Human rights

Nike Sweatshops: Behind the Swoosh

Nike Sweatshops: Behind the Swoosh is the ultimate video for exploring the sweatshop issue. Using Nike as a case study, the film documents first hand the widespread and oppressive and exploitative labor practices in the developing world.

Used as a resource by faculty members and community leaders across the country, Behind the Swoosh is appropriate for use in classrooms, libraries, conferences, churches, community centers and union halls.

To learn more about the fight against Nike sweatshops, visit http://www.facebook.com/teamsweat or http://www.teamsweat.org.

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‘Constant agony:’ Anti-torture activist undergoes public force feeding to protest Gitmo (VIDEO)

‘Constant agony:’ Anti-torture activist undergoes public force feeding to protest Gitmo (VIDEO)

An anti-torture activist underwent a nasal-tube feeding outside an appeals court in Washington DC to protest the abusive force-feeding of hunger strikers at and the practice of indefinite detention at Guantánamo Bay.

  The feeding took place shortly after the US Court of Appeal for  the District of Columbia Circuit began considering a lawsuit arguing that force-feeding at  Guantánamo is a violation of human rights and religious  liberties.

  The activist who underwent the procedure, Andrés Thomas Conteris,  is currently on day 103 of a water-only fast to bring public  attention to the plight of prisoners at Guantanamo.

  Conteris, who has so far lost 57 pounds, told the Voice of Russia  that the nasal tube feeding is akin to torture.

“They are tortured because they do not give their consent. And  without giving consent I would call this, if it were a sexual  kind of analogy, it would be rape. And am I calling the Pentagon  rapists? No! I’m calling them serial rapists,” he said.

  Conteris characterized enteral feeding as the most painful  experience of his life.

Israel revises children’s arrest tactics, but violations continue – UNICEF

Israel revises children’s arrest tactics, but violations continue – UNICEF

Israel’s army is introducing reforms to how it arrests Palestinian children in the West Bank, the UN Children’s Fund said. The move comes amid international criticism after revelations of widespread mistreatment of detained Palestinian children.

United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement that  Israel was “taking steps” to address some of the problems  outlined in a report  released by the organization back in March. The report revealed  that the Palestinian children detained by the Israeli military in  the West Bank were “systematically” mistreated.

Seven months after the report was released reports of violations  are ongoing, reports UNICEF, despite the 38 recommendations  issued along with the report that would help to bring the  treatment of children in line with international standards.

But, UNICEF noted that Israel had moved forward on the issue and  is currently testing some of the newly reformed measures. The  first measure deals with Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) issuing  summons for children instead of making night arrests at home,   “which can be traumatic for children and their siblings,”   UNICEF said.

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Veterans storm WW II DC memorial amid govt shutdown

Veterans storm WW II DC memorial amid govt shutdown

Thousands of protesters pushed through barriers to make their way to the World War II Memorial closed under government shutdown in Washington DC. Local police donned riot gear as they tried to control the protesting veterans.

  The crowd chanted “Tear down these walls” and sang  patriotic songs in protest to the closing of monument during the  government crisis, according to local news coverage.

US veterans take part in a demonstration at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC on October 13, 2013 demanding for an end of US federal government shutdown (AFP Photo / Jewel Samad)