Alberta pauses book ban after schools remove Handmaid’s Tale, 1984 and other classics - Cecco, Leyland (The Guardian, 2025)
The province says it will review its controversial policy after outcry over removing beloved novels from classrooms
Keywords: Books; Canada; Culture; World news

Excuses officielles, restitutions, indemnisations : mieux panser les plaies du colonialisme - ONU Info (ONU Info, 2025)
Réparer les séquelles de l'esclavage et du colonialisme est essentiel pour briser le racisme systémique et les inégalités qui frappent les personnes d'ascendance africaine à travers le monde, affirme l’ONU dans un rapport publié mercredi.

‘Reparatory justice’ key to ending racism against Africans and their descendants - UN News (UN News, 2025)
Governments, academia and other stakeholders must “double down on delivering reparatory justice” for people from the African diaspora, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Wednesday.

‘Artefacts were just sitting in suitcases in people’s homes’: the London museum preserving Somali culture - Abdi, Sundus (The Guardian, 2025)
The UK’s first dedicated space for Somali heritage has built its collection from 15 years of donations. Culture House’s founders explain the power of giving a permanent home to a community’s heritage and hopes
Keywords: Architecture; Art and design; Culture; Exhibitions; Heritage; Museums; Somalia

‘Artefacts were just sitting in suitcases in people’s homes’: the London museum preserving Somali culture - Abdi, Sundus (The Guardian, 2025)
The UK’s first dedicated space for Somali heritage has built its collection from 15 years of donations. Culture House’s founders explain the power of giving a permanent home to a community’s heritage and hopes
Keywords: Architecture; Art and design; Culture; Exhibitions; Heritage; Museums; Somalia

More than 7,300 Afghans to be resettled in UK after MoD data leak, says National Audit Office - Boffey, Daniel (The Guardian, 2025)
Watchdog’s report says government is unable to calculate exact cost of response to data breach, raising doubt over £850m estimate
Keywords: Afghanistan; Data protection; Law; Ministry of Defence; Politics; Superinjunctions; UK news; World news

More than 7,300 Afghans to be resettled in UK after MoD data leak, says National Audit Office - Boffey, Daniel (The Guardian, 2025)
Watchdog’s report says government is unable to calculate exact cost of response to data breach, raising doubt over £850m estimate
Keywords: Afghanistan; Data protection; Law; Ministry of Defence; Politics; Superinjunctions; UK news; World news

Marshall Islands picks up the pieces after fire destroys its ‘heart of democracy’ - Letman, Jon (The Guardian, 2025)
The slow process to rebuild parliament, the Nitijela, begins as the Pacific nation confronts the loss of a vital cultural landmark
Keywords: Asia Pacific; Marshall Islands; Pacific islands; World news

A Hidden Camera Protest Turned the Tables on China’s Surveillance State - Yuan, Li (The New York Times, 2025)
Before fleeing China, an activist in Chongqing staged an elaborate one-man demonstration against the Communist Party that doubled as performance art.
Keywords: China; Chongqing (China); Communist Party of China; Demonstrations, Protests and Riots; Performance Art; Politics and Government; Surveillance of Citizens by Government

Bristol returns cultural artefacts taken from Larrakia people in Australia - Morris, Steven (The Guardian, 2025)
Objects including three-metre spears were collected in late 19th and early 20th centuries and donated to city’s museum
Keywords: Australia news; Bristol; Culture; Darwin; Indigenous Australians; Museums; Northern Territory; UK news; World news

Bristol returns cultural artefacts taken from Larrakia people in Australia - Morris, Steven (The Guardian, 2025)
Objects including three-metre spears were collected in late 19th and early 20th centuries and donated to city’s museum
Keywords: Australia news; Bristol; Culture; Darwin; Indigenous Australians; Museums; Northern Territory; UK news; World news

Archiving memories of the 1965 genocide in Indonesia - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia - Wahyuningroem, Sri Lestari (Inside Indonesia, 2025)
Poor archival conditions have meant that the identification of victims, their experiences and their needs is incredibly difficult

Les États-Unis ne participeront pas à l’évaluation de leur bilan des droits de la personne - Agence France-Presse (Radio-Canada, 2025)
Les États-Unis ont informé les Nations unies qu'ils ne prendraient pas part à la prochaine évaluation de leur bilan en matière de droits de la personne aux Nations unies.

Torture, colonialisme, résistance : quand Frantz Fanon exposait l'horreur de la guerre d'Algérie dans son discours d'Accra en 1960 - Chauvet, Diego (L'Humanité, 2025)
Dans un discours prononcé à Accra (Ghana) en août 1960, Frantz Fanon révélait la véritable nature de la guerre en cours en Algérie. Ce document, que l'on croyait perdu, vient de ressurgir des archives des services du contre-espionnage français, de la diplomatie italienne, et du sociologue et militant Immanuel Wallerstein.

Torture, colonialisme, résistance : quand Frantz Fanon exposait l'horreur de la guerre d'Algérie dans son discours d'Accra en 1960 - Chauvet, Diego (L'Humanité, 2025)
Dans un discours prononcé à Accra (Ghana) en août 1960, Frantz Fanon révélait la véritable nature de la guerre en cours en Algérie. Ce document, que l'on croyait perdu, vient de ressurgir des archives des services du contre-espionnage français, de la diplomatie italienne, et du sociologue et militant Immanuel Wallerstein.

Colonisation belge au Congo : cette propagande raciste qui a marqué notre imaginaire - Saint-Amand, François (RTBF Actus, 2025)
Mission civilisatrice, enrichissement personnel et exploitation des ressources, violence coloniale, réhabilitation. La colonisation belge du Congo a fait l’objet d’une lente évolution dans l’historiographie contemporaine. Avec pour conséquence une image édulcorée et tenace de la colonisation dans l’imaginaire collectif des citoyens belges. L’auteur et analyste politique Eric Van den Abeele revisite un siècle d’histoire coloniale belge au Congo en s’appuyant sur un matériau redoutablement efficace : les images de propagande.

Colonisation belge au Congo : cette propagande raciste qui a marqué notre imaginaire - Saint-Amand, François (RTBF Actus, 2025)
Mission civilisatrice, enrichissement personnel et exploitation des ressources, violence coloniale, réhabilitation. La colonisation belge du Congo a fait l’objet d’une lente évolution dans l’historiographie contemporaine. Avec pour conséquence une image édulcorée et tenace de la colonisation dans l’imaginaire collectif des citoyens belges. L’auteur et analyste politique Eric Van den Abeele revisite un siècle d’histoire coloniale belge au Congo en s’appuyant sur un matériau redoutablement efficace : les images de propagande.

'Une reconnaissance à minima': quels enjeux après la lettre de Macron reconnaissant que 'la France a mené une guerre' au Cameroun? - Eboulé, Christian (TV5MONDE - Informations, 2025)
Dans une lettre adressée à son homologue camerounais Paul Biya et rendue publique le 12 août dernier, le président français Emmanuel Macron reconnaît officiellement que la France a mené une guerre au Cameroun entre 1955 et 1971.

Projet MK-Ultra sur le lavage de cerveau - Desgagné, Marie-Laurence (La Presse, 2025)
Aux côtés d’autres familles de victimes de traitements expérimentaux effectués à Montréal pour le compte de la CIA, Julie Tanny se bat depuis plusieurs années pour obtenir justice. La Cour supérieure du Québec a autorisé jeudi leur action collective.

Remembering genocide in Srebrenica through the lens of Kristian Skeie - Farrant, Theo (euronews, 2025)
Photographer Kristian Skeie’s ongoing project documents life in the aftermath of the genocide in Srebrenica, capturing the quiet resilience of survivors and the enduring scars of Europe’s worst atrocity since WWII.

South Africa's one million invisible children without birth certificates - Canneti, Tom (France 24, 2025)
An NGO has taken the South African government to court over a backlog of hundreds of thousands of applications for late birth registration, with some people waiting for seven years for a response.

Invisible, Silenced, and All but Abandoned: Two Decades of the Guatemalan Police Archive - . (Sri Lanka Guardian, 2025)
Twenty years ago, a team of human rights investigators in Guatemala made a discovery that would change the course of the country’s reckoning with its violent past.

Pentagon Warns Microsoft: Company’s Use of China-Based Engineers Was a “Breach of Trust” - Dudley, Renee (ProPublica, 2025)
The Defense Department is opening an investigation to determine if the tech giant’s use of overseas engineers to maintain sensitive U.S. government computer systems compromised national security.

