Jordan: Government Crushes Civic Space
(Amman) – Civic space in Jordan has shrunk over the past four years as authorities persecute and harass citizens organizing peacefully and engaging in political dissent, Human Rights Watch said today.
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UN: World Leaders Should Press China, Russia on Atrocities
(New York) – World leaders gathering at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City should commit to ensuring accountability for grave human rights violations by the Chinese and Russian governments and other major offenders, Human Rights Watch said.
The UN General Assembly’s annual General Debate, attended by dozens
Huff: Iraq's Political Crisis Threatens Further Chaos for Global Oil Prices
IRAQ – For President Joe Biden, a renewed Middle East crisis lurks just as the Afghan withdrawal debacle enters the rearview mirror and record-high gas prices continue to retreat.
US: Hold on Egypt Funding Doesn't Go Far Enough
(Washington, DC) – The Biden Administration’s decision to hold back $130 million in Fiscal Year 2021 Foreign Military Financing to Egypt based on the government’s human rights record does not sufficiently respond to its ongoing repression and rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today.
The State Department announced the
The US Record on Protecting Our Children Is Abysmal
In every state, children can be tried as adults.Child marriage is still happening in many states, and so is corporal punishment and child labor.
US States Fail to Protect Children’s Rights
(New York) – United States state laws overwhelmingly fail to meet international child rights standards, with the vast majority failing to protect children from child marriage, hazardous child labor, extreme prison sentences, and violent treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch gave 20 states a failing “F” grade, and
International Criminal Court Should Reach Decision on Afghanistan
Delay in a critical International Criminal Court (ICC) ruling has protracted the wait of Afghans seeking some measure of justice for grave international crimes.
Covid Injections Can Cause Lethal Skin Reactions
The fifth case report of toxic epidermal necrolysis (“TEN”) following a Covid injection was published on 13 July 2022 in Revue Française d’Allergologie.
A 92-year-old man presented to an emergency room of the Regional Hospital of Saint-Louis, Senegal, with painful skin lesions. He developed the severe skin reaction – TEN
How the TV Networks Hid the Twin Towers’ Demolition on 9/11
This article is the second installment of a two-part research project we began in July 2020 with the article “How 36 Reporters Brought Us the Twin Towers’ Explosive Demolition on 9/11.”
In that article, our goal was to determine the prevalence, among television reporters on 9/11, of the
Sri Lankan Government Appoints Alleged Rights Abusers
On Thursday, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed 37 new ministers to his government.
Independent researchers find no mRNA in COVID jabs
Vials subjected to a variety of independent microscopic and spectroscopic observations have shown little nucleic acid material and lots of graphene oxide.
Zuck Loses: Judge Rules that Facebook Repeatedly Violated Washington State Campaign Finance Law
A judge recently ruled that Facebook repeatedly and intentionally violated the State of Washington’s campaign-ad transparency laws and must pay penalties.
The Truth About Drinking Water
Clean alkaline drinking water is something that the public has pretty much taken for granted for the past hundred years.
Water Contaminants Index
Drinking water, including most bottled, reverse osmosis, and distilled water may reasonably be expected to contain some contaminants
Republican Candidates Push Pocketbook Pitch Immigration
Some Republican candidates are learning how to use pocketbook politics to trump the bipartisan establishment’s don’t-mention-the-money narrative on migration.