(2020-10-10). Janetta Johnson: Fierce advocate for Black trans people in prisons. workers.org 
By Janetta Louise Johnson The following is an edited version of a talk given by Janetta Louise Johnson during the Sept. 24 webinar "Women & Gender Oppressed Prisoners; Survival & Resistance." Johnson, a formerly incarcerated Black transgender woman, is the Executive Director at Transgender, Gender-Variant, and Intersex Justice Project. She . . . |
(2020-10-10). How Wisconsin Became a Bastion of White Supremacy. zcomm.org If Democrats want to win Wisconsin this fall—a big "if" still, according to Democrats on the ground—they will have to face down the ugly, and still largely unacknowledged, legacy of white supremacy in America's Dairyland…
(2020-10-10). It's Time to Put Some Muscle Behind the 25th Amendment. thenation.com It's Time to Put Some Muscle Behind the 25th Amendment…
(2020-10-10). Saturday 10/24: Oakland Chinatown Today, Oakland Chinatown Tomorrow. indybay.org Zoom…
(2020-10-10). [Comment] Racial and ethnic equality—time for concrete action. thelancet.com Racial and ethnic injustice is a burning issue of our time. This year, the appalling police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black men and women in the USA and worldwide were met with global condemnation. The groundswell of emotion and anger among the Lancet Group staff prompted self-reflection and brought our own work and environment into sharp focus. Elsevier, our publisher, has expressed its continued commitment to ensure a culture and practice of equity, diversity, and inclusion and announced a formal pledge to eliminate systemic racism in health and research.
(2020-10-10). [World Report] Nobel Prize for hepatitis C virus discoverers. thelancet.com Harvey Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles Rice have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in identifying the hepatitis C virus. Talha Burki reports.
(2020-10-10). [Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Shahar-Nissan K, Pardo J, Peled O, et al. Valaciclovir to prevent vertical transmission of cytomegalovirus after maternal primary infection during pregnancy: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2020; 396: 779—85—In this Article, the eighth sentence of the final paragraph of the Results section should read "Overall, participants in the valaciclovir group had a lower odds of any cytomegalovirus- ≠related morbidity compared with the placebo group (OR 0 ∑38, 95% CI 0 ∑09—1 ∑56)." This correction has been made to the online version as of Oct 8, 2020.
(2020-10-10). Armenia attacks liberated Azerbaijani settlement. yenisafak.com Armenia's army on Saturday carried out missile attacks on the Hadrut settlement north of Ceyrayil city, which was liberated by Azerbaijan, according to Azarbaijani Defense Ministry.A statement by the ministry said the missiles were launched from Azerbaijan's Khojaly town, which was occupied by Armenian forces.The statement also noted that the Azerbaijani army took necessary steps against the Armenian armed forces.Azerbaijan and Armenia early Saturday had agreed to a cease-fire on humanitarian grounds beginning Saturday at 0800GMT to allow exchange of prisoners and retrieval of bodies in Nagorno-Karabakh.Fighting…
(2020-10-10). Armenia violating cease-fire: Azerbaijan. yenisafak.com "Despite the agreement to declare a ceasefire at 12 pm [local time], the Armenian army attempted to attack in the Aghdere-Terter and Fizuli-Jabrayil directions," the ministry said in a statement."At the same time, a number of our human settlements are under artillery fire from the armed forces of Armenia."It said the Azerbaijani military had "successfully suppressed" all attempted attacks."Adequate retaliatory measures are being taken against the Armenian army," the Defense Ministry asserted.A separate statement said the Armenian army was also shelling Azerbaijan's Agdam and Tartar regions.A humanitarian cease-fi…
(2020-10-10). Cease-fire comes into force in Nagorno-Karabakh. yenisafak.com A cease-fire agreed between Azerbaijan and Armenia for the exchange of prisoners and retrieval of bodies in Nagorno-Karabakh came into force at 12 p.m. local time (0800GMT) on Saturday.It came after a trilateral meeting took place on Friday in Moscow among Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, and Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan.No information was given for the duration of the cease-fire made on humanitarian grounds.The Red Cross will act as an intermediary during the humanitarian operation.Fighting began on Sept. 27, when Armenian forces targeted civ…
