Venezuela: Joint Statement from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch at the UN Human Rights Council
Madame President, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch welcome the report and update by the Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela.
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Literature
A collection of 604 articles
9/11 and Afghanistan Post-Mortems: Lessons in Safe Logic
In the wake of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the 20th anniversary of the mass murders of September 11, 2001, the corporate mainstream and alternative media have been replete with articles analyzing the consequences of 9/11 that resulted in the US invasion of Afghanistan and its alleged withdrawal
5 Superpowers Avid Readers Have, According to Scientific Studies
Reading is pretty cool.It can provide us with an escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday lives.It can also educate us and teach us new experiences.
Mabon: The Autumnal Equinox
The heat of summer, strong and forceful, begins to taper off as we approach the height of harvest season.
Pakistan May Have its First Woman Supreme Court Justice
This week the Judicial Commission of Pakistan, the highest body recommending judicial appointments, will consider the nomination of Justice Ayesha Malik to the Supreme Court.
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.
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.