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.
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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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
US Stops Funding Some Militaries Using Child Soldiers
The Biden administration is finally putting firmer pressure on governments using child soldiers.
Only Adult Children Still Believe US Propaganda
Veteran OffG contributor Edward Curtin shares his interpretation of the conflict in Ukraine
It should now be quite clear to any reasonable person that the Biden administration is hell-bent on destroying Russia and will risk nuclear war in doing so. It has already started World War III with its use
Democracies must stand firm against Xi Jinping’s next assault on human rights
The Chinese Communist Party is set to open its 20th National Congress on Oct.16.
Globalist Economist: 'Fetish' to Reshore American Manufacturing is About 'Keeping White Males' in Power
The “fetish” among America’s working and middle class to reshore millions of manufacturing jobs back to the United States from overseas is racist, a globalist economist with the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) suggests. For decades, millions of Americans in manufacturing and supporting industries have lost their jobs
Russia: First Treason Charges for Criticizing Kremlin
(Berlin, October 7, 2022) – Russian authorities have brought a charge of high treason against an opposition politician, Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a blatant attempt to quash any criticism of the Kremlin and deter contact with the international community, Human Rights Watch said today.
This is the third baseless criminal charge against
Less of Everything: IMF Predicts 'Darkening Outlook' for Global Economy
Inflation, strains on food and energy supplies, war in the Ukraine, rising jobless numbers alongside risks of a global recession: these are just a few of the factors making up a “new normal” cited by International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday as darkening the outlook for the
France’s Trial for Atrocities Committed in Liberia
On October 10, 2022, the criminal trial of Kunti K., an alleged Liberian rebel commander, will begin in France.
France: Liberia Atrocity Trial
(Paris) – The trial in France of Kunti K.