LONDON, England, Dec. 17 -- The British Film Institute issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2025: * * * BFI ANNOUNCES 2026 HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUDIENCES The BFI today announces its upcoming cultural programme highlights for audiences across the UK, in cinemas at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, and around the UK/Ireland through BFI Distribution, on BFI Player and on BFI Blu-ray. From highly anticipated premieres and new releases, archive restorations, curated seasons and film festivals on the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Ukraine's Long-Range Strikes: Photogenic But... Ukraine has increased the number of long-range attacks on Russia, but there are questions about the campaign's effectiveness. By David Axe No one should dispute that Ukraine's deep strike campaign is great public relations. Dramatic footage of drones and missiles slamming into Russian airfields, oil refineries and factories bo more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Continued Detention of Yemeni Journalist Naseh Shaker for Over Two Years * Mr. Rashad al-Alimi President of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Mr. Aidarus al-Zoubaidi Vice President of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Aden, Yemen We, the undersigned organizations, write to respectfully urge the Yemeni authorities in Adenrepresented by the internationally recognized gove more PR

PARIS, France, Dec. 17 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Exclusive: RSF uncovers new spyware from Belarus * Reporters Without Borders (RSF)'s Digital Security Lab (DSL), working with the Eastern European organisation RESIDENT.NGO, has uncovered a previously unknown spyware tool used by the State Security Committee (KGB) of Belarus to target, among others, journalists and media workers. RSF assesses that this exposure is a serious setback for the  more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 [Category: International] -- The Center for Human Rights in Iran posted the following news release: * * * Grave Concerns Over Detainees' Safety Following Arrests at Slain Lawyer's Memorial * 39 Detained, Access to Lawyers and Families Denied, Brutal Interrogations Underway December 17, 2025 Concerns are intensifying over the safety, health, and legal rights of at least 39 individuals detained during the memorial for Khosro Alikordi, a prominent human rights lawyer found d more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Kazakhstan: Journalism, Free Expression in Further Peril * (London, December 17, 2025) - Authorities in Kazakhstan have targeted independent journalists and media outlets in recent weeks, a coalition of nine human rights groups said today. The authorities have searched the newsroom of an independent news agency, detained media workers, and pressured journalists over their reporting. The coali more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 18 [Category: BizMedia] -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2025: * * * Netflix and iHeartMedia Announce Exclusive Video Podcast Partnership for Top iHeartPodcasts More than 15 industry-leading iHeartPodcasts will stream only on Netflix including "My Favorite Murder," "The Breakfast Club," "Bobby Bones Presents: The Bobbycast," "Behind the Bastards," "The Psychology of Your 20s" and more Top comedic talent including "Dear Chelsea" with Chelse more PR

LOS GATOS, California, Dec. 18 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Netflix announces PAPARAZZI KING: Docu series coming to Netflix on January 9th Communication genius or shameless manipulator? Victim or perpetrator? "Paparazzi King" is a five-episode docuseries - coming only on Netflix on January 9th - that spans the Berlusconi era, the rise of social media, and the contradictions of Italian justice, with an unfiltered story t more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Will Governments Move to Address Mining Abuses? * When 29-year-old Norbert Amoya went to fetch water from a river in northern Zambia earlier this year, he found large numbers of dead fish and the water had a strange smell, he told a journalist. The cause was a major mining disaster. On February 18, a dam at a Chinese copper mine had burst and sent toxic waste flowing into a tributary of Zambi more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 18 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Yale World Fellows bring global lessons to New Haven classrooms Each year Yale World Fellows visit New Haven public schools to share global expertise and inspire students to become involved themselves in tackling challenges. By Mike Cummings Akim Daouda stands before a classroom of sixth graders at the Engineering and Science University Magnet School (ESUMS), a New Haven public school. He informs the stud more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Yemen: Free Forcibly Disappeared Journalist * (Beirut) - The United Arab Emirates -backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) and the Yemeni government should immediately provide information on the whereabouts of the journalist Naseh Shaker and unconditionally release him, 35 organizations including Human Rights Watch said in a letter today to the president and vice president of Yemen's Preside more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 17 [Category: Sociological] -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, posted the following news: * * * Yemen: Release journalist Naseh Shaker now * ARTICLE 19 has joined partner organisations in calling for the unconditional release of Yemeni journalist Naseh Shaker, who has been detained for two years. In a joint letter, the 18 organisations urge the internationally recognised government led by the Presidential Leadership C more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 17 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Yemen: Two years on, journalist Naseh Shaker remains arbitrarily detained * The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), together with its affiliate, the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS), and the undersigned organisations, has sent a letter to the Yemeni authorities in Aden demanding the immediate and unconditional release of journalist Naseh Shaker.  more PR