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Australia Extends License for Nation’s Biggest Fossil Fuel Project

Last week, the Australian government announced it had given preliminary approval for the country’s biggest fossil fuel project, the North West Shelf Project, to continue operations until 2070. The facility, on Western Australia’s Burrup Pen

DR Congo: Rwanda-backed M23 Executed Civilians in Goma

(Nairobi) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group summarily executed at least 21 civilians and most likely many more in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 22-23, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The M23 has occupied Gom

Ukraine: Russia Using Drones to Attack Civilians

(Kyiv, June 3, 2025) – Russian forces have repeatedly used drones to attack civilians and civilian objects in Kherson city in southern Ukraine, serious violations of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Russi

Israel, Yemen: Investigate Airport Attacks as War Crimes

(Beirut) – The Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s Sanaa International Airport on May 6 and May 28, 2025, were apparently unlawful indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks on civilian objects and should be investigated as war crimes, Human Righ

Niger: Six Month-Long Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender Moussa Tiangari Must End

(Nairobi) – Niger’s authorities should immediately release civil society activist and human rights defender Moussa Tiangari and stop using terrorism-related charges to silence dissent, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Internat

Ted Bundy’s final interview: A warning to us all

In 1989, notorious serial killer Ted Bundy was executed for the murder of 30 women and girls. In a final interview he explained that his sexual violence towards women was seeded by viewing soft porn, which led to viewing hard porn. He was

Human Rights Defenders Targeted in Uzbekistan

Earlier this month, Sharifa Madrakhimova’s passport was tampered with and destroyed, preventing her from traveling abroad to accept an award honoring her work defending human rights in Uzbekistan. Shortly afterward, Abdurakhmon Tashanov, an

EU Commission President Receives Award for Green Deal Laws She is Undoing

In June 2024, the EU adopted a groundbreaking law requiring large companies to respect human rights and the environment throughout their global value chains. It also introduced new plans to limit CO2 emissions. The law, known as the Corpora

Elevated Monocyte-to-High-Density Lipoprotein Ratio is associated with increased risk of cognitive impairment and severe cerebral small vessel disease burden

Background: Monocyte-to-high-density lipoprotein ratio (MHR), as a novel biomarker, has shown potential in predicting the onset and progression of various diseases. However, the relationship between MHR and cerebral small vessel disease (CS

Denmark, Europe’s poster child for “renewable” energy, reverses 40-year-old ban on nuclear energy

In 1985, Denmark, the poster child for the elimination of “fossil fuels” in favour of solar and wind energy, mandated the phase out of nuclear power, which took effect in 2003. Last week, the Danish Parliament overwhelmingly voted for a re

Ukraine: Escalating Russian Attacks on Civilians

(Kyiv, May 22, 2025) – Russian attacks in Ukraine since January 2025 have killed and injured more civilians than in the same period in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. Governments, particularly the Trump administration, should use their

Debbie Lerman exposes the real covid story in her new book ‘The Deep State Goes Viral’

The covid pandemic response was not a public health response but rather a global operation coordinated by national security agencies and public-private partnerships, following a biodefense and/or counterterrorism playbook. The response was

Prosecutions For ‘Insulting the President’ Continue in Türkiye

Last week, university student Esila Ayık was released after 40 days in detention following her arrest for holding a banner calling Türkiye’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a dictator at a protest in Istanbul. The protest was against the