Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged the Kyrgyz authorities on Friday to release two cameramen who worked for Kloop, one of Kyrgyzstan’s last independent investigative news sources. RSF condemned what it called the Sadyr Japarov regime’s deliberate targeting of Kloop’s personnel. The two media professionals, Alexander Alexandrov and Zhoomart Duulatov, are still detained, and charged with [...]

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday attacked military and nuclear facilities in Iran, killing several top military leaders and nuclear scientists. The IDF confirmed on X that the chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the commander of Iran’s Emergency Command were killed during [...]

On Saturday, I joined the No Kings Day protest in Ardmore, an affluent suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  I was scared, but I had to go. “Action binds anxiety,” is a maxim in my daytime work.  The current political environment creates an ambient fear, like computer malware jamming wi-fi and wasting battery.  I needed to get [...]

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights Council (UNHRC) warned on Friday that the current regional instability in South Sudan could result in a “collapse” of the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement, which ended the second South Sudan Civil War. UNHRC said that the current coalescence of military and political unrest requires an urgent coordination of [...]

Two state lawmakers were shot Saturday morning in their homes in Minnesota, one fatally. Representative Melissa Hortman, Senator John Hoffman, and their spouses are said to be the victims of politically motivated violence. Hortman, former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and her husband Mark were killed in the attack on their home. Images [...]

Amnesty International on Friday said that the Nigerian government’s pardon for the Ogoni Nine falls “far short of real justice.” The human rights group published the statement in response to the government’s decision on Wednesday to exonerate the Nine. The Ogoni Nine were a group of environmental activists who heavily criticized the oil company Shell [...]

UN human rights experts on Friday called on the Tanzanian government to immediately cease the use of enforced disappearances. They expressed grave concern over a growing pattern of violence, repression, and abuse in Tanzania targeting opposition members, youth leaders and human rights advocates. In Friday’s call to action, the experts “urge Tanzanian authorities to stop [...]

On the first anniversary of her sentencing, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) issued a renewed call for Chinese journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin’s immediate release. Huang, whose work helped ignite China’s #MeToo movement, was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of inciting “subversion of state power.” RSF condemned the verdict as arbitrary and politically motivated, [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on the California Attorney General Rob Bonta Thursday to put an end to and investigate police violence against journalists covering the recent Los Angeles protests against President Donald Trump’s mass deportation raids. RSF requested Bonta halt the police violence by filing “a civil lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order against [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called for the G7 leaders to denounce and sanction Israeli officials for recent actions in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. The call came days ahead of the G7 summit to be held in Kananaskis, Canada. The HRW letter called on leaders to use the summit to [...]