How the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Continues to Impact Modern Life | Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Books Smithsonian Magazine - Sharpe, Christina (Smithsonian Books, 2024)
A new Smithsonian book reckons with the enduring legacies of slavery and capitalism

Justice Info publishes the report supposedly behind the genocide plot in Rwanda - Cruvellier, Thierry (JusticeInfo.net, 2024)
For the 1st time, Justice Info publishes the full report of the Commission which was presented by the Prosecutor of the Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) as the birth certificate of the genocidal project.

Macron 'acknowledges' France responsible for 1957 assassination of Algerian nationalist Larbi Ben M'hidi - Kessous, Mustapha (2024)
The young political-military leader of the National Liberation Front was hanged on the night of March 3, 1957, during the Battle of Algiers, by French soldiers who disguised the death of this 'national hero' as a suicide.
Keywords: France

National Archives Aids in Tulsa Riot Mass Burial Identification - Lebonick, Cara Moore (National Archives, 2024)
By Cara Moore Lebonick | National Archives News ST. LOUIS, November 4, 2024 — On the 100-year anniversary of race riots erupting in the predominantly Black-populated and affluent Greenwood District in the city of Tulsa, OK, the city launched an investigation into unmarked graves in likely mass burial sites resulting from the riots. The laboratory assisting Tulsa, Intermountain Forensics, turned to the National Archives for records to help identify individuals from those graves.

Group looks to determine scope of forced sterilization - Molesh, Omar (The Toronto Star, 2024)
Survivors Circle for Reproductive Justice hopes to of chronicle the history of First Nation, Inuit and Metis women and girls being forcefully sterilized and getting a better idea of how many people it affected.

For one survivor, the 1920 Election Day massacre in Florida was ‘the night the devil got loose’ - Podair, Gerald (The Conversation, 2024)
Mose Norman, a Black registered voter, was ready to cast his ballot for presidential candidate Warren G. Harding. But when he arrived at his polling place on Election Day, Nov. 2, 1920, in the orange grove town of Ocoee, Florida, near Orlando, Norman was turned away by white election officials because of supposed unpaid poll taxes. His name and the names of hundreds of other registered Black voters had been removed from the rolls by white poll workers.

(Counter-)Archive: Memorial Practices of the Soviet Underground - Smola, Klavdia; Kukulin, Ilya; Bachmaier, Annelie (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies, 2024)
Focuses on the archive as a form of art employed by various groups of the late Soviet underground, aiming to approach old archival materials related to the Soviet cultural underground on a meta-level of analysis to explore unofficial cultures, the history of state socialism, and topics of suppressed cultural memory
Keywords: Archive; Memory; Slavic studies; Soviet history; art history; communism; counter-archives; cultural memory; self-archiving; suppressed memory; underground culture; unofficial culture

Reading the Archival Revolution - Vatulescu, Cristina (Stanford University Press, 2024)
The opening of classified documents from the Soviet era has been dubbed the "archival revolution" due to its unprecedented scale, drama, and impact. With a storyteller's sensibility, Cristina Vatulescu identifies and takes on the main challenges of reading in these archives.

The price America paid for its first big immigration crackdown : Planet Money : NPR - Rosalsky, Greg (NPR, 2024)
The Chinese Exclusion Act is widely considered to be the first significant crackdown on immigration in American history. It's a riveting tale that parallels today and may provide insights into the economic consequences of immigration restrictions and mass deportations.

'The sixth great extinction is happening', warns climate expert - Gill, Victoria
Conservationist Jane Goodall on the urgent need to turn the tide on climate change and nature loss.

Mr Al Hassan sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment - International Criminal Court
Today, 20 November 2024, Trial Chamber X of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "Court") sentenced Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud to 10 years of imprisonment following the Trial Judgment in which the Chamber found him guilty of some of the charges brought against him of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed between early May 2012 and 29 January 2013 in Timbuktu, northern Mali. The sentence may be appealed before the ICC Appeals Chamber by either party to the proceedings.

Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant - International Criminal Court
Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejecting challenges by the State of Israel (‘Israel’) brought under articles 18 and 19 of the Rome Statute (the ‘Statute’). It also issued warrants of arrest for Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant. Decisions on requests by the State of Israel

'Adult crime, adult time' - Row as Australian territory locks up 10-year-olds again - Watson, Katy
Most children jailed in the Northern Territory are Aboriginal, and the new government is reducing the age that can happen.
Keywords: Indigenous Australians

Project reveals UK sites where black Americans fought to end slavery - Osuh, Chris (The Guardian, 2024)
Missing Pieces Project maps buildings in 189 locations where African American abolitionists spoke against slavery
Keywords: Activism; Culture; England; Heritage; Race; Slavery; UK news; US news; World news

Project reveals UK sites where black Americans fought to end slavery - Osuh, Chris (The Guardian, 2024)
Missing Pieces Project maps buildings in 189 locations where African American abolitionists spoke against slavery
Keywords: Activism; Culture; England; Heritage; Race; Slavery; UK news; US news; World news

White House press office altered transcript of Biden ‘garbage remark’ call - Press, Associated (The Guardian, 2024)
Transcript released by the White House added an apostrophe to ‘supporters’ to change meaning after conferring with Biden, email shows
Keywords: Biden administration; Donald Trump; Joe Biden; US elections 2024; US news; US politics

Armenia: Surveillance Bill Threatens Right - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The Armenian government’s bill for the mandatory installation of video surveillance systems with 24-hour police access throughout the capital, Yerevan, is unjustified and interferes with privacy and other rights.

It’s Going to Take a Constant Fight to Preserve the Historical Record - Robinson, Nathan J. (Current Affairs, 2024)
The National Archives museum is backsliding into a sanitized mythological retelling of American history. Don’t assume the truth will prevail.

Renowned photographer donates refusenik archives to South Texas Jewish Archives - The Jewish Herald-Voice (The Jewish Herald-Voice, 2024)
On Monday, Oct. 21, the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives hosted a special lecture featuring renowned photographer and activist Janice Rubin. Entitled “Refuseniks Revealed: Stories of Struggle and Hope from the Soviet Union,” the talk shed light on Rubin’s daring 1986 mission to document the lives of Soviet Jews denied permission to emigrate – a group known as “refuseniks.”

Renowned photographer donates refusenik archives to South Texas Jewish Archives - The Jewish Herald-Voice (The Jewish Herald-Voice, 2024)
On Monday, Oct. 21, the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives hosted a special lecture featuring renowned photographer and activist Janice Rubin. Entitled “Refuseniks Revealed: Stories of Struggle and Hope from the Soviet Union,” the talk shed light on Rubin’s daring 1986 mission to document the lives of Soviet Jews denied permission to emigrate – a group known as “refuseniks.”

Thailand: Silencing dissent and the fight for free expression - Article 19 (ARTICLE 19, 2024)
Silencing Dissent: Defamation Laws and the Fight for Free Expression in Thailand, underscores an urgent call for reform to protect freedom of expression and align the country’s legislation with international human rights standards.

Türkiye: Workshops on freedom of expression standards and Council of Europe mechanisms - Article 19 (ARTICLE 19, 2024)
Two-day workshops on freedom of expression standards and Council of Europe applications on 12-13 November in Istanbul, Türkiye.

South Carolina’s Penn Center included in Unesco network to preserve enslaved people’s history - Hellmann, Melissa (The Guardian, 2024)
Center was one of the first US schools for formerly enslaved people, and now preserves Gullah Geechee culture
Keywords: Black US culture; Culture; Race; Slavery; South Carolina; US news; Unesco; United Nations

EU: ARTICLE 19 contributes to Access Info’s report on access to documents - Article 19 (ARTICLE 19, 2024)
ARTICLE 19 contributed to a report aimed at EU institutions on improving the implementation of the public's right to access EU documents.

