The Disappeared: Mexico’s Industrial-Scale Human Rights Crisis - nés M. Pousadela (Inter Press Service, 2025)
They found shoes, hundreds of them, scattered across the dirt floor of an extermination camp in Jalisco state. These abandoned shoes, once belonging to someone’s child, parent or spouse, stand as silent witnesses to Mexico’s deepest national trauma.

How did Hitler’s film-maker hide her complicity from the world? - Apperly, Eliza (The Guardian, 2025)
A new documentary delves into controversial German film-maker Leni Riefenstahl’s private archive to uncover a director who spent a lifetime covering up her central role in the Nazi propaganda machine.
Keywords: Culture; Documentary films; Film; Germany; Holocaust; Nazism; Poland; Second world war

TikTok announces new measures to combat misinformation ahead of Romanian election - Datta, Anupriya (Euractiv, 2025)
TikTok has launched an election centre to combat disinformation ahead of Romania’s repeat presidential vote in May, amid doubts whether the platform had failed to protect the integrity of the previous annulled election.

Israel’s A.I. Experiments in Gaza War Raise Ethical Concerns - Frenkel, Sheera; Natan Odenheimer (The New York Times, 2025)
Israel developed new artificial intelligence tools to gain an advantage in the war. The technologies have sometimes led to fatal consequences.
Keywords: Arabic Language; Artificial Intelligence; Computers and the Internet; Defense and Military Forces; Drones (Pilotless Planes); Facial Recognition Software; Gaza Strip; Hamas; Intelligence and Intelligence Tests (IQ); Israel; Social Media

Israel’s A.I. Experiments in Gaza War Raise Ethical Concerns - Frenkel, Sheera; Natan Odenheimer (The New York Times, 2025)
Israel developed new artificial intelligence tools to gain an advantage in the war. The technologies have sometimes led to fatal consequences.
Keywords: Arabic Language; Artificial Intelligence; Computers and the Internet; Defense and Military Forces; Drones (Pilotless Planes); Facial Recognition Software; Gaza Strip; Hamas; Intelligence and Intelligence Tests (IQ); Israel; Social Media

Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material - Kroll, William Turton,Avi Asher-Schapiro,Christopher Bing,Andy (ProPublica, 2025)
The request, spelled out in an email obtained by ProPublica, comes amid concerns that DOGE has overstepped its bounds in seeking highly restricted private information about taxpayers, public employees or federal agencies.

As History Erasure Intensifies, Independent Internet Archives Are Helping Fortify The ‘Digital Preservation Infrastructure’ - Orion, Damon (Eurasia Review, 2025)
In the context of website scrubbing, censorship and erasure, independent internet archives, such as the Freedom Archives and the Internet Archive, have become important sources of information and evidence. These initiatives preserve and provide access to collections related to progressive movements, labour histories, and other struggles.

Meta squares up for fine fight with Brussels over personalised ads - Datta, Anupriya (Euractiv, 2025)
Meta introduced the "pay or consent" model for European users in November 2023.

Grand chief requests halt to auction of Hudson's Bay items linked to First Nations - Hudes, Sammy (CityNews Vancouver, 2025)
As Hudson’s Bay heads to court seeking permission to auction off 1,700 pieces of art and more than 2,700 artifacts, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is requesting a halt to the sale of items that may be belong to or be linked with First Nations people. A letter by assembly Grand Chief Kyra Wilson to […]

Invaders remove almost 360,000 archival documents from Kherson – intelligence - Interfax-Ukraine (Interfax-Ukraine, 2025)
After the liberation of Kherson, it was established that the Russian occupiers illegally removed almost 360,000 documents of the National Archival Fund of Ukraine (NAF), reports the Main Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

Aid groups are erasing climate change from their websites - Irwin Loy (The New Humanitarian, 2025)
Aid groups are erasing climate change from their websites

Exit to Open - Jim Fruchterman & Steve Francis (Standard Social Innovation Review, 2025)
In a difficult time when many nonprofits will be forced to close, nonprofit leaders and funders must act to preserve data and other intangible assets.

Macron seeks 'forgiveness' for colonialism on Madagascar visit - Le Monde (Le Monde, 2025)
Keywords: France

Macron seeks 'forgiveness' for colonialism on Madagascar visit - Le Monde (Le Monde, 2025)
Keywords: France

Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy - Makuch, Ben (The Guardian, 2025)
Allegation against Rinaldo Nazzaro, founder of the Base, could shed new meaning on group’s efforts inside Ukraine
Keywords: Europe; Far right (US); Russia; US news; US politics; Ukraine; World news

Enacted law hinders freedom of expression and association and jeopardizes access to justice for victims - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2025)
Amnesty International rejects the recent enactment of the law that modifies the creation of the APCI, a norm that violates freedom of expression and association and access to justice for victims in Peru.

Serbian students take aim at state TV in battle against propaganda - Geslin, Laurent (Euractiv, 2025)
For Serbian civil society, it is the authorities’ widespread corruption that is seen as the trigger behind the tragedy at the heart of the mobilisations.

50 ans après la destruction khmère rouge, les voix inaudibles des Cambodgiens - Guillou, Anne Yvonne (The Conversation, 2025)
Khmers rouges, sous les ordres de Pol Pot, prenaient Phnom Penh, faisant basculer le Cambodge dans l’horreur. Un quart de la population n’a pas survécu à ces quatre années de régime génocidaire. Comment une société se reconstruit-elle après un génocide ? L’anthropologue Anne Yvonne Guillou, qui vient de publier Puissance des lieux, présence des morts. Sur les traces du génocide khmer rouge au Cambodge (Société d’ethnologie, 2025), s’attache à comprendre la singularité de la résilience de la société cambodgienne, bien éloignée de la lecture occidentale de ce génocide.

Decolonise How? Who owns the story? - Patrick Gathara (The New Humanitarian, 2025)
What journalists owe to those they report on goes right to the heart of the colonial power imbalances that should weigh heavily on the profession.

Georgia university receives $500,000 grant to preserve Gullah Geechee heritage - Walker, Adria R. (The Guardian, 2025)
GSU will establish the Gullah Geechee Sacred Land Project to research and protect the community and its culture
Keywords: Black US culture; Georgia; Gullah Geechee; South Carolina; US news

With ‘AI slop’ distorting our reality, the world is sleepwalking into disaster - Malik, Nesrine (The Guardian, 2025)
A perverse information ecosystem is being mined by big tech for profit, fooling the unwary and sending algorithms crazy, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Facebook; Politics; Social media; WhatsApp; X; YouTube

DHS Removed 100+ Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Records - Nick Schwellenbach (POGO, 2025)
POGO is making available over 160 investigative memos documenting alleged abuses and problems across the Department of Homeland Security.

How Meta’s News Ban Could Disrupt Canada’s Election - Stevis-Gridneff, Matina; Nikolov, Nikolay; Hanley, Karen; Surdam, James; Jouppi, David (The New York Times, 2025)
After Meta blocked news from its platforms in Canada, hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing Facebook pages such as Canada Proud have filled the gap.
Keywords: Canada; Elections; Facebook Inc; Meta Platforms Inc; News and News Media; Rumors and Misinformation; Social Media

News Is Blocked on Meta’s Feeds in Canada. Here’s What Fills the Void. - Stevis-Gridneff, Matina; Thompson, Stuart A. (The New York Times, 2025)
Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears.
Keywords: Ballingall, Jeff; Canada; Canada Proud; Carney, Mark J; Computers and the Internet; Elections; Facebook Inc; Instagram Inc; Meta Platforms Inc; News and News Media; Rumors and Misinformation; Social Media

'There's no right time': FSU collects memorials around campus for archives after shooting - Jean, Tarah (Tallahassee Democrat, 2025)
Sites on Florida State University’s campus that were once flooded with memorials of flowers, candles, cards and stuffed animals after a recent mass shooting are now left with small portions of the community’s united support. As the Seminole family continues to mourn, FSU is archiving the memorial objects to preserve them.