Pentagon Warns Microsoft: Company’s Use of China-Based Engineers Was a “Breach of Trust” - Dudley, Renee (ProPublica, 2025)
The Defense Department is opening an investigation to determine if the tech giant’s use of overseas engineers to maintain sensitive U.S. government computer systems compromised national security.

Hurricane Katrina victim identified 20 years later: ‘finally where she belongs’ - Vargas, Ramon Antonio (The Guardian, 2025)
Guardian US partner WWL Louisiana called in Ray Theriot, who used utility bills, driver’s licenses and property records
Keywords: Hurricane Katrina; Louisiana; New Orleans; US news

National Identification and Registration Authority says NIDS remains safe, no security breach - . (Jamaica Gleaner, 2025)
The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), which oversees the National Identification System (NIDS), is reporting that there has been no evidence of a breach or compromise of the national identification system.

When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir – is mapping the nation’s data - Bennett, Nicole M. (The Conversation, 2025)
Government agencies are contracting with Palantir to correlate disparate pieces of data, promising efficiency but raising civil liberties concerns.

Devastated families may take legal action over museum that kept body parts - Lohberger, Loretta (ABC News, 2025)
A University of Tasmania pathology museum retained and displayed body parts without consent from coronial autopsies. The specimens are from more than 100 people who died in Tasmania between 1953 and 1985. The Coroner's Office is investigating and has spent years reconciling their records with the museum's records.
Keywords: Medical Ethics; autopsy; body parts; coroners office; pathology

Elon Musk’s Doge put sensitive social security data at risk, whistleblower says - Robins-Early, Nick (The Guardian, 2025)
SSA official alleges that Doge staff uploaded personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans to vulnerable cloud server
Keywords: Data protection; Elon Musk; Privacy; Technology; Trump administration; US news; US politics; US social security

Germany charges US citizen with spying for China - Chris Lunday (POLITICO, 2025)
An American defense contractor is accused of offering military secrets to Beijing.

Germany charges US citizen with spying for China - Chris Lunday (POLITICO, 2025)
An American defense contractor is accused of offering military secrets to Beijing.

Germany charges US citizen with spying for China - Chris Lunday (POLITICO, 2025)
An American defense contractor is accused of offering military secrets to Beijing.

Privacy at a cost: the dark web’s main browser helps pedophile networks flourish, experts say - McQue, Katie (The Guardian, 2025)
The Tor network’s privacy architecture creates a safe haven for predators to share child sexual abuse material
Keywords: Child protection; Children; Rape and sexual assault; Technology; Tor

Donor crisis prompts rethink on humanitarian data partnership rules - Geneva Solutions - Paula Dupraz-Dobias (Geneva Solutions, 2025)
Under pressure from aid cuts, humanitarian groups may be exposing themselves and people they serve to privacy risks as they seek support from the private sector to improve efficiency. As artificial intelligence gains ground, experts say the rules of the game are due for a rethink.

White House Lists Smithsonian Exhibits It Finds Objectionable - Small, Zachary (The New York Times, 2025)
The Trump administration highlighted material dealing with topics like sexuality, slavery and immigration.
Keywords: Art; Bunch, Lonnie G III; Museums; Smithsonian Institution; Trump, Donald J; United States Politics and Government

Invisible Displacement: The Unregistered and Uncounted - Thematic Analysis - . (ReliefWeb, 2025)
Invisible displacement is a growing yet under-recognized phenomenon in humanitarian settings. This report explores the structural, operational, and political factors that obscure the presence of displaced persons who remain outside formal tracking systems, such as IDPs living outside camps, unregistered returnees, nomadic groups, or those who deliberately avoid institutional engagement due to protection concerns. Their invisibility skews humanitarian planning, which can lead to inaccurate data, underfunded programs, and systemic exclusion from life-saving services.

Trump administration to review all 55m US visa holders for potential rule violations - Campbell, Lucy (The Guardian, 2025)
State department says all people who hold valid US visas are subject to ‘continuous vetting’, including of social media
Keywords: Marco Rubio; Trump administration; US immigration; US news; US politics

The Guardian view on Britain’s AI strategy: the risk is that it is dependency dressed up in digital hype - Editorial (The Guardian, 2025)
Editorial: The UK’s plans seem to outsource sovereignty for phantom efficiency. Public services provide the data and power while US tech giants reap the rewards
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Business; Cloud computing; Computing; Economics; Global economy; NHS; Open source; Peter Kyle; Politics; Society; Technology; UK news

Cyber-attack on MoD-linked contractor exposes data of Afghans in resettlement scheme - Ali, Faisal (The Guardian, 2025)
Breach at Inflite The Jet Centre is latest in series of leaks involving private information of Afghan refugees
Keywords: Afghanistan; Cybercrime; Hacking; Immigration and asylum; Ministry of Defence; Refugees; UK news

Cyber-attack on MoD-linked contractor exposes data of Afghans in resettlement scheme - Ali, Faisal (The Guardian, 2025)
Breach at Inflite The Jet Centre is latest in series of leaks involving private information of Afghan refugees
Keywords: Afghanistan; Cybercrime; Hacking; Immigration and asylum; Ministry of Defence; Refugees; UK news

NHS to trial AI tool that speeds up hospital discharges - Grierson, Jamie (The Guardian, 2025)
Pilot at Chelsea and Westminster trust aims to reduce paperwork and free up doctors, as the UK moves to improve public services via AI
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Computing; Health; Hospitals; Labour; London; NHS; Technology; UK news; Wes Streeting

FBI returns stolen document signed by conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico - . (The Guardian, 2025)
US officials did not say who had the 16th-century page that was missing from Mexico’s archives for decades
Keywords: Americas; Mexico; US crime; US news; World news

FBI returns stolen document signed by conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico - . (The Guardian, 2025)
US officials did not say who had the 16th-century page that was missing from Mexico’s archives for decades
Keywords: Americas; Mexico; US crime; US news; World news

London museum tells forgotten story of African and Indian troops in second world war - Bakare, Lanre; Arts, Lanre Bakare; correspondent, culture (The Guardian, 2025)
National Army Museum’s Beyond Burma exhibition examines stories of soldiers from Britain’s colonies
Keywords: British army; Culture; Exhibitions; Myanmar; Second world war; South and central Asia; UK news

Russia restricts WhatsApp and Telegram, alleging apps used for fraud and terrorism - . (The Guardian, 2025)
Calls via foreign-owned platforms curbed as critics say Kremlin is pushing for greater control over Russia’s internet
Keywords: Censorship; Digital media; Europe; Internet; Russia; Social media; Technology; Telegram; Vladimir Putin; WhatsApp; World news

Working to Improve Access to Compensation for Iraqi victims of War and Terrorism - . (ReliefWeb, 2025)
No one should be excluded from rebuilding their life due to missing documentation or inefficient mechanism. This principle guided a high-level roundtable held in Baghdad with the participation of members of the Iraqi Parliament, including representatives from the Legal, Finance, and Displacement Committees, alongside the judiciary and the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.

U.K. Secretly Spent $3.2 Million to Stop Journalists From Reporting on Data Breach - Dearden, Lizzie (The New York Times, 2025)
After British authorities accidentally exposed information about 19,000 Afghans, the government sought a legal order preventing disclosure of the breach.
Keywords: Afghanistan; Decisions and Verdicts; Freedom of Speech and Expression; Freedom of the Press; Great Britain; London (England); News and News Media; Politics and Government

France acknowledges role in repression of Cameroon independence movements - Egbejule, Eromo; correspondent, Eromo Egbejule West Africa (The Guardian, 2025)
Emmanuel Macron writes to Cameroonian president with findings of joint commission on country’s colonial past
Keywords: Africa; Cameroon; Colonialism; Europe; France; World news

Israel is wiping out Gaza’s journalists – and it’s no longer even hiding it - Ginsberg, Jodie (The Guardian, 2025)
The laws of war are clear: journalists are civilians. To target them deliberately in war is to commit a war crime
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Journalist safety; Media; Middle East and north Africa; Newspapers & magazines; Press freedom; US news

Israel is wiping out Gaza’s journalists – and it’s no longer even hiding it - Ginsberg, Jodie (The Guardian, 2025)
The laws of war are clear: journalists are civilians. To target them deliberately in war is to commit a war crime
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Journalist safety; Media; Middle East and north Africa; Newspapers & magazines; Press freedom; US news

Police should disclose ethnicity of suspects in certain cases, new guidance says - Syal, Rajeev (The Guardian, 2025)
Releasing nationality and ethnicity details could help keep peace ‘where there are high levels of disinformation’
Keywords: Crime; Police; UK criminal justice; UK news

Appeals Court Allows DOGE Access to Sensitive Data at Several Agencies - Montague, Zach (The New York Times, 2025)
The decision cited a Supreme Court order in June granting DOGE analysts sweeping access to other data stored at the Social Security Administration.
Keywords: Data Storage; Decisions and Verdicts; Federal Courts (US); Privacy; Richardson, Julius N; Trump, Donald J; United States Politics and Government

Are Undersea Cables a “Backdoor for Espionage” Against the U.S.? - Tom Nagorski (The Cipher Brief, 2025)
Chinese companies leading in the production and maintenance of undersea cables could be a national security threat to this critical undersea infrastructure.

