An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza. Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF. #NotATarget Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

Finally got around to listening to Lethal Dissent. Brave reporting & incredible storytelling from @faribanawa.bsky.social @berileski.bsky.social @farooqumar.bsky.social on how #Iranian dissidents are surveilled & silenced in exile. Final episode broke me. www.onspecpodcast.com/season-five-...

Another major recognition for our investigation into Turkey's EU-funded deportations of Syrian and Afghan refugees with @lighthousereports.com @andresmourenza.bsky.social @maybulman.bsky.social @sebnemarsu.bsky.social @nicolasbourcier.bsky.social and the rest of our stellar team

Chilling and important reporting by @yleniagostoli.bsky.social as this kind of tech-powered surveillance of protesters spreads around the world.

"We see this as a way to transform the whole society. There has been a backsliding of rights in #Turkey in the last 10 years, this is a chance to tackle it," @ceylanakca.bsky.social on the ongoing negotiations #KurdishPeace lespresso.it/c/mondo/2025...

Turkey is expanding AI-powered surveillance, prosecuting protesters based on facial recognition and scant evidence, reports @yleniagostoli.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

📰Sunday extras: "Turkey’s AI-Powered Protest Crackdown" by @yleniagostoli.bsky.social. [1/5]

My brilliant friend @yleniagostoli.bsky.social on how Ankara expands facial recognition to detain protesters.

#Turkey is accelerating its use of facial recognition to detain and prosecute protesters - often with little or no evidence. I’ve been investigating how #AI is contributing to the erosion of the rule of law & supercharging authoritarianism 🧵 newlinesmag.com/spotlight/tu... @newlinesmag.bsky.social

NEW: Turkey is expanding AI-powered surveillance, prosecuting protesters based on facial recognition and scant evidence, reports @yleniagostoli.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/tu...

Proud that our investigation with @lighthousereports.com is a finalist for this prestigious award - alongside other amazing, mostly consortium-led projects. A testament to the power of collaboration

The #PKK has announced it will disband and lay down arms - while the first is unlikely to be undone, the second is a technical process that will take months. Now the ball is in the government's court.

Al tribunale di #cağlayan, #Istanbul: quasi 100 studenti e 8 giornalisti a processo per le proteste di #Sarachane. I giornalisti, accusati di aver partecipato alle manifestazioni, dovranno dimostrare… di essere giornalisti. #turchia

Iran e Stati Uniti provano a trattare sul nucleare, a Roma. In Turchia gli studenti ancora in piazza. Ascolta la nuova puntata del Mondo con Luciana Borsatti e Ylenia Gostoli. @lucianaborsatti.bsky.social @yleniagostoli.bsky.social

Well-known investigative journalists Timur Soykan & Murat Ağırel were detained this morning in Turkey after a complaint by suspects in a money laundering case. Their homes were searched & their digital devices confiscated. FMA calls for their release because #JournalismIsNotACrime

Statement from our association: "FMA joins international media freedom groups in calling for an end to the crackdown on media in #Turkey, which has incl. police violence, home raids, detentions, & censorship measures that restrict access to news that is in the public interest."

Eight journalists detained in house raids in #Turkey this morning

"The students are here, where is Özgür?" chant students, calling on the CHP party leader to appear. Feeling alienated by both the ruling party and the opposition, they rally on day two of protests against the arrest of #Istanbul mayor #İmamoğlu #Turkey

Il sindaco di #Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoğlu, è stato arrestato questa mattina insieme a oltre 100 persone, tra cui giornalisti - a pochi giorni dalla sua prevista nomina a candidato presidenziale del partito d’opposizione. #Turchia

"The reality remains that the Kurdish issue did not originate with the PKK, nor will it disappear with the PKK's dissolution." @MEMRIReports www.memri.org/reports/what...

Trump's aid freeze has already wrought havoc in Syria, where the majority of the population needs humanitarian aid: clinics close, clean-water distribution is cut back, bread distribution ends, etc. @yleniagostoli.bsky.social @newhumanitarian.bsky.social www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature...

#Turkey: IPI joins @mlsaturkey.org & 13 other orgs to call for immediate release of journalists @yildiztar.bsky.social , Elif Akgül, Ercüment Akdeniz & Ender İmrek, detained on Feb 18. Their lawyers were denied access, investigation is under a confidentiality order.👇 https://buff.ly/4hWOYXM

Feels like an appropriate first piece to share on this platform… Since #Trump and #Musk decided to slash foreign aid, medical clinics and malnutrition centres in #Syria have shut down. At least 6 NGOs have halted clean water services for 430,000 people. Food aid has stopped for tens of thousands.