Venezuela: Political Prisoners Cut Off from the World

(Washington, DC) – Dozens of political prisoners in Venezuela have been held incommunicado for weeks, months and some for over a year, Human Rights Watch and the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners in Venezuela (Comité por la

People may love freedom, but they don’t always love the responsibility that freedom demands

Liberty is not merely the absence of coercion but a learned skill and a habit of self-governance that requires active participation and responsibility.  This is the central idea of Alexis de Tocqueville’s psychology of freedom. Freedom, Toc

“Block Everything” causes severe civil unrest in France; who are they?

France is in a state of severe civil unrest, with “Block Everything” protesters using violence and blockades to paralyse the country’s infrastructure, including roads, railways and airports. It appears to be an anarchist movement, much like

Libya: Investigate Cases of Two Missing Lawmakers

(Beirut) – Libyan authorities should urgently investigate and provide information on two missing members of parliament after graphic images and video surfaced recently, increasing grave concerns for their safety, Human Rights Watch said tod

Western politicians are not looking after the national interest – whose interests are they looking after?

Professor Richard Werner says that in Western countries, “we have people in charge who do not look after the national interest and have other motives, other goals” Nearly 25 years ago, Dr. Michael S Coffman warned us that this was coming.