Biden apologizes for government's role in running Native American boarding schools - Pietrorazio, Gabriel (NPR, 2024)
Calling it "a blot on American history," president Biden formally apologized for the federal government's role in running boarding schools where thousands of Native American children endured abuse, neglect and eradication of their tribal identities.

Concerns raised over access to UK Biobank data after ‘race scientists’ claims - Pegg, David; Devlin, Hannah; Burgis, Tom (The Guardian, 2024)
Expert says any suggestion of Human Diversity Foundation accessing sensitive data could affect public trust in science.
Keywords: Data protection; Genetics; Medical research; Science; UK news

1960s civil rights protesters who staged historic sit-in finally have arrest records cleared - Press, JEFFREY COLLINS-Associated (Winston-Salem Journal, 2024)
A judge in South Carolina has erased the records of seven Black men arrested in 1960 for sitting at an all-white lunch counter.

Gun Companies Gave Customers’ Sensitive Personal Information to Political Operatives - Johnson, Corey G. (ProPublica, 2024)
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.

King Charles heckled in Australia: the crown’s role in Indigenous rights in the Commonwealth - Murphy, Philip (The Conversation, 2024)
There is no avoiding the UK’s issues of colonial legacy.

Navy apologies for destroying Alaska Native village in 1882 - CBS News (CBS News, 2024)
The U.S. Navy issued an apology for destroying an Alaska Native village nearly 150 years ago. The 1882 attack in Angoon killed six children and caused such dire food shortages that villagers starved themselves so children could eat.

European Parliament Revolutionizes Archive Access with Claude AI - Anthropic (Anthropic, 2024)
Discover how the European Parliament uses Anthropic's Claude AI to power Archibot, dramatically improving access to 2.1 million documents. Learn how this AI solution cuts search time by 80% and boosts user satisfaction, while maintaining ethical standards and security.

Unerased - Cooper, Ann (Nieman Reports, 2024)
In response to the threat of erasure, the Russian Independent Media Archive (RIMA) has digitised 131 Russian media outlets. The collection, comprising print and online sites, is open access and searchable, with content dating back to the 1990s.

Protect and release our archived personal histories - Finn, Clodagh (Irish Examiner, 2024)
Under new legislation fast-tracked by the Minister for Children, the destruction, alteration or removal of records pertaining to survivors of institutional abuse will be a criminal offence.

The history of Caribbean slavery is being lost. Britain must act now to preserve it - Trevelyan, Laura; Phillip, Nicole (The Guardian, 2024)
Climate-related disasters are destroying precious records.
Keywords: Americas; Barbados; Caribbean; David Lammy; Genealogy; Grenada; Hurricanes; King Charles III; Monarchy; Race; Reparations and reparative justice; Slavery; UK news; World news

The history of Caribbean slavery is being lost. Britain must act now to preserve it - Trevelyan, Laura; Phillip, Nicole (The Guardian, 2024)
Climate-related disasters are destroying precious records.
Keywords: Americas; Barbados; Caribbean; David Lammy; Genealogy; Grenada; Hurricanes; King Charles III; Monarchy; Race; Reparations and reparative justice; Slavery; UK news; World news

UN Cybercrime Convention: A blueprint for human rights violations - Article 19 (ARTICLE 19, 2024)
ARTICLE 19 is seriously concerned about the UN Draft Convention on cybercrime, pending adoption by the UN General Assembly later in 2024.

Illuminating the “Hidden Corners of American Foreign Policy” - Peter Bergen (National Security Archive, 2024)
Bergen and Blanton wax philosophical about the government’s secrecy system and how the Archive’s many exposés, in Bergen’s words, “illuminate the often-hidden corners of American foreign policy.” The wide-ranging conversation explores the many ways that the Archive’s declassified revelations have put Blanton—who Bergen calls one of the “most prolific archivists” of American history—“in the room, both literally and figuratively, with the most powerful people on Earth.”

Charleston Unveils Historical Marker at the Site of Firm That Held the Largest Known U.S. Slave Trade - Hawes, Jennifer Berry (ProPublica, 2024)
As a graduate student at the College of Charleston, Lauren Davila found an ad for the auction of 600 enslaved people. A ProPublica story last year revealed her discovery and unearthed the identity of the family responsible for the sale.

Friday essay: crimes, redemption and rebellion – the truths told in 65,000 years of Australian art are essential for national healing - Mendelssohn, Hoanna (The Conversation, 2024)
The third section of the Uluru Statement from the Heart is Truth. Without knowing the truth of the history of Australia’s Indigenous people, and how the European invasion continues to impact on them, it is hard to understand the pain behind the loss of The Voice referendum and the ongoing need for treaties. Marcia Langton and Judith Ryan are truth tellers. Their book 65,000 years: A Short History of Australian Art, should be in every library in the country. The truths they tell are compelling, enticing – sometimes appalling – and unless they are known, the country cannot heal.

Local industry watchdog sounds alarm over AI stealing South African data on LinkedIn - Schutters, Lindsey (Zawya, 2024)
The South African Artificial Intelligence Association (SAAIA) has called on the Information Regulator to investigate the use of South African user data by LinkedIn to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models without prior consent. This comes as the association seeks to promote responsible AI practices, ensuring that AI developments do not infringe on individual rights, particularly when it comes to the processing of personal data.

Key lesson of this year’s Nobel Prize: The importance of unlocking data reuse responsibly to… - Stefaan Verhulst; Anna Colom; Marta Poblet (Medium, 2024)
We live in a paradoxical time of both data abundance and data scarcity: a lot of data is being created and stored, but it tends to be inaccessible due to private interests and weak regulations. The challenge, then, is to prevent the misuse of data whilst avoiding its missed use.

International Criminal Court Takes Important Step in DR Congo - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
On October 14, the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Karim A. A. Khan, announced that his office would step up investigative efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, focusing in particular on crimes committed in the North Kivu province since January 2022.

Namibia welcomes back descendants of ethnic group that fled colonial-era brutality - Angula, Vitalio (VOA, 2024)
In Namibia, descendants of people who fled German persecution in the early 1900s are returning to their ancestral homeland. The government of Namibia has set aside five commercial farms for the relocation of almost 100 ethnic Ovaherero people.

Namibia welcomes back descendants of ethnic group that fled colonial-era brutality - Angula, Vitalio (VOA, 2024)
In Namibia, descendants of people who fled German persecution in the early 1900s are returning to their ancestral homeland. The government of Namibia has set aside five commercial farms for the relocation of almost 100 ethnic Ovaherero people.

Dozens of islanders locked up as grim history continues for Annobón - Egbejule, Eromo (The Guardian, 2024)
People who wrote protest letter to Equatorial Guinea authorities latest to feel wrath of draconian regime
Keywords: Africa; Equatorial Guinea; Human rights; Protest; World news

Indigenous Sovereignty Is Under Attack as Supreme Court Bends Rules for Settlers - Nagle, Rebecca (Truthout, 2024)
In the past 30 years, Indigenous tribes and tribal interests have lost two-thirds of all United States of America Supreme Court cases.

Hundreds of Afghan soldiers to become eligible to live in UK after new information found - Sabbagh, Dan (The Guardian, 2024)
Estimated 500 rejected cases expected to be overturned after fresh evidence they were employed by the UK government in Afghanistan.
Keywords: Afghanistan; Immigration and asylum; Military; UK news; World news

Hundreds of Afghan soldiers to become eligible to live in UK after new information found - Sabbagh, Dan (The Guardian, 2024)
Estimated 500 rejected cases expected to be overturned after fresh evidence they were employed by the UK government in Afghanistan.
Keywords: Afghanistan; Immigration and asylum; Military; UK news; World news

‘Our heart that burned’: Israel is wiping out centuries of heritage in southern Lebanon - Walid El Houri (Global Voices, 2024)
As thousands are killed and wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine and brutal attacks on Lebanon, the urgent need to save lives and cope with trauma often overshadows the devastating loss caused by the systematic destruction of heritage, memory, and history.