Are Undersea Cables a “Backdoor for Espionage” Against the U.S.? - Tom Nagorski (The Cipher Brief, 2025)
Chinese companies leading in the production and maintenance of undersea cables could be a national security threat to this critical undersea infrastructure.

Saved from militants, Timbuktu's famed manuscripts return home after 13 years in Mali's capital - . (CityNews Halifax, 2025)
The Malian military government started returning home the historic manuscripts of Timbuktu, which were spirited out of their fabled northern city when it was occupied by al-Qaida-linked militants more than a decade ago. Islamic radicals destroyed more than 4,000 manuscripts, some dating back to the 13th century.

The Palestinian Museum Announces the Release of Over 6,000 New Archival Items on its Digital Archive - . (Palestinian Museum, 2025)
The Palestinian Museum has announced the release of over 6,000 archival items on its website as part of the third phase of its Digital Archive Project, through which more than 19,000 items have been digitized, as part of its ongoing efforts to preserve and document Palestinian social history.

‘Restoring humanity’: Paris exhibition showcases 5,000 years of history in Gaza - Chrisafis, Angelique (The Guardian, 2025)
Saved Treasures of Gaza aims to preserve territory’s historical identity against backdrop of war and famine
Keywords: Art and design; Ceramics; Culture; Europe; Exhibitions; France; Gaza; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; Paris; World news

‘Restoring humanity’: Paris exhibition showcases 5,000 years of history in Gaza - Chrisafis, Angelique (The Guardian, 2025)
Saved Treasures of Gaza aims to preserve territory’s historical identity against backdrop of war and famine
Keywords: Art and design; Ceramics; Culture; Europe; Exhibitions; France; Gaza; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; Paris; World news

‘Restoring humanity’: Paris exhibition showcases 5,000 years of history in Gaza - Chrisafis, Angelique (The Guardian, 2025)
Saved Treasures of Gaza aims to preserve territory’s historical identity against backdrop of war and famine
Keywords: Art and design; Ceramics; Culture; Europe; Exhibitions; France; Gaza; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; Paris; World news

The UK’s Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit - Lorenz, Taylor (The Guardian, 2025)
From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz
Keywords: Child protection; Internet; Internet safety; Technology; UK news; US news

Cash Working Group Legal Task Force Presentation on Data Protection - Dobra Fabryka Ukraina (ReliefWeb, 2025)
The protection of personal data is not merely a technical requirement—it is a core principle of humanitarian action, aligned with both humanitarian standards and legal obligations. Ensuring robust data protection helps prevent these risks, safeguarding the lives of beneficiaries and upholding their right to safety and dignity. It also helps prevent discrimination and exploitation by ensuring fair and respectful humanitarian response that upholds beneficiary confidentiality and adheres to humanitarian principles.

India’s war on books attempts to erase the violent atrocities committed on Kashmir - Nasir Qadri (TRT Global, 2025)
The Modi-led government’s ban on 25 books related to the Muslim-majority region is aimed at burying the tortured history of a land under occupation.

Cambodia takes control of its war crimes legacy - Andre Kwok (Lowy Institute, 2025)
The transformation of a hybrid court into a domestic institution offers lessons for localising international justice.

Arundhati Roy works among dozens of books banned in Indian-administered Kashmir - Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (The Guardian, 2025)
Censorship order accuses books of promoting ‘false narrative and secessionism’ in disputed territory
Keywords: Arundhati Roy; Books; Censorship; Culture; Freedom of speech; India; Kashmir; Narendra Modi; South and central Asia; World news

How Burkina Faso’s strongman became the Indo-Pacific’s unlikely hero – and other tales of disinformation - Jennifer Williams, Nava Nuraniyah, Jordon Borg, Julian Droogan (Lowy Institute, 2025)
Digital disciples are spreading false narratives in an effort to exploit anti-Western sentiment across the region.

‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by Israeli missiles in Gaza - Borger, Julian (The Guardian, 2025)
Fatma Hassona used poetry and photography to record the death and devastation she saw daily. Was she targeted by the IDF?
Keywords: Culture; Documentary films; Edinburgh festival 2025; Edinburgh film festival; Film; Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Journalist safety; Media; Palestinian territories; Photography; War reporting; World news

‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by Israeli missiles in Gaza - Borger, Julian (The Guardian, 2025)
Fatma Hassona used poetry and photography to record the death and devastation she saw daily. Was she targeted by the IDF?
Keywords: Culture; Documentary films; Edinburgh festival 2025; Edinburgh film festival; Film; Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Journalist safety; Media; Palestinian territories; Photography; War reporting; World news

China Turns to A.I. in Information Warfare - Julian E. Barnes (The New York Times, 2025)
Documents examined by researchers show how one company in China has collected data on members of Congress and other influential Americans.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; China; Cyberwarfare and Defense; Espionage and Intelligence Services; GoLaxy; Propaganda; Research; Social Media; Trump, Donald J; United States Defense and Military Forces; United States International Relations; United States Politics and Government; Vanderbilt University

‘Women’s bodies exploited at an unprecedented scale’: Chinese censors failing to deal with deepfakes and hidden cameras, say activists - Lau, Jessie (The Guardian, 2025)
Secretly filmed images of women are spreading online, yet the authorities seem more focused on censorship than punishing the perpetrators, critics say
Keywords: Asia Pacific; China; Global development; Surveillance; World news

Secret plan to liberate Channel Islands found in dusty box - Silver, Jack (BBC, 2025)
A copy of the plan sets out the successful British plan to liberate the Channel Islands during WW2.

Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Giants Is Dismissed - Zraick, Karen (The New York Times, 2025)
The legal claim, one of a raft of lawsuits across the country, had accused companies of a yearslong disinformation campaign about climate change.
Keywords: Charleston (SC); Compensation for Damages (Law); Decisions and Verdicts; Federal-State Relations (US); Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; South Carolina

The killing code: strange symbols in a WA settler’s diaries lay bare frontier atrocities - Allam, Lorena; Collard, Sarah; Archibald-Binge, Ella (The Guardian, 2025)
Stories of murders passed down by Yamatji elders are confirmed by a code hidden in the 1850s journals of prominent Western Australian pastoralist Major Logue.
Keywords: Australia; Colonialism; Frontier wars; Indigenous Australians; Murder; Rural Australia; Western Australia

A Bid to Undo a Colonial-Era Wrong Touches a People’s Old Wounds - Dimapur, Pragati K. B. Reporting from; Nagaland; India, in (The New York Times, 2025)
An Oxford museum’s collection of objects taken from the Naga people includes human remains. What to do with them now is not a simple matter.
Keywords: Arts and Antiquities Looting; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; India; Indigenous People; Museums; Nagaland (India); Pitt Rivers Museum; Secession and Independence Movements

Israel closes down or leaves unresolved 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse – report - Sabbagh, Dan (The Guardian, 2025)
Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’
Keywords: Human rights; International law; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Law; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; War crimes; West Bank; World news

Israel closes down or leaves unresolved 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse – report - Sabbagh, Dan (The Guardian, 2025)
Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’
Keywords: Human rights; International law; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Law; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; War crimes; West Bank; World news

Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation - Noor, Dharna; Milman, Oliver (The Guardian, 2025)
Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research
Keywords: Climate crisis; Environment; Science; Trump administration; US news; US politics

Historian uncovers evidence of second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders in Pennsylvania who suffered from cholera, violence and xenophobia - Watson, William E. (The Conversation, 2025)
Researchers have discovered a second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders in Chester County, Pa.

