BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 20 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Azerbaijan: Alarming escalation of repression against women journalists * 20 August 2025 # Violence and harassment against women journalists in Azerbaijan are growing at a worrying rate. To highlight the full extent of this problem, the Social Union of Legal Education of Sumgait Youth (SULESY) has released a comprehensive report that documents disturbing p more PR

PARIS, France, Aug. 20 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Kazakhstan: RSF condemns the non-renewal of RFE/RL accreditations as a political decision * On August 20, the Kazakh judiciary confirmed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' refusal to renew the accreditations of seven journalists from Radio Azattyk, the Kazakh bureau of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a media outlet funded by the U.S. Congress. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounc more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Rep. James McGovern, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * McGovern Condemns Administration's Politicization of Human Rights Sanctions Today, Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA), coauthor of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, criticized the Trump Administration for using bipartisan Global Magnitsky human rights sanctions authority for a partisan purpose, and demanded that Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Secretary of more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Aug. 21 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * Meet NAU's 2025 Fulbright Award winners After receiving prestigious 2025 Fulbright Awards, three Lumberjacks--two recent graduates and one faculty member--will head to three different continents to make a positive impact on children's lives, advance conservation work and integrate Indigenous knowledge into environmental research and practices. They were among the talented 2,100 to win Fulbright Awards  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 [Category: Media] -- The National Press Club posted the following news release: * * * National Press Club to Honor Imprisoned Chinese Journalist Dong Yuyu With President's Award; Renews Call for His Release * WASHINGTON -- The National Press Club announced today it will present its distinguished President's Award for 2025 to Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu, a respected editor and columnist who has been imprisoned in Beijing since February 2022 after being convicted on espion more PR

CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 20 -- The office of the Prime Minister of Australia issued the following news release: * * * Press conference - Adelaide * ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning everyone. It's good to be here in Adelaide with the Premier of South Australia and also with Amanda, our fantastic Member for Kingston and Minister for Employment. And I do want to thank the dedicated scientists who've shown us around this facility here today. It is important to be able to see first more PR

PARIS, France, Aug. 20 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Two years after the roundup of seven Ukrainian media professionals in Melitopol, RSF continues to search for those the Kremlin would like to see forgotten * Two years to the day after their roundup in Melitopol, on 20 August 2023, seven Ukrainian media professionals are still being held by the Kremlin in the occupied territories or in Russia. Adjourned trials, deportations, Moscow's obstina more PR