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| 18.09.2024 | Shining a light on spyware -- how to keep high-risk individuals safe | With elections across the world, there is a tremendous amount of attention placed on the threat posed by AI and digital misinformation. However, one threat we need to have more focus on is spyware.
Spyware has already been used by nation st... |
| 16.09.2024 | Iran two years after Mahsa Amini: Persecution and defiance | PARIS: Persecution of bereaved relatives. Impunity for perpetrators. Rampant executions and infighting among the opposition.
A bleak picture confronts opponents of Iran's clerical authorities two years after a protest movement erupted that ... |
| 11.09.2024 | (Video) Iran: Kenneth Lewis Calls for International Accountability Following Landmark Hamid Noury Trial | In his speech addressing an international conference on August 24, Kenneth Lewis, the lawyer representing members of the (PMOI) in the Swedish trial of Hamid Noury, detailed the legal complexities and significant outcomes of this landmark c... |
| 06.09.2024 | The Dance of Diplomacy: Putin's Strategic Moves Amidst International Tensions | In the world of geopolitics, every move is a calculated step in a complex dance. Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken center stage, performing a series of maneuvers that raise eyebrows and spark debate. His recent visit to M... |
| 06.09.2024 | Commentary: To hold Big Tech accountable, focus on the harms | TOKYO: In July, a popular TikTok creator in Malaysia reported to local police that she was being tormented on the platform by users threatening to rape and kill her. A day later, Rajeswary Appahu, better known online as Esha, died by suicid... |
| 04.09.2024 | Mongolia's Balancing Act: Hosting a Pariah Amidst Global Tensions | In a world where geopolitics often resembles a high-stakes chess game, Mongolia finds itself at the center of a controversial move. Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent visit to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, has drawn sharp cri... |
| 04.09.2024 | Global Leaders and Civic Courage Congratulate the People of Bangladesh and Its Interim Government & Pledge Support | WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a letter to the people of Bangladesh and citizens of goodwill around the world, 197 global leaders including 92 Nobel Laureates wished Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Adviser to the Interim Government ... |
| 03.09.2024 | Putin meets Mongolian president under cloud of war crimes accusations | ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia: Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Mongolian counterpart in Ulaanbaatar on Tuesday (Sep 3), his first visit to an International Criminal Court (ICC) member since it issued a warrant for his arrest last year.
Put... |
| 02.09.2024 | Russia's Putin arrives in ICC member Mongolia | ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Mongolia on Monday (Sep 2), his first visit to a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since the court issued an arrest warrant for him last year.
Russian state t... |
| 30.08.2024 | Israel says Islamic Jihad commander killed in gun battle at West Bank mosque | JERUSALEM/JENIN, West Bank: Israeli troops killed a local commander of the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad movement in the West Bank and four other militants on Thursday (Aug 29) in a gunbattle during one of the largest assaults in the Israeli... |
| 12.08.2024 | Pakistan and the Middle East’s evolving approach to Afghanistan | With the third anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan approaching, the plight of ordinary Afghans is by no means over. Throughout its history, the strategic location of this landlocked country has proven to be more of a curse ... |
| 08.08.2024 | Did Sanctioning Tornado Cash Work?
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| 03.08.2024 | The Olympics and the Price of Security: A Double-Edged Sword | The 2024 Paris Olympics is set to be a grand spectacle, a celebration of athletic prowess and international unity. Yet, beneath the surface of this global event lies a darker narrative: the pervasive shadow of surveillance. As athletes and ... |
| 03.08.2024 | Hijab compromise fails to quell France's discrimination debate | PARIS: Days before the Paris Olympics began, French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla was stuck in a row with her government over the right to wear a hijab at the opening ceremony.
