Amid Civil Unrest, Internet Shutdowns are Making Zimbabwe’s Economic Crisis Worse
By Kudzai Chimhangwa Following the January 12 declaration of an official fuel price hike in Zimbabwe, civil unrest and political paranoia has rocked the nation….
Human Rights
National Experts to Speak on Protecting Seniors’ Rights — Guardianship Abuse Forum & Movie Premier Set for February 20
International Award-winning documentary “The Guardians” comes to Tampa Theater — FREE Event “Preventing Abuse and Protecting Rights” Open to Public (Tampa, FL – January 28,…
“Medieval Siege”: In Buried Report, UN Official Slams Venezuela Sanctions as Criminal
By Elias Marat As Venezuela continues to feel the hurt amid the U.S.-spearheaded effort to unseat elected President Nicolás Maduro and replace him with opposition…
Julian Assange Sues Trump Administration To Reveal Charges Against Him; WikiLeaks Associates Being Interrogated
By Aaron Kesel Last year in November the U.S. accidentally revealed sealed charges it had against WikiLeaks founder and former editor Julian Assange. Now Assange and his…
Caribbean Nations Hesitate To Recognize Venezuela’s Guaidó
By Georgia Popplewell On January 10, 2019, the day Nicolás Maduro was sworn in as president of Venezuela for a second term, the Permanent Council…
Is The United Nations A World “Blessing” Or The People’s Nemesis?
Op-Ed by Catherine J. Frompovich Have you ever heard what apparently was considered simply a “catch phrase” at one time that went like this? Get…
The Danger Within: Border Patrol Is Turning America Into a Constitution-Free Zone
By John W. Whitehead “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of…
Police Seized My Clients’ Children Because They Homeschooled. Last Week a Court Ruled It Was OK
By Robert Clarke The Wunderlich family wanted to do what thousands of families in America do with no questions asked: educate their children at home….
Underage Child Marriages Featured In A US Senate Report How U.S. Immigration System Encourages Child Marriages
By Catherine J. Frompovich Probably one of the more ‘rabid’ topics in the USA, if not in the world today, is immigration and the apparent…
Bashir’s Government Forces Are Brutalizing Protesters In Sudan
Op-Ed by Joziah Thayer Late last month al-Bashir’s government began restricting access to popular social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter which have been used…
UAE Court Upholds 10-Year Sentence Of Ahmed Mansoor For Criticizing The Government On Social Media
By Joziah Thayer Last week the State Security Court in the United Arab Emirates upheld a 10-year jail sentence of human rights activist and poet…
How Times Have Changed: Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg Wins The 2018 Olof Palme Human Rights Prize—48 Years Later
By Catherine J. Frompovich An incredible, but late, distinction and well-placed honor has been awarded to one of the preeminent whistleblowers in history, the now-87-year-old…
Belgrade Protests Against Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić Escalate to Nationwide Demos
By Filip Stojanovski Mass protests against human rights violations by the government of Aleksandar Vučić have entered a fifth consecutive week, with thousands joining in from…
77,000 Jailed In Turkey Since The Failed Coup In 2016
By Joziah Thayer According to a report from Reuters, 100 Turkish soldiers were arrested in Turkey this week for their alleged ties to Fethullah Gulen…