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@pressfreedom.bsky.social

Globally, CPJ documented 330 journalists behind bars on the census date of December 1, 2025. For the fifth year in a row, more than 300 journalists have remained imprisoned around the world.

Read CPJ’s #2025PrisonCensus: cpj.org?p=553128

#JournalismIsNotACrime #PressFreedom

February 11, 2026 at 7:51 PM

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BirGün Gazetesi

@birgun.net

Ayşe Barım'a 12 yıl 6 ay hapis cezası
www.birgun.net/haber/ayse-b...

Ayşe Barım'a 12 yıl 6 ay hapis cezası!

Gezi Direnişi'ni organize etmekle yargılanan menajer Ayşe Barım hakkında karar açıklandı. Mahkeme Barım'a, "Türkiye Cumhuriyeti hükümetini ortadan kaldırmaya teşebbüse yardım" suçundan 15 yıl hapis ce...

www.birgun.net

February 11, 2026 at 8:25 PM

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The Nexus Project

@nexusproject.bsky.social

Hundreds of rabbis, cantors, and Jewish leaders are gathered outside of ICE HQs in Washington, DC today at the largest protest against ICE by Jewish clergy and leaders, organized by our friends @bendthearc.bsky.social and @truahrabbis.bsky.social.

February 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸

@jamalzuhir.bsky.social

We still trying rebuild what my family did in whole our life and we lost it and everything destroyed. Every dollar rebuilds every dollar is a big difference and always always love alllll the love for u 🫂❤️‍🩹

Don’t forget us

Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 11d

We lost a life we once knew.
We lost our home, our certainty.
Now we begin again from zero.
Your support carries us forward,
and keeps hope breathing.

chuffed.org/project/1389...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

chuffed.org

February 11, 2026 at 2:28 AM

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brian pillion

@anaphoristand.bsky.social

This is some genuinely psycho shit...

Pam Bondi loves dogs. Always had them, one after another. She got involved with dog shelters and dog rescue, and once pulled off to the side of a busy road and got out of her car to chase down a stray. Another dog she helped was a Saint Bernard named Master Tank. She adopted him from a shelter after he was lost during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, not long after her own Saint Bernard had died. The story has been told but bears repeating. Master Tank belonged to Steve and Dorreen Couture and their grandson, who was 4, recovering from the murder-suicide of his parents and losing his dog during the storm. Bondi said the dog was a “walking skeleton” and “dying from heartworms” when she adopted him. The Coutures eventually tracked down Master Tank, but instead of giving him back, Bondi hired a lawyer, who accused the Coutures of abusing the dog, which Bondi had renamed Noah. “She lied,” Dorreen told a Palm Beach Post columnist years later. “My little grandson begged her to take the dog home, and she refused. She thought she would just wear us down. That we were unstable people and would just quit.” The case was settled out of court, with Bondi securing visitation rights, but she never did visit. She got another dog.

February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM

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Evrensel Gazetesi

@evrensel.net

Emek Partisi Genel Başkanı Seyit Aslan, İliç’te 9 işçinin hayatını kaybettiği maden faciasına ilişkin davasıyla ilgili 14 Şubat’taki Kadıköy rıhtımına… https://www.evrensel...

EMEP Genel Başkanı Aslan'dan İliç davasına çağrı: 14 Şubat'ta yürüyüşe, 17 Şubat'ta duruşmaya davet ediyoruz - Evrensel

Emek Partisi Genel Başkanı Seyit Aslan, İliç’te 9 işçinin hayatını kaybettiği maden faciasına ilişkin davasıyla ilgili 14 Şubat’taki Kadıköy rıhtımına yürüyüşe ve 17 Şubat’taki duruşmaya katılım çağrısı yaptı.

www.evrensel.net

February 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM

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Yusuf Sarfati

@yusufsarfati.bsky.social

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 10h

HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd of hundreds of rabbis, cantors, and other Jews have gathered outside ICE headquarters in DC for the largest ever Jewish protest against ICE’s violence and crimes. #jewsagainstICE

February 11, 2026 at 6:38 PM

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bianet

@bianet.org

“Yurtta kalmak istiyorum” dedi, 10 yıl ceza aldı: Burak Başer Dosyası Yargıtay’da

Başer’in arkadaşları, “On yılı aşan bir ceza iki ayda nasıl onanır? Gerçekten dosya incelendi mi?” diye soruyor.

Evrim Kepenek'in haberi

bianet.org/haber/yurtta...