But after a last-gasp compromise was found - in the shape of a navy ... |
| 03.08.2024 | Nigeria Police claim only Seven deaths, 34 injuries, 681 arrests made; refute Amnesty’s claims | The Nigeria Police Force has issued a rebuttal to Amnesty International, which claimed that thirteen individuals had died during the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests and alleged that security forces used lethal tactics and firearms agains... |
| 02.08.2024 | GREECE: NGOs Renew Criticism of Conditions in Greek Centres ― FRA Accuses Greece of Failing to Investigate ‘Ill-Treatment’ of People Trying to Cross Greece-Türkiye Border ― NGOs Object to ‘Overly Posi... | Amnesty International and Mobile Info Team and Refugee Legal Support have published damning reports on ‘closed controlled access centres’ (CCACs) in Greece. A new report by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) into alleged ill-treatme... |
| 01.08.2024 | Russia frees US reporter Evan Gershkovich in major prisoner swap with West | WASHINGTON: Imprisoned United States journalist Evan Gershkovich and a Russian intelligence colonel jailed for the Berlin murder of a fugitive Chechen were among 24 people freed Thursday in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold... |
| 31.07.2024 | AI Mass Surveillance At The Olympics Is A Privacy Nightmare | The 2024 Paris Olympics is drawing the eyes of the world as thousands of athletes and support personnel and hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the globe converge in France. It’s not just the eyes of the world that will be watchin... |
| 26.07.2024 | China’s humanitarian role: Insights from the Syrian refugee crisis | In April 2023, China’s International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) published the first issue of a series devoted to the country’s international development cooperation practices, focused on emergency humanitarian assistance. The re... |
| 25.07.2024 | (Video) UN Special Rapporteur Calls for International Investigation into Iranian Regime’s Atrocity Crimes and Genocide | Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, has issued a final, comprehensive report calling for an international mechanism to investigate and prosecute those responsible for “atrocity crimes” committe... |
| 19.07.2024 | ITALY: NGO Condemns Abuse of Migration-related Detention and ‘Punitive Conditions’ in Detention Centres ― Another Search and Rescue Ship Detained for Changing Port of Debarkation ― Judge Frees Search ... | Amnesty International has issued a statement in which it denounces the abuse of migration-related detention and conditions in detention centres that it claims deprive people of liberty and dignity. The NGO search and rescue ship the MV Loui... |
| 11.07.2024 | Apple Issues Spyware Attack Warnings to iPhone Users in 98 Countries | By Jace Dela Cruz
Published Jul 11, 2024 8:45AM EDT
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| 11.07.2024 | Apple предупредила пользователей iPhone из 98 стран о потенциальных шпионских атаках | Apple предупредила пользователей iPhone из 98 стран о потенциальных шпионских атаках. Это уже второе подобное уведомление владельцев гаджетов Apple за текущий год.
С 2021 года Apple регулярно отправляет предупреждения о рисках кибербезопасн... |
| 08.07.2024 | India's lawyers, activists protest against new criminal laws | NEW DELHI: Indian lawyers and activists are urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to put on hold three sets of new criminal laws, arguing they will increase litigation in an already overburdened justice system and give excessive ... |
| 05.07.2024 | Global FDI decrease to $1.3 trillion in 2023, Africa’s share just $53 billion | Africa and Nigeria saw mixed outcomes in 2023 amid a slight global decline in foreign direct investment (FDI).
Africa’s FDI inflows dropped by 3% to $53 billion, while Nigeria and other African countries experienced a varied landscape of in... |
| 03.07.2024 | India: IPI calls for renewed commitment to press freedom | IPI urges PM Narendra Modi to honour his commitment to freedom of the press
India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Narendra Modi (R) takes the oath as India's Prime Minister during the swearing-in ceremony at the presidential palace i... |
| 28.06.2024 | EU EASTERN BORDERS: Finland’s Controversial Migration Law Moves Closer to Adoption Amid Civil Society and United Nations Concerns ― Hungary Receives € 200 Million Fine from EU Court over Migration Pol... | Finland’s emergency migration law has moved a step closer to adoption following its approval by a parliamentary committee on 18 June. The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has fined Hungary € 200 million for failing to comply with a Decembe... |
| 28.06.2024 | EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: EU Denies Complicity in Dumping Black Migrants in North African Desert ― Human Rights Organisations Call for Human Rights Benchmarks for Egypt Amid Reports of Forced Returns of S... | The European Commissioner for Home Affairs has denied being aware of human rights abuses and so-called “desert dumps” carried out in the EU’s migration partner countries in North Africa. Human rights organisations have written to the Europe... |
| 25.06.2024 | Protests over Kenya tax hike proposal reportedly turn deadly in Nairobi | Johannesburg — There was chaos outside the Parliament of Kenya on Tuesday as police opened fire with live ammunition and tear gas at young protesters amid demonstrations against proposed tax hikes. Protesters overwhelmed police and managed ... |
| 25.06.2024 | Ассанж на свободе | 24 июня 2024 года Высокий суд Лондона освободил Джулиана Ассанжа под залог. После этого создатель Wikileaks сразу улетел в Австралию. Ассанж провёл в тюрьме строгого режима Белмарш в Великобритании 1901 день и теперь вышел на свободу. В Wik... |
| 24.06.2024 | Infamous hangman-turned-TikTok star dies in Bangladesh year after being released from prison | Bangladesh's deadliest executioner died Monday a year after he was released from prison where he hanged some of the country's notorious serial killers, opposition politicians convicted of war crimes, and coup plotters, police said.
