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Niger: Six Month-Long Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender Moussa Tiangari Must End

(Nairobi) – Niger’s authorities should immediately release civil society activist and human rights defender Moussa Tiangari and stop using terrorism-related charges to silence dissent, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Internat

LNPs in covid injections lead to slow, systemic toxicity and long-term damage

Lipid nanoparticles (“LNPs”) are very small spherical particles composed of lipids, serving as a pharmaceutical drug delivery system. In mRNA covid “vaccines,” for example, LNPs act as delivery vehicles that protect the mRNA and transport i

Gulf States: Protect Workers from Extreme Heat

(Beirut) – Gulf Cooperation Council countries are exposing migrant workers to yet another deadly summer of extreme heat conditions without adequate protection, Human Rights Watch said today. The countries ignore the scientific evidence on t

US is moving towards a form of governance where AI controls all aspects of life

The US is shifting towards an “algocracy” where artificial intelligence (“AI”) and algorithms control various aspects of life, including law enforcement, employment and healthcare, without human oversight or accountability. The Trump admini

Human Rights Defenders Targeted in Uzbekistan

Earlier this month, Sharifa Madrakhimova’s passport was tampered with and destroyed, preventing her from traveling abroad to accept an award honoring her work defending human rights in Uzbekistan. Shortly afterward, Abdurakhmon Tashanov, an

UK government is wasting time and money on PCR testing tens of thousands of mosquitoes

A research programme by the UK Health Security Agency (“UKHSA”) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (“APHA”) has identified fragments of West Nile Virus genetic material in mosquitoes collected in Britain. They were able to do this by d

Ukraine: Escalating Russian Attacks on Civilians

(Kyiv, May 22, 2025) – Russian attacks in Ukraine since January 2025 have killed and injured more civilians than in the same period in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. Governments, particularly the Trump administration, should use their

Prosecutions For ‘Insulting the President’ Continue in Türkiye

Last week, university student Esila Ayık was released after 40 days in detention following her arrest for holding a banner calling Türkiye’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a dictator at a protest in Istanbul. The protest was against the

Worldwide Embalmer Survey: 250 embalmers report finding white rubbery clots

US Air Force Ret. Major Thomas Haviland’s global survey of embalmers has found that 83% now report white fibrous or rubbery clots. Embalmers report that the clots are found in roughly 27.5% of cadavers. These clots were not seen before the

Mad Miliband’s rush to net zero puts UK at risk of Spanish-style blackouts

At the end of last month, Spain, Portugal, and parts of France experienced a massive power outage. The blackout was likely caused by a reliance on non-dispatchable “renewable” energy sources, making the grid fragile and unable to handle sud

EU Needs Tougher Response to Attack on Turkish Opposition

(Brussels, May 16, 2025) - The jailing by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government of a key political opponent is a blatant repudiation of the rights to political association and participation, 58 rights, media, and legal groups, includ

‘The Medicine Men’ 50 years on

50 years ago, Dr. Vernon Coleman wrote his first book. Published in 1975, ‘The Medicine Men’ was also the first book to attack the pharmaceutical industry and criticise the medical establishment for its connections with the industry. At th

Western democracy is being undermined by corporately funded think tanks

Western democracy is being undermined from the inside through covert mechanisms and processes that are removing rights and freedoms. Key to these covert activities are think tanks such as the IPPR, New Economics Foundation and Institute of