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US: Trump Attacks Social Media Platforms Friday, May 29, 2020 Click to expand Image A moving billboard with an image depicting President Trump as Pinocchio circles the White House, May 28, 2020. © 2020 Eric Kayne/AP Images for AVAAZ (Washington, DC, May 29, 2020) – President Donald Trump’s May 28, 2020 executive order, Preventing Online Censorship, is a profound attack against online freedom of expression globally, Human Rights Watch said today. The executive order aims to make the social media companies’ general protection from liability under Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act contingent on whether they moderate content in “good… (Full Story)

Russia: Journalists Held Over Peaceful Pickets Friday, May 29, 2020 Click to expand Image Echo of Moscow journalist, Tatiana Feleghengauer, detained by police on May 28, 2020. © 2020 Igor Ivanenko/Kommersant/Sipa USA via AP Images (Moscow) – Moscow police on May 28, 2020 detained seven journalists and a writer who were holding single person pickets in solidarity with another journalist detained for holding a similar protest, Human Rights Watch said today. Ilya Azar, a correspondent for the independent Russian paper Novaya Gazeta, and a district council representative in Moscow, had been sentenced to 15 days in detention earlier that day. “Detaining and… (Full Story)

Papua New Guinea: ICRC supports Mount Hagen Hospital to better prepare for COVID-19 patients Friday, May 29, 2020 Click on link for more details... (Full Story)

New UN Day focuses on protecting education from attack Friday, May 29, 2020 Language English (Full Story)

UN human rights office welcomes moves to curtail spread of hatred and violence online Friday, May 29, 2020 Click on link for more details... (Full Story)

South Sudan: COVID-19 response in April 2020 Friday, May 29, 2020 Click on link for more details... (Full Story)

Somalia: Killing of health workers from rural clinic an appalling tragedy Friday, May 29, 2020 Click on link for more details... (Full Story)

COVID-19: research partnership launched with Harvard’s Department of Sociology on racism and xenophobia Friday, May 29, 2020 Language English (Full Story)

More ‘can and must be done’ to eradicate caste-based discrimination in Nepal Friday, May 29, 2020 Click on link for more details... (Full Story)

US - After arrest of CNN crew covering Minnesota protests, RSF calls on US police departments to revisit press protections Friday, May 29, 2020 NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the arrest of a CNN crew on the morning of May 29 during protests in Minneapolis. This is in violation of the First Amendment rights of these journalists, and authorities must ensure such unconstitutional actions are not repeated.Multiple members of a CNN crew, including correspondent Omar Jimenez, were (Full Story)

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