Forgotten Heroes: Elizabeth Fry

Elizabeth Fry, a Quaker minister and prison reformer, visited Newgate prison in 1813 and was appalled by the conditions, leading to her campaign for prison reform. Her efforts resulted in the reform of prisons throughout Britain and Europe,

Türkiye: Impeded Access to Mayor’s Trial

(Istanbul, March 23, 2026) – An Istanbul court has imposed arbitrary restrictions on lawyers, journalists, and members of the public seeking to follow the trial of the jailed Istanbul Mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, Human Rights Watch said today.

Tanzania: Bystanders Shot in Post-Election Crackdown

(Nairobi) – Tanzanian security forces cracking down on protests during and after the country’s disputed 2025 general elections killed and injured people who were not participating in those demonstrations, Human Rights Watch said today. Huma

Radical depopulationist Paul Ehrlich has died – good riddance

American biologist and depopulationist Paul Ehrlich died on 13 March 2026.  He was the Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University and known for his 1968 book ‘The Population Bomb’ co-authored with his wife, Anne Ehrlich. Th

Iran: Unlawful Strikes Across Gulf Endanger Civilians

(Beirut) – Civilians in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are at grave risk from ongoing Iranian strikes in response to US and Israeli military attacks on Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. Many of the Iranian attacks have struck c

UN: Global Tax System Undermines Rights, Development

(New York) – UN member countries should work to align the emerging United Nations tax convention with international human rights law to achieve its objective of advancing sustainable development, seven human rights groups said today in a su

Nigerian military contracts private company backed by US investors to develop weaponised AI-guided drones

Backed by US investors, a Nigerian company has won a contract with the Nigerian military to supply weaponised drones to defend the country from terrorist attacks. The company had previously stopped supplying the Nigerian military for geopol

Bangladesh: New Government Should Prioritize Human Rights

(London) – Bangladesh’s recently elected prime minister, Tarique Rahman, and his Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government face many urgent challenges but can use this opportunity to bring lasting protections of human rights, nine right

US/El Salvador: Deportees Forcibly Disappeared

(Washington) – El Salvador is forcibly disappearing and arbitrarily detaining Salvadorans deported from the United States, Human Rights Watch said today, one year after some of the men were sent to El Salvador. The detained people are among

Wuhan Institute of Virology is developing edible vaccines and vaccines for mosquitoes to turn them into “flying vaccines”

Researchers are trying to stop bats from spreading disease by inoculating them using vaccine-carrying mosquitoes. These flying vaccinators or flying syringes are being developed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. Let’s not lose t

AI expert: We don’t know how AI works

In an interview last year, AI expert Professor Stuart Russell exposed the trillion-dollar AI race, why governments won’t regulate, how artificial general intelligence (“AGI”) could replace humans by 2030 and why only a nuclear-level AI cata

China proves “national unification” means oppressing all but the CCP’s chosen group

Recently, the UK government published a plan that includes an “anti-Muslim hostility” definition and tsar. It is fundamentally centred on national unification. What does national unification mean?  If China’s definition is anything to go by

Thailand: Don’t Return Vietnamese Activist

The Thai authorities should immediately release Le Chi Thanh, a prominent Vietnamese anti-corruption activist, and ensure that he is not forcibly returned to Vietnam, Human Rights Watch said today. Le Chi Thanh’s lawyers told Human Rights W

The EU Censorship and Election Manipulation: US Congress Report

The European Commission, in a comprehensive decade-long effort, has successfully pressured social media platforms to change their global content moderation rules, thereby directly infringing on Americans’ online speech in the United States.