Mass convictions of opposition activists after sham trial marks a dangerous moment - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2025)
A Tunisian court has sentenced forty individuals to harsh prison terms after they were convicted on trumped-up charges.

Elon Musk Cuts Funding for Internet Archive - Futurism (Futurism, 2025)
Elon Musk's DOGE has cut finding to the American nonprofit Internet Archive, which was busy archiving websites targeted by Trump.

‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike - Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (The Guardian, 2025)
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Journalist safety; Media; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; World news

‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike - Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (The Guardian, 2025)
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Journalist safety; Media; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; World news

Experts raise red flags about privacy loopholes in EU health data initiative - Pirnay, Emma (Euractiv, 2025)
The EU's health data plan faces privacy concerns and calls for stronger protections.

An archivist’s job is to ‘keep the receipts.’ What happens when they can’t do their job? - Sorapuru, Julian E. J. (BostonGlobe.com, 2025)
Several archivists told the Globe they see the president’s actions as a threat to government transparency.

Une génération franco-cambodgienne en quête de mémoire, 50 ans après l'horreur des Khmers rouges - Baptiste Condominas (RFI, 2025)
Après plusieurs années de guerre civile, Phnom Penh tombe entre les mains des Khmers rouges le 17 avril 1975. Pendant quatre ans, le régime du Kampuchéa démocratique multiplie les atrocités et mène près de deux millions de personnes à la mort. Nombre de Cambodgiens choisissent l'exil, et beaucoup refont leur vie en France. Cinquante ans après, leurs enfants cherchent à se saisir d'une histoire familiale souvent tue, dans une quête d'identité parfois complexe.

Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief - Daniel Johnson (UN News, 2025)
Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued an urgent call to “get international media into Gaza” to cover the conflict, in addition to those reporters trapped in the enclave.

MEPs blast back at Meta over allegations it targeted depressed teens online - Datta, Anupriya (Euractiv, 2025)
Meta is under investigation under the EU Digital Services Act over its treatment of minors online.

Macron says joint Franco-Haiti commission will examine 'painful' past - Reuters (Reuters, 2025)
French President Emmanuel Macron is to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's past with its former Caribbean colony, but he made no mention of the possibility of reparations that Haitian activists have long called for.

Macron says joint Franco-Haiti commission will examine 'painful' past - Reuters (Reuters, 2025)
French President Emmanuel Macron is to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's past with its former Caribbean colony, but he made no mention of the possibility of reparations that Haitian activists have long called for.

Documentary heritage: 74 new entries on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register - UENSCO (UNESCO, 2025)
UNESCO today added 74 new documentary heritage collections to its Memory of the World Register, bringing the total number of inscribed collections to 570. The entries - from 72 countries and 4 international organizations - cover topics such as the scientific revolution, women's contribution to history and major milestones of multilateralism.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights among new entries to UNESCO Memory of the World Register - UN News (UN News, 2025)
The Register consists of documentary collections including books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and sound or video recordings, which bear witness to the shared heritage of humanity. These items often are extremely fragile and at risk of deterioration or exposure to disaster.

UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: Since the war began 1.5 years ago, the Israeli Authorities have banned the entry of international media to Gaza - UNRWA (UNRWA, 2025)
Since the war began 1.5 years ago, the Israeli Authorities have banned the entry of international media to Gaza to report independently.

UK officials label trade documents ‘secret’ to shield from US eyes amid Trump tariff war - Isaac, Anna; editor, Anna Isaac City (The Guardian, 2025)
Civil servants beef up security rules for sensitive negotiating papers over fears posed by hostile US trade policy
Keywords: Business; China; Civil service; Economics; European Commission; European Union; Global economy; JD Vance; Politics; Tariffs; Trade policy; Trump tariffs; UK news; Ursula von der Leyen; Xi Jinping

UK officials label trade documents ‘secret’ to shield from US eyes amid Trump tariff war - Isaac, Anna; editor, Anna Isaac City (The Guardian, 2025)
Civil servants beef up security rules for sensitive negotiating papers over fears posed by hostile US trade policy
Keywords: Business; China; Civil service; Economics; European Commission; European Union; Global economy; JD Vance; Politics; Tariffs; Trade policy; Trump tariffs; UK news; Ursula von der Leyen; Xi Jinping

Trump Aides Close State Dept. Office on Foreign Disinformation - Wong, Edward (The New York Times, 2025)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio put about 40 employees on leave who had tracked disinformation by China, Russia, Iran and terrorist groups.
Keywords: Censorship; Conservatism (US Politics); Global Engagement Center; Rubio, Marco; Rumors and Misinformation; Shutdowns (Institutional); State Department; Trump, Donald J; United States Politics and Government

Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records - Burgis, Tom (The Guardian, 2025)
Medical information will be available from UK Biobank, despite western intelligence agencies’ security fears
Keywords: Asia Pacific; China; Data protection; Genetics; Health; Medical research; Privacy; Science; Society; Technology; World news

Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records - Burgis, Tom (The Guardian, 2025)
Medical information will be available from UK Biobank, despite western intelligence agencies’ security fears
Keywords: Asia Pacific; China; Data protection; Genetics; Health; Medical research; Privacy; Science; Society; Technology; World news

Genocide Prevention & Responsibility to Protect - Gareth Evans and Jennifer Welsh (Inter Press Service, 2025)
April marks Genocide Prevention and Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the history, causes and victims of past genocides and to mobilize the necessary resolve to confront risks facing populations around the world today who face the threat of genocide and other mass atrocity crimes not for anything they have done, but for who they are.

Jeju Massacre archives added to UNESCO Memory of the World - Darryl Coote (UPI, 2025)
Archives documenting an early Cold War-era massacre on a South Korean island and the decadeslong truth-finding process seeking reconciliation that followed have been selected by UNESCO for preservation.

German archive where victims of the Nazis come back to life - Céline LE PRIOUX (KTEN, 2025)
If it wasn't for the Arolsen Archives, half-sisters Sula Miller and Helen Schaller would never have met.

Ink, angels and hard graft: the artists keeping Ethiopia’s ancient illuminated manuscript craft alive - Harter, Fred (The Guardian, 2025)
In an Addis Ababa workshop, sacred texts are painstakingly crafted on goat skin using methods dating back to early Christianity – plus a bit of inspiration from Google Images
Keywords: Africa; Christianity; Ethiopia; Global development; Religion; World news

Irish data privacy watchdog opens investigation into Musk's Grok AI model - Hartmann, Théophane (Euractiv, 2025)
Under the GDPR, X could be fined up to 4% of its annual global turnover.

Why is evidence of Israel’s war crimes in Gaza disappearing? - Lila Hassan (Al Jazeera, 2025)
Israel’s siege and tech censorship are erasing evidence of Gaza’s war crimes faster than they can be saved.

Politicians Shouldn’t Get to Delete Inconvenient Facts - Thylstrup, Nanna Bonde; Ovenden, Richard (The New York Times, 2025)
The Trump administration has started purging the government’s digital memory. Democracies die without proper archiving and public records.
Keywords: Archives and Records; Computers and the Internet; Data Storage; Data.gov; Medicine and Health; National Archives and Records Administration; Research; Trump, Donald J; United States Politics and Government

Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters - Lerner, Sharon (ProPublica, 2025)
Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.

The Trump Administration’s Assaults on Black History - Trey Walk (Human Rights Watch, 2025)
This week, it was reported that the United States National Park Service had begun scrubbing information from its exhibits about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad; one of the most significant stories of resistance against chattel slavery in the United States.

Sudan: Rapid Support Forces’ horrific and widespread use of sexual violence leaves lives in tatters - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2025)
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has inflicted widespread sexual violence on women and girls throughout Sudan’s two-year civil war to humiliate, assert control and displace communities across the country.

Why does algorithmic transparency matter and what can we do about it? - Juan David Gutiérrez (OpenGlobalRights, 2025)
We need mandatory rules governing the disclosure of information about automated decision-making systems.

