By Adam Larson. A Meaningful Report from Independent Experts? On September 6, the latest report of the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (hereafter CoI) was released for public review. [1] First circulated on August 8, the report focuses on many incidents in Syria over the reporting period (March 1 […]
That September 11, when U.S. decided yet another regime-change. My personal testimony
By Marcello Ferrada de Noli. Today, 11 of September, we sadly commemorate a new anniversary of the U.S. backed military coup that deposed and killed the democratic elected Chilean President Salvador Allende, with the purpose of changing a democratic regime and install the fascist rule of General Augusto Pinochet. We also pay homage in this […]
Climate Change: SOS for Humanity’s Survival
By Gilbert Mercier, Associate Editor at The Indicter Magazine. Unless one lives in the alternate reality of religious beliefs, it has become impossible to deny and ignore a simple fact: very soon, perhaps within only two decades, humans will join the crowded groups of endangered species. While polar bears, lions, and elephants are solely the […]
Extraordinary renditions and arbitrary detentions
By Professor Marcello Ferrada de Noli, Chair, Swedish Professors & Doctors for Human Rights. Image above, from The New Yorker article by Jane Mayer, “Outsourcing Torture“ As a legalized concept of international acceptance, Human Rights is considered a ’modern’ instrument, brought by the United Nations in 1948 after the ‘horrors of the Second World War’. […]
From Watergate to Russiagate: the Hidden Scandal of American Power
By Nozomi Hayase, Ph.D. Member of The Indicter Editorial Board. Click on image above for video Political corruption often leads to a constitutional crisis. The Watergate scandal that took down Richard Nixon shook up American politics. Over four decades later, we are now seeing another scandal associated with campaign officials. Dubbed “Russiagate”, a liberal media […]
Petition To OAS: Sirhan wrongfully convicted in 1968 RFKennedy Murder
By Andrew Kreig, J.D., M.S.L., attorney and journalist. Director of JIP, Member of the Editorial Board, and Associate Editor of The Indicter Magazine. Historic petition to OAS seeks retrial or hearing. Famed attorney, noted author, and human rights advocate Dr. William F. Pepper announced July 17 that he is filing a petition to the […]
Welcome to Hell for Capitalists Who Wreck and Exploit
By Gilbert Mercier, Associate Editor at The Indicter Magazine. Anti-capitalist and anti-globalist protesters, by the thousands, have greeted world leaders and their entourage in Hamburg, Germany, for the G20 summit. About 15,000 demonstrated on Thursday, July 6, 2017, and the riot police cracked down on them with water cannons set on armored vehicles. The local police […]
On the mainstream media coverage of nuclear war risks and nuclear abolition
By Professor Jan Oberg PhD. You’re probably an avid consumer of news and reports in one or more daily media – local, national or global. You want to be well-informed and say interesting things when you meet friends and colleagues. And you certainly don’t want to find out that you’ve been taken for a ride […]
Prisoners exchange in the Ukraine. Conflict is a human rights issue
By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, PhD. Chair, Swedish Professors and Doctors for Human Rights –SWEDHR. Ukraine and the Democratic Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk should pursue a prompt solution for the prisoners exchange. From an international legislation perspective, the exchange of prisoners should not be viewed as an issue of war-behaviour primarily focused on […]
Saudi Arabia vs Qatar: Middle East Controlled-Demolition Plan?
By Gilbert Mercier, Associate Editor at The Indicter Magazine There is trouble in oil paradise. It seems that all the elements of an already explosive geopolitical concoction are getting vigorously stirred. The palace coup in Saudi Arabia, conducted by King Salman’s own son, Prince Mohammad bin Salman, on June 21, 2017, should be understood as the […]