PARIS, France, Aug. 8 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Afghanistan: anti-journalist crackdown in Kabul, RSF condemns the latest assault on the press by the Taliban * Since 22 July 2025, at least four media professionals and associates across Kabul have been arbitrarily arrested in raids carried out by the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) and the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. All are currently behind bars, and o more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 8 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Bangladesh: Journalist murdered in Gazipur for extortion reporting * 08 August 2025 # Journalist Md Asaduzzaman Tuhin was stabbed to death in Gazipur on August 7, allegedly after reporting on extortion in the local area. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns his murder and urges local authorities to immediately take action to p more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 8 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Bosnia and Herzegovina: We demand immediate release and charges to be dropped for journalist Natasa Miljanovic Zubac * The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has joined forces with the Safety of Journalists Network (SJN) to call for the immediate release of journalist Natasa Miljanovic Zubac and the dropping of charges against her aimed at criminalizing her reporting.* Late last night more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR and CAIR-Chicago Send DOJ Letter Demanding Probe into Killing of U.S. Citizen Khamis Ayyad by Israeli Settlers * The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) and its National chapter CAIR, today announced that they have submitted a joint letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding an more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10576) on Aug. 7, 2025, by foreign affairs specialist Michael A. Weber: * * * Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Sanctions: The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Global Magnitsky Act; Title XII, Subtitle F of P.L. 114-328, as amended; 22 U.S.C. Sec.Sec.10101 et seq.) authorizes the President to impose economic sa more PR

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 8 -- The International Media Support, an organisation that says it works to strengthen the capacity of media to reduce conflict and facilitate dialogue, posted the following joint letter 15 organizations: * * * JOINT LETTER: End the forced starvation and targeted killings of journalists in Gaza Without immediate intervention by the international community, the lives of Gaza's journalists are under serious threat, and they may not be able to continue reporting; their  more PR

PARIS, France, Aug. 8 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Journalist hacked to death in Bangladesh, another brutally attacked while investigating a gang: justice must be served * On 7 August, journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin was killed with machete blows after filming armed men chasing a young man in Gazipur. The day before, reporter Anwar Hossain was seriously injured by brick blows in the same city while investigating cases of extortion. Reporters Wi more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 8 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Pakistan: Two journalists targeted by Punjab authorities * 08 August 2025 # Pakistani authorities in Punjab have registered legal cases against two journalists for their reporting, less than one week after Pakistan's senate passed legislation prohibiting the obstruction of media workers. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Statement on Anniversary of Russia's Invasion of Georgia Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the seventeenth anniversary of Russia's illegal war on Georgia and subsequent occupation of Abkhazia and  more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 8 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Syria: One journalist killed, several attacked amid clashes in Sweida * 08 August 2025 # The month of July saw a rise in attacks against journalists and media workers in Syria, including the killing of photographer Sari Majid Al-Shoufi of news network Suwayda24. He lost his life while covering armed clashes in Sweida, southern Syria. The International Feder more PR