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Highlights from the Toronto Democracy Forum 2025: Healing the World Through Civil Resistance
In many parts of the world, people are watching their freedoms shrink, sometimes gradually, sometimes overnight. Authoritarian governments are tightening
Brad Lips, CEO of Atlas Network, Named Recipient of the 2025 Linda Whetstone Award for Freedom and Human Rights
The World Anti-Extremism Network (WAEN) is honored to announce Brad Lips as the recipient of the 2025 Linda Whetstone Award
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The March 2025 edition of Uncensored Watch is now live! This edition highlights some of the most pressing global challenges,
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Uncensored Watch | January 2025
As we enter 2025, authoritarian regimes are tightening their grip, human rights violations persist, and democracy remains under threat. But
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Presenting the November edition of Uncensored Watch packed with highlights of WAEN’s latest milestones, including impactful achievements and a thoughtful
Healing the World by Defending Freedom & Countering Oppression: Activists from 15+ Countries Unite at Toronto Democracy Forum
Toronto Democracy Forum Healing the World by Defending Freedom & Countering Oppression A World Free of Extremism & Authoritarianism The
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WASHINGTON — Security forces in Somalia say they killed all six attackers who laid siege to a hotel in the central town of Beledweyne and later killed at least 50 al-Shabab Read more
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Haiti is facing a "humanitarian catastrophe" as it reels from a surge in violence that is forcing people from their homes and pushing overstretched health facilities to the Read more
WASHINGTON — One month ago, on the morning of Feb. 4, forces from Somalia’s Puntland region attacked Islamic State terror group fighters, who responded with drones, suicide attacks and infantry charges. Read more
WASHINGTON — The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday on seven senior members of Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, the Treasury Department said. The men smuggled military-grade items and weapon systems into Read more
ISLAMABAD — Five soldiers and at least 13 civilians, including women and children, were killed in a twin suicide bombing Tuesday that targeted a military compound in northwestern Pakistan, according Read more
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department on Tuesday reinstated the "foreign terrorist organization" designation for Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by President Donald Trump shortly after he took Read more
JERUSALEM — Israel's defense ministry said Saturday the military has been instructed to prepare to defend a Druze settlement in the suburbs of Damascus, asserting that the minority it has vowed Read more
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army said Saturday it had killed a top military leader of Hurras al-Din, a Syrian branch of Al-Qaida that announced its dissolution in January. The U.S. Central Read more
BUKAVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — At least 11 people were killed and scores injured Thursday when explosions in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu struck a rally held by leaders Read more
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigeria's National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) warns that terrorist groups are getting more sophisticated — using new technologies and exploiting political and economic grievances to expand their operations. Read more
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WASHINGTON — When Naveeda Khoshbo published her book of political analysis in 2019, she received widespread praise and recognition. For many, "it was the first time that they were reading a Read more
Reza Valizadeh, a dual-citizen Iranian American journalist imprisoned in Iran, ended his hunger strike after six days on Thursday out of concern for his mother, who went on the hunger Read more
washington — A Guatemalan judge ordered prominent journalist Jose Ruben Zamora back to prison this week in a move that the leader of his legal team called “inhumane.” Zamora on Monday Read more
WASHINGTON — The son of imprisoned pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai this week brought the campaign to secure his father’s release to the Trump administration in Washington. Nearly two months into President Read more
A High Court judge in Zimbabwe on Wednesday adjourned the case of a journalist arrested over his interviews with a war veteran-turned-politician who criticized the country's president. Blessed Mhlanga, a Read more
A self-described member of a Russian organized crime group told a court on Tuesday that he tried to kill the Iranian American journalist and VOA host Masih Alinejad in New Read more
More than two years have passed since police stopped a man who was loitering outside the New York home of Iranian dissident and journalist Masih Alinejad. Inside his car, they Read more
Gert Kuiper was in a bar in Madrid when a newscast announced that his brother had been killed while reporting on El Salvador’s civil war. It was more than 40 Read more
Across Pacific Island nations, journalists are pushing back on draconian laws and defamation cases, while weighing the cost of Chinese economic help against true editorial freedom. VOA’s Jessica Stone has Read more
In a win for Elon Musk's X corporation, the U.S. state of California will no longer require social media companies to report about their content moderation practices. VOA's Matt Dibble Read more
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party secured 316 out of 465 seats in Sunday's election. Read more
The 78-year-old, who has been jailed for 20 years, was a prominent advocate for democracy in the former British territory. Read more
Anti-Indianism is rising in Bangladesh as ties between the South Asian neighbours sink to a new low. Read more
The ruling conservatives defied opinion polls predicting a win for the reformist People's Party. Read more
Brenton Tarrant is serving a life sentence after murdering 51 people in the March 2019 attack on two mosques in New Zealand. Read more
The Nationals had split from the Liberals citing free speech concerns over laws brought in after the Bondi Beach attack. Read more
The four are suspected of facilitating a suicide bombing that killed more than 30 people, Pakistan's interior minister said. Read more
The company quickly realised its mistake and managed to recover virtually all the missing tokens from customers. Read more
Rescue operations are on as more people are feared trapped inside the mine, police say. Read more
The Royal Australian Mint has defended the design of the coins, which mark 100 years since Queen Elizabeth II's birth. Read more
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