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Clara Steitz

Turkey: Free Rights Defender

(Istanbul, December 22, 2022) – Human Rights Watch joined six other human rights and physicians’ groups on December 22, 2022, in seeking the release of a Turkish physician who has been detained since October 26 and stands trial in Istanbul on December 23. The physician, Dr., Sebnem Korur Fincanci, an expert

You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It

“He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or good So be good for goodness’ sake!” “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” You’d better watch out—you’d better not pout—you’d better not cry—‘cos

Asymptomatic People Do Not Spread COVID-19

STORY AT-A-GLANCE According to media reports, COVID-19 "cases," meaning positive PCR test results, are soaring across the U.S.

Brazil: President Lula Should Pursue a Rights Agenda

“Brazil is back,” President-elect Inácio Lula da Silva said, in his speech at COP-27 in Egypt last month.

Is Immunity Debt Real, or Should You Keep Kids in a Bubble?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE As reported by The Atlantic in early November 2022, children who aren't exposed to germs on a regular basis have different microbiomes than those who are.

The Greatest Illusion People Fall Into in the Age of Social Media

It’s needless to say that social media plays a crucial role in our life today.

Fatal Beating by Police Roils the Philippines

Police in the Philippines again appear responsible for the fatal beating of a man in their custody.

Hong Kong: Media Tycoon Trial a Travesty

(New York) – The authorities in Hong Kong should immediately drop the baseless charges against Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy media tycoon, and unconditionally release him and his six co-defendants, Human Rights Watch said today. Lai’s trial is scheduled to resume on December 13, 2022. Hong Kong authorities have called on

Green Fail: UK Grid Fires Up Coal Power Stations Amid Energy Crisis

Britain’s National Grid has announced it is firing up two coal-fired reserve power plants as a winter snap and lack of wind leave the country facing blackouts amid a general energy crisis.

European Gas Crisis 'Likely' to Worsen as Winter Cold Snap Hits Continent

After what was overall an extremely mild autumn, winter temperatures have dropped considerably across Europe, a fact that has been deemed “likely” to worsen the continent’s gas crisis.

You’re Gonna Get Sick, Get Used to It

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Zero Covid, zero disease, zero suffering, zero death. Unrealistic goals? You bet—although many countries (particularly China) have seemingly adopted a “Zero Covid” stance and have made a rather destructive effort to eliminate any occurrence of Covid-19 from their citizenry—boarding people up in

Twitter Files: Executives Met with Federal Agencies Amid Hunter Biden Laptop Scandal, Allowed FBI to Report Tweets

Elon Musk’s Twitter released another batch of internal discussions on Friday, which revealed that executives at the social media company had met with federal agencies amid the Hunter Biden laptop story, and that the FBI reported tweets it didn’t like to workers at the company. On Friday night,

Russia: Harsh Sentence For Opposition Politician

(New York) – A Moscow court on December 9, 2022, sentenced a Russian opposition politician to eight and a half years in prison with an additional four-year ban on use of the internet, in continued efforts to dismantle and decapitate Russia’s peaceful political opposition and silence any criticism of the