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10 Compelling Films Amplify Today’s Most Urgent Human Rights Stories

(London) – Human Rights Watch proudly presents the 26th edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival from March 17-25, in partnership with Barbican Cinema, and generously supported by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery. Ten compelling new films from around the world are presented at this year’s festival,

UK: 26th Human Rights Watch Film Festival

(London) – Human Rights Watch proudly presents the 26th edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival from March 17-25, in partnership with Barbican Cinema, and generously supported by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery. Ten compelling new films from around the world are presented at this year’s festival,

Gruesome Femicide in Iran

Headlines about the beheading of 17-year-old Ghazaleh (Mona) Heydari shook Iranian society on Saturday.

China: Imprisoned Tibetan Monk’s Health in Peril

(New York) – The Chinese government should immediately and unconditionally release the imprisoned Tibetan monk and religious philosopher Go Sherab Gyatso, Human Rights Watch said today.

Bahrain: Boys Arbitrarily Detained in Orphanage

(Beirut) – Bahrain authorities are detaining six boys, ages 14 and 15, in a child welfare facility, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and Human Rights Watch said today.

Rumble Offers Joe Rogan $100 Million Four-Year Deal with Commitment to 'No Censorship'

Video-hosting platform Rumble is offering famed podcaster Joe Rogan a $100 million deal to leave Spotify and appear exclusively on the upstart YouTube competitor.

Serbia: Bahraini Dissident Unlawfully Extradited

(Beirut) – Serbia extradited a Bahraini political dissident to Bahrain in the early hours of January 24, 2022, despite an order by the European Court of Human Rights that specifically prohibited his extradition pending more information, Human Rights Watch said today. Bahraini authorities had previously subjected the dissident, Ahmed Jaffer Muhammad,

UN Reviews Venezuela’s Poor Human Rights Record

On January 25, United Nations Human Rights Council members will review Venezuela’s abysmal human rights record during its Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

Communing with Camus in 2022

Albert Camus, Michel y Jeannine Gallimard by Antonio Marín Segovia (source) The person with whom we are all most intimate is oneself. It’s just the way it is. I don’t mean that in some oracular Delphic “know thyself” way, or in any deep psychoanalytical sense, but very simply.

Harmless Untruths

In Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel Cat’s Cradle, the deadpan realist from the Midwest–the 20th century’s Mark Twain–delivers an instructive review of the way in which Americans hold scientists in exceedingly high esteem—and the perils therein. One of his characters is scientist Felix Hoenikker. Hoenikker

AUDIO: The CIA’s War on Democracy

The above audio is a shortened version of a video interview from a few weeks ago between author (and regular OffG contributor) Edward Curtin and lawyer/political activist Robert Kennedy jr. Their conversation touches on many aspects of the CIA’s devious role in so many aspects of history, including

Ethiopia: Returned Tigrayans Detained, Abused

(Beirut) – Ethiopian authorities have arbitrarily detained, mistreated, and forcibly disappeared thousands of ethnic Tigrayans recently deported from Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch said today.

Three Spells for the New Year

The New Year is upon us, and with it comes the usual ritual of dispelling the old and welcoming in the new.

Apple Loves China: Launches 'Year of the Tiger' Themed Earbuds for Chinese New Year

Beats Studio, the high-end consumer audio company founded by rap producer Dr.

10 Famous Sociopaths Among Serial Killers, Historical Leaders & TV Characters

Did you know that one in every twenty-five people is a sociopath? That’s surprising, if not a little worrying.