USCRI welcomes decision to extend and redesignate TPS for Burma
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The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) welcomes today’s decision by the Biden administration to extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status...
Zimbabwean minister bans 2 journalists from covering government events
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Lusaka, March 5, 2024—The minister of state for Zimbabwe’s Midlands Province must immediately rescind an order barring journalists Sydney...
Black Freedom Struggle, Black Activism, Haiti Crisis, Reparations
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Dr. Ron Daniels on His Lifetime Commitment to the Black Freedom Struggle, Critique of Black Activism, the Crisis in Haiti and...
North Macedonia police arrest journalist Furkan Saliu at soccer match
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Berlin, April 11, 2024—North Macedonia authorities should conduct a swift, thorough, and transparent investigation into riot police’s arrest of...
The leader of Papua New Guinea criticizes Biden’s ‘Cannibals’ comment.
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Twice last week, President Biden suggested without evidence that his uncle had been eaten by cannibals there after his plane went...
Ukraine: Civilians killed and injured as attacks on power and rail systems intensify
Since 22 March, Ukraine’s energy infrastructure sustained four waves of attacks that killed six people, injured at least 45 and struck at least 20...
CPJ calls for Israel to release journalists detained during Al-Shifa hospital raid
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Beirut, March 22, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Israeli authorities to immediately and unconditionally release the journalists...
Michelle Austin Pamies and Courageous Women Resolving Crisis in Haiti
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March 25, 2024Women’s History Month Edition of Vantage Point
On this Women’s History Month edition of Vantage...
The MAGA enemies list is growing, and so are the odds that you’re on...
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By Svante Myrick, The Hill —
As the Republican primaries slog toward the climax of a likely Trump nomination, I can’t help thinking...
Haitian journalist Lucien Jura kidnapped as violence escalates in capital
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Miami, March 20, 2024—The kidnappers of journalist Lucien Jura should release him immediately and not hold journalists as pawns,...
Rare rebuke for Chinese police who harassed state journalists covering gas explosion
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Police blocked and harassed reporters from the state-owned broadcaster CCTV at the site of a fatal gas explosion in...
World News in Brief: Rights chief dismay over Uganda anti-LGBT law, Haiti update, aid...
In a statement, Volker Türk urged authorities in Kampala to repeal it in its entirety, together with other discriminatory legislation passed into law by...
Wake Up, Black Voters. Don’t Let Trump’s Lies Fool You
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Some recent polls surprisingly showed that if the presidential election was held today, 17% of Black voters say they would vote...
Democratic governors holding the line to protect Black history and books
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“Those who do not learn their past will never know their power,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told theGrio. “It’s why we...
Gaza journalist Diaa Al-Kahlout describes 33 harrowing days in Israeli custody
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Diaa Al-Kahlout, the veteran Gaza bureau chief for the Qatari-funded London-based newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, had been covering the Israel-Gaza...
Is Black political power important to Democrats?
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By Dayvon Love, Afro News —
People who are familiar with the work of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) are used...
Argentine journalist gets death threats after reporting on illegal medication sales
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São Paulo, April 12, 2024—Argentine authorities must thoroughly investigate the death threats received by journalist Julio Ernesto López on...
Indian journalist Ashutosh Negi arrested for reporting on murder investigation
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New Delhi, March 14, 2024—Indian authorities must drop the charges against journalist Ashutosh Negi, who was arrested in connection...
ILO submits dossier related to the right to strike dispute to the International Court...
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Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan re-arrested hours after arriving home from jail
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New York, March 4, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday expressed alarm over the re-arrest of Kashmiri journalist...
CPJ calls for release of Turkish journalists Esra Solin Dal, Mehmet Aslan, and Erdoğan...
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The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 26 press freedom and human rights organizations in a Friday statement condemning the...
Hungry for data: Tackling food insecurity in rural Indonesia
“I was not aware that vegetables were that important or how to grow them,” said the 25-year-old farmer from Idas in West Kalimantan on...
San Francisco apologizes to Black residents for decades of racist policies
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By Janie Har, AP —
Supervisors in San Francisco formally apologized Tuesday to African Americans and their descendants for the city’s role...