‘Our heart that burned’: Israel is wiping out centuries of heritage in southern Lebanon - Walid El Houri (Global Voices, 2024)
As thousands are killed and wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine and brutal attacks on Lebanon, the urgent need to save lives and cope with trauma often overshadows the devastating loss caused by the systematic destruction of heritage, memory, and history.

Another Troubling Decision For Free Speech in Cameroon - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Media discussions in Cameroon about the health of its president, Paul Biya, 91, are now outlawed.

NSW will remove 65,000 years of Aboriginal history from its years 7–10 syllabus. It’s a step backwards for education - Westaway, Michael; Pascoe, Bruce; Zarmati, Louise (The Conversation, 2024)
Australia's NSW Education Standards Authority will be removing the teaching of the Aboriginal past prior to European arrival from the Year 7–10 syllabus as of 2027.

French museums participate in Beijing’s erasure of Tibetan identity - Filip Noubel; Choekyi Lhamo (Global Voices, 2024)
Two major Paris museums are using terms other than “Tibet” to describe parts of their Tibetan cultural artifacts collections, thereby aligning themselves with Beijing’s policy of cultural erasure.

French museums participate in Beijing’s erasure of Tibetan identity - Filip Noubel; Choekyi Lhamo (Global Voices, 2024)
Two major Paris museums are using terms other than “Tibet” to describe parts of their Tibetan cultural artifacts collections, thereby aligning themselves with Beijing’s policy of cultural erasure.

Croatian police accused of burning asylum seekers’ phones and passports - Lorenzo Tondo and Amy Hawkins (The Guardian, 2024)
Croatia’s border police force appear to be burning clothing, mobile phones and passports seized from asylum seekers attempting to cross into the European Union before pushing them back to Bosnia.

Argentine military dictatorship gets more sympathetic treatment - LaFranchi, Howard (CSMonitor.com, 2024)
Argentina's once notorious detention and torture center is a museum and memorial, open to the public since 2015. Last year it was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the few venues from recent history to figure on the organization’s list. But within weeks of ESMA’s designation as a space of global historic importance came the election of right-wing populist President Javier Milei.

Palestinian archives: cultural heritage looted, destroyed and erased - Adnan, N.Z. (Hyphen, 2024)
Cultural heritage has long been a target of Israel’s war and occupation, with many archives across Gaza and the West Bank now gone forever

Hong Kong: End arbitrary censorship of Flow HK website - Article 19 (ARTICLE 19, 2024)
Authorities' blocking of the Flow HK website is a clear attempt to censor a leading independent voice for Hong Kong and among the diaspora.

When work becomes a party: capturing the joy of collective effort in an Indigenous community in Ecuador - Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (The Guardian, 2024)
Tristan Partridge, a photographer and social anthropologist, spent a decade documenting the working lives of the Kichwa-Panzaleo people of San Isidro for a new book
Keywords: Americas; Art and design; Culture; Ecuador; Global development; Indigenous peoples; Photography; World news

X overtakes WeChat in spreading Chinese disinformation about the 2024 US presidential elections - Oiwan Lam (Global Voices, 2024)
New research indicates that X, formerly Twitter, has overtaken WeChat, the most popular Chinese social media platform, in spreading disinformation about the US presidential elections and policies.

X overtakes WeChat in spreading Chinese disinformation about the 2024 US presidential elections - Oiwan Lam (Global Voices, 2024)
New research indicates that X, formerly Twitter, has overtaken WeChat, the most popular Chinese social media platform, in spreading disinformation about the US presidential elections and policies.

We are Developing AI at the Detriment of the Global South — How a Focus on Responsible Data Re-use - Stefaan G. Verhulst; Peter Addo (Data & Policy Blog, 2024)
Recent research has underlined existing inequalities in artificial intelligence (AI) data production between developed and less-developed countries. An article in The Conversation demonstrated that while most data originates from wealthy countries, much of the less-valued quality-control labour is being outsourced to lower-income countries.

About 16 Million Syrian Citizens are Suffering as a Result of the Syrian Regime’s Control Over Official Documents - Syrian Network for Human Rights (Syrian Network for Human Rights, 2024)
The report notes that that the regime controls the process of issuing those documents in an unlawful and discriminatory manner...the regime has exploited Syrian citizens’ essential need for government documents, imposing excessively costly fees for these documents relative to Syrian citizens’ income

She sought to prove her grandfather was poisoned at Camp Lejeune. Records she found could help thousands. - Chan, Merlissa (NBC News, 2024)
Jessie Hoerman said an archive of historical materials she has collected could help many bolster their challenging water contamination cases.

How hundreds of California police officers have kept past misconduct confidential - John Yang (PBS News, 2024)
For decades, California police departments that want to sever ties with officers for misconduct have agreed to let them resign and to keep the bad behavior confidential in order to avoid lawsuits. But as a result, hundreds of officers have landed new jobs in law enforcement with no records of their past misconduct.

Russia’s Global Information Operations Have Grown Up - DiResta, Josh A. Goldstein, Renée (Foreign Policy, 2024)
What began with Russian trolls on Facebook will require a lot more coordination to root out.

EU's top court sets time-limits on using personal data for targeted ads - Hartmann, Théophane (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
The CJEU ruling could have implications for AI training, where companies scrap data to train AI models, according to the European Center for Digital Rights (Noyb).

Libya situation : ICC Pre-Trial Chamber unseals six arrest warrants. - International Criminal Court (International Criminal Court, 2024)
Today, 4 October 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “CPI”) granted the Prosecutor’s request to unseal six arrest warrants issued in the Libya situation on 6 April 2023 and 18 July 2023. The arrest warrants concern war crimes allegedly committed in Tarhunah, including murder, outrages upon personal dignity, cruel treatment, torture, sexual violence and rape.

Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property – book review - John Westmoreland (Counterfire, 2024)
Adam Raz’s Loot contributes important new research on how Israelis plundered and dispossessed Palestinians during the Nakba, finds John Westmoreland Adam Raz has made an important addition to the study of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in this detailed volume containing original research.

Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property – book review - John Westmoreland (Counterfire, 2024)
Adam Raz’s Loot contributes important new research on how Israelis plundered and dispossessed Palestinians during the Nakba, finds John Westmoreland Adam Raz has made an important addition to the study of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in this detailed volume containing original research.

Inside the Palestinian Sound Archive: preserving the audiovisual legacy of Palestine, one record at a time - Hingley, Olivia (It's Nice That, 2024)
The Palestinian Sound Archive, compiled by Mo’min Swaitat and the Majazz Project, preserves and releases Palestinian musical heritage, ranging from Palestinian Bedouin music to revolutionary music. In the context of the destruction of cultural heritage in Gaza, Swaitat states the ultimate aim is to "...regain hope of return, for us, and our material culture."

Why do we need a standalone Convention on Crimes against Humanity? - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Crimes against humanity refer to certain crimes committed as part of widespread or systematic attacks against a civilian population. They shock the conscience of humanity itself. The first prosecution using the term occurred when Nazi leaders were tried at Nuremberg last century, in response to the horrors of the Holocaust.

