Reuters reports that six journalists were arrested in South Sudan last week because of their alleged involvement in circulating a video online of President Salva Kiir Mayardit wetting himself at a public event. “We are concerned because those who are detained now have stayed longer than what the law says,”
Two Ethiopian researchers at the Katiba Institute in Kenya are filing a lawsuit against Meta for failing to remove incendiary content fueling the Ethiopian civil war, according to Reuters. Following the death of one of the researcher’s fathers, the duo is accusing the Meta AI algorithm of pushing hateful content
On December 7, 2022, about 3000 German authorities arrested 25 people across three countries for their involvement in a potential coup attempt according to Reuters. The people planning the coup were “inspired by the Reichsbuerger and Qanon” far-right ideologies. German intel estimates that 21,000 people belong to the Reichsbuerger movement,
This week in Israel and Palestine, a young Druze man’s body was stolen from a West Bank hospital by Palestinian militants. Citing other sources, The Times of Israel reports, “A large-scale international diplomatic effort took place” to get his body back to his family. A concerted effort between Israel and
Reporting for Reuters, Djaffar Sabiti and Justin Makangara write that M23 rebels are fighting about 12 miles north of the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.) city of Goma causing hundreds of people to flee south. A spokesperson for the North Kivu army is reported to have said they were “containing”
In an article for Reuters, Emma Farge reports on day one of the five-day-long hearings hosted by the UN Human Rights Council’s 10th Commission of Inquiry (COI) to investigate claims and issues presented by Israelis and Palestinians. On the first day, the COI learned about an Israeli-led harassment campaign against
Three ranked Syrian military officials and their immediate families are barred from entering the U.S. because of their involvement in chemical warfare. According to the U.S. Department of State press release, Brigadier General Adnan Aboud Hilweh, Major General Ghassan Ahmed Ghannam, and Major General Jawdat Saleebi Mawas helped orchestrate and
President Biden signed an executive order that will help restore transatlantic data flow by changing U.S. privacy standards to meet those laid out by the European Union. The EU requires countries where the personal data of European citizens is being stored to use surveillance only when “strictly necessary” and “proportional”
