Questions raised about why Africa’s last colony – Western Sahara – is deprived of UN human rights monitoring
Western Sahara is the territory in northwest Africa bordered by Morocco in the north, Algeria and Mauritania in the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. A former Spanish colony, it’s listed by the United Nations as one of only 17 territories that remain without self-government. Since becoming independent...
Guantanamo: While Trump vowed ‘we gonna load it up with some bad dudes’ there’s slim hope Biden will close it
All told, although President Barack Obama’s administration poured far more energy into the effort to close Gitmo than his predecessor George W. Bush’s administration had, Obama failed during his terms in office to do so. In his last year, Obama continued to push hard with the rallying cry, “Let’s go...
Guantanamo Bay: Will America’s forever prison finally close on President Joe Biden’s watch?
As of December 8, 2022, Guantánamo Bay detention facility – a prison offshore of American justice and built for those detained in this country’s never-ending Global War on Terror – has been open for nearly 21 years (or, to be precise, 7,627 days). Thirteen years ago, I published a book,...
Why despite having world’s oldest and most-at-risk population, Japan has lowest Covid incidence
Through six waves of Covid-19 in Japan, the number of cases and deaths per capita has been significantly lower than in other G7 countries. This is despite having the world’s oldest population, and being densely packed. Yes, Japan has high vaccination rates, especially for older people, and masking is common....
Iranian rights matter: Or since the World Cup is over, the world has moved on and Tehran tyranny must reign?
It’s two weeks since Lionel Messi lifted the World Cup and a month since Iran – aka Team Melli – left Qatar after losing to the USA in their final group match. In the context of the continuing disaster in Iranian society and politics, the World Cup is an irrelevance....
Climate change is an ‘attractive’ problem that exposes societies to the siren song of technology pushers
The world is under growing pressure to find sustainable options to cut emissions or lessen the impacts of climate change. Technology entrepreneurs from around the globe claim to have the solutions – not just yet, but soon. The biotech sector in particular is now using climate change as an urgent...
Messi: The little lion Argentina hopes will unleash his ferocity on France and win the World Cup
Lionel Messi is desperate to win this World Cup – and as Argentinians, we all desperately want that, too. It has been amazing to watch his performances, his celebrations, the passion he is showing on the pitch. How he performed against Croatia in the semi-final on Tuesday was incredible. For...
America’s a house built on dynamite, so it has to deal with radicalisation if it’s going to function politically
All across the country, there are signs of a more radicalised American populace. It’s become impossible to ignore over the past few years. The US has witnessed an insurrection, the rise of QAnon, increasing anti-Semitism, attacks on the LGBTQ community, and more. While radicalism has risen to some degree in...
There’re no laws of nature, what we’ve are consistent maths theories that seem to match parts of nature
I was recently reading an old article by string theorist Robbert Dijkgraaf in Quanta Magazine entitled There are no laws of physics. You might think it a bit odd for a physicist to argue that there are no laws of physics but I agree with him. In fact, not only...
Covid fraud: Evidence from death certificates in Massachusetts suggest vaccines may have killed more people
Death certificates in Massachusetts, US, suggest high mortality may have been caused by Covid vaccines In this article, I highlight the work of independent investigator John Beaudoin Sr, who analysed nearly seven years of Massachusetts death certificates he obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Beaudoin’s findings demonstrate...
