NEW YORK, Aug. 21 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary by Giorgi Gogia, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia Division: * * * Jailed Journalist in Azerbaijan Denied Medical Care Authorities Refuse Treatment for Reporter Held 20 Months Without Verdict - Azerbaijani authorities are refusing to allow a jailed journalist with a serious breathing disorder to see a specialist or to undergo diagnostic scans, her family and lawyer say, the latest sign of the deteriorating conditions for the count more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 22 -- The International Bar Association issued the following news release: * * * IBAHRI calls for independent investigations and due process amid crackdown on protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has called for independent investigations, judicial oversight and full respect for due process amid escalating violence and a crackdown on protests in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) during the 2026 Legislative Assembly elections. The I more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 21 -- The University of Missouri St. Louis campus posted the following news: * * * Institutional support advances UMSL faculty collaboration with South African colleagues * Associate Professor Alina Slapac (far left) led a Collaborative Online International Learning - or COIL - workshop with Karen Collett (second from left) for University of the Western Cape faculty members during her three-week trip to South Africa this spring. Slapac and Collett, an associate professor of school leadership and management at UWC,  more PR

BAVARIA, Germany, Aug. 21 -- The Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat posted the following news release: * * * New to FAU: Prof. Dr. Emanuel Hansen * With over 270 degree programs, FAU is among the 15 largest and leading universities for research in Germany. Over 6,000 employees and more than 39,000 students promote a culture of innovation, diversity and passion. Get to know our newly-appointed professors who are driving forward research with their fresh ideas and creative approaches. Find out more about the people behind our research projects  more PR

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 20 -- The Nobel Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and Gen Z Leaders Gather for Democracy in Oslo * Three Nobel Peace Prize laureates and fifteen young leaders from the Generation Z movement will come together in Oslo to champion democracy at the Nobel Peace Conference on Thursday 3 September. Filipino journalist Maria Ressa (2021), former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (2016), and Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski (2022) will all travel to Oslo to  more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Aug. 20 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Seattle TV On-Air Talent Officially Wins Freedom from Unwanted SAG-AFTRA Union Bosses After Successful Decertification Vote * Labor Board certifies vote to remove SAG-AFTRA union officials who were reportedly unresponsive and ineffective Seattle, WA (August 20, 2026) - The on-air staff at Seattle's KOMO-TV have successfully won their independence from the union officials at the Screen Actors Guild - American Federa more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 21 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Serbia: Spiral of violence against journalists intensifying in total impunity * The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the undersigned organisations raise alarm over the spiral of violence against journalists in Serbia that has intensified over the past weeks. Since our international mission to Belgrade in March, online death threats and threats of sexual violence targeting independent media professionals and their families are fl more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 21 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Serbia: Spiral of violence against journalists intensifying in total impunity * 21 August 2026 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the undersigned organisations raise alarm over the spiral of violence against journalists in Serbia that has intensified over the past weeks. Since the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) international mission to Belgrade in March, online death threats and threa more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 20 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Two-Day WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon shatters records by raising more than $7.3 million for cancer care and research at Dana-Farber * Over $87 million has been raised through the Radio-Telethon since 2002 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon presented by Arbella Insurance raised a record-breaking $7.3 million, and counting, for adult and pediatric cance more PR

LEXINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 22 -- Washington and Lee University issued the following news: * * * W&L's Mudd Center to Explore 'Memory, Mind, and Morality' in New Series The Mudd Center's 2026-2027 lecture series will address questions of memory and how the acts of remembering and forgetting can shape the moral contours of our lives. - The ethical dimensions of memory are at the heart of the Washington and Lee University Roger Mudd Center for Ethics' 2026-2027 series, "Memory, Mind and Morality." Through lectures, conversations and workshops more PR