WASHINGTON, July 11 [Category: Media] -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that say it combines journalism and engagement, posted the following news: * * * Announcing the Pulitzer Center 2025 Persephone Miel Fellow * The Pulitzer Center is pleased to announce the selection of our 2025 Persephone Miel Fellow. Nathaphob Sungkate is an independent journalist from Thailand working with HaRDstories. His reporting focuses on human trafficking and forced criminality in Southeast Asia, migration, an more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * BREAKING: CAIR Condemns Israel for Beating Death of American Citizen, Calls on Trump To 'Put America First' * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned illegal Israeli settlers backed and enabled by the Israeli government for beating an American citizen to death in the ill more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 12 -- The Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy's Internet Governance Project issued the following commentary on July 11, 2025: * * * "Apple in China:" A Critical Review A review of Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company by Patrick McGee By Milton Mueller Patrick McGee has written a splendid business history that also manages to wade into geopolitics in a misguided way. The book's underlying focus is the transnational division o more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 11 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Greece: Attempted bomb attack on journalist Yannis Pretenteris * An explosive device consisting of five kilos of ammonium-based TNT and a detonator was discovered and defused on 10 July by a Greek police munitions disposal unit outside the home of Yannis Pretenteris, editor of the weekly magazine To Vima, in the Athens area. According to information published  more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 11 -- The International Service for Human Rights issued the following news: * * * New UN brief prompts growing global action against transnational repression New UN brief paves the way for States and UN bodies to develop norms and recommendations to better respond to transnational repression and protect victims. * On 30 June 2025, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) launched its first-ever brief on transnational repression (TNR) at a sid more PR

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight released the following testimony by Media Research Center Vice President Dan Schneider from a June 24, 2025, hearing entitled "Rising Threat: America's Battle Against Antisemitic Terror": * * * Thank you Chairman Van Drew, Ranking Member Crockett and Members of the Committee, acts of antisemitism are on the rise, not only in America but across the globe. This hearing is well timed, and necessary, to investigate and uncover th more PR

LONDON, England, July 11 [Category: Sociological] -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, posted the following news: * * * Serbia: EU must take action as media freedom continues to rapidly decline * The undersigned journalists and media freedom organisations are profoundly appalled by the new attacks against journalists across Serbia, many of which are perpetrated by state representatives and law enforcement authorities. The situation of emerge more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 11 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Serbia: Media freedom continues to decline at alarming speed, EU must take action * The undersigned journalists and media freedom organisations are profoundly appalled by the new attacks against journalists across Serbia, many of which are perpetrated by state representatives and law enforcement authorities. The situation of emergency of media freedom in Serbia - as assessed by the Media Fre more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 11 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Serbia: Media freedom continues to decline at alarming speed, EU must take action * As of 11 July, the Mapping Media Freedom platform, has documented a total of 95 cases of press freedom violations against 184 journalists, media outlets, and journalists associations in the last six months. This is an unprecedented figure compared to previous years.  The entir more PR

SYDNEY, Australia, July 11 [Category: Media] -- The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance issued the following news release: * * * Special Envoy's Plan to Combat Antisemitism * The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance condemns hate speech, including antisemitism, as a threat to democracy, a free media, and equality. Antisemitism, as a form of racism, should be met with the principle of zero tolerance. MEAA acknowledges the release of the and the Prime Minister's willingness to tackle th more PR

NEW YORK, July 11 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * Threat looms over Narges Mohammadi amid ongoing intimidation from state-affiliated actors * Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi has received a series of serious threats to her safety and life from agents affiliated with the Islamic Republic's Ministry of Intelligence. The Free Narges more PR

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Kari Lake, senior advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, from a June 25, 2025, hearing entitled "Spies, Lies, and Mismanagement: Examining the U.S. Agency for Global Media's Downfall": * * * Good morning, Chairman Mast, Ranking Member Meeks, and members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. My name is Kari Lake. I am the Trump Administration Senior Advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Med more PR