Preserving the Ephemera of War - Gronlund, Melissa (New Lines Magazine, 2024)
Social media is increasingly important for documenting conflicts and atrocities as they occur, but efforts to store the data for the future are fragile and fragmentary
Keywords: Middle East

IOM Recognized as Main Data Provider in IASC’s Management Response to Independent Review of Humanitarian Response to Internal Displacement - IOM (International Organization for Migration, 2024)
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomes the recognition of its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) as a lead provider of country-level data on internal displacement in the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Management Response to the Independent Review of the Humanitarian Response to Internal Displacement

Julian Assange says he ‘chose freedom over unrealisable justice’ - Rankin, Jennifer (The Guardian, 2024)
WikiLeaks founder says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in deal for his release and calls for protection of press freedom
Keywords: Council of Europe; Europe; Human rights; Julian Assange; Law; Media; Press freedom; WikiLeaks; World news

IDB Joins WMO, UNDP and UNEP to Support Weather Data Systems, Tackle Climate Change in Latin America & the Caribbean - UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (UNDP, 2024)
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement that will help the collection and sharing of critical climate and weather data, advancing efforts to support climate adaptation and enhance regional climate coordination in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Tulsa Race Massacre Update: DOJ Review Called Long Overdue - Wright, Bruce (NewsOne, 2024)
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it intended to launch a formal review of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 when white supremacists destroyed a thriving Black business district and killed hundreds of people in the Oklahoma city.. “It only took 103 years, but this is a joyous occasion," said Damario Solomon-Simmons, the lawyer who filed a lawsuit on behalf of remaining survivors.

Access to Records | Independent Panel Truth Recovery - Truth and Recovery Independant Panel (Truth and Recovery Independant Panel, 2024)
The Truth Recovery Programme enacts the recommendations made in the Truth, Acknowledgment and Accountability Report. The integrated truth investigation will look further into the workings of Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries, and Workhouses in Northern Ireland, and the associated pathways and practices.

Malaysia: Do not delay our Right to Information - Article 19 (ARTICLE 19, 2024)
The theme of 'Mainstreaming Access to Information and Participation in the Public Sector’ is highly relevant for Malaysia as the push for federal Right to Information (RTI) legislation gains momentum. Malaysia is on the brink of achieving this goal, which would ensure the right to information is both comprehensive and accessible to all individuals in Malaysia.

From Nakba to present day, UNRWA archives hold the personal histories of Palestinian refugees - Laure Stephan (Le Monde, 2024)
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees digitizes administrative documents and aims to trace the family trees of five generations of refugees.

From Nakba to present day, UNRWA archives hold the personal histories of Palestinian refugees - Laure Stephan (Le Monde, 2024)
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees digitizes administrative documents and aims to trace the family trees of five generations of refugees.

New Terrorism Database Threatens Rights - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
A new Niger government ordinance creating a database of people suspected of terrorism undermines fundamental rights enshrined in national and international law.

New Terrorism Database Threatens Rights - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
A new Niger government ordinance creating a database of people suspected of terrorism undermines fundamental rights enshrined in national and international law.

TikTok and WHO Join Efforts to Combat Misinformation - Oritro Karim (Inter Press Service, 2024)
Today’s digital age is centered around TikTok, the short-form social media platform that hosts around 1 billion global users. Sensationalized or reductive videos often get the most engagement with young audiences, leading to the spread of misinformation on a global level. On September 26, the World Health Programme (WHO) and TikTok announced a year-long collaboration.

TikTok and WHO Join Efforts to Combat Misinformation - Oritro Karim (Inter Press Service, 2024)
Today’s digital age is centered around TikTok, the short-form social media platform that hosts around 1 billion global users. Sensationalized or reductive videos often get the most engagement with young audiences, leading to the spread of misinformation on a global level. On September 26, the World Health Programme (WHO) and TikTok announced a year-long collaboration.

End to fight over Zondo archives in sight - Paul Hoffman (BusinessLIVE, 2024)
There is an ongoing spat between the department of justice and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) concerning the fate of the materials put together and archived as part of the extensive work done during the Zondo state capture commission at a cost of over R1bn to the taxpayer.

End to fight over Zondo archives in sight - Paul Hoffman (BusinessLIVE, 2024)
There is an ongoing spat between the department of justice and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) concerning the fate of the materials put together and archived as part of the extensive work done during the Zondo state capture commission at a cost of over R1bn to the taxpayer.

President Akufo-Addo Challenges Ghanaian Journalists To Combat Disinformation Ahead Of 2024 Elections - Africa Press Release (Zawya.com, 2024)
President Akufo-Addo Challenges Ghanaian Journalists To Combat Disinformation Ahead Of 2024 Elections

Exhibition | Alanis Obomsawin. The Children Have to Hear Another Story - MAC Montreal (MAC Montreal, 2024)
The exhibition is dedicated to the work of Abenaki documentary filmmaker, activist, and singer Alanis Obomsawin who first emerged as an artist and Indigenous rights activist. Until January 26th 2025

California Passes Law Protecting Consumer Brain Data - Moens, Jonathan (The New York Times, 2024)
The state extended its current personal privacy law to include the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Biometrics; Brain; California; Computers and the Internet; Data-Mining and Database Marketing; Law and Legislation; Newsom, Gavin; Privacy; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; State Legislatures

California Passes Law Protecting Consumer Brain Data - Moens, Jonathan (The New York Times, 2024)
The state extended its current personal privacy law to include the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Biometrics; Brain; California; Computers and the Internet; Data-Mining and Database Marketing; Law and Legislation; Newsom, Gavin; Privacy; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; State Legislatures

A child bride won the right to divorce - now the Taliban say it doesn't count - Durrani, Mamoon; Khamoosh, Kawoon (BBC News, 2024)
The Taliban have been revisiting rulings made under the US-backed government, overturning thousands of cases.

30 years of Indigenous resistance with Ellen Gabriel | 'Colonial-rooted poverty will not be solved by more colonial solutions'. - Cyca, Michelle (The Narwhal, 2024)
Thirty-four years ago, Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel was thrust into the spotlight when she was chosen as the spokesperson for the Kanienʼkehá:ka (Mohawk) communities of Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawà:ke, as they resisted the planned expansion of a golf course on into their sacred lands and burial ground. In the decades since the 78-day standoff ended, Gabriel has remained a steadfast defender of Indigenous homelands and an advocate for Indigenous Rights and sovereignty, particularly the rights of women.

Judge who sentenced Evan Gershkovich says trial did not look at evidence - France-Presse, Agence (The Guardian, 2024)
Neither prosecution nor defence requested material evidence be looked at in trial of US journalist, judge says.
Keywords: Evan Gershkovich; Press freedom; Russia; US news; World news

Judge who sentenced Evan Gershkovich says trial did not look at evidence - France-Presse, Agence (The Guardian, 2024)
Neither prosecution nor defence requested material evidence be looked at in trial of US journalist, judge says.
Keywords: Evan Gershkovich; Press freedom; Russia; US news; World news

India's Star Health sues Telegram after hacker uses app's chatbots to leak data - Kalra, Munsif Vengattil and Aditya (Zawya.com, 2024)
Star in the notice described the incident as "illegal hacking and unauthorized accessing of the confidential, sensitive" information

India's Star Health sues Telegram after hacker uses app's chatbots to leak data - Kalra, Munsif Vengattil and Aditya (Zawya.com, 2024)
Star in the notice described the incident as "illegal hacking and unauthorized accessing of the confidential, sensitive" information

Former PiS minister charged with abuse of office for disclosing patient records - Krzysztoszek, Aleksandra (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
Adam Niedzielski, the health minister in the previous conservative PiS (ECR) government, has been charged with abuse of office for publishing a patient's private medical information.

Former PiS minister charged with abuse of office for disclosing patient records - Krzysztoszek, Aleksandra (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
Adam Niedzielski, the health minister in the previous conservative PiS (ECR) government, has been charged with abuse of office for publishing a patient's private medical information.

