By Kenan Malik * The Observer The government is trying to hide its own views of Rwanda. But the problem with the plan goes deeper ‘There are state control, security, surveillance structures from the national level down… Political opposition is not tolerated and arbitrary…
On the occasion of the 77th Nagasaki Peace Ceremony – Fumiyasu Akegawa, Chair & CEO DEVNET International/Japan Yoshida, captain of Japan’s national soccer team and a native of Nagasaki, uploaded a photo of Nagasaki 77 years ago and Nagasaki today on his Instagram…
Carden* – Globetrotter/ Independent Media Institute The principal American and Russian diplomats, Antony Blinken and Sergei Lavrov, have spoken precisely once since Russia launched its illegal invasion of Ukraine in February. In a phone call on July 29, the two diplomats…
Khaleda Rahman – Senior Reporter, Newsweek President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia emboldened the kingdom’s leader to escalate his crackdown on dissidents, Saudi activists have said. Lina al-Hathloul and Abdullah Alaoudh, whose family members have been detained in Saudi…
Peter Beaumont and agencies – The Guardian Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says world ignoring disaster being inflicted on 6 million people by Ethiopian government The head of the World Health Organization has returned to his suggestion that racism may be driving the lack of…
Kelly Denton-Borhaug* – TomDispatch On Truth-telling, Confession and First-Class Lies Recent episodes of purposeful and accidental truth-telling brought to my mind the latest verbal lapse by George W. Bush, the president who hustled this country into war in Afghanistan and Iraq…
By Walden Bello* On August 8, 2022, officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrived at my residence at 62 Moncado Street, BF Homes, Quezon City, to arrest me on charges of two counts of cyberlibel. The arrest was made shortly before 5 pm, which made it…
by Cecilia Capanna* – MONUSCO (UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC) Nobody talks about the failure of the UN There are some facts happening in the world that are extremely serious, but very few media talk about them. Few weeks ago, for example, shocking news from the…
By Katrina vanden Heuvel* – Globetrotter/ The Nation As China unleashed live-fire military exercises off the coast of Taiwan, simulating a real “reunification by force” operation in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ceremonial visit to the island last week, the bipartisan…
By Juliet Morrison United Nations, Aug 16 2022 (IPS) – While refugees globally face insecurity and uncertainty, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights that they also face poorer health outcomes. The World report on the health of refugees and migrants, published…
