Indonesia’s military says that it has arrested 13 soldiers after the emergence of a video showing the torture of a man believed to be a member of a Papuan separatist group. The video, which has been doing the rounds on social media since last month, shows men kicking, beating, and dunking a man in a … Read more
Advertisement A group of Indonesian villagers who sued oil and gas giant ExxonMobil for alleged human rights abuses have finally settled their case, 22 years after it was filed by a Washington, D.C.-based lawyer, Terrence Collingsworth. “Resolving the case on favorable terms after over 22 years of litigation is amazing for the plaintiffs, who now … Read more
Advertisement When is a watch not just a device strapped to one’s wrist designed to tell the time? Apparently when it bears “LGBT connotations,” according to the Malaysian authorities, who raided 11 outlets of the Swiss watchmaker Swatch in the country and seized over 160 watches worth approximately $14,000, purportedly because they featured LGBTQ imagery … Read more