La vulnerabilidad digital de las radios comunitarias en Bolivia - Nicaela León Coico (Global Voices en Español, 2025)

Gaza’s crisis beyond the headlines, through data, media, technology - . (The University of Tokyo, 2025)
Academics and journalists call for change in the narrative around the Palestine conflict, highlighting how impartiality and discussion of historical context are being widely ignored. Newer modes of communication beyond traditional broadcast mediums are hoped to help steer audiences toward content much closer to the source.

Gaza’s crisis beyond the headlines, through data, media, technology - . (The University of Tokyo, 2025)
Academics and journalists call for change in the narrative around the Palestine conflict, highlighting how impartiality and discussion of historical context are being widely ignored. Newer modes of communication beyond traditional broadcast mediums are hoped to help steer audiences toward content much closer to the source.

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum - Kingsberry, Janay (The Washington Post, 2025)
A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.

Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity - McClure, Tess (The Guardian, 2025)
Research documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regions
Keywords: Africa; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Global development; Human rights; Sexual violence; Society; Violence against women and girls; War crimes; Women's rights and gender equality; World news

Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity - McClure, Tess (The Guardian, 2025)
Research documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regions
Keywords: Africa; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Global development; Human rights; Sexual violence; Society; Violence against women and girls; War crimes; Women's rights and gender equality; World news

Foreign spies are targeting defence employees working on Aukus, Asio boss reveals - McIlroy, Tom (The Guardian, 2025)
Public servants and private contractors with access to sensitive national security information are making it easy for spies, including by posting on LinkedIn.
Keywords: Aukus; Australia news; Australian intelligence agencies; Australian military; Australian universities; Espionage; Labor party

There are no secrets on the internet. Just ask the women who entrusted their data to Tea - Mahdawi, Arwa (The Guardian, 2025)
An app designed to protect its users from dodgy men has been hacked by dodgy men.
Keywords: 4chan; Apps; Data protection; Dating; Life and style; Online abuse; Social networking; Society; Technology; Women

In a Reversal, Key Hurricane-Monitoring Data Will Stay Online - Mulkey, Sachi Kitajima (The New York Times, 2025)
The Department of Defense said it no longer planned to shut down a program that makes satellite data publicly available to researchers and forecasters.
Keywords: Arctic Regions; Defense Department; Global Warming; Ice; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Research; Satellites; Sensors; Space and Astronomy; United States; United States Defense and Military Forces; United States Navy; United States Space Force; Weather

Housing, Land, and Property Documentation in the South of Lebanon: A Rapid Needs Assessment - UNHCR (ReliefWeb, 2025)
The escalation of hostilities in Lebanon during and after September 2024 led to severe destruction, affecting approximately 100,000 housing units and resulting in an estimated USD 3.2 billion in damages, according to the World Bank. This research assesses the impact of the renewed conflict on housing, land and property (HLP) documentation—specifically, the ownership and condition of these records. It examines whether these records were lost or destroyed, and how this loss affects internally displaced persons’ (IDPs) ability to rebuild their lives. The study also explores stakeholder perspectives on the role of the humanitarian community in addressing these challenges, and the potential risks to social stability arising from unclear property boundaries in areas that were completely destroyed.

‘Lumumba everlasting’: Belgium marks Congo’s slain leader’s 100th birthday with exhibition – and possible trial - Rankin, Jennifer (The Guardian, 2025)
Surprise move towards trial of veteran diplomat over Patrice Lumumba’s 1961 assassination coincides with show seeking to widen focus on his life and fight
Keywords: Africa; Art; Art and design; Belgium; Colonialism; Culture; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Europe; Patrice Lumumba; World news

Uruguay and Chile strengthen cooperation regarding human rights violations (MercoPress, 2025)
Uruguay and Chile advanced their collaboration on policies related to memory, truth, and justice regarding past human rights violations.

Uruguay and Chile strengthen cooperation regarding human rights violations (MercoPress, 2025)
Uruguay and Chile advanced their collaboration on policies related to memory, truth, and justice regarding past human rights violations.

Russia Counters Ukrainian Drones by Turning Off Russians’ Mobile Internet - Vasilyeva, Nataliya; Lobzina, Alina (The New York Times, 2025)
The same data networks that enable phone apps and web surfing help drones navigate, so officials are imposing daily, patchwork shutdowns. The actions can be very disruptive to daily life.
Keywords: Communications and Media Blackouts; Computer Network Outages; Drones (Pilotless Planes); E-Commerce; Mobile Applications; Putin, Vladimir V; Russia; Wireless Communications

Russia has also declared war on literature. Look at what’s happening and be warned - Aslanyan, Anna (The Guardian, 2025)
Books – on LGBT themes or Ukraine – are Moscow’s target this time. And there as elsewhere, self-censorship is amplifying oppressors’ work.
Keywords: Books; Censorship; Culture; Publishing; Russia; World news

L'ONU appelle à aider les Soudanais déplacés de force qui commencent à rentrer chez eux (UN News, 2025)
Alors que le conflit persiste dans la majeure partie du Soudan, des poches de sécurité relative sont apparues et, à ce jour, plus de 1,3 million de personnes déplacées de force dont 300.000 réfugiés sont rentrées chez elles, principalement dans les États de Khartoum, de Sennar et d’Al Jazirah, où l’impact de plus de deux ans de guerre est immense.

Microsoft Used China-Based Support for Multiple U.S. Agencies, Potentially Exposing Sensitive Data - Burke, Renee Dudley, Doris (ProPublica, 2025)
Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clients, including the Justice Department.

Microsoft Used China-Based Support for Multiple U.S. Agencies, Potentially Exposing Sensitive Data - Burke, Renee Dudley, Doris (ProPublica, 2025)
Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clients, including the Justice Department.

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest - Considine, Clare (The Guardian, 2025)
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
Keywords: Florida; Trump administration; US immigration; US news; US policing; US politics

Defending lives and data amid crises and disasters - ESCAP (ReliefWeb, 2025)
Home to more disasters than any other regions, Asia and the Pacific faces rising risks as extreme environmental events grow in both frequency and intensity. At the heart of disaster preparedness, lies a crucial yet often overlooked system: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS). Not only are these systems essential for ensuring that everyone has access to a legal identity, as outlined in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 16.9, they provide critical and accurate population data, which enable effective disaster planning, response, resource allocation, and recovery efforts.

Maroon scholar calls for digitisation of the Maroon story - Paul H. Williams (Jamaica Gleaner, 2025)
The story of the Jamaican Maroons is the story of the beginning of the evolution of the Jamaican nation. They were the first people of African descent in the Western Hemisphere to free themselves from European enslavers.

France’s top court annuls arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad - Willsher, Kim (The Guardian, 2025)
Judges rule document invalid as former Syrian leader had immunity as head of state
Keywords: Bashar al-Assad; Chemical weapons; Europe; France; Human rights; International law; Law; Middle East and north Africa; Syria; World news

France’s top court annuls arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad - Willsher, Kim (The Guardian, 2025)
Judges rule document invalid as former Syrian leader had immunity as head of state
Keywords: Bashar al-Assad; Chemical weapons; Europe; France; Human rights; International law; Law; Middle East and north Africa; Syria; World news

hūmānus and ARSPHR Launch Groundbreaking Rohingya Atrocities Archive, Continuing Mohibullah's Sacrificial Fight for Truth and Justice (PR Newswire, 2025)
hūmānus and the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace & Human Rights (ARSPHR) announced the pivotal launch of the Rohingya Atrocities Archive, a groundbreaking digital repository. This powerful, meticulously curated platform stands as a testament to ARSPHR's tireless, community-driven documentation, initially gathered on handwritten notes and often precariously stored. In 2020, hūmānus initiated a critical project to painstakingly digitalise these vital records for safekeeping and in-depth analysis, supporting ARSPHR in cleaning the data, filling information gaps, and developing robust investigation strategies.

Undelivered farewell letters from victims of Nazi persecution - Arolsen archives (Arolsen Archives, 2025)
The Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives start a cooperation on execution files from Munich-Stadelheim. The Munich-Stadelheim prison was a “central execution center” under National Socialism, making it one of the main sites of Nazi injustice in Munich. Over 1,000 people were executed there up to 1945. Touching documents from there are undelivered farewell.