Since he... |
| 20.06.2024 | (Video) Iran: Global outrage over the release of convicted criminal Hamid Noury | The release of Hamid Noury, one of the executioners of the 1988 massacre, from a Swedish prison is as reprehensible and contrary to recognized human rights and international humanitarian principles as it is indefensible with any excuse or l... |
| 14.06.2024 | MEDITERRANEAN: New Calls for Safe and Legal Pathways after NGO Retrieves 12 Bodies from Sea ― Search and Rescue NGO Wins Court Case Against Italian Authorities ― Greek Authorities Issue Arrest Warrant... | The search and rescue (SAR) NGO Médecins Sans Frontières Sea (MSF Sea) has renewed its calls for safe and legal pathways after it recovered the bodies of 12 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. The Sea-Eye SAR NGO has... |
| 13.06.2024 | El Salvador authorities burn 2.7-ton pile of cocaine amid crackdown on gangs and drug trafficking | Authorities in El Salvador burned a 2.7-ton pile of cocaine worth an estimated $67.5 million. Salvadoran police released images and video this week of the huge pile of drugs being burned in the town of Ilopango, east of the capital San Salv... |
| 06.06.2024 | Amnesty urges FIFA to assess human rights risks before awarding World Cups | FIFA and countries bidding to host the 2030 and 2034 World Cups should agree to binding commitments and legal reforms to prevent human rights violations connected to the tournament, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
In October, socce... |
| 05.06.2024 | Education Cannot Wait's New Climate Champion Adenike Oladosu Calls on World Leaders to Act #RightHereRightNow to Connect Climate Action with Education Action on World Environment Day | 'The interconnected challenges of armed conflicts, forced displacement, environmental degradation and climate change are putting an entire generation at risk. To address the growing education/climate crises, we must act #RightHereRightNow t... |
| 05.06.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Elizabeth Kopple: What volunteering as a poll worker taught me about politics | Everything about the work surprised me. The entire process had become digitized, with procedures in place to keep the voting data secure. Each evening, the team printed the voting reports, counted all the ballots (voted, provisional, condit... |
| 01.06.2024 | 15 yrs on, Tamil survivors of Lanka civil war live in fear, disempowerment | - |
| 31.05.2024 | EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Human Rights NGOs Warn Against Repression of Media and Free Speech in Tunisia ― EU Commissioner Says Migration Deals Were ‘Not Voted On’ ― EU Considers Reactivating Rafah Border ... | Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have flagged the escalated restriction of free speech in Tunisia. The European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights has claimed that there was no consultation on the EU’s migration deals with ... |
| 30.05.2024 | Nikki Haley writes 'Finish Them' on Israeli artillery shell, drawing criticism | WASHINGTON: Republican former presidential contender Nikki Haley wrote "Finish Them!" on an Israeli artillery shell during a recent visit to Israel, amid an ongoing assault on Gaza that has left tens of thousands dead in the past ... |
| 30.05.2024 | Pegasus Malware Spying on Kremlin Critics: EU Journalists, Activists Hit: Report | By Quincy Jon
Published May 30, 2024 11:28AM EDT
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A fresh investigation by security researchers reveals that Pegasus malware targeted at ... |
| 29.05.2024 | Executions worldwide jumped last year to highest number since 2015: Amnesty | - |
| 29.05.2024 | Hong Kong arrests 7th person under new security law for Tiananmen posts | HONG KONG: Hong Kong police arrested a seventh person on Wednesday (May 29) under its new security law in relation to social media posts about commemorating Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
The latest arrest comes after an EU spok... |
| 27.05.2024 | Fighting Drones with Drones: Learning from Ukraine on the Future of Warfare | The Russian invasion of Ukraine has revealed the criticality of drones as a weapon system for modern battlefields. Yet as other states rush to follow suit, there are some sobering realities to face from “high-tech” tools of warfare.
