Very proud of the work of this team 👇 and so much more to do

Leaked docs from the Iranian regime show how 16-year old Nika Shakarami was murdered by security forces, shredding to pieces the government's propaganda.

A must-watch investigation by Bertram Hill Aida Miller Marc Perkins Antoine Schirer & others.

youtube.com/watch?v=mryxqW…

Today, the BBC World Service is hosting talks and a panel in London about open-source investigative journalism and its future, as well as workshops in universities globally.

You can watch some sessions live with the link below.

#WorldServicePresents

bbc.co.uk/academy/events…

If attending, may be interested in this event at Queen Mary, 9 May 5pm with Alexa Koenig

Drinks to follow (for the journalists out there)

eventbrite.co.uk/e/setting-safe…

On April 24, a revolutionary court in Iran sentenced dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi to death on charges of “spreading corruption on the Earth.” The death sentence appears to be the regime’s response to Salehi publicly speaking about the torture he endured:
atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransour…

🚨 Attention ocean reporters! 🌊

Applications are now open for the 2nd cohort of the Pulitzer Center's Ocean Reporting Network (ORN).

Apply by May 26: buff.ly/3VLAm5z

Our first and (arguably) best program, bringing together students from diverse disciplines and University of California campuses to partner with exceptional human rights orgs! Congratulations, all

Thank you to Swansea Law and Yvonne McDermott Rees for hosting this conversation on psychosocial wellbeing and human rights research

A huge thanks to Berkeley Journalism + UC Berkeley IRP--and to all of the trainers--for their partnership in producing day three of the Logan Symposium: workshops on digital open source investigative reporting

In London May 9? Please come hang with the amazing Daragh Murray and me to catch up + chat about what needs to happen next to strengthen psychological well-being + sustainability in journalism, #OSINT , human rights practice, + daily life more generally :)

I take a taxi to the airport in Washington with a sense of relief. The aid package for Ukraine passed the House of Representatives, where it was blocked for eight months. Most likely, it will be voted on in the Senate on Tuesday, but there will be no problems there.

I will…

'[W]ithout a systematic and funded approach to preservation, the opportunities for accountability, remembering, research, and memorialization are lost' -compelling overview by Cameran Ashraf, Ph.D. | کامران اشرف on the power + importance of preservation of social media content

Apply for our #OSINT investigation trainings with IICI in Berkeley, CA this summer! We're offering a foundational course June 10–14 (Apps due April 26) and an advanced course June 17–21 (Apps due May 3). Learn more and apply: humanrights.berkeley.edu/professional-t…

Join Alexa Koenig in conversation with Nobel Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk, Gauthier Vasseur & Gigi Wang tomorrow as they discuss tracking war crimes in the AI era and the intersection of data, artificial intelligence, and human rights. See more and register below:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

We are delighted to share today a publicly accessible page on our Exeter Centre for International Law website, which provides an up-to-date overview of many international law #internships for students and young professionals worldwide:

exeter.ac.uk/research/centr…

Let us know if we missed any!

Important read re: tech + #HumanRights /laws of war: 'the scholarly + policy debate on military AI has predominantly centred on autonomous weapons systems (AWS)...the risks associated with AI-DSS have received comparatively less attention'

Fantastic opportunity for #OSINT Investigation Training with Human Rights Center this summer! Foundational course June 10-14 and an advanced course June 17-21. humanrights.berkeley.edu/professional-t…

Tonight! Join us UC Berkeley Law Room 110 at 6 p.m.:

It looks like we're in a criminal lineup 😂(given the crim law focus of so many of us that somehow seems fair). It's always an honor to be featured w/Human Rights Center alum Stephen Cody + the many brilliant others whose work is spotlit, many of whom have partnered on projects w/ HRC