Oklahoma man executed by lethal injection despite conflicting evidence - Marcos, Coral Murphy (The Guardian, 2024)
Emmanuel Littlejohn will be executed for role in 1992 shooting, which would be state’s third execution this year
Keywords: Capital punishment; Oklahoma; US news

Oklahoma man executed by lethal injection despite conflicting evidence - Marcos, Coral Murphy (The Guardian, 2024)
Emmanuel Littlejohn will be executed for role in 1992 shooting, which would be state’s third execution this year
Keywords: Capital punishment; Oklahoma; US news

Media Freedom as a Fundamental Freedom and a Human Right: Protecting Journalists and Their Access to Conflict Areas - Schmidt, Annie (International Peace Institute, 2024)
In light of ongoing wars and rising geopolitical tensions, defending and protecting media freedom is more crucial than ever. As an integral part of the right to freedom of expression and access to information, media freedom can be fundamental even to the safety and survival of civilians in armed conflicts.

Media Freedom as a Fundamental Freedom and a Human Right: Protecting Journalists and Their Access to Conflict Areas - Schmidt, Annie (International Peace Institute, 2024)
In light of ongoing wars and rising geopolitical tensions, defending and protecting media freedom is more crucial than ever. As an integral part of the right to freedom of expression and access to information, media freedom can be fundamental even to the safety and survival of civilians in armed conflicts.

Mexico’s datacentre industry is booming – but are more drought and blackouts the price communities must pay? - Graham, Thomas (The Guardian, 2024)
Many fear the arrival of tech giants such as Amazon and Google in the state of Querétaro will place too much of a strain on scarce water and electricity resources
Keywords: Alphabet; Amazon; Americas; Computing; Environment; Global development; Google; Internet; Mexico; Microsoft; Technology; Water; World news

Mexico’s datacentre industry is booming – but are more drought and blackouts the price communities must pay? - Graham, Thomas (The Guardian, 2024)
Many fear the arrival of tech giants such as Amazon and Google in the state of Querétaro will place too much of a strain on scarce water and electricity resources
Keywords: Alphabet; Amazon; Americas; Computing; Environment; Global development; Google; Internet; Mexico; Microsoft; Technology; Water; World news

Spanish premier seeks international leadership role against 'fake news' - Euractiv.com with AFP (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wants to make the fight against disinformation a priority with a plan for "democratic renewal", though the country's conservative opposition has blasted it as an attempt to censor critical media.

Spanish premier seeks international leadership role against 'fake news' - Euractiv.com with AFP (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wants to make the fight against disinformation a priority with a plan for "democratic renewal", though the country's conservative opposition has blasted it as an attempt to censor critical media.

Colonialism and apartheid stripped black South Africans of land and labour rights – the effects are still felt today - Staden, Marthinus van (The Conversation, 2024)
Corrective policies should be implemented as part of a holistic, long-term strategy to address historical injustices and create a more equitable South African society.

OpenAI’s data hunger raises privacy concerns - Uri Gal (Jamaica Gleaner, 2024)
Last month, OpenAI came out against a yet-to-be enacted Californian law that aims to set basic safety standards for developers of large artificial intelligence (AI) models.

OpenAI’s data hunger raises privacy concerns - Uri Gal (Jamaica Gleaner, 2024)
Last month, OpenAI came out against a yet-to-be enacted Californian law that aims to set basic safety standards for developers of large artificial intelligence (AI) models.

Archiving Martial Law - Simangan, Julia Tyronne E.; Uy, Julia (The Guidon, 2024)
Amidst attempts by the current Marcos administration to recast the excesses of the Martial law era, the preservation work of the Ateneo Martial Law Museum and Library (AMLML), the Rizal Library and other partners is vital to advancing a deeper understanding of the troubling events during the 1970s and 1980s.

Archiving Martial Law - Uy, Julia Tyronne E. Simangan, Julia (The GUIDON, 2024)
AS VICTIMS’ stories fade, the second Marcos administration introduces narratives that distort generational memories but gain traction among Filipinos.

Digital literacy essential for navigating misinformation and disinformation, says professor - Asha Wilks (Jamaica Gleaner, 2024)
In an era where information is viewed as a very valuable commodity, Professor Christopher Charles is asserting that digital literacy is essential for individuals to be able to distinguish between what’s false and what’s accurate.

Digital literacy essential for navigating misinformation and disinformation, says professor - Asha Wilks (Jamaica Gleaner, 2024)
In an era where information is viewed as a very valuable commodity, Professor Christopher Charles is asserting that digital literacy is essential for individuals to be able to distinguish between what’s false and what’s accurate.

Seen abroad as a leader on Indigenous rights, New Zealand enters a divisive new era - Grahama-McLay, Charlotte (ICT News, 2024)
As New Zealand celebrates its annual Māori language week in the third week of September, the government is ramping up initiatives to remove recognition of Indigenous people and language from public policy and law.

What Lies Beneath Canada’s Former Indigenous School Sites Fuels a Debate - Austen, Ian; Bracken, Amber (The New York Times, 2024)
Despite possible evidence of hundreds of graves at former schools for Indigenous children, challenges in making a clear conclusion have given rise to skeptics.
Keywords: British Columbia (Canada); Canada; Child Abuse and Neglect; Education (K-12); Indigenous People; Kamloops Indian Residential School (British Columbia); Politics and Government; Roman Catholic Church

What Lies Beneath Canada’s Former Indigenous School Sites Fuels a Debate - Austen, Ian; Bracken, Amber (The New York Times, 2024)
Despite possible evidence of hundreds of graves at former schools for Indigenous children, challenges in making a clear conclusion have given rise to skeptics.
Keywords: British Columbia (Canada); Canada; Child Abuse and Neglect; Education (K-12); Indigenous People; Kamloops Indian Residential School (British Columbia); Politics and Government; Roman Catholic Church

Revealed: Russia anticipated Kursk incursion months in advance, seized papers show - Walker, Shaun; Sauer, Pjotr (The Guardian, 2024)
Documents contain months of warnings about possible Ukrainian advance and also reveal concerns about morale
Keywords: Europe; Russia; Ukraine; World news

Revealed: Russia anticipated Kursk incursion months in advance, seized papers show - Walker, Shaun; Sauer, Pjotr (The Guardian, 2024)
Documents contain months of warnings about possible Ukrainian advance and also reveal concerns about morale
Keywords: Europe; Russia; Ukraine; World news

Revealed: Russia anticipated Kursk incursion months in advance, seized papers show - Walker, Shaun; Sauer, Pjotr (The Guardian, 2024)
Documents contain months of warnings about possible Ukrainian advance and also reveal concerns about morale
Keywords: Europe; Russia; Ukraine; World news

Revealed: Russia anticipated Kursk incursion months in advance, seized papers show - Walker, Shaun; Sauer, Pjotr (The Guardian, 2024)
Documents contain months of warnings about possible Ukrainian advance and also reveal concerns about morale
Keywords: Europe; Russia; Ukraine; World news

‘Truth deserves to be seen’: Artists decry film censorship in the Philippines (Global Voices, 2024)
Two Philippine films were given X-ratings, and therefore banned from airing in theaters, angering cinephiles and free-speech activists alike.

‘Truth deserves to be seen’: Artists decry film censorship in the Philippines (Global Voices, 2024)
Two Philippine films were given X-ratings, and therefore banned from airing in theaters, angering cinephiles and free-speech activists alike.

