Market Mayhem in Uganda as COVID-19 Measures Upend Women’s Lives
By Sandra Aceng Check out Global Voices’ special coverage of the global impact of COVID-19. Uganda confirmed its first case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on March…
Human Rights
Media Watch: Groundbreaking UN Torture Report Shunned by Mainstream
By Janet Phelan The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, has issued a report which gives official acknowledgement—possibly for the first time—to aspects…
Alabama Executed a Man for Murder Even Though Someone Else Confessed
By John Vibes Alabama executed 44-year-old Nathaniel Woods Thursday evening despite another person having confessed to the crimes that Woods was charged with. That person…
Mother Asks Scotland, UK, Angelina Jolie, and Pope to Stop the “Hell” of Conflict Mineral Mining in the Congo
By B.N. Frank Metals required to operate common digital, electronic, and wireless devices are often referred to as “Conflict Minerals” because of well-known and widely…
Judge Orders Assange Held in Glass Box During Extradition Trial
By Kevin Gosztola Shadowproof — Defendants in the United States sit with their counsel. They are not held in a “secure dock” in a manner…
Assange’s Lawyer Says US Wanted to Kill WikiLeaks Founder and Make It Look Like an Accident
By Aaron Kesel Julian Assange’s lawyer claimed this week in court at his extradition hearing that the U.S. wanted to murder the WikiLeaks founder and…
Shadowy Watchlisting Council Has Control Over Your Legal Rights — And It Does Not Really Exist
By Janet Phelan By all commonly accepted standards, the Watchlisting Advisory Council (WLAC) does not exist. It has no physical offices, no employees and was…
America Must Understand China’s Global Vision
Op-Ed by Neenah Payne The coronavirus scare must not distract us from understanding the multiple challenges China poses to the world under President Xi Jinping….
Man Seeks Release From Prison 25 Years Into 60-Year Cannabis Sentence in a Legal State
By John Vibes For more than a year, cannabis has been legal in the state of Michigan and businesses across the state are making millions…
Parents Lose Battle Against Court to Keep Baby Alive on Life Support
By Matt Agorist Karwan Ali and Shokhan Namiq have been battling the courts for weeks after a High Court ruled that doctors could stop treating…
Gruesome Details Emerge of Israel’s Torture of Palestinian Prisoners
By Whitney Webb New allegations have surfaced claiming that Israel’s domestic intelligence agency, Shin Bet or Shabak, is engaged in the brutal torture of Palestinian detainees,…
Citizen Journalist Goes Missing After Reporting About Coronavirus From Wuhan
By John Vibes The recent death of Wuhan doctor turned whistleblower Li Wenliang sparked outrage across China and the rest of the world. Activists and…
The US Military Can Officially Litter the Earth With Landmines Again
By Andrea Germanos The Trump administration announced Friday that it was officially rolling back restrictions on the U.S. military’s ability to use landmines. “In case…
The State Of Democracy Is Declining Around The World
By Tyler Durden In the latest installment published today, Statista’s Katharina Buchholz notes that 22 countries in the world were rated as “full democracies,” including…