Human Rights Watch’s Ties to Saudi Billionaire Revealed

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Mar 3, 2020 The Intercept reports on discrepancies between the mission and actions of the organization — which has since returned a 2012 donation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Neoliberals Weaponized Human Rights to Justify Global Exploitation

Neve Gordon / Los Angeles Review of Books Feb 9, 2020 Jessica Whyte's new book exposes how NGOs defanged human rights from any truly emancipatory potential. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Travel Without Male Consent

AYA BATRAWY / The Associated Press Aug 2, 2019 They also are now allowed to be legal guardians of their children, a right previously held only by men. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Expands Fast-Track Deportation Authority Across U.S.

ELLIOT SPAGAT / The Associated Press Jul 22, 2019 The policy would apply to those in the U.S. illegally under two years; they might be deported without a hearing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Border Chief Abruptly Resigns Amid Public Outrage

NOMAAN MERCHANT / The Associated Press Jun 25, 2019 The agency has been under fire since it was revealed that migrant children have been living in squalor at a Texas detention center. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Latest Sign of Israel’s Creeping Fascism

Sharmini Peries / The Real News Network Apr 30, 2019 Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch, examines Jerusalem's decision to expel the organization from the country. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

World Court Judges Reject Afghanistan War Crimes Probe

MIKE CORDER / The Associated Press Apr 12, 2019 In a decision criticized as "deeply flawed," they cite the expected lack of cooperation from the U.S., Afghan authorities and the Taliban. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tunisian Children Pay for Jihadist Parents’ Sins

Hanene Zbiss / Truthdig Mar 18, 2019 About 200, most with their mothers, are locked in squalid camps and prisons in other countries, but Tunisia has refused to take them in. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Israel Is Not-So-Subtly Targeting Jeremy Corbyn

GREG WILPERT / The Real News Network Feb 26, 2019 Ava Winstanley of Electronic Intifada examines how the Netanyahu government silences critical voices in the United Kingdom and beyond. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Immigrant Hunger Strike Grows; ICE Detainee Details Force-Feeding

GARANCE BURKE and MARTHA MENDOZA / The Associated Press Feb 3, 2019 Authorities say there are now nine men being force-fed under court order in a detention center in El Paso, Texas. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Mainstream Media’s Disgraceful Saudi Revisionism

Adam Johnson / FAIR Oct 24, 2018 Pundits like to tell themselves that Gulf money has corrupted the U.S. In fact, its dealings are part of a much larger imperial project. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

From Venezuela to McCain, Big Media and Human Rights Industry in Lockstep

Joe Emersberger / FAIR Sep 2, 2018 By citing prominent rights groups that often express an imperial perspective, the corporate media seem to provide critical assessments that are independent of Western officialdom. Don’t buy it. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )