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Angola: No Letup in Crackdown on Cabinda Activists

(Johannesburg) – The Angolan government should immediately end its longstanding crackdown on political and human rights activists in the oil-rich province of Cabinda, Human Rights Watch said today. Since President João Lourenço took office in September 2017, Cabinda authorities have arbitrarily arrested and detained over 100 activists for engaging

Hearing Exposes 'Election Integrity Partnership' as Government Censorship Stooges

The Election Integrity Partnership (EIP), a consortium that played a critical role in censoring Americans during the 2020 and 2022 elections, took center stage in the House Homeland Security Committee’s hearing on the government’s “laundering” of censorship through NGOs and private entities. The Committee focused on efforts by

Mailchimp Censors Senator J.D. Vance's Press Release, Blames 'Error'

The press team for Sen.J.D.

Open Letter to Twitter’s Head of Trust & Safety (and Censorship)

The following is an open letter to Ella G.

Greece Stuck at Bottom of EU on Press Freedom

For the second year in a row, Greece came last among European Union countries in Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) 2023 World Press Freedom Index.

Human Rights Press Awards Announce 2023 Winners

(Bangkok) – Reporting on the fifth wave of Covid that engulfed Hong Kong, the Myanmar military’s abuses against the Rohingya, and human trafficking of African students by Taiwanese universities are among the winners of the 2023 Human Rights Press Awards, Human Rights Watch said today. The awards are administered by

Joint Statement: UAE Human Rights Record Ahead of COP28

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue their sustained assault on human rights and freedoms, including targeting human rights activists, enacting repressive laws, and using the criminal justice system as a tool to eliminate the human rights movement. These policies have led to the closure of civic space, severe

This Week in the New Normal #62

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. Ireland’s attack on Free speech Last November the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences)

BBC Musk

There is a whiff of desperation in the air and it is emanating from the BBC.

Speak Your Truth: Don’t Let the Government Criminalize Free Speech

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” George Washington What the police state wants is a silent, compliant, oblivious citizenry. What the First Amendment affirms is an engaged citizenry that speaks truth to power using whatever peaceful

Tech Giant Oracle Cuts Ties with Foreign Disinformation 'Experts' GDI

Oracle, an international technology giant known for its cloud and enterprise products, has cut ties with the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), the UK-based, State Department-funded group that advised advertisers to blacklist conservative media. In a statement to the Washington Examiner, which released GDI’s blacklist earlier this year, Oracle corporate

UN: More Groups Address ‘Antisemitism’ Issue

(New York) – More than 100 human rights and civil rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, are urging the United Nations to respect human rights in its efforts to combat antisemitism, Human Rights Watch said today. Over 40 additional organizations added their names to an update of an

Disaster Troll Propaganda

So-called conspiracy theories abound, especially among those who attack others by calling them conspiracy theorists.

A Twitter Files Requiem

And so the “Twitter Files” Limited Hangout has come to its inevitable, ignominious end.