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Algeria: Release members of Ahmadi religious minority

Amnesty | 2022-06-12, 08:18

Algerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release, and drop all charges against, three members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, who were arrested earlier this week solely for peacefully exercising their right to freedom of religion,

The World Must Do More To Save Myanmar

OWP | 2022-06-12, 04:24

Over a year after Myanmar’s military coup, the international community continues to ignore the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Tatmadaw. In a briefing by the AAPP, more than 1500 civilians have been killed and over 10,000 have been arrested, with no

Ryanair Forces South Africans To Prove Nationality With Racially Discriminatory Afrikaans Test

OWP | 2022-06-12, 03:30

Ryanair is under fire for racial discrimination, having required South African travelers to prove their nationality with an Afrikaans test prior to boarding the flight. The low-cost airline presented passengers with a brief two-page questionnaire in the West

The Falsehoods of the Ukraine War: Multiplied Lies. Children Murdered by Ukrainian Missiles

GlobalResearch | 2022-06-11, 23:21

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What Does It Mean that Women Now Dominate Higher Education?

Scheerpost | 2022-06-11, 14:33

By Rebecca Gordon | TomDispatch In the last week of her life, my mother extracted a promise from me. “Make sure,” she said, “that Orion goes to college.” I swore that I would, although I wasn’t at all sure how I’d make it happen. Even in the year 2000, average

Switzerland’s Secretive Banking System and the WEF’s “Great Reset”: First in “You’ll Own Nothing and ...

GlobalResearch | 2022-06-11, 14:27

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Jürgen Habermas on the War in Ukraine: “The conversion of former pacifists leads to mistakes ...

GlobalResearch | 2022-06-11, 14:27

The Truth Never Mattered at Guantánamo

The Intercept | 2022-06-11, 12:08

A member of the U.S. Military inside of the Camp 2 cell block at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on May 9, 2006. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Hickman was on guard duty at Guantánamo Bay, in a tower with the entire prison complex

Key Biological Difference Between Psychopaths and Normal People

Principia Scientific | 2022-06-11, 11:15

A new study has shown that psychopathic people have a bigger striatum area in their brain Neuroscientists using MRI scans discovered that psychopathic people have a 10 percent larger striatum, a cluster of neurons in the subcortical basal ganglia of the

Spare us your environmental lectures, William

Principia Scientific | 2022-06-11, 10:40

Why do the royals insist on carrying on like overgrown Gretas? The royal family is supposed to be ‘above politics’. The queen’s studied neutrality, maintained over 70 years, is central to the endurance of this feudalistic set-up. Her descendants, however,

Science-based Letter To Professionals

Principia Scientific | 2022-06-11, 10:40

Dear Healthcare Professional. In May 2022, the FDA approved Emergency Use Authorization of COVID-19 booster vaccination for children aged 5-11 years. Continuing the fight against Covid mass hysteria. My small group, Ethical Science Council has put together the

We Need to Find Missing Journalist, Rights Defender in Brazil’s Amazon

Human Rights Watch | 2022-06-11, 02:51

I have known journalist Dom Phillips for years. I remember him telling me over dinner how he wrote about music in his native UK, but moved to Brazil after becoming enamored with the country during a visit in 2007. He and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira

Biden’s Praise of Bolsonaro is Affront to Brazil's Forest Defenders

Human Rights Watch | 2022-06-11, 02:51

When US President Joe Biden met Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for the first time ever yesterday at the Summit of the Americas, Biden made the embarrassing choice of praising Bolsonaro’s management of the Amazon, which is nothing less than an affront to

Washington Pressures Pakistan to Renegotiate the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

GlobalResearch | 2022-06-10, 21:17

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Priti Patel’s Sweeping New Threat to Free Expression in the U.K.

GlobalResearch | 2022-06-10, 21:17

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Canada’s arms exports to Israel skyrocket

The Electronic Intifada | 2022-06-10, 21:01

Canada’s weapons exports to Israel have risen markedly, despite such horrors as the May 2021 attack on Gaza. The total value of arms and components sent from Canada to Israel in 2021 exceeded 26 million Canadian dollars ($20 million) in 2021. That was a

How Israel wins even when the EU doesn’t buy its lies

The Electronic Intifada | 2022-06-10, 21:01

European countries aren’t buying Israel’s “terror” designations imposed against several Palestinian human rights and social services organizations last year, diplomatic sources told Israeli media this week. Those organizations include Addameer,

Türkiye: “Another dark day” as police use excessive force and fire pepper balls on Pride marchers

Amnesty | 2022-06-10, 20:46

Reacting to the news that police violently broke up a student-organised Pride march at the Middle East Technical University (METU) campus in Ankara, Türkiye’s capital, arresting some students after dragging them on the ground, Nils Muižnieks, Amnesty

The Chris Hedges Report: The Long Road Home – Part 2

The Real News Network | 2022-06-10, 20:41

In the conclusion of The Long Road Home, Chris Hedges looks at the numerous hurdles faced by prisoners released into society, the toll of reentry on their families, the importance of educational programs in restoring self-esteem and setting goals, and the

Egypt’s Response to Torture: Punish the Victims

Human Rights Watch | 2022-06-10, 19:55

Egypt’s government has reached a new low around torture. After the Guardian reported on two leaked videos last January showing detainees in a Cairo police station with wounds that appeared to be the result of torture, Egyptian authorities failed to carry out a

Call for respect of the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly in ...

Human Rights Watch | 2022-06-10, 19:55

Dear Prime Minister, Our organizations, Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (Action des chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture, ACAT-France), Act Together for Human Rights (Agir ensemble pour les droits humains, AEDH) and Human Rights Watch

Who Owns the World?

GlobalResearch | 2022-06-10, 19:49

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January 6 hearing spotlights Trump-led “conspiracy to overthrow the will of the American people”

The Real News Network | 2022-06-10, 19:29

This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on June 9, 2022. It is shared here with permission under a Creative Commons license. The previously unseen video footage, testimony, and documentary evidence presented during a primetime US House hearing Thursday