Afghanistan: Taliban Execute, ‘Disappear’ Alleged Militants

(New York) – Taliban security forces have summarily executed and forcibly disappeared alleged members and supporters of an Islamic State offshoot in eastern Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today.

Indonesia: Make Draft Criminal Code Public

(Jakarta) – The Indonesian government should release the latest draft of the proposed criminal code to ensure a full and informed public discussion of its provisions, Human Rights Watch said today.

The Cost of Speaking Up in Rwanda

The UK’s decision to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda and the much-awaited Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, which took place in the capital Kigali in June, have triggered much-needed scrutiny of Rwanda. The legal challenge against deportations, set to be heard in the UK courts this month, presents another

Low-Dose Niacinamide Has Striking Antiobesity Effects

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Niacinamide is a precursor to NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), (a vital signaling molecule that's believed to play an important role in longevity.

More Evidence Vitamin D Is Effective in Preventing COVID-19

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, it became apparent that vitamin D played an important role and could help reduce incidence of positive tests, infection severity and the risk of hospitalization and death. The evidence of benefit was so clear, I published a scientific review in the journal

E.U. Parliament Greenlights Scheme to Rebrand Gas and Nuclear Power as ‘Climate-Friendly’

The European Parliament on Wednesday voted not to block a proposed rule that would designate gas and nuclear power plants as “climate-friendly.” The rule will take effect unless 20 of the European Union’s (EU) 27 member states band together to stop it. The EU keeps a “taxonomy,” or rulebook,

EU Trying to Escape Cost of Living Crisis by Taxing People Out of Poverty

An elected representative within the European parliament has accused the EU of trying to tax its population out of poverty.

Egypt: Arbitrary Travel Bans Throttle Civil Society

(Washington, DC) – Egypt is using arbitrary travel bans to target key members of civil society for their peaceful work, including rights lawyers, journalists, feminists, and researchers, FairSquare and Human Rights Watch said today. The bans, which authorities usually do not formally announce and provide no clear way to challenge them

How the Media Secretly Carries Out Assignments for the CIA

STORY AT-A-GLANCE The June 21, 2022, Grayzone article, “British Security State Collaborator Paul Mason's War on ‘Rogue Academics' Exposed,” shines a great big light on what the “anti- 1 disinformation” industry is really all about. Spoiler alert: It has nothing to do with protecting a gullible public from information that

Buttigieg: It Wasn't a Mistake to Give Billions to Airlines that Can't Provide Service Because They Pushed People into Early Retirement

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stated that, despite receiving billions to keep people employed, airlines pushed “a lot of their pilots and experienced crews into early retirement.” Which, while it technically didn’t break the terms of receiving the

'My Children Are Miserable': Malnutrition Soars in Socialist Sri Lanka

The seemingly ceaseless economic crisis that has left most of Sri Lanka with no food, fuel, medicine, or basic goods and has severely compromised the nation’s power supply has prompted a growing wave of child malnutrition, the BBC observed in a report on Monday citing mothers in the country

Interview: How South Africa’s Abandoned Mines Prey on Local Communities

How big a problem is this? This is a very big problem in South Africa.

Wired: Facebook's Algorithms Heap Negative Content on New Mothers

In a recent article, leftist tech outlet Wired describes how the Facebook’s Instagram algorithm repeatedly showed one young mother videos and images of ill, dying, or dead children.

For Sudan, Hope Isn't a Strategy

Policy wonks like to have a theory of change.If X and Y happen, then Z will be achieved.For Sudan, the U.S.

Mexico/Central America: New Visa Restrictions Harm Venezuelans

(New York) – New visa restrictions by several countries in the Americas have led to a significant increase in the number of Venezuelans crossing a dangerous jungle area on the Colombia–Panama border, known as the Darien Gap, exposing them to egregious abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The number of