For Danielle. For truth. For every patient going into hospitals, trusting the people sworn to heal them

In 2021, Danielle Alvarez, a 28-year-old girl with special needs, was admitted to a hospital in New York, USA, with a mild cough – and died 40 days later.  Rebecca, her mother, conducted her own investigation into what happened to her daugh

Lebanon Joins Mine Ban Treaty

(Beirut, May 27, 2026) – Lebanon’s recent accession to the Mine Ban Treaty amid an ongoing armed conflict underscores the treaty’s vital importance for saving lives and rebuilding communities, Human Rights Watch said today. The government’s

Cubans, Many in the US for Decades, Deported to Mexico

(Washington, DC) – The Trump administration has deported thousands of Cubans, many of them older adults, to Mexico, denying them due process and leaving many stranded without access to basic services, Human Rights Watch said in a report rel

France Acknowledges Need for Slavery Reparations

French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the need for reparations in connection with France’s role in the transatlantic slave trade on May 21. Macron said that reparations for enslavement crimes should no longer be ignored. He also warned

AI Is Learning to Fly Planes: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Artificial intelligence is moving from the airport terminal to the cockpit, with aviation companies exploring systems that can automate pilot tasks now, and support fully autonomous flight later. Apparently, AI could make flying safer, more

Ebola is a business, Congolese close to the outbreak say

The US government updated five Ebola preparedness programmes in January 2026 after a 2-year silence. The updated programmes include the National Ebola Training and Education Centre, Ebola Healthcare Preparedness and Response, Hospital Prepa

From the abundance of the Green Revolution to the famine of the Green Agenda

The Green Revolution, which began with the introduction of industrialised ammonia fertilisers, brought about an era of abundance and transformed global food production, feeding roughly half of the world’s population. Now, the Green Agenda t

Medical Heretics and Conspiracy Theorists

In 2022, Dr. Vernon Coleman published a book titled ‘Medical Heretics: How the medical establishment crushes the truth and suppresses good ideas’. Through biographies of historical figures, the book illustrates how original thinkers and tho

First hantavirus, now Ebola; What happened to the 323 vials of viruses that went missing from an Australian laboratory?

This month, a hantavirus “outbreak” and an Ebola “outbreak” have been reported.  The widely publicised hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius was managed by the widely discredited World Health Organisation (“WHO”).  And WHO has d

Viruses held in laboratories do escape into communities and do kill people

Dr Meryl Nass highlighted an “extremely important paper by Martin Furmanski, MD, that no one knows about.” “Yes, lab-made and lab-held viruses do jump out of the lab and have killed lots of people and caused pandemics too,” she said. The pa

Salt is not bad for you, but too little salt is

For 50 years, medicine has waged a misguided war against critical sources of health like salt and sunlight while avoiding discussing the real causes of diseases. Because of this, the dangers of salt are relentlessly focused on despite evide

Detainee’s Death in Armenia Raises Serious Questions

The death of Armen Hovhannisyan by suicide on May 16, hours after Armenian police transferred him to a psychiatric institution, should prompt urgent scrutiny of how authorities respond to people in psychosocial distress. Police in Artashat,

Indonesia: Plan to Vet Human Rights Defenders

(Jakarta) – An Indonesian official announced on April 30, 2026, that the government would seek to amend the country’s 1999 Human Rights Law to allow authorities to determine who is a recognized human rights defender, Human Rights Watch said

El Salvador: Human Rights Lawyer Still in Jail One Year on

(Washington, DC) – The prominent anti-corruption lawyer Ruth López remains in pretrial detention in El Salvador with her case under judicial seal one year after her arrest, Human Rights Watch said today. Salvadoran authorities should guara