Iran sent hacked Trump documents to Biden campaign, FBI says - Associated Press (The Guardian, 2024)
Officials say there is no indication Biden campaign responded to the emails, which offered information stolen from Trump campaign.
Keywords: Donald Trump; Hacking; Iran; Joe Biden; Kamala Harris; US elections 2024; US news

Iran sent hacked Trump documents to Biden campaign, FBI says - Associated Press (The Guardian, 2024)
Officials say there is no indication Biden campaign responded to the emails, which offered information stolen from Trump campaign.
Keywords: Donald Trump; Hacking; Iran; Joe Biden; Kamala Harris; US elections 2024; US news

Iran sent hacked Trump documents to Biden campaign, FBI says - Associated Press (The Guardian, 2024)
Officials say there is no indication Biden campaign responded to the emails, which offered information stolen from Trump campaign.
Keywords: Donald Trump; Hacking; Iran; Joe Biden; Kamala Harris; US elections 2024; US news

Iran sent hacked Trump documents to Biden campaign, FBI says - Associated Press (The Guardian, 2024)
Officials say there is no indication Biden campaign responded to the emails, which offered information stolen from Trump campaign.
Keywords: Donald Trump; Hacking; Iran; Joe Biden; Kamala Harris; US elections 2024; US news

Social media and online video firms are conducting ‘vast surveillance’ on users, FTC finds - Bhuiyan, Johana (The Guardian, 2024)
Agency accuses Meta, Google, TikTok and other companies of sharing troves of user information with third-parties
Keywords: Alphabet; Amazon; Google; Internet; Meta; Reddit; Snapchat; Surveillance; Technology; TikTok; US news; WhatsApp; X; YouTube

Social media and online video firms are conducting ‘vast surveillance’ on users, FTC finds - Bhuiyan, Johana (The Guardian, 2024)
Agency accuses Meta, Google, TikTok and other companies of sharing troves of user information with third-parties
Keywords: Alphabet; Amazon; Google; Internet; Meta; Reddit; Snapchat; Surveillance; Technology; TikTok; US news; WhatsApp; X; YouTube

Mexican American Civil Rights Museum making big moves - Ayala, Elaine (San Antonio Express-News, 2024)
The nation's first Mexican American civil rights museum will be in San Antonio and appropriately on the West Side.

Mexican American Civil Rights Museum making big moves - Ayala, Elaine (San Antonio Express-News, 2024)
The nation's first Mexican American civil rights museum will be in San Antonio and appropriately on the West Side.

Mexican American Civil Rights Museum making big moves - Ayala, Elaine (San Antonio Express-News, 2024)
The nation's first Mexican American civil rights museum will be in San Antonio and appropriately on the West Side.

Mexican American Civil Rights Museum making big moves - Ayala, Elaine (San Antonio Express-News, 2024)
The nation's first Mexican American civil rights museum will be in San Antonio and appropriately on the West Side.

Government working to re-establish ATI tribunal - Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica Gleaner, 2024)
Information Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon says the Government is in the process of appointing a new Access to Information (ATI) tribunal. The tribunal created under the ATI Act to handle appeals when Jamaicans are denied information by government agencies or public bodies has been inactive since February.

Government working to re-establish ATI tribunal - Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica Gleaner, 2024)
Information Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon says the Government is in the process of appointing a new Access to Information (ATI) tribunal. The tribunal created under the ATI Act to handle appeals when Jamaicans are denied information by government agencies or public bodies has been inactive since February.

Civil rights groups sue Saugus Public Schools over records related to allegedly illegal admissions policy - Staff, Deanna Pan Globe (BostonGlobe.com, 2024)
The lawsuit asks the court to force the district to turn over school committee emails and texts related to the admissions policy in response to a public records request they submitted in May.

Civil rights groups sue Saugus Public Schools over records related to allegedly illegal admissions policy - Staff, Deanna Pan Globe (BostonGlobe.com, 2024)
The lawsuit asks the court to force the district to turn over school committee emails and texts related to the admissions policy in response to a public records request they submitted in May.

Frontex Strengthens Cooperation with UNHCR for Enhanced Border Management - Frontex (Frontex, 2024)
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, signed an agreement today to strengthen collaboration on border management and humanitarian protection across Europe. The two organisations agreed to exchange information and expertise to promote and support effective border management.

Frontex Strengthens Cooperation with UNHCR for Enhanced Border Management - Frontex (Frontex, 2024)
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, signed an agreement today to strengthen collaboration on border management and humanitarian protection across Europe. The two organisations agreed to exchange information and expertise to promote and support effective border management.

Gaza publishes identities of 34,344 Palestinians killed in war with Israel - Graham-Harrison, Emma (The Guardian, 2024)
Document runs to 649 pages and includes 169 babies born after the Hamas attacks of 7 October.
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; World news

Gaza publishes identities of 34,344 Palestinians killed in war with Israel - Graham-Harrison, Emma (The Guardian, 2024)
Document runs to 649 pages and includes 169 babies born after the Hamas attacks of 7 October.
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; World news

Gaza publishes identities of 34,344 Palestinians killed in war with Israel - Graham-Harrison, Emma (The Guardian, 2024)
Document runs to 649 pages and includes 169 babies born after the Hamas attacks of 7 October.
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; World news

Gaza publishes identities of 34,344 Palestinians killed in war with Israel - Graham-Harrison, Emma (The Guardian, 2024)
Document runs to 649 pages and includes 169 babies born after the Hamas attacks of 7 October.
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; World news

Exercising your right to public records - Kauffman, Kelly (MuckRock, 2024)
Public records are a cornerstone of government transparency and accountability. The Freedom of Information Act enshrines the public’s right to access government records. MuckRock helps journalists, researchers and other civic-minded people file requests and ensure this transparency. MuckRock offers a guide on how to access public records and how to bring these government documents to the public.

Disinformation May Thrive as Transparency Deteriorates Across Social Media - Rinderknecht, R. Gordon (Rand, 2024)
What can be done to confront disinformation in an environment where content moderation is increasingly viewed as overly partisan and social media transparency has declined? Educating the public on disinformation tactics could help, though concerns about politicization persist.
Keywords: Information Operations; Media Literacy; Social Media; United States

Disinformation May Thrive as Transparency Deteriorates Across Social Media - Rinderknecht, R. Gordon (Rand, 2024)
What can be done to confront disinformation in an environment where content moderation is increasingly viewed as overly partisan and social media transparency has declined? Educating the public on disinformation tactics could help, though concerns about politicization persist.
Keywords: Information Operations; Media Literacy; Social Media; United States

Archive of violence - Uyeda, Ray Levy (Prism, 2024)
In this Q&A with Prism, the Texas After Violence Project's executive director Gabriel Solis discusses the power of community archives

Archive of violence - Uyeda, Ray Levy (Prism, 2024)
In this Q&A with Prism, the Texas After Violence Project's executive director Gabriel Solis discusses the power of community archives

Aaron Smale: The need to know - Husband, Dale (E-Tangata, 2024)
Aaron Smale has been writing about Māori children in state care since 2016, winning multiple journalism awards along the way. In this kōrero, he tells Dale about his own experience of being adopted and raised outside his natural whānau, and how his need to know about his birth family and identity has influenced his journalism.

Journalists in Southern Africa launch united front against disinformation and misinformation - ReliefWeb (ReliefWeb, 2024)
The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Pan-African organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), has officially launched a comprehensive regional initiative to combat the escalating threat of disinformation and misinformation across Southern Africa. This journalist-led campaign is aimed at preserving the integrity of journalism, restoring public trust in the news media and positioning journalists as vital conduits for media and information literacy.

Russia revokes accreditation of six British diplomats it accuses of spying - Sabbagh, Dan; Stacey, Kiran (The Guardian, 2024)
FSB says documents show diplomats in Moscow were helping to coordinate ‘escalation of military situation’ in Ukraine
Keywords: Europe; Russia; UK news; Ukraine; World news

Russia revokes accreditation of six British diplomats it accuses of spying - Sabbagh, Dan; Stacey, Kiran (The Guardian, 2024)
FSB says documents show diplomats in Moscow were helping to coordinate ‘escalation of military situation’ in Ukraine
Keywords: Europe; Russia; UK news; Ukraine; World news

The Innu have lived in eastern Canada for thousands of years, yet their rights to this land are increasingly threatened by the question: who is Indigenous? - Samson, Colin (The Conversation, 2024)
Concerns over false claims of Indigenous heritage – whether for professional, financial or other reasons – appear to be growing around the world. High-profile claims that have been challenged include people from music, politics and academia.