In 2020... |
| 25.05.2024 | Travel | 6 LGBTQ+ celebrations around the world worth a trip | MemDay happens at the end of May, just before the start of Pride Month. It’s put on by LesbianNightLife, which calls MemDay the largest lesbian takeover in the country.
Events at MemDay Ptown include the MoonLit Pool Party and the Freedom B... |
| 24.05.2024 | EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Investigative Journalists Accuse EU of Complicity in Migrant ‘Dumping’ in North African Countries ― EU Commissioner says Migration Deals Need to be ‘Revised’ ― UN Urges Tunisia t... | An investigation led by Lighthouse Reports has claimed that EU funding was used in operations to ‘dump’ migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in the desert and other remote areas in Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, and that the EU was aware of t... |
| 23.05.2024 | The Intercept: уязвимость в WhatsApp позволяет правительствам отслеживать переписку пользователей | В марте команда безопасности WhatsApp выпустила внутреннее предупреждение коллегам, в котором говорилось, что даже шифрование не помогает защитить переписку пользователей от отслеживания со стороны государств. По данным The Intercept, прави... |
| 21.05.2024 | Africa: Global - New Technology and Ai Used At Borders Increases Inequalities and Undermines Human Rights of Migrants | In a new research briefing released today, Amnesty International documents extensively the ways in which technology contributes to the growing trend of human rights violations at borders and urges that states stop using such technologies un... |
| 20.05.2024 | Iran's President Raisi took hard line with national protests and nuclear talks | Ebrahim Raisi, who died aged 63, rose through Iran's theocracy from hardline prosecutor to uncompromising president, overseeing a crackdown on protests at home and pushing hard in nuclear talks with world powers as he burnished his credenti... |
| 16.05.2024 | Haiti conflict is among key issues in Dominican Republic elections | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Migration and the future of Haiti are among the key issues in the lead-up to Sunday's presidential and congressional elections in the Dominican Republic.
Why it matters: The Dominican Republic's restr... |
| 11.05.2024 | Blinken report says it's impossible to verify Israel broke weapons law in Gaza | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Secretary of State Tony Blinken says in a report to Congress Friday it is not possible to verify whether Israel has used U.S.-made weapons in Gaza in a manner that violates international law.
Why it m... |
| 11.05.2024 | Israel may have breached obligations under international law: US report | - |
| 10.05.2024 | U.S. weapons may have been used in ways "inconsistent" with international law in Gaza, U.S. assessment says | Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered to Congress on Friday a highly anticipated report on the Israeli military's operations in Gaza that accused Israeli forces of potentially violating international humanitarian law but did not forma... |
| 10.05.2024 | Blinken report expected to criticize Israel, but say it isn't breaking weapons terms | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to submit to Congress as soon as Friday a highly critical report about Israel's conduct in Gaza that stops short of concluding it has violated the terms f... |
| 09.05.2024 | Amnesty urges FIFA to publish review of Qatar World Cup workers' compensation | Global soccer's governing body FIFA must publish its review of compensation for workers affected during preparations for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Amnesty International said on Thursday, urging a rapid and positive response to the findin... |
| 06.05.2024 | Spyware Problems Are Getting Under Apple iPhone's Skin Through the Years | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 06 May 2024, 09:05 am
Just like malware, spyware can easily invade your precious iPhone. Even with the most advanced mobile security, Apple still struggles to remove the unwelcomed guests in its handsets.
