Saudi Arabia: Rights Pioneer Dies in Prison
(Beirut) – A leading Saudi human rights figure has died after suffering a stroke on April 9, 2020, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Vietnam: Facebook, Pressured, Censors Dissent
A Vietnamese man logs onto the internet on his iPad in Hanoi, Vietnam.
India: Activists Detained for Peaceful Dissent
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Activist Anand Teltumbde (center), before he surrendered to the National Investigative Agency in Mumbai, on April 14, 2020. © 2020 Parth MN
(New York) – Indian authorities on April 14, 2020 detained two rights activists who have been critics of government policies, Human Rights Watch said today.
The government should immediately
Julian Assange: One Year In Belmarsh
It should not be a matter of distinction, but Julian Assange is a figure who is becoming the apotheosis of political imprisonment.
Cambodia: Reporter Jailed for Quoting Hun Sen on COVID-19
A screenshot of TVFB journalist, Sovann Rithy, at the General Commissariat of National Police in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 8, 2020.
Myanmar’s Directives Not Enough to Protect Rohingya
Rohingya walk at Dar Paing camp, Rakhine State, Myanmar, March 17, 2017.
Myanmar: Editor Wrongfully Charged
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Myanmar press freedom and youth activists demonstrate for the release of two jailed Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, in Yangon, Myanmar, September 16, 2018.
©2018 Reuters/Ann Wang
(Bangkok) – Myanmar authorities should immediately drop all charges against an editor for broadcasting an interview with an armed
Cambodia: Emergency Bill Recipe for Dictatorship
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Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures during a speech on the current state of the coronavirus in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.
© 2020 AP Photo/Heng Sinith
(New York) – The Cambodian government should withdraw its draft state of emergency law, which would empower Prime Minister Hun Sen
A 70-Year War on ‘Propaganda’ Built by the CIA
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”
William Shakespeare (The Tempest Act I, Scene 2)
War has always depended on a reliable system to spread its propaganda. The Arthashastra written by Chankya (350-283 BCE) who was chief advisor to the Emperor Chandragupta (the first ruler of the Mauryan
US Congress, China, and COVID-19
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi before their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, October 8, 2018.
Donald Trump Signs The “Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020″ Into Law
President Donald Trump signed into law a pair of bills designed to boost wireless and broadband networks: the Secure 5G and Beyond Act and the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act
Why the US Should be Supporting, Not Undermining, International Justice
Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands.© 2018 Marina Riera Rodoreda/Human Rights Watch When U.S.
How We Can Regenerate Our Environment & Planet (Documentary)
New documentary called Regenerate: Beyond The C02 Narrative explores how we can truly regenerate our environment.
Governments Are Tracking Peoples Location Using Their Smartphones Because Of The Coronavirus
Governments may start tracking the location and movement of people with Coronavirus, or those who have come into close contact with people who have the coronavirus.
"We are not prepared for the next epidemic" Bill Gates, during a 2015 Ted talk
Bill Gates predicted the current Epidemic originated by corona-family highly infectious kind of viruses.