MIL-OSI NGOs: Doxing attack against media: Germany hit by global trend
Source: Reporters Without Borders – DATA THEFT REVEALS INFORMATION ON DOZENS OF JOURNALISTS On Friday, January 4th, it came to light that links to the private data of politicians, satirists, actors and journalists had been published daily on the Twitter account @_0rbit since the beginning of December as a kind of advent calendar. But it […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Red Cross urges public to check on people during big freeze
Source: Red Cross Red Crescent – Budapest/Geneva, 1 February 2019 – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is calling on people to check on neighbours, relatives and friends – especially older people – who may be at risk as freezing temperatures hit Europe. With severe weather warnings in place in […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Liberia: RSF decries attack on Monrovia radio station
Source: Reporters Without Borders – Roots FM is owned by Henry Costa, an outspoken critic of President George Weah in the morning talk-show he hosts, The Costa Show, which is one of Liberia’s most popular radio programmes. According to the information obtained by RSF, the gunmen arrived at around 3 a.m., tied up the personnel […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Facebook’s oversight board is an important first step, but questions abound
Source: Reporters Without Borders – “We feel this is an important first step, however, many essential questions remain. Much about the mechanics of this body needs to be specified. We need guarantees of real independence, as well as decision-making that conforms to international legal standards for freedom of speech,” said RSF San Francisco office director Sabine Dolan. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Nigeria: ‘deadliest’ Boko Haram attack on Rann leaves at least 60 people murdered
Source: Amnesty International – Satellite images available At least 60 people were killed following Monday’s (28 January) devastating Boko Haram attack on Rann, a border town in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, Amnesty International has confirmed. Amnesty analysed satellite imagery which shows hundreds of burned structures in the town. Many of the destroyed structures only date […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Vigil for murdered student Giulio Regeni at Egyptian Embassy in London
Source: Amnesty International – Cambridge and London Amnesty groups to hold sombre event at Egyptian Embassy on Saturday 2 February, 12-1pm Letter demanding full investigation into Italian PhD researcher’s murder in Egypt three years ago to be delivered to embassy ‘The demand for truth for Giulio will not go away’ – Sue Woodsford A vigil […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Saudi Arabia: ‘Relief’ at withdrawal of death penalty against female activist
Source: Amnesty International – 01 Feb 2019, 02:23pm Responding to reports that Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is no longer seeking the death penalty for Israa al-Ghomgham, a female activist on trial for peacefully participating in anti-government protests in the country’s Eastern Province in 2015, Samah Hadid, Amnesty International’s Middle East Director of Campaigns, said: “The news […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Oxfam opens biggest-ever waste treatment plant in Rohingya refugee camp
Source: Oxfam – Oxfam has this month opened the largest human waste treatment plant ever built in a refugee camp, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The industrial-scale plant, funded by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, can process the waste of 150,000 people – equivalent to the population of Abuja. Being able to treat large volumes of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Iraq: Coalition should follow Australia’s lead after admission of 18 civilian deaths in Mosul
Source: Amnesty International – Responding to the Australian Defence Force’s admission that its airstrikes in the Iraqi city of Mosul may have caused up to 18 civilian deaths in 2017, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director, said: “The Australian Defence Force’s latest admission that its airstrikes killed civilians during the battle for Mosul […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: UN asked to intercede in arrests of foreign journalists, censorship in Venezuela
Source: Reporters Without Borders – The foreign journalists, who had come to cover anti-Maduro demonstrations in Venezuela’s largest cities, were arrested by the police, the General Directorate for Military Counter-Intelligence (DGCIM), the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) and the presidential guard. The censorship of independent and international media is becoming more and more blatant and disturbing […]
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