More allegations of sexual abuse made against French priest Abbé Pierre - Willsher, Kim (The Guardian, 2024)
Catholic church says it will open its records on the once-revered Emmaüs founder, who died in 2007.
Keywords: Catholicism; Christianity; Europe; France; Religion; World news

'The Sing Sing Files' chronicles a journalist's work to free the wrongfully convicted - Amna Nawaz (2024)
For decades, producer Dan Slepian has spearheaded documentaries, podcasts and investigative reports for Dateline NBC. In 2002, a chance conversation propelled him to start probing wrongful convictions, work that led to a Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast 20 years later. Slepian joined Amna Nawaz to discuss his new book, "The Sing Sing Files," and why the issue continues to fuel his work.

X’s AI chatbot spread voter misinformation – and election officials fought back - Leingang, Rachel (The Guardian, 2024)
When the Grok tool gave false information, a collection of election officials sprang into action to tamp it down
Keywords: Elon Musk; Internet; Technology; US elections 2024; US news; World news; X

A Nazi magazine regularly published manipulated photos and misinformation, long before the age of AI - Magilow, Daniel H. (The Conversation, 2024)
The Nazis routinely shared altered photos in their official publication, the Illustrierter Beobachter, causing readers to question what was real or fake.

French church unlocks archives early on priest accused of sexual abuse - RFI (RFI, 2024)
Amid accusations of sexual abuse against late priest Abbé Pierre, France's Catholic church has decided to open its archives on the once venerated figure decades earlier than planned.

Irish data protection watchdog probes Google's processing of personal data for AI training - Wold, Jacob Wulff (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) launched a cross-border inquiry into Google's compliance with privacy laws in processing EU citizen's data for its artificial intelligence (AI) model PaLM 2, according to a Thursday (12 September) press release.

NCAC 50th Anniversary: Standing Shoulder to Shoulder with Woodhull - Comms, NCAC (National Coalition Against Censorship, 2024)
Since its founding in 2003, Woodhull Freedom Foundation has been an unwavering champion of free speech, recognizing it as the cornerstone of our fundamental human right to sexual freedom. As a human rights organization, we have consistently stood at the forefront of the battle against censorship, particularly in defense of sexual expression, which has long been a primary target of free speech opponents.

NCAC 50th Anniversary: Standing Shoulder to Shoulder with Woodhull - Comms, NCAC (National Coalition Against Censorship, 2024)
Since its founding in 2003, Woodhull Freedom Foundation has been an unwavering champion of free speech, recognizing it as the cornerstone of our fundamental human right to sexual freedom. As a human rights organization, we have consistently stood at the forefront of the battle against censorship, particularly in defense of sexual expression, which has long been a primary target of free speech opponents.

Australia Commits to Protecting Children’s Privacy Online - Hye Jung Han (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The Australian government committed to developing the country’s first data protection law for children.

Ukraine May Be Winning the Information War in Kursk - Stoll, Hunter (Rand, 2024)
Ukraine's Kursk offensive has the potential to positively influence Western perceptions, sustain funding and material support for Ukraine, and degrade Russian domestic support for the war. This strategic gamble in the information space might pay off.
Keywords: Information Operations; Military Strategy; Russia; Ukraine; Warfare and Military Operations

The NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases — Including Stop-and-Frisks — Without Even Looking at Them - Umansky, Eric (ProPublica, 2024)
The department has killed more than 400 cases of alleged misconduct this year that an oversight board had investigated and substantiated. It’s part of a lax attitude toward discipline under the current police commissioner, Edward Caban, critics say.

Family of Ethel Rosenberg say US document proves she was no Soviet spy - Helmore, Edward (The Guardian, 2024)
Sons whose mother was executed with her husband Julius in 1953 say newly released document proves innocence
Keywords: Espionage; Joe Biden; US news

Tens of thousands of artefacts looted from Sudan museum - Salih, Zeinab Mohammed (The Guardian, 2024)
Thefts at Khartoum’s National Museum, one of most important in Africa, took place in region controlled by Rapid Support Forces group
Keywords: Africa; Museums; Sudan; World news

South Korean Truth Commission Says it Found More Evidence of Forced Adoptions in the 1980s - The Associated Press (Newsmax.com, 2024)
A South Korean commission found evidence that women were pressured into giving away their infants for foreign adoptions after giving birth at government-funded facilities where thousands of people were confined and enslaved from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Street Artist Documents War in Ukraine, One Stark Mural at a Time - Méheut, Constant (The New York Times, 2024)
Using ruins as his canvas, Gamlet Zinkivskyi has captured life in wartime Ukraine in dozens of grim, gripping and harshly beautiful paintings. “Broken, but invincible,” read one captioned work.
Keywords: Art; Content Type: Personal Profile; Defense and Military Forces; Izium (Ukraine); Kharkiv (Ukraine); Murals; Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022); Ukraine; Urban Areas; Zinkivskyi, Gamlet

Anglican group launches £7m project in Barbados to atone for slavery atrocities - Duncan, Natricia (the Guardian, 2024)
An Anglican church group is to launch a £7m reconciliation project in Barbados to atone for the atrocities of transatlantic slavery and compensate descendants of enslaved people.Funds will help communities living on the Codrington estate, which was home to two sugar plantations

‘Weather magic’ and wind lore: the push to preserve ancient knowledge in Vanuatu - Letman, Jon (The Guardian, 2024)
‘Talking dictionaries’ among the tools used by researchers to document languages and record Indigenous environmental knowledge.
Keywords: Asia Pacific; Indigenous peoples; Language; Pacific islands; South Pacific; Vanuatu

‘Weather magic’ and wind lore: the push to preserve ancient knowledge in Vanuatu - Letman, Jon (The Guardian, 2024)
‘Talking dictionaries’ among the tools used by researchers to document languages and record Indigenous environmental knowledge.
Keywords: Asia Pacific; Indigenous peoples; Language; Pacific islands; South Pacific; Vanuatu

Sudan war: Rights probe demands wider arms embargo to end ‘rampant’ abuse - UN News (UN News, 2024)
Top human rights investigators into Sudan’s brutal war called on Friday for a country-wide arms embargo as they recounted harrowing testimony of victims of horrific sexual attacks whose bodies are treated as a “theatre of operation” by fighters acting with total impunity. |

Hundreds of artworks by mainly Black Brazilian artists are returning home - Rogero, Tiago (The Guardian, 2024)
Pieces from sculptures to costumes are donated to Bahia after being in US and Canada’s museums for 30 years
Keywords: Americas; Art; Art and design; Brazil; Culture; Painting; World news

Racing the Clock to Document ISIS Genocide of Iraq’s Yazidis - Sampson, Eve (The New York Times, 2024)
For years, a U.N. team has painstakingly exhumed mass graves, but now the Iraqi government is ordering it to leave. Many sites remain unexamined.
Keywords: Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Human Trafficking; Iraq; Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS); Politics and Government; Refugees and Displaced Persons; Sex Crimes; Sinjar (Iraq); Tal Afar (Iraq); Terrorism; United Nations; War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity; Yazidi (Religious Sect)

Lisbon to appeal fine imposed for sharing data of anti-Putin activists with Russia - Carreiro, Rosa (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
Lisbon City Council will appeal a €1 million fine imposed on the municipality for sharing personal data on Russian anti-Putin activists with Moscow, the city council confirmed to Lusa on Tuesday.

Lisbon to appeal fine imposed for sharing data of anti-Putin activists with Russia - Carreiro, Rosa (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
Lisbon City Council will appeal a €1 million fine imposed on the municipality for sharing personal data on Russian anti-Putin activists with Moscow, the city council confirmed to Lusa on Tuesday.

2,395 allegations of abuse at religious schools - inquiry - Conneely, Ailbhe (RTE, 2024)
The scoping inquiry into allegations of abuse at schools run by religious orders has found that there were 2,395 allegations of sexual abuse in respect of 308 schools recorded by the religious orders that ran those schools. The inquiry has recommended that the Government consider a redress scheme for survivors of historical sexual abuse in day and boarding schools.

