyWickham, #ShayLynnSampson and #CoreyJocko were found guilty of criminal contempt earlier this month, with Justice Michael Tanmen ruling that they broke a court injunction forbidding them from blocking access to construction for the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

"But immediately following the verdict, Tanmen began a week-long hearing to listen to the three individuals’ abuse of process applications, which allege that their Charter rights were violated during their arrests and detentions. During the hearing, the defense argued to stay the charges based on these applications, citing excessive force, aggressive behavior, offensive language and mocking by police.

"In Canada, the abuse of process doctrine allows courts to stay, or postpone, a proceeding on the grounds that some element of the process was unfair, and might undermine the legal system. In this case, the abuse of process application focused on treatment during and after arrests.

"The trial began on Jan. 8 and consisted mainly of witness testimony and evidence gathered in November 2021, during one of four major police raids at the pipeline between 2019 and 2023. The evidence included videos from social media and other videos taken by officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada’s national police service.

"The videos, and testimony from witnesses, including #RCMP officers, detailed the police using dogs and firearms and wielding chainsaws to cut down the doors of a cabin where Sleydo’ and Sampson were arrested. Jocko was arrested in another small structure close by.

"The activists allege police used excessive force to break down the doors and used offensive language, showing videos in which officers described arrestees as 'orcs' and 'ogres.' The abuse of process hearing will likely restart in June.

"Chief Na’Moks, a Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief and prominent advocate against the pipeline, said that the trial may serve as a template for future legal battles across Canada, where several other pipeline projects are underway.

"'This is going to affect everything else that happens, not only in #BritishColumbia but in #Canada,' Chief Na’Moks said last week. “This is the template that they want to use...and the harassment and constant abuse of #HumanRights has to stop.”

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24012024/first-nations-activists-fighting-coastal-gaslink-pipeline/

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Another court challenge to #AntiProtest laws -- this one in the #UK

High court challenge to ‘constitutionally unprecedented’ UK anti-protest law

#NationalCouncilForCivilLiberties brings civil case to quash ‘back-door’ regulations making it easier for police to stop protests

By Daniel Boffey, November 29, 2023

"A new law making it easier for the police to put conditions on peaceful protests is 'constitutionally unprecedented' and unlawful, according to a claim filed at the high court in #London.

"The legal challenge from the National Council for Civil Liberties, also known as #Liberty, is seeking to have the controversial regulations quashed, given what the advocacy group describes as the #draconian consequences for fundamental rights.

"The former home secretary Suella Braverman used the government’s so-called #HenryVIII powers to lower the threshold for the police to impose restrictions on protests, allowing it where there is merely a 'more than minor' hindrance on people’s daily lives.

"The change, through a statutory instrument in the Lords, came after the chamber rejected the same change, proposed months earlier in a heavily debated and scrutinised new public order act. Peers do not by convention normally vote down statutory instruments.

"The manner in which the regulations are said to have been forced through parliament is said by lawyers acting for Liberty to 'represent a constitutionally unprecedented attempt on the part of the executive to achieve by the back door through delegated legislation what it was unable to achieve by the front'.

"There had been 'no reasonable justification' provided for using a statutory instrument to change the law, it is claimed, and there was inadequate consultation of those who would be affected.

"Katy Watts, a lawyer at Liberty, said: 'We all want to live in a society where our government respect the rules, but time and again this government has done the opposite. The previous home secretary’s actions to sneak in rejected laws through the back door are a particularly egregious example of this.

“The wording of the government’s new law is so vague that anything deemed by police to cause ‘more than a minor’ disturbance could have restrictions imposed upon it. This has serious implications for everyone’s right to stand up for the things they believe in.

“These laws had been thrown out by parliament just months before the then home secretary introduced them. It’s shocking to see the government so flagrantly disregard our vital democratic checks and balances, and we’re determined not to let this stand.

“Our legal action is intended to stop this government’s flouting of the law in its tracks, and make sure that nobody – including our politicians – is above the law. It’s vital that they are not allowed to get away with it.'

"In the protest regulations brought into force on 14 June, 'more than minor' hindrances or delays are included in the definition of 'serious disruption' that is the threshold at which the police may impose conditions on a protest under the public order act 1986.

"The police are also allowed to take into account the cumulative effect of repeated protests when deciding whether the threshold had been met.

"The government has said the regulations are an attempt to deal with the activities of #JustStopOil and #ExtinctionRebellion, and that the language around 'more than minor' hindrances mirrors that in other new offences of ‘locking-on’ and ‘tunnelling’.

"The changes were nevertheless rejected by the House of Lords in February by 254 votes to 240 when they were put forward as amendments during the passage of the public order bill 2023, only for them to re-emerge in a statutory instrument.

"Regulations brought in by such means, known a Henry VIII powers in reference to the monarch’s preference for legislating directly by proclamation, are subject to minimal parliamentary scrutiny and decided on an 'all or nothing' basis without amendments.

"Between 1950 and 2017, only 0.01% of the total number of such instruments laid before parliament were rejected.

"Liberty’s legal challenge refers to supporting comments by the Lords’ secondary legislation scrutiny committee, which had been sufficiently alarmed to warn peers of 'constitutional issues' and told them it was 'not aware of any examples of this approach being taken in the past'.

"The legal challenge said it could not be right that parliament was 'treated as having provided [the] executive with a blank cheque to lower the applicable threshold by the back door and thereby sanction greater police interference with public assemblies and protests'.

"The government’s consultation is also said to have been limited to a roundtable chaired by the prime minister with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the Metropolitan police service and the police and crime commissioners of the police forces whose areas include the M25 and national highways.

"A Home Office spokesperson said: 'The right to protest is a fundamental part of our democracy but we must also protect the law-abiding majority’s right to go about their daily lives.

"'That is why legislation is in place to clarify the definition of serious disruption and give police the confidence they need to clear roads quickly.

"'This legislation was voted on by both the House of Commons and House of Lords, following proper parliamentary procedure.'"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/29/high-court-challenge-to-constitutionally-unprecedented-uk-anti-protest-law?share=twitter

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#DefendTheForest #EnvironmentalActivists
#ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #ACAB #Fascism #SilencingDissent
#CorporateColonialism
#EcoActivists #Censorship #HumanRightsViolations #Article20 #AbolishTheMonarchy #RightToProtest #SlowMarch

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#koufontinas_hungerstrike
#koufontinas
#ΝΔ_Χουντα
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#Μητσοτάκη
#HumanRightsViolations
#HumanRights
#antireport