Central African Republic: ICC Convicts Two Anti-Balaka Leaders - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2025)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) conviction of two anti-balaka militia leaders for serious crimes in the Central African Republic is an important step toward justice in the country.
Keywords: The Netherlands

Guerre d’Algérie : ce que les difficultés d’accès aux archives disent de notre démocratie - Lafaye, Christophe (The Conversation, 2025)
Les chercheurs et les citoyens rencontrent de sérieux problèmes pour accéder aux archives contemporaines du Service historique de la défense (SHD). En effet, l’ouverture des archives les plus délicates sur la guerre d’Algérie (1954-1962) pose des problèmes. Les réticences se cristallisent autour de questions sensibles, comme celles du renseignement, des crimes de guerre, de l’emploi des armes spéciales (nucléaires, radiologiques, biologiques et chimiques) ou des sites d’essais nucléaires et chimiques.

Guerre d’Algérie : ce que les difficultés d’accès aux archives disent de notre démocratie - Lafaye, Christophe (The Conversation, 2025)
Les chercheurs et les citoyens rencontrent de sérieux problèmes pour accéder aux archives contemporaines du Service historique de la défense (SHD). En effet, l’ouverture des archives les plus délicates sur la guerre d’Algérie (1954-1962) pose des problèmes. Les réticences se cristallisent autour de questions sensibles, comme celles du renseignement, des crimes de guerre, de l’emploi des armes spéciales (nucléaires, radiologiques, biologiques et chimiques) ou des sites d’essais nucléaires et chimiques.

Artist Amy Sherald cancels Smithsonian show over censorship - Lee, Benjamin (The Guardian, 2025)
Portraitist withdrew her National Portrait Gallery show over reports that a transgender Statue of Liberty painting could offend Trump
Keywords: Art; Art and design; Culture; Donald Trump; Painting; US news

Trump signs executive orders targeting ‘woke’ AI models and regulation - Robins-Early, Nick; Gambino, Lauren (The Guardian, 2025)
Crackdown would streamline the building of datacentres and remove environmental protections
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Donald Trump; Technology; Trump administration; US news; US politics; World news

Africa Sets Course to Strengthen and Harmonise Health Data Governance (Africa CDC, 2025)
The Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) is set to kick off action towards strengthening and harmonising the framework of policies, procedures, and practices that ensure healthcare data is managed, protected, and used responsibly throughout its lifecycle — health data governance — across the continent.

Albanese government worse than Morrison era at producing documents for public scrutiny, report finds - Belot, Henry (The Guardian, 2025)
A Centre for Public Integrity report found in 2022-23, for the first time, more FOI requests were refused than fully granted to applicants. The report also found the number of FOI documents granted in full had fallen by more than half in just over a decade.
Keywords: Australia news; Australian politics; Freedom of information

The Huawei Dilemma: Why Europe Needs Strong Intelligence Guardrails - Dave Venable; Mykola Volkivskyi (The Cipher Brief, 2025)
Spain's decision to award Huawei with a contract to manage a wiretap system shows the lack of security standards across European intelligence.

China's Disinformation Offensive in Taiwan - Hollie McKay (The Cipher Brief, 2025)
Every day, social media feeds in Taiwan are flooded with a mix of sensational and carefully-crafted, more subdued claims. They range from fear-mongering about a potential cross-strait conflict to narratives portraying the Republic of China as grappling with racism and food safety issues, to casting doubt on its relationship with Washington.

Do You Have Information About the CECOT Deportations? Help ProPublica Report. - Jameel, Perla Trevizo,Melissa Sanchez,Mica Rosenberg,Maryam (ProPublica, 2025)
If you have information about the deportation operation or the immigrants who were deported, we want to hear from you.

¿Lo enviaron a usted o a alguien que conozca al CECOT? - Jameel, Perla Trevizo,Melissa Sanchez,Mica Rosenberg,Maryam (ProPublica, 2025)
Si tiene información sobre los venezolanos que Trump mandó a una cárcel salvadoreña, queremos hablar con usted.

‘Women are the guardians of our culture’: why Kihnu is Estonia’s island of true equality - Lewis, Sian (The Guardian, 2025)
They wear traditional dress, play ancient melodies on violins and accordions, but the women of this island outpost ensure that it is more than just a living museum.
Keywords: Cultural trips; Estonia holidays; Europe holidays; Life and style; Society; Travel; Women

“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show - Olalde, Mark (ProPublica, 2025)
Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to the Thacker Pass mine, according to a ProPublica review of thousands of pages of law enforcement communications.

Guard at U.S. Embassy in Norway Charged With Spying for Russia and Iran - Pranav Baskar; Henrik Pryser Libell (The New York Times, 2025)
A Norwegian man has been accused of leaking sensitive information about U.S. embassy staff members and threatening Norway’s national interests, according to prosecutors.
Keywords: Classified Information and State Secrets; Diplomatic Service, Embassies and Consulates; Espionage and Intelligence Services; Iran; Mohamed Orahhou; Norway; Russia; United States International Relations

Ministers urged to help students trapped in Gaza with places at UK universities - Weale, Sally (The Guardian, 2025)
Forty people who have been offered scholarships unable to travel without biometric data they have no way of getting.
Keywords: Education; Gaza; Higher education; Home Office; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; Students; UK news; Universities; World news

Ministers urged to help students trapped in Gaza with places at UK universities - Weale, Sally (The Guardian, 2025)
Forty people who have been offered scholarships unable to travel without biometric data they have no way of getting.
Keywords: Education; Gaza; Higher education; Home Office; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; Students; UK news; Universities; World news

L’administration Trump déclassifie « plus de 230 000 pages » d’archives sur l’assassinat de Martin Luther King (Le Monde, 2025)
Ces documents portent notamment sur l’enquête du FBI, la police fédérale, sur la traque internationale de l’assassin présumé du défenseur des droits civiques, ou encore sur le témoignage d’un de ses codétenus.

UK government urged to offer more transparency over OpenAI deal - Booth, Robert (The Guardian, 2025)
Select committee chair says public need to be reassured about the use of their data after ‘major failures’ in the past
Keywords: Amazon; Artificial intelligence (AI); Computing; Google; Labour; Microsoft; OpenAI; Palantir; Peter Kyle; Politics; Sam Altman; Silicon Valley; Technology; UK news

La Syrie post-Assad : se reconstruire à travers l’art - Buriel, Albane (The Conversation, 2025)
À l’issue d’un récent séjour sur leterrain, Albane Buriel, chercheuse spécialisée en science de l’éducation, dresse un portraitethnographique de la scène artistique syrienne depuis la chute du régime de Bachar Al-Assaden décembre 2024. Des initiatives et des collectifs émergent, de Damas à Alep en passantpar Homs. Les artistes se réapproprient les lieux, les visages et les souvenirs, pour rendrehommage aux victimes du régime. L’art s’impose comme un outil essentiel sur le chemin versla reconstruction.

Irish Museum of Modern Art rejects censorship claims after Derek Jarman film cancellation - Campbell, Sinéad (The Guardian, 2025)
IMMA says it plans to reinstate screenings of The Angelic Conversation, following a complaint against the showing of a gay kiss on the museum’s outdoor screen
Keywords: Censorship; Culture; Derek Jarman; Europe; Film; Ireland; LGBTQ+ rights; World news

De Gaza à Amman, le récit du sauvetage sous haute tension des archives familiales de l’UNRWA - Laure Stephan (Le Monde, 2025)
Les documents attestant du statut de réfugiés de centaines de milliers de Palestiniens ont été sortis de l’enclave dans les premiers mois de la guerre, sous les bombardements israéliens, et mis à l’abri en Jordanie. « Le Monde » retrace en exclusivité le déroulement de cette opération jusqu’ici tenue secrète.

De Gaza à Amman, le récit du sauvetage sous haute tension des archives familiales de l’UNRWA - Laure Stephan (Le Monde, 2025)
Les documents attestant du statut de réfugiés de centaines de milliers de Palestiniens ont été sortis de l’enclave dans les premiers mois de la guerre, sous les bombardements israéliens, et mis à l’abri en Jordanie. « Le Monde » retrace en exclusivité le déroulement de cette opération jusqu’ici tenue secrète.

From Gaza to Amman, how UNRWA's family archives were rescued under fire - Laure Stephan (Le Monde, 2025)
Documents attesting to the refugee status of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were taken out of Gaza in the early months of the war and stored safely in Jordan. Le Monde tells the story of this previously unreported secret operation.

From Gaza to Amman, how UNRWA's family archives were rescued under fire - Laure Stephan (Le Monde, 2025)
Documents attesting to the refugee status of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were taken out of Gaza in the early months of the war and stored safely in Jordan. Le Monde tells the story of this previously unreported secret operation.