Robo de niños en dictadura: los tres casos en que la justicia confirmó la existencia de delitos y señaló que podrían ser imprescriptibles - Sepúlveda, Nicolás (The Clinic, 2025)
Hasta ahora nunca una sentencia judicial había calificado las adopciones irregulares durante la dictadura como un delito. Pero ahora la indagatoria a cargo del ministro alejandro aguilar estableció que se trató de “sustracción de menores”, el que tiene pena de crimen. No solo eso. Entre febrero y marzo la corte de apelaciones emitió tres fallos que indicaron que podría tratarse, además, de violaciones a los derechos humanos, delitos que no prescriben. The clinic conversó con las familias afectadas.

DOGE Replacing Magnetic Tape Archives With Digital Is a Dangerous Move, Critics Say - Maxwell, Thomas (Gizmodo, 2025)
What seems at first like a logical move to modernize the government's archives may in fact be an ill-advised decision.

Digital Democracy at a Crossroads. Key Takeaways from RigthsCon2025 - Carolina Vega and Chibuzor Nwabueze (Inter Press Service, 2025)
As digital spaces become central to public discourse, civil society’s work is crucial to ensure these spaces remain accessible, open, participatory and resistant to disinformation, censorship and repression.

Filmmaker Jason Weixelbaum on American Corporations, Nazi Germany, and the Fight for Memory - Jacobsen, Scott Douglas (International Policy Digest, 2025)
Historian and filmmaker Jason Weixelbaum explores the moral complicity of American corporations in Nazi Germany and warns of the dangerous parallels with rising authoritarianism today.

Filmmaker Jason Weixelbaum on American Corporations, Nazi Germany, and the Fight for Memory - Jacobsen, Scott Douglas (International Policy Digest, 2025)
Historian and filmmaker Jason Weixelbaum explores the moral complicity of American corporations in Nazi Germany and warns of the dangerous parallels with rising authoritarianism today.

Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza - Siddique, Haroon (The Guardian, 2025)
Met to be handed dossier of evidence alleging crimes including killings of civilians and aid workers
Keywords: Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Law; London; Metropolitan police; Middle East and north Africa; UK news; War crimes

Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza - Siddique, Haroon; correspondent, Haroon Siddique Legal affairs (The Guardian, 2025)
Exclusive: Met to be handed dossier of evidence alleging crimes including killings of civilians and aid workers
Keywords: Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Law; London; Metropolitan police; Middle East and north Africa; UK news; War crimes

UK foreign secretary criticises Israel for denying two Labour MPs entry - Badshah, Nadeem; Siddique, Haroon (The Guardian, 2025)
The UK’s foreign secretary has criticised Israeli authorities for denying two Labour MPs entry into the country and deporting them. Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were rejected because they were suspected of planning to “document the activities of security forces and spread anti-Israel hatred”, according to a statement from the Israeli immigration ministry cited by Sky News and Politics UK.
Keywords: Israel; Labour; Middle East and north Africa; Politics; UK news; World news

The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It - Hsu, Tiffany (The New York Times, 2025)
As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and historians said.
Keywords: Archives and Records; Computers and the Internet; Data Storage; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Internet Archive; Libraries and Librarians; Musk, Elon; Presidential Transition (US); Rumors and Misinformation; Trump, Donald J; United States Politics and Government; Wayback Machine; Wikipedia

Doge eyes cuts to Peace Corps with in-person visit and records access - Kerr, Dara (The Guardian, 2025)
“Staff from the Department of Government Efficiency are currently working at Peace Corps headquarters and the agency is supporting their requests,” the agency said in an email to the Guardian on Friday. She asked for access to the agency’s financial records.
Keywords: Elon Musk; Technology; Trump administration; US news; US politics; World news

23andMe’s demise is a warning: the US needs to overhaul genetic data protection - Dalton Conley (The Guardian, 2025)
We’re moving toward a society where genetic information is a part of everyday life – and we don’t want it in the wrong hands
Keywords: Genetics; Insurance industry; Science; US news

Pentagon launches investigation into Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal app after sensitive information leak - Gedeon, Joseph (The Guardian, 2025)
Defense chief and others discussed US military operations on messaging app that included journalist
Keywords: Pete Hegseth; Trump administration; US military; US national security; US news; US politics; World news; Yemen

Stranger than fiction MI5 tales revealed in first National Archives collaboration - Addley, Esther (The Guardian, 2025)
From Guy Burgess’s briefcase to microdots secreted in talc, an exhibition reveals remarkable items from the agency’s archives – and the extraordinary stories behind them
Keywords: MI5; UK news; UK security and counter-terrorism

La destruction des données scientifiques aux États-Unis : un non-sens intellectuel, éthique mais aussi économique - Combe, Caroline Gans (The Conversation, 2025)
Dans un monde où l’information est devenue à la fois omniprésente et suspecte, la destruction délibérée de bases de données scientifiques évoque de sombres souvenirs historiques. Elle représente une menace sérieuse pour l’avenir de la connaissance partagée, le progrès scientifique global et, plus fondamentalement, la richesse des nations.

Mike Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal chats for national security work - Gedeon, Joseph (The Guardian, 2025)
National security adviser and team shared ‘sensitive information’ in group chats on app, sources tell Politico
Keywords: Donald Trump; Pete Hegseth; Signal group chat leak; Trump administration; US national security; US news; US politics

Classified files and MI5 spy artefacts to be exhibited for the first time - Emily Smith (The Independent, 2025)
The exhibition will offer the public a first-ever glimpse into MI5's private collection

Microbial Sleuths: SAGA Scientists Investigate Hidden Dangers at the Archives - European University Institute (European University Institute, 2025)
Scientists from the Institute of Molecular Biology in Bratislava visited the Historical Archives of the European Union to sample the archival environment for

Fuite des nazis en Argentine : qu'attendre de l'ouverture des archives promise par Javier Milei ? - Stéphanie TROUILLARD (France 24, 2025)
Le président argentin a annoncé que son pays allait déclassifier les archives gouvernementales liées à l'installation de criminels de guerre nazis en Argentine après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Les historiens espèrent en savoir un peu plus sur cette fuite organisée. France 24 revient sur les motivations de ce coup d'éclat du chef d'État classé à l'extrême droite.

The First Nations Principles of OCAP - The First Nations Information Governance Centre (The First Nations Information Governance Centre, 2025)
The First Nations principles of ownership, control, access, and possession – more commonly known as OCAP® – assert that First Nations have control over data collection processes, and that they own and control how this information can be used.

38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia by Philippe Sands review – war crimes revisited - Anthony, Andrew (The Guardian, 2025)
In the final part of a bravura trilogy detailing the struggle to bring war criminals to account, Sands tracks a former SS commander to Chile, where he found a friend in Augusto Pinochet
Keywords: Augusto Pinochet; Books; Culture; History books; Law; Philippe Sands; War crimes

38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia by Philippe Sands review – war crimes revisited - Anthony, Andrew (The Guardian, 2025)
In the final part of a bravura trilogy detailing the struggle to bring war criminals to account, Sands tracks a former SS commander to Chile, where he found a friend in Augusto Pinochet
Keywords: Augusto Pinochet; Books; Culture; History books; Law; Philippe Sands; War crimes

Found: British Military Documents, Scattered on the Street - Wolfe, Jonathan (The New York Times, 2025)
A man in Northern England said he had stumbled upon hundreds of documents, including threat assessments, armory codes and detailed base patrols. The Ministry of Defense said it was investigating.
Keywords: Classified Information and State Secrets; Defense and Military Forces; Great Britain; Newcastle-on-Tyne (England)

Romania conducts social media "stress test" ahead of May election - Datta, Anupriya (Euractiv, 2025)
Romania's agency ANCOM has not explicitly stated whether online platforms have provided sufficient reassurances around disinformation campaigns.

