BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 9 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * 111 journalists killed this year, according to the IFJ * 09 December 2025 One hundred and eleven journalists, including seven women, have been killed in 2025, according to the International Federation of Journalists' (IFJ) annual report on journalists and media professionals killed in 2025. Launched ahead of Human Rights Day (10 December), the report's finding  more

LONDON, England, Dec. 9 [Category: Sociological] -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, posted the following news: * * * Bangladesh: Case against satire and dissent is assault on free expression * ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns the criminal case against 18 individuals, the satirical platform Earki, and at least 15 Facebook pages, on allegations of so-called 'cyber harassment/defamation', which was filed by Dhaka University Central Students' Unio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Dec. 9, 2025: * * * Sakharov - A Russian Hero for Our Time Andrei Sakharov was one of the greatest Russians of all time and lived a life that stands as a contrast and rebuke to Vladimir Putin. His voice needs to be heard. By Walter Clemens Sakharov, who died on December 14, 1989, was honored or punished by a series of Kremlin leaders -- Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, and, finally, Gorb  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9 -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center posted the following news release: * * * Guide for Parents of Adolescents With Autism Published by Oxford * The prevalence of autism as reported by the federal government has increased substantially in recent years. The latest figures, published in April 2025 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), show that among eight-year-olds at selected study sites, 1 in 31 were iden  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following InfluenceWatch wrapup on Dec. 9, 2025: * * * InfluenceWatch Podcast #388: Ripe for Fraud: Minnesota and the Feeding Our Future Story with Armin Rosen By Sarah Lee and Michael Watson Minnesota was liberal to begin with: It has the distinction of "voting blue, no matter who" since Jimmy Carter led the Democratic ticket, joining only the District of Columbia in refusing to give its electoral votes to President Ronald Reagan  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * MEDIA ADVISORY: Welch to Join Journalist Dylan Collins, Members of Congress, Human Rights Leaders for Press Conference on Netanyahu Government's Systematic Targeting of Journalists * Vermont journalist Dylan Collins will join call for justice for October 2023 Israeli attack that wounded him and killed a Reuters journalist in Lebanon WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday, December 11 th at 9:00 AM ET, U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 [Category: Media] -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that say it combines journalism and engagement, posted the following news: * * * Meet the 2025 Global Health Teacher Fellows * This fall, the Pulitzer Center selected 12 educators from around the United States to participate in our K-12 Education team's Fall 2025 Teacher Fellowship program, "Examining Interconnected Health Inequities Through Global Reporting." As a cohort, these educators worked to analyze how global he  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 9 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Pakistan: More pain for media workers as Dawn Media closes another platform * Dawn Media Group formally closed its Urdu digital platform DawnNews.tv on December 1, terminating the channel's 12 media workers. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), condemn the layoffs and call on Pakis  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Turkmen Activists Remain Unjustly Imprisoned * As the world marks Human Rights Day on December 10, celebrating the adoption in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and reaffirming the importance of rights worldwide, activists in Turkmenistan, one of the world's most repressive countries, continue to pay a devastating price for defending those rights. Murat Dushemov, Mansur Mingelo  more