News Round-Up
24 April 2024
The problem with the United Nations' vision of 'human rights', as set out recently by the High Commissioner, is that it amounts to the right to do exactly what you're told and never vary from it, says Dr. David McGrogan.
Since the 1980s, modern states have become increasingly squeamish about infringing the 'human rights' of violent criminals, even at the expense of their own populations. Why is that, asks Dr David McGrogan.
Up to 12% of UNRWA staff – more than 1,400 UN aid agency employees – are associated with Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad, according to Israel's Defence Minister.
The WHO has overplayed its hand and support for its global technocratic ambitions is draining away, say Molly Kingsley and Ben Kingsley. Key deadlines are being missed as agreement on the Pandemic Treaty remains elusive.
Stonewall has been accused of "harassing" the female boss of Britain’s equalities watchdog with "vexatious complaints" to the UN over her stance on trans issues by a coalition of gender-critical groups.
Disturbing ties between the UN Relief Agency and Hamas are coming to light, with revelations surfacing about UNRWA employees supporting or participating in the October 7th massacre.
The WHO is not taking over, says Prof Bruce Pardy. Instead, the Pandemic Treaty will make it the "handmaiden for a coordinated global biomedical state". Its diktats may be 'binding' but they're not enforceable.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are the world creeping ever closer to all-out war, whether Trump should really have to pay $83m to E.J. Carrol and if it's possible to find love across the political divide.
A Lancet report on climate change and health has inadvertently revealed the devastating impact of climate policies on public health in developing countries, says public health expert Mikko Paunio.
Genocide has a very specific meaning in law, says Dr. David McGrogan. Bandying the word around and using it of the collateral damage from legitimate military objectives – however awful – lacks moral seriousness.
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