South Korea admits to human rights violations through mass intercountry adoptions - Ellie Cho (Jurist News, 2025)
The South Korean government’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission admitted on Wednesday that the government had violated fundamental human rights in the intercountry adoption process due to a lack of a proper legislative framework, oversight, and adherence to administrative procedures. The government’s findings are based on an intensive investigation that involved gathering information and conducting interviews with relevant individuals. The gathered information includes a vast amount of data from the archives and adoption records of four major adoption agencies

Judge orders now-infamous Signal chat be retained as tariff fallout deepens - Guardian staff (The Guardian, 2025)
James Boasberg, the chief US district judge in Washington, ordered all messages in the group chat be preserved, adding that his decision was aimed at ensuring no messages were lost and not because he decided the Trump administration had done anything wrong. Boasberg is set to decide at a later stage whether the disappearing message function of the Signal chat violated federal records retention laws.
Keywords: Donald Trump; Signal group chat leak; Tariffs; Trump administration; Trump tariffs; US news; US politics

South Korea HD Hyundai machinery used in West Bank demolitions - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2025)
HD Hyundai machinery has been widely used in demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), according to new visual and testimonial evidence documented by Amnesty International Korea and local human rights groups.

South Korea HD Hyundai machinery used in West Bank demolitions - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2025)
HD Hyundai machinery has been widely used in demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), according to new visual and testimonial evidence documented by Amnesty International Korea and local human rights groups.

The Guardian view on Trump and reality: from promoting alternative facts to erasing truths - Editorial (The Guardian, 2025)
The decision to put documents on the assassination of John F Kennedy into the public domain comes alongside a ‘digital book burning’ of data
Keywords: Climate crisis; Donald Trump; Freedom of information; Health; John F Kennedy; QAnon; Science; Social media; Trump administration; US politics; US press and publishing; Washington Post; World news

Seis organizaciones de derechos humanos presentan pruebas de crímenes de lesa humanidad ante la Corte Penal Internacional - Federación Internacional por los Derechos Humanos (Federación Internacional por los Derechos Humanos, 2025)
La Comunicación se ha redactado a partir de entrevistas con testigos y víctimas de presuntos delitos, complementadas con un amplio análisis de fuentes de acceso abierto, entre las que cabe mencionar declaraciones públicas de autoridades gubernamentales bielorrusas, que demuestran que los presuntos delitos se cometieron como parte de un ataque generalizado y sistemático dirigido contra la parte de la población civil bielorrusa que las autoridades perciben como “desleal”. Se demuestra asimismo que las autoridades bielorrusas aplican una política de Estado para intimidar y castigar a quienes consideran “desleales”, en una campaña que las autoridades han descrito en reiteradas ocasiones como una “limpieza de la sociedad”.

Six human rights organisations submit evidence of crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court - International Federation for Human Rights (International Federation for Human Rights, 2025)
The Communication draws on interviews with witnesses and victims of alleged crimes, complemented by an extensive analysis of publicly available sources, including public statements of Belarusian high-ranking officials, proving that the alleged crimes were committed as part of a widespread and systematic attack directed against the part of the Belarusian civilian population perceived by the authorities as "disloyal". They also demonstrate that the Belarusian authorities implement a State policy to intimidate and punish those deemed "disloyal", in a campaign officials have repeatedly described as a "cleansing of society".

Six organisations de défense des droits humains soumettent des preuves de crimes contre l'humanité à la Cour pénale internationale - International Federation for Human Rights (International Federation for Human Rights, 2025)
La communication s’appuie sur des entretiens avec des témoins et des victimes des crimes présumés, complétés par une analyse approfondie des sources disponibles publiquement, y compris les déclarations publiques de hauts responsables bélarusses, prouvant que les crimes présumés ont été commis dans le cadre d’une attaque généralisée et systématique dirigée contre la partie de la population civile bélarusse perçue par les autorités comme « déloyale ». Elle montre également que les autorités bélarusses mettent en œuvre une politique d’État pour intimider et punir ces personnes, au cours d’une campagne que les responsables ont à plusieurs reprises décrite comme une « purification de la société ».

Judge orders participants in Signal chat group blunder to preserve all messages - Lowell, Hugo (The Guardian, 2025)
Restraining order was issued to ensure that records of Yemen attack group conversation are retained
Keywords: CIA; Donald Trump; Marco Rubio; Pete Hegseth; Signal group chat leak; Trump administration; US national security; US news; US politics

Trump administration claims details of mass deportations are state secrets - Olivares, José (The Guardian, 2025)
Justice department avoids providing US judge information on expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador
Keywords: Americas; Donald Trump; El Salvador; Law (US); Trump administration; US foreign policy; US immigration; US news; US politics; Venezuela

Trump administration claims details of mass deportations are state secrets - Olivares, José (The Guardian, 2025)
Justice department avoids providing US judge information on expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador
Keywords: Americas; Donald Trump; El Salvador; Law (US); Trump administration; US foreign policy; US immigration; US news; US politics; Venezuela

Trump administration claims details of mass deportations are state secrets - Olivares, José (The Guardian, 2025)
Justice department avoids providing US judge information on expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador
Keywords: Americas; Donald Trump; El Salvador; Law (US); Trump administration; US foreign policy; US immigration; US news; US politics; Venezuela

Humanitarian data drought: The deeper damage wrought by US aid cuts - Will Worley (The New Humanitarian, 2025)
Humanitarian data drought: The deeper damage wrought by US aid cuts - The New Humanitarian puts quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world

NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change - Annie Waldman, Sharon Lerner (ProPublica, 2025)
It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research.

Drones, informers and apps: Iran intensifies surveillance on women to enforce hijab law - Parent, Deepa (The Guardian, 2025)
Iranian police are using digital tools to identify and punish women who defy the Islamic state’s harsh dress code
Keywords: Global development; Human rights; Iran; Law; Middle East and north Africa; Surveillance; Women's rights and gender equality; World news

‘You couldn’t trust anyone’: documenting Argentina’s military dictatorship – photo essay - Tondo, Lorenzo (The Guardian, 2025)
Lorenzo Tondo speaks to the photographer José Luis Ledesma about his work documenting the Dirty War, the brutality of Videla’s regime and Maradona’s life in Italy
Keywords: Americas; Argentina; Diego Maradona; World news

The New Yorker at 100: ‘We live in a world of misinformation ... a lack of verification. Our readers want what we do’ - Anthony, Andrew (The Observer, 2025)
The venerable magazine is thriving and its long-time editor David Remnick tells us why a dedication to literate, conversation-provoking and veracious reportage has never been more vital
Keywords: Condé Nast; Culture; David Remnick; Magazines; Media; Newspapers & magazines; The New Yorker

IRS nears deal with Ice to share data of undocumented immigrants - Empson, Olivia (The Guardian, 2025)
Immigration officials could give names and addresses, raising concerns about Trump administration’s abuse of power
Keywords: Trump administration; US immigration; US news; US politics

Press freedom in Serbia is facing a dangerous turning point, editors warn - Savage, Michael (The Guardian, 2025)
Group says reporters at independent outlets suffer ‘constant harassment, physical attacks and smear campaigns’
Keywords: Europe; Media; Newspapers; Newspapers & magazines; Press freedom; Serbia; World news

Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history - Pomerantsev, Peter; Dykhman, Alina (The Observer, 2025)
Risking discovery and even prison, teenage readers meet in secret to discuss texts that Putin’s troops are trying to erase
Keywords: Books; Culture; Europe; Libraries; Russia; US news; Ukraine; Vladimir Putin; World news

‘A slap in the face’: activists reel as Trump administration removes crucial missing Indigenous peoples report - Walker, Adria R. (The Guardian, 2025)
The Not Invisible Act Commission’s resource was historic for Native Americans. It’s now been scrubbed from federal websites
Keywords: Donald Trump; Indigenous peoples; Native Americans; Trump administration; US news; US politics; Women

