Human Rights

Mexico City ( Committee to Protect Journalists) – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the U.S. Justice Department’s indictment last week of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The administration of President Donald Trump disclosed 17 charges against Assange under the Espionage Act, relating to his receipt and publication of classified military documents and diplomatic […]

Displaced and Refugees

One of Europe’s Last Migrant Rescue Ships Defies European Political Pressure to Save African Lives

Waging Nonviolence

By Susan H. Smith | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Over nearly five years, the small German charity Sea-Watch has saved more than 37,000 lives. But xenophobia and repression threaten its survival. The Sea-Watch 3 is the only rescue ship currently operating in the Central Mediterranean Sea. (Sea-Watch) At the height of the Syrian […]

censorship

How Democracy Dies: Big Brother is Erasing the Public Record

Karen J. Greenberg

The post-9/11 period stands out in American history for its relentless reliance on redacting material in government reports

Human Rights

The Exceptionalism of the Warmongers: John Bolton and Mike Pompeo Defy the International Criminal Court

Rebecca Gordon

In its rejection of the court, Trump is turning his back on the international law the United States helped establish at Nuremberg

censorship

In Middle East, Impunity for Human Rights Abuses reigned in 2018: Amnesty

Juan Cole

Beirut (AFP) – “The crackdown on civil society actors and political opponents increased significantly in Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia,” the rights watchdog said in its annual regional report. “Is it acceptable for activists to undergo arbitrary detention, torture, sexual harassment … and even enforced disappearances simply for expressing their opinions in a peaceful way,” […]

Human Rights