With the r... |
| 05.05.2024 | Surveillance looms over pro-Palestinian campus protests | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
As college students reckon with weeks of pro-Palestinian protests and police activity on their campuses, experts warn they might spend their summer breaks feeling the impacts of ongoing campus surveil... |
| 03.05.2024 | Klopp hopes for improvement with pressure off and Champions League spot safe | Liverpool's title challenge may have imploded but manager Jurgen Klopp hopes they can get back to playing their best football with the pressure off and Champions League qualification assured for next season.
Fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur, ... |
| 02.05.2024 | Indonesia's 'murky' spyware imports raise rights fears: Amnesty | JAKARTA: Indonesia has rolled out spyware tools sourced from Israel, the European Union and Malaysia, raising concerns about privacy and freedom of expression in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, Amnesty International said o... |
| 29.04.2024 | Millions of Afghans sought refuge in Pak; Now hiding to evade deportation | - |
| 26.04.2024 | Veronika Velch appointed as new Director of Amnesty International in Ukraine | Veronika Velch is appointed as the new Director of Amnesty International in Ukraine, ready to boost the organization’s impact amid critical times. KYIV, UKRAINE, April 26, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Amnesty International is pleased to annou... |
| 25.04.2024 | Gaza could surpass famine thresholds in six weeks, UN official says | GENEVA: The Gaza Strip could surpass famine thresholds of food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality in six weeks, an official from the World Food Programme said on Wednesday (Apr 24).
"We are getting closer by the day to a famine sit... |
| 24.04.2024 | Post-WWII order on 'brink of collapse': Amnesty head | LONDON: Amnesty International said on Wednesday (Apr 24) that the post-World War II order was on the "brink of collapse", threatened by bitter conflict on multiple fronts to the rapid and unregulated rise of artificial intelligenc... |
| 24.04.2024 | International law falling apart amid wars in Gaza, Ukraine, says Amnesty | - |
| 17.04.2024 | Breaking Barriers? President Faye’s Electoral Victory and Africa’s Democratic Awakening | The election of Senegal’s new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, is a glimmer of hope in an era of democratic backsliding. As a young leader himself, he should seek to inspire a democratic revival among young Africans.
The rapid expansion of... |
| 13.04.2024 | This Week In Techdirt History: April 7th – 13th | Five Years Ago
This week in 2019, Colorado’s net neutrality bill was heading to the governor’s desk while Mitch McConnell was promising a House net neutrality bill would never get past the Senate. The UK proposed a ridiculous plan to fine i... |
| 12.04.2024 | Apple Alerts iPhone Users in 92 Countries to Mercenary Spyware Attacks | Apple sent a threat notification to iPhone users in 92 countries on April 10 informing them that their device was “being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack.” The alert, sent at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time, told recipients that the attackers... |
| 10.04.2024 | Президент США заявил, что рассматривает просьбу властей Австралии закрыть дело против гражданина этой страны Ассанжа... | 10 апреля 2024 года президент США Джо Байден заявил, что рассматривает просьбу властей Австралии закрыть дело против гражданина этой страны Джулиана Ассанжа. Примечательно, что 11 апреля исполнится 5 лет, как австралийский журналист Ассанж ... |
| 10.04.2024 | Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks | Apple sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries on Wednesday, warning them that may have been targeted by mercenary spyware attacks.
The company said it sent the alerts to individuals in 92 nations at 12pm Pacific Time Wedne... |
| 06.04.2024 | Price of zero-day exploits rises as companies harden products against hackers | Tools that allow government hackers to break into iPhones and Android phones, popular software like the Chrome and Safari browsers, and chat apps like WhatsApp and iMessage, are now worth millions of dollars — and their price has multiplied... |
| 05.04.2024 | UN calls on governments to stop exports of jet fuel to Myanmar | GENEVA: The UN's leading human rights body agreed Thursday (Apr 4) to measures aimed at putting pressure on Myanmar and Iran, whose governments have been accused of using violence against their people.