Activist alerts ICC to spyware attack while sharing Libya torture victims’ details - Kirchgaessner, Stephanie; Giuffrida, Angela (The Guardian, 2025)
A prominent activist in Italy has warned the international criminal court that his mobile phone was under surveillance when he was providing the ICC with confidential information about victims of torture in Libya.
Keywords: Apple; Espionage; Europe; Giorgia Meloni; Hacking; International criminal court; Italy; Libya; Paragon; Surveillance; Technology; WhatsApp; World news

As Children, They Fled the Nazis Alone. Newly Found Papers Tell Their Story. - Moses, Claire (The New York Times, 2025)
Just under 10,000 Jewish children fled to Britain from Europe from December 1938 to September 1939. Not much was known about their journeys, until recently.
Keywords: Archives and Records; Children and Childhood; Germany; Great Britain; Jews and Judaism; Kindertransport; Rescues; Research; World War II (1939-45); Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum

With EU support UNESCO launches initiative to preserve the Jewish documentary heritage of Ukraine - EEAS (Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, 2025)
UNESCO launches a new project aimed at preserving and promoting the rich documentary heritage of Jewish communities in Ukraine. The two-year initiative, funded by the EU, seeks to safeguard cultural and historical records, enhance accessibility to archival materials, and support at least ten memory

Harsh repression and crimes against humanity ongoing Fact-Finding Mission says - OHCHR (OHCHR, 2025)
The Government of Venezuela continues to engage in actions constituting the crime against humanity of persecution on political grounds, committed in connection with the crime of imprisonment or severe deprivation of physical liberty and other crimes, the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela said in its latest update on the country’s human rights situation.

Avec le soutien de l'UE, l'UNESCO lance une initiative pour préserver le patrimoine documentaire juif de l'Ukraine - SEAE (Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, 2025)
L'UNESCO lance un nouveau projet visant à préserver et à promouvoir le riche patrimoine documentaire des communautés juives d'Ukraine L'initiative de deux ans, financée par l'UE, vise à sauvegarder les documents culturels et historiques, à améliorer l'accessibilité aux documents d'archives et à soutenir au moins dix mémoires.

Con el apoyo de la UE, la UNESCO pone en marcha una iniciativa para preservar el patrimonio documental judío de Ucrania - SEAE (Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, 2025)
La UNESCO lanza un nuevo proyecto destinado a preservar y promover el rico patrimonio documental de las comunidades judías en Ucrania. La iniciativa de dos años, financiada por la UE, busca salvaguardar los registros culturales e históricos, mejorar la accesibilidad a los materiales de archivo y apoyar al menos diez memorias.

Archivist working for Greek authorities suspected as archaeology smuggling ring kingpin - The Jerusalem Post (The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com, 2025)
Greek authorities arrested 23 individuals in Northern Greece, alleged to be part of three antiquities smuggling rings.

The power of transparency: fighting disinformation and defending USAid - Forster, Gary (Bond | The international development network, 2025)
As the political onslaught against USAID continues, transparency on aid spending is vital for holding truth to power.

Government continues systematic repression and escalates surveillance to crush dissent in the aftermath of protests - OHCHR (OHCHR, 2025)
Two and a half years after the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests began in September 2022, the Government of Iran continues to ramp up efforts to restrict the rights of women and girls, and others demanding human rights as part of a concerted effort to crush dissent, the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran warned.

The CIA Book Club by Charlie English review – ‘It was like fresh air’ - Simpson, John (The Guardian, 2025)
A fascinating, exciting history of how the agency smuggled subversive books across the iron curtain
Keywords: Books; CIA; Culture; History books; Politics books

The CIA Book Club by Charlie English review – ‘It was like fresh air’ - Simpson, John (The Guardian, 2025)
A fascinating, exciting history of how the agency smuggled subversive books across the iron curtain
Keywords: Books; CIA; Culture; History books; Politics books

How social media is helping catch war criminals – video - Ahmed, Kaamil; Morresi, Elena; Glew, Steve; Assaf, Ali (The Guardian, 2025)
Kaamil Ahmed explains how the international legal system is adapting to social media, finding a way to use the digital material shared online to corroborate accounts of war crimes being committed in countries ranging from Ukraine to Sudan
Keywords: Human rights; International criminal court; International criminal justice; Social media; Sudan; Ukraine; War crimes; World news

Judge orders Elon Musk and Doge to produce records about cost-cutting operations - Lowell, Hugo (The Guardian, 2025)
The documents would ultimately inform whether Musk has been operating unconstitutionally to the extent Doge’s activities should be halted.
Keywords: Donald Trump; Law (US); Trump administration; US news; US politics

Photographing the Final Days of World War II in Germany - Taylor, Alan (The Atlantic, 2025)
Archival images from the last weeks of World War II, taken by an American Army combat photographer during a push across eastern France into southern Germany

USAID staff told to shred and burn classified documents - Epstein, Kayla (BBC, 2025)
USAID's acting executive secretary told staff to use shredders and burn bags to dispose of files

Déclaration du Bureau du Procureur de la CPI sur l’arrestation de l’ancien Président philippin Rodrigo Roa Duterte - International Criminal Court (International Criminal Court, 2025)
Le Bureau du Procureur (le « Bureau ») de la Cour pénale internationale (la « CPI ») se félicite de l’arrestation et du transfert, le 11 mars 2025, du suspect Rodrigo Roa Duterte, ancien Président des Philippines, par les autorités de la République des Philippines. Cette arrestation est intervenue dans le contexte de l’enquête ouverte par le Bureau sur la situation en République des Philippines.

Statement of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on the arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte - International Criminal Court (International Criminal Court, 2025)
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) welcomes the arrest and transfer of the suspect Mr Rodrigo Roa Duterte, former President of the Philippines, on 11 March 2025 by the authorities of the Republic of the Philippines. Mr Duterte has been arrested in the context of the Office’s ongoing investigation into the Situation in the Republic of the Philippines.

Norwegian research foundations develop new technology for studying war crimes against Ukraine - Norwegian Refugee Council (ReliefWeb, 2025)
News and Press Release in English on Ukraine about Protection and Human Rights; published on 12 Mar 2025 by NRC

Ice accessed car trackers in sanctuary cities that could help in raids, files show - Bhuiyan, Johana (The Guardian, 2025)
Westchester county has laws limiting cooperation, but Ice has accessed trove of data that holds license plate readers
Keywords: New York; Surveillance; Technology; Trump administration; US immigration; US news; US politics

Women in the World: Making the Invisible Visible with Crowdsourced Data - ElsaMarie D’Silva; Julia Corvalán (Inter Press Service, 2025)
Despite a push in the past ten years for more female representation and #MeToo movements highlighting the abuse that women have faced for centuries, women’s struggles continue to remain invisible—dismissed, denied, and buried under patriarchal bureaucracy.

U.S.A.I.D. Official Orders Employees to Shred or Burn Classified and Personnel Records - Wong, Edward (The New York Times, 2025)
Union representatives demanded that the aid agency follow the law stated in the Federal Records Act. Defense lawyers argued that officials had not destroyed personnel records and would not destroy any more documents without notification.
Keywords: Archives and Records; Carr, Erica Y; Classified Information and State Secrets; Foreign Aid; Government Employees; Marocco, Pete; National Archives and Records Administration; Rubio, Marco; State Department; United States Agency for International Development; United States Politics and Government

The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse - Abby Stoddard, Ron Waldman, Lars Peter Nissen, and Paul B. Spiegel (The New Humanitarian, 2025)
The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse - The New Humanitarian puts quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world

Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access ‘weaponised’ - Egbejule, Eromo (The Guardian, 2025)
More governments seeking to keep millions of people offline amid conflicts, protests and political instability
Keywords: Africa; Burundi; Comoros; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Human rights; Internet; Kenya; Mauritius; Nigeria; Senegal; Tanzania; Technology; World news

Four decades on, still no justice for South Africa's Apartheid-era atrocities - France 24 (France 24, 2025)
Victims of Apartheid-era atrocities are suing the South African government for damages over failing to prosecute those suspected of committing Apartheid-era crimes. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission identified some 300 suspects to be investigated for possible prosecution, but the vast majority were never pursued.

