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Dan Simmer

UN: World Leaders Should Commit to Human Rights, International Justice

(New York) – World leaders gathering at the United Nations General Assembly from September 22-30 should commit to protecting the UN from powerful governments seeking to defund and undermine the organization’s capacity to promote human right

Nepal Final Count: 72 Dead, Thousands Injured in Free Speech Clashes

Nepal is finally counting up the total cost of its recent efforts to limit free speech. The death toll has now reached a staggering 72, with more than 2,100 confirmed injured, following the nationwide shutdown of 26 social media platforms w

Investigate Death of Mexican National During ICE Stop

On September 12, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot at Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, a 38-year-old Mexican migrant, near Chicago. CCTV footage of the incident calls ICE’s account into question and highlights the need fo

Burkina Faso: Islamist Armed Groups Massacre Civilians

(Nairobi) – Two Islamist armed groups have killed several dozen civilians in three separate attacks in northern Burkina Faso since May 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. These attacks violated international humanitarian law and are appare

Flotillas Highlight Urgency to Lift Israel’s Blockade of Gaza

In the absence of international action to stop the Israeli government from continuing its grave crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, people from around the world are embarking on flotillas aimed at breaking Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza

Major Red Sea undersea cables have been cut

Two major undersea cable systems in the Red Sea were reportedly severed, causing widespread internet disruptions across parts of Asia and the Middle East, including India, Pakistan, the UAE and Kuwait. The cause of the damage remains unknow

19 Killed as Nepal Free Speech Protests Turn Deadly

The streets of Kathmandu ran with blood yesterday after police opened fire on crowds protesting a nationwide shutdown of almost all social media platforms in Nepal. At least 19 have been confirmed dead with hundreds more injured – many of w

New Houthi Arrests of UN Staff

Forces belonging to the Houthis, who control much of Yemen, raided several United Nations offices and detained at least 19 UN staff on August 31, adding to dozens of UN and civil society staff already detained since 2024. The previous arres

AI Is The Final Human Invention: Will It Bring Peril or Prosperity?

Economist William Nordhaus once calculated that our ancestors spent approximately 58 hours of labour to generate the same amount of light that’s now produced by a modern lightbulb in an instant. By the 1700s, oil lamps cut that figure to fi

Heart inflammation caused by covid “vaccines” is a potential time bomb

In May, the US Food and Drug Administration ordered Pfizer and Moderna to expand the warning labels on their covid-19 vaccines to include a heightened risk of heart inflammation, specifically myocarditis and pericarditis, in males aged 16 t

Large Italian study finds mRNA injections have significantly increased the number of cancer cases

A large cohort study in Italy found a 36% increased incidence of hospitalisation for all cancers among those who received at least one covid vaccination compared to the unvaccinated. The study found statistically significant increased incid

China, Russia & India Just Teamed Up In Global Shift: What Next for the West?

In Tianjin on 1 September, China’s Xi Jinping told visiting leaders that it’s time to “take a clear stand against hegemonism and power politics” – a thinly veiled swipe at the US and President Trump – pitching the Shanghai Cooperation Organ

The trillion-dollar biotech industry is facing failure – and it’s because of covid injections

The biotechnology industry, valued at $1.74 trillion, is facing failure and criticism due to the high rate of adverse effects and excess deaths associated with mRNA covid-19 injections. In an effort to save themselves, the industry is tryin

Mauritania: Years of Migration Control Abuses

(Nairobi) – Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against largely West and Central African migrants and asylum seekers, often when they were seeking to leave or transit the country