Pourquoi la publication de milliers de pages sur l’assassinat de Martin Luther King inquiète sa famille - Maxime Dhuin (Le HuffPost, 2025)
Les enfants du leader du mouvement des droits civiques appellent ceux qui s’intéresseront aux documents déclassifiés à le faire avec « empathie et respect ».

Trump officials release FBI records on MLK Jr despite his family’s opposition (The Guardian, 2025)
About 200,000 pages of surveillance records released despite objection from slain civil rights leader’s family
Keywords: FBI; Martin Luther King; Trump administration; US news

UNRWA and Health Insight Asia Take Key Step in Improving Digital Health Records for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA, 2025)
UNRWA and Health Insight Asia have taken a key step in improving healthcare for millions of Palestine Refugees by taking the Agency’s use of electronic medical records to a new level.

UK may back down on demand for backdoor access to Apple users’ encrypted data - Booth, Robert; Syal, Rajeev (The Guardian, 2025)
Government sources say pressure from Washington, including JD Vance, could lead to Home Office climbdown, according to reports
Keywords: Apple; Business; Computing; Encryption; Home Office; JD Vance; Law; Politics; Privacy; Surveillance; Technology; UK news; US news; World news

UK may back down on demand for backdoor access to Apple users’ encrypted data - Booth, Robert; Syal, Rajeev (The Guardian, 2025)
Government sources say pressure from Washington, including JD Vance, could lead to Home Office climbdown, according to reports
Keywords: Apple; Business; Computing; Encryption; Home Office; JD Vance; Law; Politics; Privacy; Surveillance; Technology; UK news; US news; World news

Australia pressed Tony Blair to avoid meeting ‘troublemaker’ 1999 Indigenous delegation, archives reveal - Quinn, Ben; Davies, Caroline (The Guardian, 2025)
Representatives led by Patrick Dodson met Queen but memo reveals PM advised to plead ‘diary problems’
Keywords: Australia news; Australian foreign policy; Australian politics; Cricket; Foreign policy; Indigenous Australians; Indigenous recognition; John Howard; National Archives; Pat Dodson; Politics; Tony Blair; UK news; World news

Australia pressed Tony Blair to avoid meeting ‘troublemaker’ 1999 Indigenous delegation, archives reveal - Quinn, Ben; Davies, Caroline (The Guardian, 2025)
Representatives led by Patrick Dodson met Queen but memo reveals PM advised to plead ‘diary problems’
Keywords: Australia news; Australian foreign policy; Australian politics; Cricket; Foreign policy; Indigenous Australians; Indigenous recognition; John Howard; National Archives; Pat Dodson; Politics; Tony Blair; UK news; World news

Trump Releases Thousands of Martin Luther King Jr. Files - Rojas, Rick (The New York Times, 2025)
Historians said they saw little of note in the assassination records that President Trump disclosed despite opposition from most of Dr. King’s family.
Keywords: Archives and Records; Classified Information and State Secrets; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Justice Department; National Archives and Records Administration; Trump, Donald J; United States Politics and Government

Routine health information system and health facility data for neglected tropical diseases: general guidance for national programme managers and data clerks (World Health Organisation, 2025)
Given the heterogeneity of NTDs, information pathways and data management practices supporting programmes to eradicate, eliminate and control these diseases have tended to be equally diverse. This situation has created an uneven, complex information pathway beset by duplication and dispersion of effort, inefficiencies and missed opportunities. The WHO-led development of the RHIS provides a unique opportunity to address several of these challenges and harness investments in systems by several stakeholders to strengthen national health information systems. In response, the Global NTD Programme has collaborated with the corporate WHO RHIS toolkit initiative by developing programme-specific guidance.

Memories of Movement - Shaeera Kalla; Tsogo Kupa (Africa is a Country, 2025)
An experimental reimagining of protest memory — unsettling the archive and inviting viewers to ask what movements leave behind.

Tech conglomerate Tencent reportedly requests removal of anti-censorship archive FreeWeChat - Khunsha Dar, Hong (Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, 2025)
Chinese tech giant Tencent is seeking the removal of FreeWeChat.com, an archive developed by GreatFire. The website specialises in surfacing deleted or blocked WeChat posts on politically sensitive topics.

Meta argues its AI needs personal information from social media posts to learn ‘Australian concepts’ - Taylor, Josh; reporter, Josh Taylor Technology (The Guardian, 2025)
Tech giant says posts from Australian Facebook and Instagram users are ‘vital learning’ about ‘concepts, realities, and figures’
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Australia news; Meta; Privacy; Technology

Texas Officials Say They Didn’t See the Flood Coming. Oral Histories Show Residents Have Long Warned of Risks. - Jaffe, Logan (ProPublica, 2025)
After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what we learned following the devastating July 4 flooding in Texas.

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE - Asher-Schapiro, William Turton,Christopher Bing,Avi (ProPublica, 2025)
ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

U.K. Secretly Resettled 4,500 Afghans in Britain After Huge Data Breach - Castle, Stephen; London, Mark Landler Reporting from (The New York Times, 2025)
The government said that information about 18,000 Afghans was accidentally revealed in 2022. A legal order had prevented any reporting on the subject.
Keywords: Afghanistan; Asylum, Right of; Classified Information and State Secrets; Defense and Military Forces; Great Britain; Healey, John (1960- ); Politics and Government; Taliban

Israel and Iran Usher In New Era of Psychological Warfare - Odenheimer, Steven Lee MyersNatan; Solomon, Erika (The New York Times, 2025)
The 12-day conflict was marked by a flurry of propaganda, disinformation and covert operations aided by artificial intelligence and spread by social media.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Defense and Military Forces; International Relations; Mossad; NewsGuard Technologies Inc; Propaganda; Rumors and Misinformation; Social Media; Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming

Israel and Iran Usher In New Era of Psychological Warfare - Odenheimer, Steven Lee MyersNatan; Solomon, Erika (The New York Times, 2025)
The 12-day conflict was marked by a flurry of propaganda, disinformation and covert operations aided by artificial intelligence and spread by social media.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Defense and Military Forces; International Relations; Mossad; NewsGuard Technologies Inc; Propaganda; Rumors and Misinformation; Social Media; Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming

Des outils de surveillance pilotés par l’IA utilisés pour traquer des activistes autochtones, dénonce l'ONU (UN News, 2025)
Si l’intelligence artificielle (IA) peut aider les peuples autochtones à surveiller les changements environnementaux afin de préserver la biodiversité, ces outils sont parfois utilisés par des Etats « pour traquer » les activistes chargés de défendre la cause des peuples autochtones, a déploré le chef des droits de l’homme de l’ONU.

Understanding challenges in detention through Health Information System (International Committee of the Red Cross, 2025)
Overcrowing in detention causes many health issues. Addressing these issues is another problem. Prior to 2024, there was no standard medical recording in place in BJMP jails. Detainees’ health records were disorganized. Information from consultations were written in loose sheets of papers; these were stored in places where they could easily be accessed, destroyed or lost. The lack of a standard recording system also meant that reliable health data was unavailable, making it hard for the authorities to make decisions in connection to the delivery of basic healthcare to detainees.

Lost archives of Idi Amin preserved and protected - The University of Wesern Australia (2025)
The “lost archive” of former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and materials documenting the country’s history between 1947 and 1986 has been registered by UNESCO.

La FDA mise sur une transparence radicale : la publication des lettres de décision fait sensation (Lab News, 2025)
La Food and Drug Administration (FDA) américaine a franchi aujourd'hui une étape décisive en matière de transparence en publiant plus de 200 lettres deréponse complètes (CRL). Ces lettres de décision, émises entre 2020 et 2024 dans le cadredes demandes d'approbation de médicaments et de produits biologiques, offrent au public,pour la première fois, un aperçu détaillé des processus décisionnels de l'agence. Cetteinitiative s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un programme plus vaste de modernisation de la FDA.

