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    Third meeting of the Policy Working Group in Jordan

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

    Ukrainska Pravda journalists receive menacing messages online after report on politician

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Paris, February 2, 2023 – Ukrainian authorities must conduct a swift and thorough investigation into recent online harassment faced...

    Pakistani journalist Imran Riaz Khan arrested for alleged hate speech

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). New York, February 2, 2023 – Pakistan authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Imran Riaz Khan and cease...

    Kyrgyz authorities order Kloop news outlet to take down article on alleged corruption

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Stockholm, February 2, 2023 – In response to news reports that Kyrgyzstan authorities ordered the independent news outlet Kloop...

    Spain: Rights experts call for probe into claim Catalan leaders were spied on

    “Spanish authorities must conduct a full, fair, and effective investigation into these allegations, publish the findings and stop any unlawful interference into the fundamental rights...

    Second meeting of the Policy Working Group in Jordan

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

    UN experts laud International Olympic Committee for considering admission of Russian, Belarusian athletes

    Against the backdrop of the ongoing and deadly Russian invasion of Ukraine, the experts urged the IOC to adopt a decision in that direction,...

    Fake medicines kill almost 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans a year: UNODC report

    A lack of access to healthcare and medicines has been fuelling a host of opportunists aimed at filling the gaps, the report Trafficking in Medical Products...

    OUTRAGED – Bashir Muhammad Ptah Akinyele on the beating and murder of Tyre Nichols

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Hotep dear family, I am outraged over the beating and murder of Tyre Nichols by self hating Black officers. The consequences of...

    CPJ and TrustLaw: Know your rights guide for journalists in Canada

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). CPJ Emergencies has been responding to the needs of journalists in Canada as they confront a range of challenges,...

    Taking on the symptom that is gun violence and the disease behind It

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous — We’ve had more mass shootings this year than we’ve had days this year. It’s sad to imagine that Half...

    African American Policy Forum Statement on Tyre Nichols

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) — The most important, indisputable fact for us to all acknowledge in this moment of...

    Staff Profile: Julianne DeGuardi

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). USCRI is excited to welcome Julianne DeGuardi as our new READY4Lify Program Coordinator at USCRI Vermont. “My favorite part of...

    CPJ, partners call for meeting with Kyrgyz president

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Sadyr JaparovPresident of KyrgyzstanPresidential Administration205 Chuy ProspectBishkek, Kyrgyzstan Sent via email                                                            Dear President Japarov, We, the undersigned international press freedom and human...

    IOM steps up support as Rohingya refugee numbers rise in Southeast Asia

    Almost 3,300 arrived in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand last year, the UN agency said, a roughly 290 per cent rise over the 850 people recorded...

    On 2-year anniversary of military coup, Myanmar’s junta must stop persecuting journalists

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Bangkok, February 1, 2023 — On the second anniversary of the military’s seizure of power in Myanmar, the Committee...

    Reporting team with Czech broadcaster ČT24 narrowly escapes shelling in Ukraine

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Paris, January 31, 2022 – Russian and Ukrainian authorities should swiftly investigate the recent shelling of a team of...

    Mali: Independent rights experts call for probe into Wagner Group’s alleged crimes

    The rights experts - who include the UN Working Group on Mercenaries - said that a “climate of terror and complete impunity” has surrounded...

    The Beating and Murder of Mr. Tyre Nichols, A Black Man

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Statement by Ronald E. Hampton, retired D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer, former Executive Director of the National Black Police Association and the...

    Afghanistan: Humanitarians await guidelines on women’s role in aid operations

    Representing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), they stressed that the world’s largest humanitarian operation – supporting some 28 million people in Afghanistan – simply...

    Albanian journalist Elvis Hila attacked over coverage of court case

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Berlin, January 30, 2023 — Albanian authorities must conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the recent attack on...

    Nigerian journalist Saviour Imukudo receives death threats over construction project reporting

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). On January 5, 2023, Saviour Imukudo, a regional reporter with the privately owned news website Premium Times, received death...

    Hate Speech: Turning the tide

    The rise and impact of hate speech is being amplified, at an unprecedented scale, by new communications technologies, one of the most common ways...

    How Sahrawis see the Western Sahara conflict

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In the current context, peace serves only Morocco’s interests, leaving it free to exploit our territory without cost or consequence. By Najla...