Is Wayfair Really Trafficking Humans?
Allegations that Wayfair is trafficking humans hit the internet over the past few days as the company was selling utility cabinets, and other items, with human names for upwards of $14,000.
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Capitalism and the Throttling of Democracy in India
The deregulation of international capital flows (financial liberalisation) has effectively turned the planet into a free-for-all bonanza for the world’s richest capitalists.
Covid-19 Has Turned Public Health into a Patient-Killing Experiment
Potentially lethal doses of the therapeutic drug hydroxychloroquine are being administered in ‘clinical trials’, sometimes without patient consent.
Gambia: US Charges Alleged ‘Death Squad’ Member with Torture | Human Rights Watch
(Banjul) – The indictment in the United States on June 11, 2020 of an alleged former Gambian “death squad” member on torture charges is an important step for Gambian victims and international justice, a coalition of human rights groups said today. Michael Sang Correa, 41, was an alleged member of the
Oppose Trump Administration Measures against the International Criminal Court | Human Rights Watch
The undersigned organizations express their deep concern regarding today’s announcement by Secretary of State Pompeo and other senior U.S.
It’s all Bullshit
3 Leaks that Sink the Covid Narrative In recent days a series of leaks across the globe have further shown the “official line” on coronavirus does not hold water
Pandemic Adds New Threat for Rohingyas in Myanmar | Human Rights Watch
This is what life is like for the 130,000 internally displaced Rohingyas trapped in detention camps in central Rakhine state in Myanmar: in the camps, they have no future, with little access to land or livelihoods.
They depend on foreign aid supplies and die of treatable diseases because of
Edward Snowden: Governments Are Using COVID-19 To Monitor Us Like Never Before
In the second episode of The Intercept's new weekly show, host Glenn Greenwald explores the under-discussed consequences of the coronavirus pandemic with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and how it's being used to take away more human rights. Should the government use force on their citizenry to comply, or should they
Confirmed Death of Alleged Rwandan Genocidaire | Human Rights Watch
Just days after the arrest in France of Félicien Kabuga, one of the Rwandan genocide’s alleged masterminds, came the announcement that the remains of another – Augustin Bizimana, the minister of defense at the time of the killings – were identified in a grave in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo. That
US: Don’t Sell Attack Helicopters to Philippines
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Image of a US Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopter.
© 2020 US Army/Specialist Cody Rich
(Washington, DC) – The US Congress should block or delay sales of almost $2 billion in attack helicopters and munitions to the Philippines until the government adopts major reforms to end military abuses and hold
Belarus: Activists, Journalists Jailed as Election Looms
A nearly empty Oktyabrskaya Street in Minsk, Belarus amid coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic precautions on April 05, 2020.
US Official Threatens International Criminal Court – Again
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2018.
Rwanda: Major Step Toward Justice for Genocide
Félicien Kabuga on his US Department of State wanted poster.
Attack on Tajik Journalist Reporting on Covid-19
The media is literally under attack in Tajikistan.
Covid-19 Fueling Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia Worldwide
(New York) – Governments should take urgent steps to prevent racist and xenophobic violence and discrimination linked to the Covid-19 pandemic while prosecuting racial attacks against Asians and people of Asian descent, Human Rights Watch said today.
On May 8, 2020, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that “the pandemic continues