France’s Energy Plans Should Not Include Ignoring UAE Abuses

French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to welcome the President of the United Arab Emirates, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan, to Paris July 18.

Brazil: Candidates Should Address Human Rights

(São Paulo) – Candidates running for president, Congress, state legislature, and governor in the October 2022 Brazil elections should put forward proposals to address the country’s serious human rights problems. The issues should include police abuse, violence against women and forest defenders, the impact of environmental destruction, and the

Goldman Sachs Teams Up with Google's 'Director of Regime Change' to Influence Global Politics

Jared Cohen, a former Google executive nicknamed the “director of regime change” by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, hired to advance the notoriously powerful investment bank’s policy goals around the world

The Kremlin's repressive decade

Ten years ago, I had the honour of speaking at news conference in Moscow with several of Russia's venerated human rights defenders.

Egypt: Statements on COP27 Imply Restricting Activism

(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should ease their grip on civic space and uphold the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly to enable a successful climate summit, known as the COP27, in Egypt, 36 organizations said today. COP27 brings together states parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on