“Yurtta kalmak istiyorum” dedi, 10 yıl ceza aldı: Burak Başer Dosyası Yargıtay’da

Başer’in arkadaşları, istinaf incelemesinin kısa sürede sonuçlanmasına da dikkat çekiyor, “On yılı aşan bir ceza iki ayda nasıl onanır? Gerçekten dosya incelendi mi?” diye soruyor.

bianet.org

February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM

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Rima I Anabtawi

@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social

Judge determines DHS lacks legal grounds to deport Ms. Öztürk, who was arrested and detained by ICE for co-authoring an op-ed critical of Israel
@aclum.bsky.social

www.aclum.org/press-releas...

February 10, 2026 at 12:36 AM

Ümit Kıvanç

@umitk.bsky.social

6 Şubat 2026 Günlük İnsan Hakları Raporu - TİHV - Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı tihv.org.tr/gunluk-ih-ra...

6 Şubat 2026 Günlük İnsan Hakları Raporu - TİHV - Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı

tihv.org.tr

February 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM

Ümit Kıvanç

@umitk.bsky.social

5 Şubat 2026 Günlük İnsan Hakları Raporu - TİHV - Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı tihv.org.tr/gunluk-ih-ra...

5 Şubat 2026 Günlük İnsan Hakları Raporu - TİHV - Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı

tihv.org.tr

February 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM

Ümit Kıvanç

@umitk.bsky.social

4 Şubat 2026 Günlük İnsan Hakları Raporu - TİHV - Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı tihv.org.tr/gunluk-ih-ra...

4 Şubat 2026 Günlük İnsan Hakları Raporu - TİHV - Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı

tihv.org.tr

February 10, 2026 at 12:42 AM

Ümit Kıvanç

@umitk.bsky.social

3 Şubat 2026 Günlük İnsan Hakları Raporu - TİHV - Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı tihv.org.tr/gunluk-ih-ra...

3 Şubat 2026 Günlük İnsan Hakları Raporu - TİHV - Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı

tihv.org.tr

February 10, 2026 at 12:42 AM

Ümit Kıvanç

@umitk.bsky.social

» Nükleer çılgınlık kapıda mı? Biz de katılacak mıyız? / Cengiz Turhan • 10haber.net/yazarlar/cen...

Nükleer çılgınlık kapıda mı? Biz de katılacak mıyız?

Bana göre, şu kaotik dünyada karşılaşılması normal, basit bir tesadüf… Bir başkasına göre belki kaderin garip bir cilvesi… Her nasıl tanımlanırsa tanımlansın, geçtiğimiz haftanın gelecekte bir referan...

10haber.net

February 10, 2026 at 12:40 AM

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Don Moynihan

@donmoyn.bsky.social

The largest investor in the Trump's BribeCoin was also pardoned by Trump. What are the odds?

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 2d

New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange.

Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.

me, for @forbes.com

Trump's Stablecoin USD1: Binance Holds 87% After Founder's Pardon

World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.

www.forbes.com

February 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM

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Nicholas Grossman

@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM

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Committee to Protect Journalists

@pressfreedom.bsky.social

An independent media is vital for democracy. Access to information enables all people to make decisions and hold the powerful to account.

A world without journalism is a world without truth.

cpj.org/donate

#JournalismMatters

February 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM

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Julie K. Brown

@jkbjournalist.bsky.social

Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’

The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.

www.miamiherald.com

February 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM

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Harms Committed

@harmscommitted.com

"United States is quietly deporting Palestinians arrested by [ICE] to the occupied West Bank by private jet, with two such flights taking place in coordination with the Israeli authorities."
#USA #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Transportation #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel

Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.

www.972mag.com

February 9, 2026 at 11:50 PM

Ümit Kıvanç

@umitk.bsky.social

Trump: “Everyone” knew about Epstein, Maxwell was “evil” | Miami Herald www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’

The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.

www.miamiherald.com

February 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM

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Yoldaş Pançuni

@yoldaspancuni.bsky.social

Ocak ayında en az 146 işçi yaşamını yitirdi

İSİG raporu: Ocak ayında en az 146 işçi yaşamını yitirdi

İnşaat, taşımacılık ve metal işkollarında yoğunlaşan iş cinayetlerinde Ocak ayında en az 146 işçi hayatını kaybetti; sendikasızlık ve güvencesizlik bir kez daha öne çıktı.

bianet.org

February 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM

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Aiyana White

@aiyanaewhite.bsky.social

When I lived in France we had a sweet old neighbor lady who would spit every time she passed a certain house. Eventually, her daughter explained to me that the home belonged to a man who’d collaborated with the Nazis 60 YEARS AGO. May these ICE goons face a similarly lonely future.

January 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM

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Otto English

@ottoenglish.bsky.social

Terrifying that such powerful people have mad and dangerous religious extremist views.

Áine ☽𖤐☾ @whoa-magic.lol · 4d

Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example

fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...

*Not satire.