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Defending human rights? You could be next to disappear UN experts have warned of escalating enforced disappearances and growing persecution of human rights defenders. Addressing the General […]

Did Jesus exist? Methods and bias Whether Jesus of Nazareth existed often looks like a simple question with a simple answer. Christians may see his existence as […]

Does AI undermine human rights? An AI system does not need to sound hateful to produce an answer that undermines human rights. It can speak calmly about efficiency, […]

Married in Austria, rejected in Slovakia Ivan Novotný and Metod Špaček married in Austria in 2020. Six years later, Slovakia still refuses to register their marriage. The tw […]

NHS trans ward rules promise privacy—but risk exposing patients An internal NHS England assessment has warned that its new policy on hospital accommodation could discourage transgender people from […]

Hundreds arrested as Senegal’s LGBTQ+ community goes into hiding Hundreds of people have faced arrest in Senegal as an escalating crackdown drives LGBTQ+ people out of public life. Human Rights Watch […]

Botswana could become Africa’s second marriage-equality country Two women in Botswana want to marry. To obtain the recognition that heterosexual couples can take for granted, they have had to take […]

America lectures. Its Saudi ally could execute a man for alleged offenses committed as a teenager Washington has plenty to teach the world about human rights. Its Saudi ally apparently has other priorities. Youssef al-Manasif faces […]

A comedy scene on television. A blasphemy case on TikTok A comedy film can air on Egyptian television, yet young Christians who recreate one of its scenes can face blasphemy accusations. Six […]

From Volunteers to a Law: How Hisbah Became a State Institution, and the Question Nobody Has Answered On 30 May 2003, approximately twenty Hisbah personnel entered a private wedding reception in Kano. Declaring the event an “immoral […]

America won’t confront Iran’s execution machine. It loves its own too much Iran’s execution machine operates on a scale that should provoke relentless international condemnation. Yet Washington’s own att […]

A veteran wants migrant boats shot at. The applause is chilling At 92, Major-General Julian Thompson has lived through war and commanded men in combat. Yet the former Falklands commander has now […]

Women win fewer Nobels—but does that prove discrimination? Women remain a small minority of Nobel laureates. However, that imbalance alone cannot establish discrimination. Researchers must also […]

From ₦1,049 to ₦1,400: The Rising Cost of Living and the Crisis of Governance in Nigeria In December 2025, the average pump price of petrol in Nigeria stood at approximately ₦1,049 per litre. Ten months later, s […]

Rights groups: Turkey censors LGBT voices—and X complies Human rights organizations say Turkey is silencing LGBT advocates and independent journalists online—and X is enforcing much of the c […]

Milk has more safety rules than AI, Microsoft president warns A carton of milk must meet safety standards. According to Microsoft president Brad Smith, artificial intelligence faces fewer […]

The best Olympic host ever: 10 years in jail for being gay Welcome to Senegal. Come for the Youth Olympics, celebrate human dignity, and try not to notice the persecution of LGBT people. As the […]

Are we torturing more people than ever before? Electric shocks, rape, simulated drowning, mock executions and beatings. We associate torture with medieval dungeons and brutal […]

Britain’s Christian nationalism, empty churches A person can defend a Christian nation without spending much time in church. New research from Theos highlights that distinction in […]

Einstein’s belief in Jesus? “Unquestionably” Actually, questionably Albert Einstein accepted the historical existence of Jesus. When interviewer George Sylvester Viereck asked him directly in 1929, […]