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France: Conviction for Atrocities in Liberia

The conviction of a former Liberian rebel commander for wartime atrocities in Liberia by a French court is a milestone in delivering justice for victims, and for France’s efforts to hold those responsible for grave crimes to account, Amnesty International France, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and Human

Nov 2, 2022 4 min read in History Literature Psychology Social issues

Kenya: ICC Defendant Found Dead

(Nairobi) – A Kenyan lawyer awaiting a verdict in a witness tampering case before the International Criminal Court (ICC) was found dead in his home in Nairobi on September 26, 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. The Kenyan authorities, with the assistance of the ICC, as appropriate, should promptly, thoroughly, and

Nov 2, 2022 2 min read in Social issues

African Rights Commission’s Work More Important Than Ever

(Nairobi) – The growing importance of intensified protection of human rights on the African continent comes into sharp focus at a time when several countries across the continent are facing acute human rights crises, Human Rights Watch said today, noting that the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights marks its

Nov 2, 2022 18 min read in Social issues

Central Bank Digital Currencies are the Next Frontier in the Battle for Freedom

“If you can move every human into a digital concentration camp, empty their bank account any time you want, and tell them what they can and cannot spend money on, you’ve got complete control.” – Catherine Austin Fitts Central bank digital currencies (“CBDCs”) are digital currencies issued directly from a

Oct 31, 2022 5 min read in Social issues Economics Political Digital Slavery

Central African Republic: First War Crimes Verdict Due

(Nairobi) – The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic will issue its first verdict on October 31, 2022, an important step in justice efforts addressing atrocities committed in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Issa Sallet Adoum, Ousman Yaouba, and Tahir Mahamat, alleged members of the “3R” rebel

Oct 28, 2022 4 min read in Social issues

How Businesses are softening up the Public for a Chinese-Style Social Credit System

In a truly remarkable and brazen gaslighting of individual rights and freedoms, ABC Finance Limited conducted a survey asking how Brits viewed the idea of social credit scoring.

Oct 26, 2022 5 min read in Brainwashing Social issues Surveillance

Questions and Answers: US Elections and Human Rights

This question-and-answer document from Human Rights Watch explains what international human rights law says about how elections should be administered in the United States.

Oct 26, 2022 18 min read in Social issues

This Week in the New Normal #51

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. A somewhat briefer than usual TWitNN today, as our editor has been felled by a bad case of the ‘flu

Oct 23, 2022 4 min read in Environmental Social issues

Joe Biden Expands 'Disaster Migrant' Population to 530,000

President Joe Biden’s advisers have granted temporary legal status to roughly 30,000 Ethiopians now living in the United States.

Oct 21, 2022 8 min read in Social issues

Obstruction Threatens Probe into Disappeared Mexico Students

The 2014 kidnapping and enforced disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers College in Guerrero state is one of Mexico’s most infamous unresolved atrocities.

Oct 19, 2022 2 min read in Social issues

Multipolar World Order – Part 3

What is the Great Reset? | Davos Agenda 2021 – Official WEF Youtube In Part 1, we considered the forces shaping the world order and the attempts to impose various models of global governance upon it. In Part 2, we discussed the progress of the global power shift from West to East

Oct 19, 2022 15 min read in Social issues Environmental

Indonesia Shamelessly Abandons Uyghurs

In 2019, when my Human Rights Watch colleagues visited Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, they sought meetings with government officials and opinion leaders to encourage them to speak up against the discrimination and abuses suffered by Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang, China. Instead of an enthusiastic reception, they encountered a

Oct 19, 2022 2 min read in Social issues

All Children Have a Right to Pre-Primary Education

The “time has come” for countries to align their international human rights obligations with their political commitments on early childhood education, said the outgoing United Nations special rapporteur on the right to education, Koumba Boly Barry, in her final report. Presenting the report to the UN General Assembly yesterday, her

Oct 19, 2022 2 min read in Social issues

Civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region at Heightened Risk

For several weeks, towns in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have endured regular bombardments from an escalating joint offensive by Ethiopia and Eritrea forces against Tigrayan forces.

Oct 18, 2022 2 min read in History Social issues

Venezuela Denied a Seat at the UN Human Rights Council

On October 11, 193 UN member states cast their secret ballots at the UN General Assembly to select members for the UN’s top rights body, the Human Rights Council.

Oct 13, 2022 4 min read in Psychology Social issues

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