The Human Rights Council made up of 47... |
| 01.04.2024 | TikTok is bringing its dedicated STEM feed to Europe | As TikTok continues to face increased pressure in the U.S. and the U.K., the company is signaling its commitment to fostering educational content on its app. The company announced on Tuesday that it’s expanding its dedicated STEM feed acros... |
| 30.03.2024 | Saudi Arabia to preside over UN forum on women's rights, gender equality | The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) unanimously appointed Saudi Arabia to chair its 69th session in 2025, CNN reported, citing the Saudi Arabia Mission to the UN.
Saudi ambassador to the UN, Abdulaziz Alwasil, was ele... |
| 26.03.2024 | Russia extends detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich again | A Russian court ordered Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Tuesday to remain in pretrial detention on espionage charges until at least late June.
Why it matters: Gershkovich has already spent almost a year behind bars without ... |
| 25.03.2024 | AccessPay: Revolutionizing Bank Integration with Strategic Funding | AccessPay, a Manchester-based bank integration provider, has secured a game-changing $24 million in strategic funding. Led by True Ventures, this round also saw participation from Praetura Ventures, NatWest, Mastercard, Route 66 Ventures, a... |
| 25.03.2024 | Saudi Arabia's first humanoid robot knows not to talk about sex or politics, its creator says | Saudi Arabia's first humanoid robot, Sara, has been designed to avoid discussing sex or politics.
Riyahd-based QSS AI & Robots created Sara using its own language learning model.
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| 24.03.2024 | Saudi Arabia's first humanoid robot knows not to talk about sex or politics, its creator says | AI Saudi Arabia's first humanoid robot knows not to talk about sex or politics, its creator says
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| 21.03.2024 | Минюст США обсуждает с адвокатами Ассанжа возможность смягчения обвинений и даже свободу в обмен на «признание вины»... | Министерство юстиции США «рассматривает возможность заключения сделки» с основателем Wikileaks Джулианом Ассанжем, что позволит ему выйти на свободу в обмен на «признание вины».
По данным источников СМИ, адвокаты Ассанжа, который ожидает эк... |
| 20.03.2024 | Exclusive: U.K.-based AccessPay raises $16M Series C | AccessPay, which pitches itself as a payments-focused Plaid for mid-size businesses, raised a $16 million Series C, the company tells Axios exclusively.
Why it matters: In the post-zirp world, fintech funding has flowed predominantly to fin... |
| 16.03.2024 | Israeli tank 'likely' opened fire on reporters with a heavy machine gun, says report | Military & Defense Israeli tank 'likely' opened fire on reporters with a heavy machine gun, says report
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| 14.03.2024 | Aid ship slowly heads for Gaza as calls for assistance grow | GAZA STRIP: A first boat loaded with 200 tonnes of food aid was making slow progress towards the Gaza Strip on Thursday (Mar 14) as efforts grew to bring more humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory besieged by Israel.
The main... |
| 08.03.2024 | Sudan - Internet Shutdown Threatens Delivery of Humanitarian and Emergency Services | A near total communication blackout in Sudan following all network and internet shutdowns in early February poses serious risks to the coordination of emergency assistance and humanitarian services to millions of people caught up in the con... |
| 29.02.2024 | 52 countries saw "severe" declines in freedom last year, report finds | Source: Freedom House; Note: Index score based on aggregate political rights score (scale of 0–40) and its aggregate civil liberties score (scale of 0–60). The political rights and civil liberties scores are equally weighted to determine an... |
| 27.02.2024 | What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, February 26 | We know all too well that disaster can strike anytime, anywhere in the world. Some disasters make headlines; others do not. Here at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), we monitor the status of disasters worldwide and compile a list ... |
| 26.02.2024 | What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, February 26 | We know all too well that disaster can strike anytime, anywhere in the world. Some disasters make headlines; others do not. Here at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), we monitor the status of disasters worldwide and compile a list ... |
| 24.02.2024 | Americans are getting fed up with social media companies, they just don’t want the government to do anything about it | The EU continued its streak of tackling big tech in a way the U.S. has either never been able or willing to. This time, the bloc took aim at TikTok, the Chinese-owned app that has caused concerns both for its highly addictive algorithm and ... |
| 23.02.2024 | Amazon: $1.9M Settlement for Contract Worker Abuse, Human Rights Dispute | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 23 February 2024, 07:02 pm
A lawsuit alleging Amazon abused its contract workers and violated their human rights will soon come to an end, this is because the company is paying them $1.9 million to settle the case... |
| 21.02.2024 | Tamil Diaspora Organizations contend that Sri Lanka's TRC Commission will not deliver justice for Tamils | Killing Fields
Sri Lanka’s Proposes Another Commission to Examine Past Abuses without Victim Consultation.
