Speak Your Truth: Don’t Let the Government Criminalize Free Speech “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” George Washington What the police state wants is a silent, compliant, oblivious citizenry. What the First Amendment affirms is an engaged citizenry that speaks truth to power using whatever peaceful
Tech Giant Oracle Cuts Ties with Foreign Disinformation 'Experts' GDI Oracle, an international technology giant known for its cloud and enterprise products, has cut ties with the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), the UK-based, State Department-funded group that advised advertisers to blacklist conservative media. In a statement to the Washington Examiner, which released GDI’s blacklist earlier this year, Oracle corporate
Australia: Press Vietnam on Poor Rights Record (Sydney) – The Australian government should press Vietnam’s leadership to end its systemic human rights violations at the upcoming dialogue between the two countries, Human Rights Watch said today.
UN: More Groups Address ‘Antisemitism’ Issue (New York) – More than 100 human rights and civil rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, are urging the United Nations to respect human rights in its efforts to combat antisemitism, Human Rights Watch said today. Over 40 additional organizations added their names to an update of an
Disaster Troll Propaganda So-called conspiracy theories abound, especially among those who attack others by calling them conspiracy theorists.
A Twitter Files Requiem And so the “Twitter Files” Limited Hangout has come to its inevitable, ignominious end.
Indonesia: Activists on Trial for Criminal Defamation (Jakarta) – Indonesian authorities should drop the criminal defamation charges against two prominent human rights defenders in Jakarta, Human Rights Watch said today.
Russia: Sentencing for Prominent Kremlin Critic (Berlin, April 14, 2023) – Moscow City Court is scheduled to deliver a verdict on April 17, 2023 in the criminal trial against the prominent Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, Human Rights Watch said today. Russian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release Kara-Murza, who has been arbitrarily detained for the past
Steve Kirsch Bans Proton Magic for Posting the Katie Sugak Irrefutable Proof of Virology Video & admits there is no paper proving Sars-Cov-2 Kirsch banned Proton Magic for posting a science video by Katie Sugak on why virologists never find viruses.
Russia’s Security Service Arrests American Reporter Russia’s Federal Security Service has arrested Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on “suspicion of espionage in the interests of the American government,” and a court has ordered him to pretrial custody until May 29. Gershkovich, 31, has been living in and reporting on Russia since at least 2017,
Burkina Faso: TV News Broadcasts Suspended (Nairobi) – The decision by Burkina Faso's transitional military government to suspend France 24 broadcasts violates the right to a free and independent media, Human Rights Watch said today.
Haiti/France: Journalist Sued for Exposing Sex Abuse in Haiti Soccer (Paris) – A French investigative journalist who exposed sexual abuse accusations against Yves Jean-Bart, the former Haiti football federation president, is facing a defamation lawsuit by Jean-Bart, Human Rights Watch said today. The journalist, Romain Molina, documented abuses against underage players in the Haiti Football Federation under Jean-Bart’s leadership and
Kyrgyzstan: Free the 22 ‘Kempir-Abad’ Protest Detainees (Bishkek, March 20, 2023) – Twenty-two civil activists, bloggers, journalists, and politicians who disagreed with the government over a border issue and are currently in pretrial facilities in Kyrgyzstan should be immediately released and their due process rights upheld, Human Rights Watch said today. The detainees were initially placed under arrest