Newly restored photos show the ruin of 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma on its 60th anniversary - Ayana Archie (WYSO, 2025)
James "Spider" Martin was assigned to photograph the protests in Alabama after civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson was killed by state troopers.

HHS grants DOGE access to child support database, overriding objections - Stein, Jeff; Diamond, Dan (The Washington Post, 2025)
The decision came after resistance from career staff at the agency.

Amnesty International Adopts Preserve365 to Streamline the Archiving and Preservation of Human Rights Records in Microsoft 365 - Accesswire (Morningstar, Inc., 2025)
Preservica, a pioneer in Active Digital Preservation archiving, is proud to announce that Amnesty International has selected Preserve365® to enhance archiving and preservation for its critical human rights records. The global organization, dedicated to researching, advocating, and mobilizing to end human rights abuses, will use Preservica's embedded Active Digital Preservation solution for Microsoft 365 to transform how it archives records in Microsoft SharePoint.

Israeli military creating ChatGPT-like tool using vast collection of Palestinian surveillance data - Davies, Harry; Abraham, Yuval (The Guardian, 2025)
The powerful new AI model is designed to analyze intercepted communications – but experts say such systems can exacerbate biases and are prone to making mistakes
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; Surveillance; World news

Israeli military creating ChatGPT-like tool using vast collection of Palestinian surveillance data - Davies, Harry; Abraham, Yuval (The Guardian, 2025)
The powerful new AI model is designed to analyze intercepted communications – but experts say such systems can exacerbate biases and are prone to making mistakes
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; Surveillance; World news

‘Let’s dig into the archives and tell the truth’: interrogating Yale’s connections to slavery - Pengelly, Martin (The Guardian, 2025)
Pulitzer prize winner David Blight follows his biography of Frederick Douglass with a deep dive into his university’s dark past
Keywords: Books; Culture; History books; Race; Slavery; US news; US universities; World news; Yale University

Brooklyn’s fraught history with slavery is examined in a new exhibit - McFadden, Syreeta (The Guardian, 2025)
With 10 archival files, Trace/s upends simplistic narratives about New York’s history with enslavement
Keywords: Black US culture; Brooklyn; New York; Race; Slavery; US news

Preserving records of 'atrocities' by Hasina regime critical - Pioneer, The (The Pioneer, 2025)
Bangladesh's interim government's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has called for the “meticulous preservation” of records documenting alleged "atrocities" committed under the administration of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

SAHR Tuesday Talks - The documents of the undocumented - ICA (ICA, 2025)
How legal processes generate records that transform individuals often labeled as “undocumented” into holders of official files, essential for defending their rights and preserving their personal histories.

DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power - Stanger, Allison (The Conversation, 2025)
As DOGE taps into sensitive federal agency data repositories, many people fear what could happen to the data. One little-discussed but hugely consequential possibility: fueling Elon Musk’s xAI company.

The deadly consequences of disinformation in the Pacific - Lisa Singh; Tushar Joshi (The Interpreter, 2025)
International partners, including Australia and India, are well placed to counter the scourge.

Collecting our loss - Williams, Matariki (E-Tangata, 2025)
"There is little or no information recording where the taonga came from, who they belonged to, who made them, what their names were, or how they were used.” — Matariki Williams on how the majority of taonga stored in collections have been separated from their stories.

How Cambridge Analytica Used Intimate Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives - Corey G. Johnson; Anna Donlan (ProPublica, 2025)
Documents obtained by ProPublica detail the sophistication and intrusiveness of Cambridge’s work for the gun industry in 2016. The firm’s campaign aimed to help elect Donald Trump and keep industry-friendly politicians in the Senate.

Deference to Passports Puts Dissidents at Risk - Feigenbaum, Alena Popova, Evan A. (Foreign Policy, 2025)
Biometrics, already used in some border crossings, could help protect activists.

Human rights museum removes Buffy Sainte-Marie from exhibit - Press, Steve Lambert The Canadian (Toronto Star, 2025)
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights has removed singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie from an exhibit because of questions about her First Nations identity.

Trump is gutting environmental data, obscuring climate and pollution risks to the public - Zwarenstein, Carlyn (Salon, 2025)
Deleting websites and ignoring scientific data threatens to undo clean air and water regulations

DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details — Even Domestic Violence - Coburn, Jesse (ProPublica, 2025)
While some agencies have resisted efforts by Elon Musk’s team to access confidential records, HUD has opened the door. The potential harm to privacy could be significant.

Ukraine Humanitarian Fund: Introducing the UHF Data Hub - OCHA (ReliefWeb, 2025)
This dynamic, user-friendly dashboard is a go-to source for up-to-the-minute information on how UHF funding drives humanitarian action in Ukraine.

Le gouvernement espagnol retire les restes d'une momie de la vue d'un musée - Walfisz, Jonny (euronews, 2025)
Le ministère espagnol de la culture a ordonné à un musée madrilène de ne plus exposer au public une momie dans le cadre d'une politique visant à "décoloniser" les musées appartenant à l'État.

Why has the Spanish government removed a mummy from museum view? - Walfisz, Jonny (euronews, 2025)
Spain’s Ministry of Culture has ordered a Madrid museum to remove a mummy from view as part of a government policy to “decolonise” state-owned museums.

ProPublica Updates Its Database of Museums’ and Universities’ Compliance With Federal Repatriation Law - Hudetz, Mary (ProPublica, 2025)
Institutions across the U.S. returned more than 10,300 Native American ancestors to tribes in 2024, making it the third-biggest year for repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

Ukraine’s Information War - Jacobsen, Scott Douglas (International Policy Digest, 2025)
Valeria Kovtun discusses the fight against disinformation in wartime Ukraine, emphasizing media literacy, advocacy, and the power of humor in countering propaganda.

Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites - Zraick, Karen (The New York Times, 2025)
The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.
Keywords: Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions

‘It allowed us to survive, to not go mad’: the CIA book smuggling operation that helped bring down communism - English, Charlie (The Guardian, 2025)
From George Orwell to Hannah Arendt and John le Carré, thousands of blacklisted books flooded into Poland during the cold war, as publishers and printers risked their lives for literature.
Keywords: Books; CIA; Communism; Culture; George Orwell; Human rights; Poland; Publishing

‘It allowed us to survive, to not go mad’: the CIA book smuggling operation that helped bring down communism - English, Charlie (The Guardian, 2025)
From George Orwell to Hannah Arendt and John le Carré, thousands of blacklisted books flooded into Poland during the cold war, as publishers and printers risked their lives for literature.
Keywords: Books; CIA; Communism; Culture; George Orwell; Human rights; Poland; Publishing

Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct - Oladipo, Gloria (The Guardian, 2025)
Database, first proposed by Trump in 2020 and created by Biden administration in 2023, is now offline.
Keywords: Donald Trump; Trump administration; US news; US policing; US politics

‘My paedophile letters’: French surgeon to stand trial accused of abusing 299 child patients - Willsher, Kim (The Observer, 2025)
Joël Le Scouarnec’s ‘black books’ of handwritten notes in which alleged sexual abuse was recorded are at the heart of case against him
Keywords: Europe; France; Rape and sexual assault; Trial by jury; World news

Apple removes advanced data protection tool in face of UK government request - Hall, Rachel (The Guardian, 2025)
Apple says removal of tool after government asked for right to see data will make iCloud users more vulnerable.
Keywords: Apple; Business; Computing; Data and computer security; Data protection; Home Office; Politics; Privacy; Technology; UK news

Green Book exhibit showcases history, struggles and triumphs of Black travel in the U.S. - Sarah Clune Hartman; Gabrielle Hays (PBS NewsHour, 2025)
The “Negro Motorist Green Book,” a guide for African Americans first published in 1936, was a valued resource at a time when travel held the promise of adventure but was also perilous. It is now the subject of an exhibit showcasing the history, struggles and triumphs of Black travel in America.

