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Travel after Brexit: Did you know?
When the transition period comes to an end on 1 January 2021, there will be significant changes to travel to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein. Did you know that you may need to renew your passport early to travel in the EU?You may need to renew your British passport earlier if you’re traveling from 1 January 2021. When you travel, your passport must be valid for at least … Read more →
Ahmet Altan: Top Turkish court says journalist’s rights not violated in “most urgent” press freedom case
Ahmet Altan, an imprisoned Turkish writer and journalist, has topped the December 2020 ranking of the One Free Press Coalition’s “10 Most Urgent” list of press freedom cases. Altan, described by Amnesty International as a “prisoner of conscience”, was first arrested in September 2016 as part of the Turkish government’s media purge following the failed coup d’état. He was accused of encouraging planners of the coup with “subliminal messages” via … Read more →
Facebook and Google ‘complicit’ in Vietnamese censorship campaign
A new report, published by Amnesty International, has accused tech giants Facebook and Google of “far-reaching complicity” for their role in enabling the repression of dissent in Vietnam. The 78-page report states that Facebook and YouTube are complicit in “censorship and repression on an industrial scale”, calling their operations an “alarming sign” of how these companies continue to function under repressive authoritarian governments. In April 2020, Facebook complied with a … Read more →
China’s disinfodemic reaches Australia
Australia has demanded an apology from a Chinese official, who posted a “repugnant” fake image, depicting an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan child. The image appears to refer to a report which has found “credible information” that 25 Australian soldiers were involved in the murders of 39 Afghan … Read more →