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Algeria Threatens to Suspend Gas Exports to Spain Over Diplomatic Spat

MADRID (AP) – Algeria has threatened to suspend its gas exports to Spain, the latest twist in a complex triangle of diplomatic tensions between the gas supplier, the gas importer and their shared neighbor Morocco – all against the background of skyrocketing prices driven by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Spain has

Russia: Respect the Rights of Prisoners of War

(Berlin) – Russian authorities should stop broadcasting programs featuring images of and interviews with captured Ukrainian soldiers that expose them to public curiosity, Human Rights Watch said today. Such treatment of prisoners of war, or POWs, violates protections under the Geneva Conventions intended to ensure dignified treatment of captured combatants on

‘We the People’ Are the New, Permanent Underclass in America

Audio Version New Feature! “We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.” Herbert Hoover This is financial tyranny. The U.S. government—and that includes the current administration—is spending money it doesn’t have

Ukraine: A new battle in the old war of the “New Normal”

In one sense, I don’t have much to say about the newest chapter in the eight-year-old American war against the people of Ukraine – nothing that you can’t learn from an array of sources as politically diverse as George Galloway and Peter Hitchens, Tariq Ali and John Mearsheimer. After

Racing to Document War Crimes in Ukraine

Seven Ukrainian civilians executed by Russian soldiers in two separate incidents.A case of repeated rape.

Mali: Massacre by Army, Foreign Soldiers

(Nairobi) – Malian armed forces and associated foreign soldiers allegedly summarily executed an estimated 300 civilian men, some of them suspected Islamist fighters, in the central Malian town of Moura in late March 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. The men were among those detained during a military operation that began

Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas

(Warsaw) – Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations against civilians in occupied areas of the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Kyiv regions of Ukraine. These include a case of repeated rape; two cases of summary execution, one of six men, the other of one man;

Ukraine vs Yemen – A contrast in media coverage

In the now month-long mainstream media coverage of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine, much attention has been paid to the actions of the ‘Ukrainian Resistance’. In a manner not dissimilar to its coverage of the ‘Syrian rebels’ a decade ago, a romanticised image of ‘Ukrainian freedom fighters’ fighting bravely

Springtime for GloboCap

Warm up the Wagnerian orchestra and call in the goose-stepping chorus girls, because … yes, that’s right, it’s Springtime for GloboCap! “The Winter of Severe Illness and Death” is over! The big Black Sun is shining again! God’s in his heaven, all’s right with the world! OK,

Ukraine War! What Is It Good For? The Nazi Agenda

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is technically illegal under international law.

Jamaica to Cut Ties to British Queen Amid Drift Toward Communist China

Almost 400 years after the British conquered Spanish-occupied Jamaica, the Caribbean island has indicated it plans to follow Barbados in removing the Queen as head of state and becoming a republic.

Ukraine on Fire: 2016 Documentary by Oliver Stone

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Ukraine is an ancient and proud land, a borderland where East meets West.

Myanmar: Armed Forces Day Spotlights Atrocities

(Bangkok) – Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day on March 27, 2022, is an opportunity for foreign governments to take stronger action against the military’s widespread abuses, Human Rights Watch said today.