‘This is censorship’: Palestinian flags covered up in major exhibition at National Gallery of Australia - Haydar, Nour (The Guardian, 2025)
Pacific Indigenous art collective claims NGA cited ‘high level’ security risk in direction to remove Palestinian flag from tapestry
Keywords: Art and design; Australian art; Culture; Gaza; National Gallery of Australia

Giving Voice to Data: How Community Radio in Zanzibar is Using Gender-based Violence (GBV) Data to Drive Change - UN Women - Africa (Zawya, 2025)
Giving Voice to Data: How Community Radio in Zanzibar is Using Gender-based Violence (GBV) Data to Drive Change

‘I have a lot to contribute’: Whitehall whistleblower wants her job back - Weaver, Matthew (The Guardian, 2025)
Josie Stewart won an employment tribunal case against the government for unfair dismissal, after she leaked information in the public interest
Keywords: Afghanistan; BBC; Civil service; Commonwealth and Development Office; Foreign; Media; Politics

Kyiv’s White House wooing implodes as Zelenskyy tells the truth about Trump - Borger, Julian (The Guardian, 2025)
All America’s allies know that Trump is trapped in a disinformation bubble, but Zelenskyy said it out loud
Keywords: Donald Trump; Trump administration; US politics; Ukraine; Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Kyiv’s White House wooing implodes as Zelenskyy tells the truth about Trump - Borger, Julian (The Guardian, 2025)
All America’s allies know that Trump is trapped in a disinformation bubble, but Zelenskyy said it out loud
Keywords: Donald Trump; Trump administration; US politics; Ukraine; Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Conflicts over access to Americans' personal data emerging across federal government - Caitlin Andrews (IAPP, 2025)
The Trump administration's fast-moving efforts to limit the size of the U.S. federal bureaucracy, primarily through the recently minted Department of Government Efficiency, are raising privacy and data security concerns among current and former officials across the government, particularly as the administration scales back positions charged with privacy oversight. Efforts to limit the independence of a host of federal agencies through a new executive order — including the independence of the Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission — are also ringing alarm bells among civil society and some legal experts.

Cambodia’s Stolen Statues Are Coming Home to an Overflowing Museum - Ives, Mike (The New York Times, 2025)
Foreign institutions and collectors are returning artifacts with deep spiritual meaning for Cambodians. Where and how to display them remain open questions.
Keywords: Angkor Wat (Cambodia); Arts and Antiquities Looting; Buddhism; Cambodia; Cleveland Museum of Art; Collectors and Collections; Guimet Museum of Asian Art; Khmer Rouge; Koh Ker (Cambodia); Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museums; National Museum of Cambodia; Phnom Penh (Cambodia); Restoration and Renovation; Sculpture

Meta Will Escalate Any Concerns of Unfair E.U. Regulation to Trump - Jackson, Fiona (TechRepublic, 2025)
When companies are treated differently and in a way that is discriminatory against them, then that should be highlighted to that company’s home government,” Meta’s global affairs head said.

Meta Will Escalate Any Concerns of Unfair E.U. Regulation to Trump - Jackson, Fiona (TechRepublic, 2025)
When companies are treated differently and in a way that is discriminatory against them, then that should be highlighted to that company’s home government,” Meta’s global affairs head said.

Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data - Rein, Lisa; Bailey, Holly; Stein, Jeff; Bogage, Jacob (Washington Post, 2025)
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.

IRS reportedly preparing to give Musk’s Doge agency access to taxpayer data - Helmore, Edward (The Guardian, 2025)
US agency reviewing request for access to classified system containing personal financial records of US taxpayers.
Keywords: Elon Musk; Trump administration; US news; US politics

Intercepted review – phone taps are a chilling glimpse into Russian soldiers’ minds in Ukraine - Hoad, Phil (The Guardian, 2025)
Recordings of fighters’ wiretapped phone calls are juxtaposed with images of wartime destruction in Oksana Karpovych’s compelling war documentary.
Keywords: Culture; Documentary films; Europe; Film; Russia; Surveillance; Ukraine; World news

A Picture to Remember review – memories of a Donetsk happy childhood before the war - Le, Phuong (The Guardian, 2025)
Olga Chernykh’s portrait of life in war-torn Ukraine, based on home videos, examines how bonds and memories persist through trauma, loss and distance.
Keywords: Culture; Documentary films; Europe; Family; Film; Life and style; Ukraine; World news

South Korea Bans Downloads of DeepSeek, the Chinese A.I. App - Tobin, Meaghan; Young, Jin Yu (The New York Times, 2025)
Regulators said they would suspend the app until they could be sure it complied with the country’s data protection laws.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; China; DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co Ltd; South Korea

Contre la purge « sans précédent » des sites ordonnée par Trump, les archivistes du numérique à l’offensive - Michaël Szadkowski (Le Monde, 2025)
Des décrets signés par le nouveau président des Etats-Unis ont entraîné la disparition de milliers de pages, liées notamment au changement climatique ou aux politiques d’égalité. Plusieurs initiatives coordonnées cherchent à les préserver.

MLK’s family fear new batch of assassination files will have FBI ‘smears’ - Yang, Maya (The Guardian, 2025)
Family of Martin Luther King Jr says Trump mandate could revive J Edgar Hoover’s efforts to discredit revered activist.
Keywords: Donald Trump; John F Kennedy; Martin Luther King; Robert F Kennedy Jr; Trump administration; US news; US politics

White House forcing out National Archives top leadership in major shakeup - Reuters (Reuters, 2025)
The Trump administration is forcing out senior leadership at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration in a major shakeup.

The F.R.E.I.H.E.I.T. Project: tackling disinformation in Eastern Europe - Euractiv (Euractiv, 2025)
The F.R.E.I.H.E.I.T Project is a bold and ambitious initiative currently tackling the growing threat of disinformation, particularly in Europe’s Eastern Neighbourhood. It is expanding its focus to critical areas such as energy, agriculture, security, and migration, all of which are vulnerable to manipulation.

Trump called the press ‘the enemy of the people’. Now it’s time to defend ourselves - Ginsberg, Jodie (The Guardian, 2025)
The one-time defiance and solidarity of publications across the political aisle is strained as outlets cave to Trump’s threats
Keywords: Donald Trump; Media; New York Times; Newspapers; Newspapers & magazines; US news; US press and publishing; Washington Post

Exhibition marking 50 years anniversary of Asmara Massacre - Ministry of Information, Eritrea (Zawya, 2025)
Eritrea: Exhibition marking 50 years anniversary of Asmara Massacre

How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see - Paz, Alejandro; Nost, Eric (The Conversation, 2025)
Several groups are working to preserve webpages, tools and data – some of which have already gone missing from government webpages since the start of the Trump administration.

Undersecretariat of Cultural Heritage (Chile) secures UNESCO fund to enable the National Library’s preservation of photographic, audiovisual, and sound archives from the dictatorship era - UNESCO (UNESCO, 2025)

Between Russia and Elon Musk, German Voters Face a ‘Dual Front’ of Disinformation - Bennhold, Katrin; Myers, Steven Lee (The New York Times, 2025)
In the first major European vote since President Trump’s re-election, influence campaigns are targeting Germany from two sides.
Keywords: Alternative for Germany; Artificial Intelligence; Computers and the Internet; Elections; Germany; International Relations; Musk, Elon; Politics and Government; Rumors and Misinformation; Russia; Social Media; X (Formerly Twitter)

Former Haitian first lady seeks to declassify documents related to her husband's assassination - Ducrepin, Sindy (Voice of America, 2025)
Martine Moise, former first lady of Haiti, appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump to declassify documents related to the assissination of her husband, Haitian President Jovenel Moise.

Former Haitian first lady seeks to declassify documents related to her husband's assassination - Ducrepin, Sindy (Voice of America, 2025)
Martine Moise, former first lady of Haiti, appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump to declassify documents related to the assissination of her husband, Haitian President Jovenel Moise.

