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    Malawi police seize equipment from journalists amid ‘fake’ Facebook page investigation

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). On February 13, officers from Malawi’s Digital Forensics and Cybercrime Investigations department seized cell phones and laptops from 14...

    Comprehensive Reparations for Black America Primer

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). What are Comprehensive Reparations? The National African American Reparations Commission supports Comprehensive Reparations for Black America. Comprehensive reparations are expansive and focus...

    Gaza: Kaag working closely with partners on new maritime aid lifeline

    In a joint statement released on Friday, the Commission, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and the United Kingdom announced their intent...

    World News in Brief: Rights violations in Iran, Haiti chaos grows, prison reform in...

    The report to the Human Rights Council said violations and crimes under international law committed in the protests sparked by the death of Jina...

    Russia holding Crimean journalists Rustem Osmanov and Aziz Azizov for 2 months on terror...

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). New York, March 8, 2024—Russian authorities in Crimea must drop all charges against journalists Rustem Osmanov and Aziz Azizov,...

    CPJ, media leaders demand UK police act on online abuse of women journalists

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Berlin, March 8, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists and more than 100 journalists and media leaders sent an open...

    Whales Are Dying and the Fossil Fuel Industry is Lying

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous — Whoever would have thought fossil fuel industry front groups would make whales and other marine species a...

    Condé Nast joins CPJ to defend free press

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). CPJ to be featured in materials for attendees of the annual Vanity Fair Oscar Party New York, March 7, 2024—Global...

    Women at the UN: Everything you need to know about #CSW68

    Here is a brief five-point guide to this high-profile UN event. 1. Pushing for action for eight decades The work of the Commission began in 1946,...

    CPJ signs joint statement expressing concern over injunction in favor of alleged murderers of...

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). CPJ joined six Brazilian press freedom and advocacy organizations in a joint statement expressing concern about the Superior Court...

    Mozambican authorities accuse journalists of colluding with ‘terrorists’

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). New York, March 7, 2024—Senior officials in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province must withdraw comments accusing journalists of colluding...

    Black Caucus slowly bends arc of justice

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Legislators lay out 2024 reparation package, with more in years to come. By Robert J. Hansen, Observer — California’s Legislative Black Caucus on...

    Russian journalist Roman Ivanov sentenced to 7 years for ‘fake news’ about army

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). New York, March 7, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists on Thursday condemned the seven-year sentence issued to journalist Roman...

    India elections 2024: Journalist safety guide

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In 2024, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is seeking re-election for a third consecutive five-year term. The upcoming...

    U.K. Prime Minister calls plan for two Black audiences-only shows “divisive”

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Written by actor and playwright Jeremy O. Harris, the London version of the play, which also offered “Black Out” performances on...

    Rising child fatalities in Gaza amid starvation and medical shortages

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Amidst the rubble of conflict, Gaza’s youngest bear the brunt of an escalating humanitarian crisis, with malnutrition and lack of medical...

    Productivity measurement and analysis: A guidance note

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).

    Is a gang-led coup next?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Haiti is in chaos after a massive prison break and gangs calling for the resignation of its prime minister. How did...

    CPJ condemns killing of Sudanese journalist Khalid Balal in Darfur

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). New York, March 6, 2024—The Committee to Protect journalists calls on Sudanese authorities to investigate and hold to account...

    News outlets express solidarity with journalists in Gaza

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). New York, February 29, 2024—Leaders of more than 100 news organizations across the world, including the Associated Press, Agence...

    CPJ, Amnesty International report finds systemic flaws in Mexico’s journalist protections

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). A new joint report by the Committee to Protect Journalists and Amnesty International found that Mexico’s Federal Mechanism for...

    Let Them Eat Flakes: Inflation, Nutrition and Reality

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Julianne Malveaux — Remember the parable of the blind men and the elephant? As each approached an elephant and tried to...

    Mexico: Killings of journalists under state protection show urgent need to strengthen federal mechanism

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). New York, March 6, 2024—Eight journalists have been killed while enrolled in Mexico’s Mechanism for the Protection of Human...

    How a new policy tool can finally help bring about change

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In the...