Outspoken Critic of Mali’s Junta Still Missing a Month On

A month has passed since the May 2 abduction of prominent Malian lawyer and government critic Mountaga Tall. His whereabouts remain unknown, raising fears that he was forcibly disappeared. Unidentified gunmen stormed Tall’s home in the capi

Danish researcher who co-authored studies undermining claims that MMR vaccines cause autism is extradited to US and charged with money laundering

Poul Thorsen, a Danish researcher, diverted funds from the CDC and NIH to personal accounts and a private company he controlled.  The funds were intended for research into autism and birth defects at universities in Denmark and the US. Thor

Secret Israel Military Base Discovered by Iraqi Shepherd: How It Alters Iran War

A new report by the Wall Street Journal has exposed Israel’s covert military outpost hidden in Iraq’s western desert, built before the war with Iran. According to the Journal, special forces and rescue teams staffed the base, and it was use

Georgia: Deported Azerbaijani Journalist at Risk

(Berlin, April 10, 2026) – Georgian authorities forcibly returned an exiled Azerbaijani journalist, Afgan Sadigov, to Azerbaijan, exposing him to a credible risk of politically motivated prosecution and ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch sai

Mental health problems worsen after medical gender reassignment, a new study finds

A new study has found that severe psychiatric morbidity, or mental illness, is common among gender-referred adolescents and appears to be more prevalent in those referred after the recent surge in referrals to specialised gender identity se