Justice for Murder of Chechen Rights Defender Remains Elusive
Today, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on the case of Natalia Estemirova, star Chechen human rights defender murdered in July 2009.
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The Killing Doesn’t Stop During South Africa’s Women’s Month
Women’s Month in South Africa is celebrated in August.
Former Chad Dictator Habré’s Dead, Victims Still Await Compensation
Former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré died of Covid-19 on August 24 in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, where he was serving a life sentence for serious international crimes.
Spotlight: Forbidden Fruits: An Occult Novel
NOW SERVING Psychedelic Culture Forbidden Fruits: An Occult Novel is a “bold thriller full of ancient secrets, psychedelic rituals, and murder”, that follows Monica Bettlheim, an American archeologist on her journey.
The book goes through unforeseen discoveries about the ancient world, hallucinogenic sacraments, and modern-day crime syndicates. Forbidden Fruits delivers
UK: Police Scotland Reviews Sri Lankan Police Training
(London) – The Scottish government should provide details of a review of Police Scotland training for Sri Lankan police, Human Rights Watch, Freedom from Torture, the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice, and Pax Christi Scotland said in a letter to the Scottish Justice Secretary Keith Brown. Scottish ministers should
The Houses of Dead and Crooked Souls
Photo by Krzysztof Kowalik on Unsplash
“A house constitutes a body of images that give mankind proofs or illusions of stability.”
Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
There is a vast and growing gulf between the world’s rich and poor. An obscene gulf. If we can read houses, they
Sri Lanka: Police Abuses Surge Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
(New York) – Sri Lanka’s police are increasingly killing and abusing people under cover of the Covid-19 pandemic measures and an anti-drug campaign, Human Rights Watch said today.
Support for Craig Murray
For those of you who don’t know, former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, and current alt-news blogger, Craig Murray is on his way to prison.
We haven’t covered the story much here, being mainly concerned with the global autocratic power-grab and being cursed with only so many hours in
Trying to Put All America Behind
Sixty years ago this summer, on August 7, 1961, President John Kennedy signed the bill creating The Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts. It consists of forty miles of immaculate sandy beach, marshes, ponds, and upland along the Atlantic Ocean, with some portions stretching across the land to Cape Cod
The Woking of Tolkien: don’t let identity politics infect Middle Earth
It is 20 years since the premiere of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
The One Ring and the Villain in All of Us
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of Peter Jackson’s trilogy adapting JRR Tolkien’s Lord of Rings.
Russian Activist Targeted Under Abusive 'Undesirable Organization' Law
Update: On June 2, a court in Krasnodar ordered the pretrial detention of Pivovarov for two months.
10 Covid-Skeptic Memes to Get You Through the Day – Part 4
Happy Bank Holiday Monday!
Sure, ever since lockdowns became a thing, Bank Holidays have lost some of their uniqueness and charm (just as the phrase ‘never in a month of Sundays’ will forever have different connotations), nevertheless, let’s start the week off right with a brand new selection of
Walking with Father Daniel Marking the centennial of Father Daniel Berrigan SJ, member of Catonsville Nine and criminal for peace
Catonsville Nine members Mary Moylan and Daniel Berrigan leaving the Baltimore federal courthouse at the time of their trial for burning draft files to protest the Vietnam War, October 1968
Today is a day to celebrate the prophetic voice and witness of Fr. Daniel Berrigan, the non-violent anti-war activist and
An Epidemic of Low Expectations
Years ago, I was sitting in a café with my rabble-rousing friend James, both of us gnawing our teeth over the myriad difficulties facing the peace and social justice movement in the United States. We cited the usual suspects that stood in the way of progress: the entrenched corporate and