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Russian Forces Forcibly Disappear Ukrainian Activist

(Kyiv, December 22) – Russian forces forcibly disappeared Iryna Horobtsova, a resident of Kherson, Ukraine, in May 2022, and are understood to have unlawfully transferred her to Russian-occupied Crimea, where they are holding her incommunicado, Human Rights Watch said today. Horobtsova, 37, is an IT expert. Her family says that she

The Year of the Gaslighter

Well, it has been quite a year, 2022.

DISCUSS: Mass shootings, “conspiracy theories” & free speech

This past month has seen an influx of news stories, all somehow featuring the supposed negative effects of “online misinformation”, “hate speech” and/or “conspiracy theories”. In New Zealand a few days ago, one couple had their baby placed in the care of a hospital after refusing to approve a

Hong Kong: Media Tycoon Trial a Travesty

(New York) – The authorities in Hong Kong should immediately drop the baseless charges against Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy media tycoon, and unconditionally release him and his six co-defendants, Human Rights Watch said today. Lai’s trial is scheduled to resume on December 13, 2022. Hong Kong authorities have called on

Swimming with Sharks

So, Elon Musk’s new free-speech Twitter appears to be going extremely well.

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