Dutch data protection watchdog hits Clearview AI with €30.5 million fine for misusing facial recognition data - Tar, Julia (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) fined Clearview AI €30.5 million on Tuesday (3 September), for illegally building a database with over 30 billion photos.

‘Moving in the Dark’: Hamas Documents Show Tunnel Battle Strategy - Goldman, Adam; Bergman, Ronen; Odenheimer, Natan (The New York Times, 2024)
Hamas leaders spent years developing an underground warfare plan. Records from the battlefield show the group’s preparations, including blast doors to protect against Israeli bombs and soldiers.
Keywords: Bridges and Tunnels; Defense and Military Forces; Deif, Muhammad; Gaza Strip; Hamas; Israel; Israel-Gaza War (2023- ); Khan Younis (Gaza Strip); Palestinians; Sinwar, Yehya

Human rights report documents number of victims in Syria during August - Ula, enab10 (Enab Baladi, 2024)
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) documented the killing of 57 civilians in Syria during the past August.

Human rights report documents number of victims in Syria during August - Ula, enab10 (Enab Baladi, 2024)
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) documented the killing of 57 civilians in Syria during the past August.

Reconciliation Toolkit for Non-Indigenous Archives in Canada - Canadian Council on Archives Archives Advisory Services Working Group (Archives Canada, 2024)
The CCA Archives Advisory Services Working Group (AASWG) has compiled this resource for non-Indigenous archival institutions in Canada working with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities and their documentary heritage.

This archive team brought dozens of dictatorship criminals to trial. Now it’s gone - Jaureguy, Martina (Buenos Aires Herald, 2024)
In 2023, a group of archivists from the Defense Ministry’s Compiling and Analysis Team unearthed an old Navy ledger. One of thousands of documents in the archive, its contents seemed routine: performance evaluations from the late 1970s, carried out by the officers’ superior. To the untrained eye, the documents would have looked like a relic. But the archivists knew otherwise. They would prove key to demonstrating that former Navy captain Adolfo Donda participated in kidnapping his own niece, who was raised under a false identity by convicted torturer Juan Antonio Azic.

This archive team brought dozens of dictatorship criminals to trial. Now it’s gone - Jaureguy, Martina; Iricibar, Valen (Buenos Aires Herald, 2024)
Archivists attached to the Defense Ministry’s Compiling and Analysis Team have been disbanded by Defense Minister Luis Petri. In response to accusations of taking “exorbitant attributions” over the archive and “violating the division of powers”, the archivists have stated that an institutionally denialist government wants the past to stay buried and to stop trials for crimes against humanity.

Exhibition | Activist New York - Museum of the City of New York (Museum of the City of New York, 2024)
York City from the 17th century right up to the present. In a town renowned for its in-your-face persona, New Yorkers have banded together on issues as diverse as civil rights, wages, sexual orientation, and religious freedom. Using artifacts, photographs, audio and visual presentations, as well as interactive components that seek to tell the story of activism in the five boroughs past and present, Activist New York presents the passions and conflicts that underlie the city's history of agitation. Permanent Exhibition.

Exhibition | Changing the Face of Democracy. Shirley Chisholm at 100 - Museum of the City of New York (Museum of the City of New York, 2024)
Explore the life and legacy of barrier-breaking Brooklyn-born politician Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to US Congress. Through July 20, 2025

The spread of misinformation & disinformation continues to be used as a weapon in the war in #Gaza. - Philippe Lazzarini (UNRWA, 2024)
As part of its campaign to undermine & discredit @UNRWA , the Government of Israel has been buying ads on @Google to block users from giving donations to the Agency + undertake a defamation campaign.

The spread of misinformation & disinformation continues to be used as a weapon in the war in #Gaza. - Philippe Lazzarini (UNRWA, 2024)
As part of its campaign to undermine & discredit @UNRWA , the Government of Israel has been buying ads on @Google to block users from giving donations to the Agency + undertake a defamation campaign.

Remarkable Documents Lay Bare New York’s History of Slavery - Eastman, Carolyn (Smithsonian Magazine, 2024)
A newly digitized set of records reveals the plight and bravery of enslaved people in the North

This Obscure Army Office Is Blocking Repatriation of Native Children’s Remains - Pember, Mary Annette (Truthout, 2024)
The Office of Army Cemeteries is blocking the return of remains of children who died at the infamous Carlisle school.

Former Head of Truth Commission Arbitrarily Detaine - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Sihem Bensedrine has been under investigation since February 2023 under charges of “fraud”, “forgery” and “abuse of official capacity” following a complaint about the alleged falsification of the chapter about corruption in the banking sector in the IVD final report. Sihem Bensedrine pre-trial detention is arbitrary because it is based solely on the peaceful exercise of her human rights. The detention also falls short of international standards of fairness. Her prosecution appears to be a reprisal for her work exposing human rights violations as head of the IVD.

Former Head of Truth Commission Arbitrarily Detaine - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Sihem Bensedrine has been under investigation since February 2023 under charges of “fraud”, “forgery” and “abuse of official capacity” following a complaint about the alleged falsification of the chapter about corruption in the banking sector in the IVD final report. Sihem Bensedrine pre-trial detention is arbitrary because it is based solely on the peaceful exercise of her human rights. The detention also falls short of international standards of fairness. Her prosecution appears to be a reprisal for her work exposing human rights violations as head of the IVD.

Satellite Imagery Shows Vast Destruction in Rafah - Godin, Jake (bellingcat, 2024)
After the IDF began an operation in the Tall As Sultan neighbourhood, the majority of buildings were destroyed. Using OpenStreetMap building data, Bellingcat found that out of the roughly 670 buildings in an eastern neighbourhood of Tall As Sultan, only 224 remained standing. Based on historical imagery from Google Earth, it is possible to see that the largely residential area was built more than a decade ago. But most buildings were demolished between July 18 and August 4 2024, after the IDF arrived.

Satellite Imagery Shows Vast Destruction in Rafah - Godin, Jake (bellingcat, 2024)
Based on historical imagery from Google Earth, it is possible to see that the largely residential area was built more than a decade ago. But most buildings were demolished between July 18 and August 4 2024, after the IDF arrived.

Detained defendants demand system for accessing electronic exhibits - Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica Gleaner, 2024)
Calls are being made by defence lawyers for the authorities to move swiftly to put plans in place for accused persons in custody or prison to have access to the exhibits from the prosecution, which are being disclosed electronically.

Archive to preserve multitude of Indigenous languages - Barton, Fraser (The North West Star, 2024)
Languages from across Australia will be collected in an archive to protect the hundreds of Indigenous tongues while...

New evidence shows atrocities committed by army in Burkina Faso - France 24 (France 24, 2024)
New documents verified by FRANCE 24 illustrate the scale of the atrocities committed by the Burkina Faso army on February 25, 2024. In April, the NGO Human Rights Watch reported the massacre of 223 civilians,…

President Akufo-Addo Challenges Ghanaian Journalists To Combat Disinformation Ahead Of 2024 Elections - Africa Press Release (Zawya.com)
President Akufo-Addo Challenges Ghanaian Journalists To Combat Disinformation Ahead Of 2024 Elections

Ongoing efforts to tackle syphilis in NT desert communities, as outbreak continues - Allisson, Charmayne (ABC News, 2024)
Syphilis is continuing to spread in remote Indigenous communities across Australia. The sexually transmitted disease was almost eradicated, until an outbreak began in 2011.

The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest - Gomez-Garcia, Juan Sebastian (TheCollector, 2024)
From the late 19th to mid-20th century, the Amazon rainforest faced intensive rubber exploitation, dubbed “rubber fever,” that caused immense suffering and death.