‘The voices of our dead have not faded away’: the fight for the memory of genocide in Srebrenica - Borger, Julian (The Guardian, 2025)
Three decades on, as leaders deny what happened, remains of the thousands killed continue to be identified and buried
Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Europe; Islam; Ratko Mladić; Religion; War crimes; World news

Bangladesh’s ousted Sheikh Hasina charged with crimes against humanity - Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (The Guardian, 2025)
Former leader, who is in hiding in India, indicted over deadly crackdown on anti-government protests last year
Keywords: Bangladesh; Protest; Sheikh Hasina; South and central Asia; World news

Justice Dept. Demands Patient Details From Trans Medicine Providers - Ghorayshi, Azeen; Thrush, Glenn (The New York Times, 2025)
Doctors and hospitals were subpoenaed for private information on gender-related care for minors, the latest move by the Trump administration to stop the treatments.
Keywords: Discrimination; Doctors; Hospitals; Justice Department; Medicine and Health; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Subpoenas; Teenagers and Adolescence; Transgender; Trump, Donald J; United States Politics and Government

Axon’s Draft One is Designed to Defy Transparency - Maass, Matthew Guariglia and Dave (Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2025)
Axon Enterprise’s Draft One — a generative artificial intelligence product that writes police reports based on audio from officers’ body-worn cameras — seems deliberately designed to avoid audits that could provide any accountability to the public.

No Face, No Case: California’s S.B. 627 Demands Cops Show Their Faces - Martinez, José (Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2025)
California has introduced S.B. 627 to prohibit law enforcement from covering their faces during encounters with the public, in response to masked ICE agent actions.

Why 18th century European kids were designing their idea of Australia - McGillivray, Mary (ABC News, 2025)
Why, 200 years ago, was a five-year-old girl in Scotland painstakingly embroidering her idea of Australia, and what lessons are hidden in her work?
Keywords: botany bay; colonial girls history; colonial history; embroidery; laura cook; lorinda cramer; margret begbie; national museum of australia; needlework; samplers

« Migrants », « réfugiés », « illégaux », « candidats à l’asile »… comment les politiques et les médias désignent les personnes en déplacement - Mistiaen, Valériane (The Conversation, 2025)
L’analyse de plus de 13 000 articles de presse et 3 400 journaux télévisés montre la grande diversité des termes utilisés pour désigner les personnes en déplacement – une terminologie qui influence profondément le regard porté sur elles.

Why Big Tech is threatened by a global push for data sovereignty - Dosunmu, Damilare (Rest of World, 2025)
Countries are forcing tech giants to store citizen data locally, challenging the standard business model of harvesting data abroad while keeping profits at home.

Trente ans après le génocide de Srebrenica, l’ONU appelle à défendre la vérité et la justice (UN News, 2025)
L’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies a commémoré mardi le 30e anniversaire du génocide de Srebrenica, qualifié par les juridictions internationales comme la pire atrocité commise sur le sol européen depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Lors de la cérémonie solennelle, les Nations Unies ont réaffirmé leur engagement à tirer les leçons de cette tragédie, à préserver la mémoire des victimes, et à lutter contre le négationnisme et la montée des discours de haine.

ICC issues warrant for Taliban’s supreme leader for persecution of women - Ahmed, Kaamil; Joya, Zahra (The Guardian, 2025)
Rights activists hail move to arrest Haibatullah Akhundzada and Afghan chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani for crimes against humanity
Keywords: Afghanistan; Global development; International criminal court; International criminal justice; International law; Law; Society; South and central Asia; Taliban; Violence against women and girls; Women under the Taliban; Women's rights and gender equality; World news

Human rights documentation is dead. Long live human rights documentation! - Benedict “Bono” Salazar Olgado (OpenGlobalRights, 2025)
Once the backbone of human rights work, documentation is now in crisis. Formal investigations, curated archives, and legal evidence are losing ground amid shifting approaches to philanthropy, NGO precarity, and shrinking civic spaces. Even as established documentation methods utilize new technologies, skepticism toward name-and-shame strategies and legal instruments has left documentation struggling for relevance, particularly in crisis-driven contexts that demand rapid responses.

‘Women were grabbed and dragged away like sacks’ – a history of British protest in pictures - Campbell, Duncan (The Guardian, 2025)
Since 1963, when he photographed a fellow student being arrested, David Hoffman has turned his camera on rebels and rioters. His archive tells an alternative story of Britain, from Greenham Common to students marching on Whitehall
Keywords: Activism; Feminism; Human rights; Law; Life and style; News photography; Protest; Race

South Africa's one million invisible children without birth certificates - France 24 (France 24, 2025)
An NGO has taken the South African government to court over a backlog of hundreds of thousands of applications for late birth registration, with some people waiting for seven years for a response from…

Lesbian archive preserves LGBTQ+ history in the face of erasure - Amanda Becker (Good Good Good, 2025)
As programs recognizing LGBTQ+ people are cut, an Ohio archive is doing what queer Americans always have: preserving their own history.

The Human Cost of Javier Milei’s Assault on Science and History - Gilliland, Haley Cohen (The New York Times, 2025)
Genetics reunited the families of Argentina’s disappeared. President Javier Milei’s government is imperiling that.
Keywords: Ancestry.com; Argentina; Buenos Aires (Argentina); Genealogy; Genetics and Heredity; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; King, Mary-Claire; Milei, Javier; Politics and Government

A new platform future-proofs governance for the intelligent age - Kelly Ommundsen (World Economic Forum, 2025)
Emerging technologies such as AI are accelerating change across industries, but regulation often remains at a standstill. A new platform seeks to address this gap.

En France, « il devient de plus en plus difficile de militer pour le climat » - Lenardo, Agathe Di (Basta!, 2025)
Gardes à vue, violences policières, discours stigmatisants… Dans un nouveau rapport, Amnesty International dénonce les multiples formes de répression qui visent celles et ceux qui défendent l’environnement en France.

La madre de San Fernando que murió esperando durante 42 años reencontrarse con su hijo - Sanhueza, Ana María (El País Chile, 2025)
Cuando en 2025 Ruth Reyes declaró ante el juez Alejandro Aguilar, lo primero que le dijo fue que tenía cinco hijos, pero que le faltaba uno. También, que nunca autorizó su adopción en 1983.

Venezuela y Haití, los países más vulnerables ante el cambio climático y con menos recursos para responder - María Mónica Monsalve (El País América, 2025)
Ocho países de América Latina y el Caribe están en la “zona roja”, según un índice creado por Columbia y la Fundación Rockefeller. Esto, si no solo se tienen en cuenta aspectos como su ubicación geográfica y orografía, sino si también se le suman otros factores punzantes y determinantes, como su capacidad financiera y la destreza de sus Gobiernos.

“Quieren que los inmigrantes tengan miedo y se autodeporten, pero estamos ganando la batalla” - País, El (El País, 2025)
Gabriela Warkentin comienza, de manera periódica en ‘Al habla…’, una serie de conversaciones con inmigrantes y con personas en Estados Unidos, a propósito del asedio que sufren con la política migratoria de Donald Trump.

Putting data to work: using evidence in forced displacement (UNHCR, 2025)
This report highlights how governments, UNHCR and partners are leveraging socioeconomic data and evidence to guide policy, shape programming and inform advocacy. In places where data gaps remain, UNHCR is investing in efforts – developed with national statistics offices – to lay the groundwork for better planning with development partners.

Truth-telling inquiry recommends redress for Aboriginal Victorians, calls for redress and transfer of power - Ashton, Kate (ABC News, 2025)
One hundred recommendations are handed down as Australia's first truth-telling inquiry finds crimes against humanity and genocide were committed against Aboriginal people in Victoria. The Yoorrook Justice Commission also published an "official public record" of the history of Victoria since colonisation as told to the inquiry.
Keywords: Aboriginal-led royal commision; Genocide; Victoria; Yoorrook Justice Commission; evidence; treaty; truth-telling inquiry

Return the gods - Chinenye Egbuna Ikwuemesi (Africa is a Country, 2025)
The founder of a digital archive of African deities explains the motivation behind its creation.

Pioneering project releases more lost Irish records spanning 700 years - Carroll, Rory; correspondent, Rory Carroll Ireland (The Guardian, 2025)
Newly restored material from vast archive destroyed in civil war takes in Anglo-Norman conquest and 1798 rebellion
Keywords: Culture; Europe; Heritage; Ireland; World news

Universities in every state care for congressional papers that document US political history − federal cuts put their work at risk - Gregory, Katherine (The Conversation, 2025)
Libraries and archives at universities across the nation catalog and steward the donated papers of members of Congress. But that historically significant work is now in jeopardy.

UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying - Lakhani, Nina (The Guardian, 2025)
Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harms
Keywords: Climate aid; Climate crisis; Environment; Fossil fuels; United Nations; World news

The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system - Joffe-Block, Jude (NPR, 2025)
The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.