(2020-10-10). Top Turkish, Azerbaijani diplomats talk over phone. yenisafak.com Turkey's foreign minister and his Azerbaijani counterpart over the phone discussed a trilateral meeting among Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia on Saturday, according to Turkish diplomatic sources.Mevlut Cavusoglu and Jeyhun Bayramov discussed the trilateral meeting held among foreign ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia in Moscow on Friday, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.Cavusoglu conveyed Turkey's support to his counterpart on Azerbaijan's decisions in the trilateral meeting.Russian President Vladimir Putin invited foreign ministers of Azerbaijan…
(2020-10-10). Turkey: Over 221 pounds of marijuana seized. yenisafak.com Turkish police seized 100.5 kilograms (221.5 pounds) of marijuana in an anti-narcotics operation in Turkey's southeastern Gaziantep province, according to a statement by the provincial security directorate on Saturday.Acting on a tip, an anti-narcotics police team stopped and searched a fuel truck on a highway in Gaziantep, the statement said.Police search assisted with a sniffer dog revealed the smuggled drug in the truck.Also, one suspect was arrested in the operation.
(2020-10-10). Chinese app allows small glimpse beyond 'Great Firewall'. yenisafak.com An app launched this week in China allows access to some content on Western social media sites long banned domestically such as YouTube, marking the first product by a major Chinese tech firm that helps internet users bypass the Great Firewall.Tuber was launched on third-party Android stores in China by a subsidiary of Qihoo 360, the biggest Chinese cybersecurity firm. The app, which has since seen millions of downloads, is not available on the Apple store just yet.While such proxy apps are not new in China, where a virtual private network (VPN) service is typically needed to allow domestic users passage to sites…
(2020-10-10). Assad regime attacks kill infant in. yenisafak.com A girl, 2, was killed when Assad regime forces and foreign terrorist groups supported by Iran, attacked several villages with rockets and mortar bombs in this northwestern province, White Helmets civil defense sources said Friday.The attacks violated a March 5 cease-fire agreement between Turkey and Russia to de-escalate disputes.The area, lying along Turkey's southern border, has been the subject of multiple cease-fire violations by the regime and its allies.An influx of displaced civilians has increased the area's population to about 4 million in recent years.Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since…
(2020-10-10). Azerbaijan, Armenia truce cannot replace lasting solution: Turkey. yenisafak.com Turkey on Saturday hailed the Azerbaijan-Armenia humanitarian cease-fire as an "important first step" but stressed that such measures "cannot replace a lasting solution."In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry also reaffirmed Ankara's unwavering support for Azerbaijan "on the ground and at the [negotiation] table.""The ceasefire which was declared on humanitarian grounds for the exchange of prisoners of war and bodies, is an important first step, but cannot replace a lasting solution," read the statement."Since the beginning, Turkey has always underlined that it would only support those solutions which were…
(2020-10-10). Russia reports new all-time record of daily coronavirus cases. yenisafak.com Russia's coronavirus cases rose by 12,846 on Saturday, a new daily record since the start of the outbreak early this year, pushing the overall total number of infections to 1,285,084.The previous record of 12,126 new cases was registered on Friday.Russia's coronavirus crisis center said 197 more deaths were confirmed in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 22,454.
(2020-10-10). US COVID-19 cases hit two-month high, 10 states report record increases. yenisafak.com New cases of COVID-19 in the United States hit a two-month high on Friday with over 58,000 infections of the new coronavirus reported and hospitalizations in the Midwest at record levels for a fifth day in a row, according to a Reuters analysis.Ten of the 50 states reported record one-day rises in cases on Friday, including the Midwestern states of Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri and Ohio. Wisconsin and Illinois recorded over 3,000 new cases for a second day in a row – a two-day trend not seen even during the height of the previous outbreak in the spring, according to Reuters data.The Western states of Montana, New…