Western World

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged Pope Francis to encourage world leaders, especially Christian governments, to stop Israeli atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon and help establish a ceasefire.

After Ghislaine Maxwell’s Insultingly Low Sentence, Lawyers Demand FBI Go After Epstein’s Clients

On Tuesday, as TFTP predicted, Ghislaine Maxwell was handed down a sentence that was 30 years less than prosecutors were asking. Thanks to U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan — who has been granting Maxwell special treatment throughout her prosecution ...

Gharibabadi called on UN to pursue Hamid Nouri's case

In a letter addressed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Vice-President of the Judiciary for International Affairs and the Secretary of the Islamic Republic of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, asked for follow-up and r...

Amnesty slams global ‘silence’ on situation in Palestinian territories

Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Raji Sourani, described the disavowal of the lived reality of Palestinians by European states as something he could not get his head around.

Kaitlyn Schwan says the city’s approach may be a violation of human rights

In the summer of 2021, tents started popping up in Sudbury's Memorial Park, a small, square lot of green space in the city's downtown core.

Native American boarding school survivors tell of abuses

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Saturday met with elderly survivors of Native American boarding schools, her first stop on a year-long tour to hear first-hand accounts of widespread abuses committed at those institutions.

It is Now Illegal to Film Near Police Officers in Arizona

Frequent readers of the Free Thought Project know that filming the cops is not a crime. Despite this being a widely known provision — held up with multiple court precedents — cops continue to violate the First Amendment protected right of citizens to...

Utah Ritualized Sexual Abuse Investigation: The Mormon Church and Child Sexual Abuse

As the public waits for updates on the Utah County Sheriff’s Office investigation into “ritualized child sexual abuse”, we take a deep dive into the history of the allegations which involve The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

New Documents: US-Trained Special Forces Involved In Drug Trafficking

Documents released on June 9, 2022 by U.S. court mention that the former Honduran special police force, the COBRAS, worked with ‘Los Grillos’ criminal gang involved in drug trafficking and assassinations.

‘Disgrace’ for Sweden's human rights as Nouri barred from meeting family, held in solitary for 32 months

Iran’s top human rights official has condemned Sweden’s violation of basic human rights with regard to illegally-detained former Iranian official Hamid Nouri as he has been held in solitary confinement for nearly three years and barred fr...

USAHumanRights; 60 bullets for fleeing a traffic sign!

The US trumpets human rights but in terms of sending 60 bullets as a ticket to an American citizen just for fleeing a traffic sign.