Sudden loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back ‘decades’ - Holthaus, Eric (The Guardian, 2025)
Scientists left scrambling amid hurricane season after irreplaceable program is slotted to be shuttered
Keywords: Environment; Extreme weather; Hurricanes; Trump administration; US news; US politics; US weather

Los gitanos apenas llegan a la universidad: “La segregación y los prejuicios nos marcan” - Castro, Sara (El País, 2025)
Solo el 0,8% de los jóvenes estudiantes de esta etnia consigue graduarse en una carrera. La brecha educativa se arrastra desde la infancia, según un estudio.

Scandinavia has its own dark history of assimilating Indigenous people, and churches played a role – but are apologizing - DuBois, Thomas A. (The Conversation, 2025)
Amid national truth and reconciliation processes, Scandinavian churches are taking stock of their past policies toward the Sámi people.

Georgia Court Rules for Transparency over Private Police Foundation - Martinez, José (Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2025)
A Georgia court has decided that private non-profit Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) must comply with public records requests under the Georgia Open Records Act for some of its functions on behalf of the Atlanta Police Department. This is a major win for transparency in the state.

Unpacking OpenAI’s Amazonian Archaeology Initiative - Regattieri, Lori (Tech Policy Press, 2025)
What if I told you that one of the most well-capitalized AI companies on the planet is asking volunteers to help them uncover “lost cities” in the Amazonia—by feeding machine learning models with open satellite data, lidar, “colonial” text and map records, and indigenous oral histories?

Las deportaciones de Trump de migrantes a Centroamérica se topan con trabas legales (El País, 2025)
La ONU advierte que Bukele podría estar cometiendo desaparición forzada contra los venezolanos encarcelados en El Salvador. En Costa Rica, el Supremo ha ordenado liberar a los migrantes asiáticos deportados por Washington.

Yes, Your TV Is Probably Spying on You. Your Fridge, Too. Here’s What They Know. - Rachel Cericola, Jon Chase and Lee Neikirk (The New York Times, 2025)
Devices in your home are quietly collecting information about you. Some of that data may be shared, analyzed, and sold by organizations you’ve never heard of. Maybe it’s fine. Maybe not.

Iberoamérica en democracia: el valor del diálogo y el consenso (El Pais, 2025)
La iniciativa es un intento de hacer fuertes los valores y los principios de la democracia y los derechos humanos, como el único suelo digno de convivencia de nuestras sociedades.

‘I was one of the few people able to document it’: shooting the Black Panthers – in pictures (The Guardian, 2025)
From bustling Free Huey rallies to private moments smoking with Angela Davis, Stephen Shames’s photographs tell the revolutionary organisation’s incredible story
Keywords: Art and design; Civil rights movement; Culture; Exhibitions; Photography; Race; US news; World news

Government engages UK on repatriating migrated archives - Rutendo Nyeve (HeraldOnline, 2025)
Engagements with the United Kingdom for the repatriation of valuable historical records taken during the colonial era are at an advanced stage, with Zimbabwe seeking to follow in the footsteps of Kenya, which successfully reclaimed its migrated archives.
Keywords: United Kingdom

Government engages UK on repatriating migrated archives - Rutendo Nyeve (HeraldOnline, 2025)
Engagements with the United Kingdom for the repatriation of valuable historical records taken during the colonial era are at an advanced stage, with Zimbabwe seeking to follow in the footsteps of Kenya, which successfully reclaimed its migrated archives.
Keywords: United Kingdom

Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech - Zraick, Karen; Mulkey, Sachi Kitajima (The New York Times, 2025)
The firms say their First Amendment rights are being violated when cities and states sue and accuse them of spreading misinformation about climate change.
Keywords: Bonta, Rob (1972- ); Boutrous, Theodore J Jr; California; Chevron Corporation; Exxon Mobil Corp; Freedom of Speech and Expression; Global Warming; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Suits and Litigation (Civil); United States Politics and Government

Argentina’s Supreme Court digs deeper into discovered Nazi archive - Buenos Aires Times (Buenos Aires Times, 2025)
Passports, propaganda, membership documents, swastika notebooks, images of Hitler – Argentina’s Supreme Court is progressing with its investigation into the contents of boxes holding Nazi files, which were found in champagne crates in a basement.

From chalkboards to culturally inclusive digital connectivity (UNICEF, 2025)
For the first time in the Republic of the Marshall Islands' (RMI) history, every public elementary school will be powered and connected. This initiative brings life-changing access to electricity and the internet to even the most remote islands, ensuring every child can learn, no matter their location.

Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It - Satariano, Adam; Jeanna Smialek (The New York Times, 2025)
To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently helped suspend the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes.
Keywords: Cloud Computing; Computers and the Internet; Corporations; Embargoes and Sanctions; Executive Orders and Memorandums; International Criminal Court; International Relations; Khan, Karim (1970- ); Microsoft Corp; Nadella, Satya; Politics and Government; Software; Trump, Donald J; United States International Relations; United States Politics and Government

Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It - Satariano, Adam; London, Jeanna Smialek Adam Satariano reported from (The New York Times, 2025)
To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently helped suspend the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes.
Keywords: Cloud Computing; Computers and the Internet; Corporations; Embargoes and Sanctions; Executive Orders and Memorandums; International Criminal Court; International Relations; Khan, Karim (1970- ); Microsoft Corp; Nadella, Satya; Politics and Government; Software; Trump, Donald J; United States International Relations; United States Politics and Government

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says - Carrington, Damian (The Guardian, 2025)
False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised.
Keywords: Climate crisis; Climate science; Climate science scepticism and denial; Environment; World news

China Unleashes Hackers Against Its Friend Russia, Seeking War Secrets - Rajagopalan, Megha (The New York Times, 2025)
Since the war in Ukraine began, analysts have monitored a series of intrusions aimed at stealing information about weaponry and warfighting.
Keywords: China; Classified Information and State Secrets; Cyberattacks and Hackers; Cyberwarfare and Defense; Defense and Military Forces; Espionage and Intelligence Services; Federal Security Service; International Relations; Politics and Government; Putin, Vladimir V; Russia; Xi Jinping

China Unleashes Hackers Against Its Friend Russia, Seeking War Secrets - Rajagopalan, Megha (The New York Times, 2025)
Since the war in Ukraine began, analysts have monitored a series of intrusions aimed at stealing information about weaponry and warfighting.
Keywords: China; Classified Information and State Secrets; Cyberattacks and Hackers; Cyberwarfare and Defense; Defense and Military Forces; Espionage and Intelligence Services; Federal Security Service; International Relations; Politics and Government; Putin, Vladimir V; Russia; Xi Jinping

Rwanda and DR Congo agree draft peace deal to end conflict - Rukanga, Basillioh (BBC, 2025)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to witness the formal signing of the peace deal next week.
Keywords: Rwanda

French champagne makers face human trafficking trial - Schofield, Hugh (BBC, 2025)
Three people are accused of exploiting dozens of workers in the heart of champagne country.

Words Are Not Enough. Concrete Action Needed to Stop Israel’s Extermination of Palestinians (Human Rights Watch, 2025)
The Commission of Inquiry’s vital new report documenting Israeli forces’ systematic destruction of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure, including educational, religious, and cultural sites, and war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination, underscores the long overdue need for concrete actions to stop the Israeli government’s atrocities and hold perpetrators to account.

ProPublica Sued the FDA for Withholding Records About the Safety of Generic Drugs - Nguyen, Katherine Dailey,Jessie (ProPublica, 2025)
The agency declined to quickly release documents that would identify drugs made at some of the most troubled foreign factories. The request was part of ProPublica’s ongoing investigation into the safety of America’s generic drug supply.

Leaked footage and prison logs reveal Aung San Suu Kyi’s life in detention - Lovett, Lorcan; Paing, Tin Htet (The Guardian, 2025)
Video and documents give rare glimpse inside daily life of the imprisoned civilian leader as she nears her 80th birthday
Keywords: Aung San Suu Kyi; Myanmar; Myanmar coup; South and central Asia

Preparatory work to identify remains of 800 infants at Irish mother and baby home begins - Harrison, Shane (The Guardian, 2025)
Excavation crews begin sealing off site in Tuam, Co Galway, before full-scale dig starts on 14 July
Keywords: Catholicism; Children; Europe; Ireland; Society; World news

‘It’s not quite what I had in mind entering my eighth decade’: the London librarian of Lesbos - Taylor, Diane (The Guardian, 2025)
Rather than retiring to Greece, 71-year-old Ruth Miller created ‘a sanctuary of hope and healing’ in a refugee camp
Keywords: Greece; Libraries