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New Sudan Witness analysis documents an escalation in indications of violence in Sudan’s Kordofan region, as pro-RSF calls for violence online coincide with satellite evidence of fighting, displacement, and trench construction around key cities.

CIR Co-Founder Ross Burley reflects on why CIR is documenting the war in Gaza and Israel, how we work in a hostile information environment, and what sustained open-source analysis is revealing about civilian harm and accountability.

On 1 December, the RSF captured the 22nd Division base in Babanusa, West Kordofan, after signalling their advance online and carrying out a destructive assault verified by satellite imagery and multiple videos. The takeover consolidated RSF control in western Sudan and restricted civilian reporting, raising concerns over further moves toward SAF-held areas.

As Grok’s AI image tool is used at scale to generate abusive content, a rapid analysis by CIR investigators draws out five emerging lessons for platforms, regulators and policymakers. Based on a review of over 1,600 abusive prompts, the findings highlight how even basic safeguards can have a substantive effect in limiting the ease, scale and severity of abuse.

Myanmar Witness continued its investigation into KK Park following further claims that hundreds more buildings were due to be destroyed within the heart of the scam centre.

Working to make ethical, secure, and survivor-centred approaches central to OSINT investigations into gender-based violence.

This study exposes how far-right extremists on TikTok use evolving coded language, from emojis and numbers to symbols and historical references, to slip past moderation and strengthen in-group identity. These cues are then used to spread hate, disinformation, and even incite violence in mainstream spaces.

Multiple agencies have reported that the Arakan Army is responsible for the killing of more than 600 Rohingya civilians in Htan Shauk Khan village, Buthidaung township on 2 May 2024. Through geolocation, satellite, and forensic imagery analysis, Myanmar Witness has investigated into the reported massacre.

Several Starlink devices have reportedly been confiscated by the Myanmar military following a raid on a scam centre on 19 October 2025.