Vietnam: Drop Charges Against ‘Citizen Reporter’

(Bangkok) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately drop the politically motivated charges against the social commentator Le Van Dung and release him, Human Rights Watch said today.

Destroying the Toxic Trans Narrative: What is a Man & What is a Woman?

For Women’s Rights, for Men’s Rights, and for Children’s Rights Here is an article that is long overdue.

DR Congo: Martial Law Brings Crackdown in East

(Kinshasa) – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s military has suppressed peaceful critics in the more than 10 months since the government imposed martial law in the conflict-ridden eastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, Human Rights Watch said today. The military and police have curtailed freedom of expression, put down

In Tunisia, State Television the Latest Battleground

Tunisian President Kais Saied has set about dismantling institutional checks on his authority since his July power grab, and state television is an obvious target.

SEC Drafts Climate Change Disclosure Rule to Force Corporate Policing

Joe Biden’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a sweeping rule that would require public companies to disclose not only their own greenhouse gas emissions but also the emissions of customers and suppliers. The Associated Press reported: Under the proposals adopted on a 3-1 SEC vote, public companies

Illegal Levels of Radiation Emitted by Popular Cellphones

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published September 18, 2019, and has been updated with new information.

DHS Alejandro Mayorkas Picks Corporate CEOs for Advisory Council

President Joe Biden’s border chief has appointed a like-minded advisory council dominated by CEOs and pro-migration executives in place of the diverse groups assembled by President Donald Trump’s deputies. The advisors picked by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief Alejandro Mayorkas include the CEOs of General Motors,

Australia: Extreme Heat Threatens Lives

(Sydney) – Australian local, state, and federal governments should act to protect their populations from the foreseeable harms of heatwaves exacerbated by climate change, Human Rights Watch said today in a new photo essay on the struggles of living with extreme heat. The photographs show life in Greater Western Sydney, where

Mokom’s Reckoning in the Central African Republic

On March 14, Chad surrendered a former military coordinator of a group of anti-balaka militia in the Central African Republic, Maxime Mokom, to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Is Higher-Order Misrepresentation Empirically Plausible? An Argument From Corruption

I present an empirically based argument for the plausibility of misrepresentation as posited by some higher-order theories of consciousness.

Emerging Battles Over Forests Crucial to Protect Rights, Tackle Climate Crisis

“The forest dies first, we die later,” said Ka’apor chief Itahú as we patrolled the vast Alto Turiaçu Indigenous territory in the Brazilian Amazon, looking for evidence of illegal logging.

Afghanistan: Supporting Education for Girls, Women

(New York) – International donors seeking to fund education for girls and women in Afghanistan should carefully consider and address the human rights concerns, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Taliban have said that they will reopen all girls’ secondary schools on March 23, 2022. The 13-page

PHOTO: NYC Landlord's Banners Call Out Tenants Allegedly Owing $17K

A Queens landlord placed two banners drawing attention to tenants who reportedly owe him $17,000 in rent as inflation has driven rent higher across the nation.

Fact-Checker Falsely Accuses Mercola of Misleading Claims

STORY AT-A-GLANCE At this point, it seems “fact checks” primarily occur whenever an inconvenient truth needs to be buried or a lie covered up.

Could Eating Too Many Vegetables Wreck Your Health?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published July 7, 2019, and has been updated with new information.