Written Submission on Human Rights and Climate Change for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming Canadian Federal Budget
Recommendations
In the 2021 budget, Human Rights Watch recommends that Canada: 1.
Matthew Medinsky
Scientists Think They Have Found A Portal To The 5th Dimension
A new study claims to have found an explanation for dark matter, but relies on the discovery of a particle which leads to another dimension.
Biden's Next Steps on Human Rights: Multilateral Institutions
The United States government's decision to "reengage" with the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council is a big step toward the multilateral support for human rights that President Joe Biden promised in his major foreign policy speech. Yet key details remain to be worked out for how the Biden administration
Belarus: Crackdown Escalates
(Berlin) – Belarusian law enforcement officials carried out a nationwide wave of raids targeting human rights defenders and journalists on February 16, 2021, rounding up at least 40 people and searching their homes and offices, Human Rights Watch said today. Many of those targeted have documented or reported on ongoing mass
What REALLY Got Gina Carano Cancelled
We don’t comment on pop-culture much, but as the incredibly fine line between politics and entertainment begins to fade totally out of existence the overlap becomes harder and harder to ignore.
Plus, sometimes something is just so unfair you have to take a moment to correct the record.
Actress
Attempt to Greenwash Bolsonaro’s Environmental Record Backfires at OECD
On January 27, Human Rights Watch sent a letter to members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) detailing the disastrous impacts of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s environmental policies.
The intervention has now helped thwart his administration’s attempt to use the OECD to greenwash its record.
Q&A Central African Republic: First ICC Anti-Balaka Trial
The opening of the trial of Alfred Yékatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona will take place on February 9, 2021 at the International Criminal Court.
India: Journalists Covering Farmer Protests Charged
(New York) – Eight journalists who covered the farmer protests in India and violence in Delhi on January 26, 2021 are facing baseless criminal charges, Human Rights Watch said today.
Scientists Explain The Catastrophic Impact of Covid Forced Social Lockdowns
A group of doctors and scientists published an Essay for the American Institute for Economic Research explaining and presenting the data and science as to why they believe lockdowns are not only harmful in many ways, but useless to combat COVID.
US: Biden Acts to Undo Trump Damage to Women’s Health
(Washington, DC) – United States President Joe Biden has issued a presidential memorandum that is an important first step to repair harm to sexual and reproductive health and rights, but more executive and legislative action is needed, Human Rights Watch said today.
The memorandum, issued on January 28, 2021, rescinded regressive
Proposed Pakistan Law Seeks Greater Control of Media
As part of its crackdown on freedom of expression, the Pakistani government is seeking sweeping new powers to control the media.
The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Off-Guardian commenter, Maribel Tuff, expands their comment Above The Line.
Bringing together the US emergency bank lending crisis and the now massive Covid response, I’ve concluded that one of the main reasons it is happening, apart from the corporate looting, is because of a historic event, the USA’s
Reimagining the World: Agroecology vs Post-COVID Plunder
Contingent on World Bank aid to be given to poorer countries in the wake of coronavirus lockdowns, agrifood conglomerates will aim to further expand their influence.
India: Growing Crackdown on Activists, Critics
(New York) – The Indian government increasingly harassed, detained, and prosecuted activists, journalists, and others critical of the government or its policies, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2021.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government brought politically motivated cases, including under broadly worded sedition and counterterrorism laws,
North Korea: Covid-19 Intensified Systematic Repression
(New York, January 13, 2021) – North Korea’s government used unnecessary and opaque Covid-19 restrictions in 2020 to reinforce its standing as one of the world’s most repressive countries, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2021. Under the rule of Kim Jong Un, the third leader