GENEVA, Switzerland, July 2 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The International Commission of Jurists issued the following joint statement with 17 organizations on Viet Nam's transnational repression in Thailand: * * * While the EU recently elevated its relationship with Viet Nam to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, civic space within Viet Nam continues to shrink. This repression is no longer contained within Viet Nam's borders. Recent high-level state visits between Thai and Vietnamese authorities have signaled a dangerous tightening of bilatera more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 1 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Audio-Reader receives 3 awards, honorable mention from the International Association of Audio Information Services The Audio-Reader Network, based at the University of Kansas, received three program awards and one honorable mention during the International Association of Audio Information Services 2026 awards ceremony in June. Audio-Reader, a nonprofit audio information service, offers programming for persons who are blind, visually impaired and print-disa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 [Category: Political] -- Defending Rights and Dissent issued the following news: * * * Defending Rights & Dissent Policy Director Raises Concerns with Trump "Antifa" Prosecution and Heavy Sentencing * Last week, two federal judges in Texas sentenced eight activists to 30 to 100 years in prison for actions related to a July 4, 2025 protest at the ICE Prairieland detention center. Defending Rights & Dissent Policy Director Chip Gibbons spoke to The Guardian about the prosecution of the participants in the anti-ICE noise d more PR

SANTA BARBARA, California, July 2 -- Fielding Graduate University issued the following news: * * * Fielding's New President Looks Ahead: Lynne Richardson on Leadership, Listening, and Fielding's Next Chapter By Catherine Ryan On Alabama's Gulf Coast, where Lynne Richardson, PhD, lives with her husband, Woody, the days come with a peaceful yet busy choreography: eagles in the trees across the canal, a heron fishing from the dock, barges and cruise ships passing through the Intracoastal Waterway, and boats of every size tracing the route betw more PR

VIENNA, Austria, July 1 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news: * * * Georgia: Authorities must end legal and regulatory pressure on critical broadcasters Regulatory fines mark another escalation in pressure against independent broadcasters - The International Press Institute (IPI) today raises alarm over growing regulatory and legal pressures against independent television broadcasters in Georgia, which mark another escalation in the playbook of attacks on press freedom. As hostility from the Russia-friendly Georg more PR

NEW YORK, July 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following joint statement with 17 organizations: * * * Joint Statement on Viet Nam's Transnational Repression in Thailand * While the EU recently elevated its relationship with Viet Nam to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, civic space within Viet Nam continues to shrink. This repression is no longer contained within Viet Nam's borders. Recent high-level state visits between Thai and Vietnamese authorities have signaled a dangerous tightening of bilateral securit more PR

NEW YORK, July 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Mali's Junta Suspends Popular Radio Show * Last week, Mali 's media regulator silenced one of the country's few remaining public forums, the popular radio phone-in show, Allo Kledu. On June 25, the High Authority for Communication ordered the suspension of the show, broadcast on the private station Radio Kledu, for two months. The media regulator said the program had become "a platform for listeners to vent against the government," and sought  more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, July 2 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release on June 30, 2026: * * * Northwestern experts on today's SCOTUS decisions on birthright citizenship and trans athletes in organized sports CHICAGO -- The U.S. Supreme Court today handed down decisions in major cases, including the constitutionality of Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship and whether transgender athletes are allowed to compete in organized sports. Northwestern Pritzker School of Law experts are available to media. To arran more PR

BUFFALO, New York, July 2 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * UB to host 5th annual teaching Black History conference LaGarrett King, conference leader and director of the Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education in the Graduate School of Education, welcomes attendees to the Teaching Black History Conference.  By Vicky Santos The Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education at the University at Buffalo will host the 2026 Teaching Black Histo more PR

PARIS, France, July 2 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Uganda: Army chief orders unprecedented shutdown of leading media group, RSF calls for its immediate reopening * The media outlets of Nation Media Group (NMG), Uganda's leading independent media network, were shut down by the military the night of 27 June on the orders of General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Chief of Defence Forces and son of President Yoweri Museveni. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this unprecedented attack on the pr more PR