The dark side of AI innovation is supercharging disinformation and damaging democracy - Euractiv (Euractiv, 2025)
Misinformation and disinformation have always existed, but technological advancements have accelerated their impact. This Special Report looks at how AI misuse is damaging democracy.

ICRC: number of missing people in Russia-Ukraine war reaches 50,000 - Langrand, Michelle (Geneva Solutions, 2025)
As the war in Ukraine nears its third year, new data from the Red Cross reveals the staggering scale of disappearances and the long road ahead in the search for those missing.

Video evidence of January 6 Capitol attack missing from US government website - Betts, Anna (The Guardian, 2025)
Attorneys representing a collection of news organizations said in a legal filing submitted on Tuesday that video evidence used during the sentencing of a rioter involved in the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol had vanished from an online government platform.
Keywords: Law (US); Trump administration; US Capitol attack; US crime; US news; US politics

China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows - McQue, Katie (The Guardian, 2025)
A quarter of the world’s countries have engaged in transnational repression – targeting political exiles abroad to silence dissent – in the past decade, new research reveals. The Washington DC-based non-profit organisation Freedom House has documented 1,219 incidents carried out by 48 governments across 103 countries, from 2014 to 2024.
Keywords: Asia Pacific; China; Europe; Human rights; Media; Newspapers & magazines; Press freedom; Russia; Transnational repression; Uyghurs; World news

Musk’s ‘efficiency’ agency site adds data from controversial rightwing thinktank - Sainato, Michael; Noor, Dharna (The Guardian, 2025)
Website of ‘Doge’ includes information published by thinktank CEI, which claims to fight ‘climate alarmism’
Keywords: Climate crisis; Donald Trump; Elon Musk; Trump administration; US news; US politics

Looking at Women, Looking at War by Victoria Amelina review – in memory of the Ukrainian novelist who catalogued war crimes - Cooke, Rachel (The Guardian, 2025)
A powerful, posthumous collection of diary entries, interviews, war reports and poetry has the late author’s tragic absence at its heart.
Keywords: Books; Culture; Essays; Journalism books; Ukraine

Campaigner for migrants in Libya targeted in spyware attack - Giuffrida, Angela; Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (The Guardian, 2025)
An Italy-based human rights activist whose work supports the international criminal court in providing evidence about cases of abuse suffered by migrants and refugees held in Libyan detention camps and prisons has revealed that Apple informed him his phone was targeted in a spyware attack.
Keywords: Africa; Europe; Giorgia Meloni; Hacking; International criminal court; Italy; Libya; Middle East and north Africa; Migration; Technology; WhatsApp; World news

Campaigner for migrants in Libya targeted in spyware attack - Giuffrida, Angela; Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (The Guardian, 2025)
An Italy-based human rights activist whose work supports the international criminal court in providing evidence about cases of abuse suffered by migrants and refugees held in Libyan detention camps and prisons has revealed that Apple informed him his phone was targeted in a spyware attack.
Keywords: Africa; Europe; Giorgia Meloni; Hacking; International criminal court; Italy; Libya; Middle East and north Africa; Migration; Technology; WhatsApp; World news

FBI says it has discovered 2,400 new records related to JFK assassination - Press, Associated (The Guardian, 2025)
The agency was transferring the records for declassification and did not say what information they contained.
Keywords: Donald Trump; FBI; Joe Biden; John F Kennedy; US news; US politics

Polar heritage sites are slipping into the sea – but can one island live forever online? - Cecco, Leyland (The Guardian, 2025)
On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada’s Yukon coast, scientists are wielding virtual-reality cameras, 3D models and digital archives to protect the island’s history and culture before it disappears
Keywords: Americas; Arctic; Canada; Climate crisis; Coastlines; Conservation; Conservation and indigenous people; Environment; Geology; Global development; Indigenous peoples; Oceans; Science; Sea level; Whaling; World news

Israeli Police Raid Palestinian Bookshops in East Jerusalem - Odenheimer, Natan; Jakes, Lara (The New York Times, 2025)
The police said the stores were selling books that supported terrorism and that two members of the family who owned the business had been arrested. A lawyer said their detention was “political” rather than legal.
Keywords: Books and Literature; East Jerusalem; Gaza Strip; Israel; Palestinians

Russia destroys documents of the National Archive Fund in Dnipropetrovs'k region - UNN (UNN, 2025)
As a result of a Russian drone attack, the Mezhivskyi archival unit in Dnipropetrovs'k region was damaged. About 10% of the collection of documents of the National Archival Fond was lost due to the fire and its extinguishing.

‘Many teachers don’t want to do this, but they’re trapped’: film shows extent of Putin indoctrination in Russian schools - Sauer, Pjotr (The Observer, 2025)
Two years after he started documenting the effect of the Ukraine war on his pupils, Pavel Talankin reveals how it led to accolade – and exile from home.
Keywords: Culture; Documentary films; Europe; Film; Russia; Sundance 2025; Sundance film festival; Teaching; Ukraine; Vladimir Putin; World news

Judge temporarily blocks Musk’s ‘Doge’ team from accessing treasury records - Press, Associated (The Guardian, 2025)
Injunction granted in response to lawsuit alleging the Trump administration allowed Musk’s team access to sensitive data in violation of federal law.
Keywords: Elon Musk; Trump administration; US news; US politics

Berlin court rules against X on data access - Datta, Anupriya (Euractiv, 2025)
Two civil society organisations sued X after the platform refused to grant systematic access to publicly available data.

Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict - Leuenberger, Christine (The Conversation, 2025)
But no matter the purpose, all maps have something in common: They are political. Making maps is about making decisions about what to omit and what to include. They are subject to selection, classification, abstractions and simplifications. And studying the choices that go into maps can reveal different stories about land and the people who claim it as theirs.

Revealing India’s Cold War secrets - Mark Pierce (The Interpreter, 2025)
Indians worried about interference by “the foreign hand” in their affairs might have over-estimated their adversaries.

Trump launches sanctions against the ICC - AFP (JusticeInfo.net, 2025)
The decision comes as no surprise, but the reactions are massive, and its consequences could threaten the existence of the International Criminal Court (ICC): on Thursday 6 February 2025, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order providing for sanctions against the Hague Court, which he accused of ‘taking illegal and unfounded actions against America and (its) close ally Israel’.

Defector who exposed Assad’s brutality calls for Syria sanctions to be lifted - Christou, William (The Guardian, 2025)
The former military officer, previously known only as ‘Caesar’, smuggled evidence of thousands of deaths out of the country.
Keywords: Syria

Disappearing Data: Trump Administration Removing Climate Information from Government Websites - Rachel Santarsiero (National Security Archive, 2025)
In the first two weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term, the administration has begun to scrub critical environmental resources and datasets from federal agency websites. To combat this effort to suppress and censor public data, the National Security Archive’s Climate Change Transparency Project today publishes a selection of materials on climate change and environmental justice that have been deleted from agency web pages and spotlights the environmental and archivist organizations working to identify, scrape, and preserve these critical data.

Harvard law library acts to preserve government data amid sweeping purges - Satter, Raphael; Satter, Raphael (Reuters, 2025)
A unit of Harvard University's Law Library says it is releasing an archive of more than 300,000 government data sets, aiming to protect vital public information at a time when President Donald Trump's administration is wiping it from the web.

The Subsequent Nuremberg Trials 1946-1949: Digitalization project launched - Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2025)
A new research project is making the extensive documentation from the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials from 1946-1949 available digitally – a milestone for digital humanities and the historical reappraisal…

CDC webpages go dark as Trump targets public health information - Sherman, Carter; Glenza, Jessica (The Guardian, 2025)
Resources for contraception, gender-affirming care, STIs and HIV flicker in and out of existence or vanish completely.
Keywords: Health; Trump administration; US domestic policy; US healthcare; US news; US politics; World news