If the Sri Lankan Government is serious about Truth, Unity and Reconciliation, it should consider first establishing an honest and cr... |
| 06.02.2024 | Russian court orders arrest of bestselling writer after he was pranked into expressing support for Ukraine on phone call | A Moscow court ordered the arrest Tuesday of a bestselling detective novelist and dissident on charges of "justifying terrorism," two months after he was pranked by two pro-Kremlin activists into expressing support for Ukraine on ... |
| 01.02.2024 | 2024 CCNow Awards Are Now Open | Sign up to receive the Climate Beat weekly newsletter in your inbox.
We’re proud to announce that the 2024 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards are now open for submissions. Now in its fourth year, the CCNow Awards program honors excellen... |
| 31.01.2024 | Senate hearing with five social media CEOs was a missed opportunity | Five social media CEOs were sworn in on Wednesday for what could have been the most eventful children’s online safety hearing yet. But even with some of tech’s most powerful figures under oath, the four-hour hearing was anti-climactic.
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| 30.01.2024 | CEOs from Meta, TikTok, Snap, X and Discord head to Congress for kids’ online safety hearing | CEOs from some of the biggest social platforms will appear before Congress on Wednesday to defend their companies against mounting criticism that they have done too little to protect kids and teens online.
The hearing, set to begin at 10AM ... |
| 30.12.2023 | Ukrainian soldier torn apart by tank fire fighting for Mariupol faced further hell in Russian captivity. He made it home, but others never came back. | Military & Defense Ukrainian soldier torn apart by tank fire fighting for Mariupol faced further hell in Russian captivity. He made it home, but others never came back.
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| 29.12.2023 | COP28 spotlights litigation as a growing pathway to tackle climate change | In the past three decades, the United Nations has sponsored 28 annual climate summits. But that process has failed to provide a legally binding path to significant carbon emission reductions or to the phaseout of fossil fuels responsible fo... |
| 23.12.2023 | A US expat in South Korea says plastic surgery is advertised on trains, passport pictures are edited, and shares 5 other surprising differences | Culture A US expat in South Korea says plastic surgery is advertised on trains, passport pictures are edited, and shares 5 other surprising differences
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2023-12-23T11:17:01Z
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| 13.12.2023 | Africa: Venture Capital Firms Funding Generative Artificial Intelligence Ignoring Duty to Protect Human Rights | Surveys with the 10 largest venture capital funds and two largest start-up accelerators investing in Generative AI companies revealed hardly any were taking steps to safeguard human rights.
Leading venture capital (VC) firms are failing in ... |
| 12.12.2023 | EU’s AI Act: Europe’s New Rules for Artificial Intelligence | The European Union reached a provisional agreement on its much-anticipated Artificial Intelligence Act on Dec. 8, becoming the first global power to pass rules governing the use of AI.
The legislation outlines EU-wide measures designed to e... |
| 12.12.2023 | Cape Town’s new by-law ‘like PW Botha’s emergency legislation’ | Image via Twitter: Brett Herron @brettherron
According to a press release, the GOOD political party is standing ready to oppose Cape Town’s newly introduced ‘Anti-Palestine’ by-law.
In the press release, the legislation is called ‘like a pi... |
| 10.12.2023 | Gen Z vapers on TikTok say they're quitting due to cobalt mining in Congo | Culture Gen Z vapers on TikTok say they're quitting due to cobalt mining in Congo
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| 04.12.2023 | COP28 climate conference president Sultan al-Jaber draws more fire over comments on fossil fuels | Dr. Sultan al-Jaber is the president of COP28, this year's United Nations climate conference currently being held in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. Al-Jaber is the UAE's environment minister, and he is also the CEO of the Abu Dhabi Nat... |
