Nils Melzer, UN special rapporteur on torture, said that the imprisonment of Chelsea Manning amounts to torture.

India says it will permit text messaging in Kashmir, but the internet will remain turned off.

Because of the communications shutdown since August, the outside world has no way of knowing how Kashmiris India has killed or imprisoned.

Ukraine has adopted a law to protect whistleblowers that report corruption to the government.

The bully's demonization of a US government employee for internally reporting the shakedown of Ukraine has made many government employees afraid to report corruption. I expect that was an intended result.

Anonymity and other protections for internal whistleblowers are always needed, because agencies — like companies — tend to punish whistleblowers.

No sane person in Australia can deny the danger of global heating after the continuing wildfires, but some right-wing politicians are still insane.

Indians are recognizing Dr Ambedkar as the symbol of resistance to theocratic oppression.