Social issues

(Bangkok) – Unites States President Joe Biden should publicly urge Vietnam’s leaders to immediately release all political prisoners and reform abusive laws during his planned visit to Hanoi on September 10, 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. In a September 1 letter, Human Rights Watch urged President Biden to publicly

(New York) – Taliban authorities in Afghanistan are committing the crime against humanity of gender persecution against women and girls, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

(New York) – Legal protections for children in the United States and in every individual state fall short of international children’s rights standards, Human Rights Watch said today.

In 1973 the Bilderberg Group discussed the shift that was underway in the political, economic, strategic and power relationships between the oil-producing countries, the consumer countries and international oil companies.  Five months later the Arab oil embargo was announced throwing the world’s economy into the steepest economic contraction since

Michigan economics and public policy professor Justin Wolfers said Monday on CNN’s “News Central” that it is “pointless” to poll Republicans on the economy because their dislike of President Joe Biden slants their opinions. Anchor Boris Sanchez said, “You’ve got historically low unemployment, inflation that appears to be

In 2018, long-time environmental campaigner Stanley Johnson said on BBC Newsnight that he had called for limiting population growth to become government policy in the past.  But historically, has he only called for “limiting” population growth or has he called for depopulation? Let’s not lose touch…Your Government and

The Group of 20, the world’s largest economies, will hold its annual summit of heads of government in New Delhi on September 9 and 10.