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Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) is releasing more internal policies relating to the unique challenges online researchers face. Today, we are sharing our “Online Abuse Policy, Support Mechanisms, and Guidance”, a document that sets out how CIR supports staff facing online abuse as a result of their work.

لقراءة المقال بالعربية Al Takma [12.0017219, 29.74927185] Summary: On 5 December 2023, human rights organisation Darfur Victim Support...

On 20 November 2023, media outlet the Ayin News Network reported clashes between the SAF and the RSF around oil fields in East Darfur. On the same date, a pro-RSF Facebook account posted a video of a group of armed men celebrating the alleged takeover of the oilfield, with a large, black plume of smoke in the background. Sudan Witness geolocated the video to the northeastern section of the Sufyan oil field in East Darfur (figure 2). This is five km northwest of Gad es Sid, the nearest settlement, and approximately 60 kilometres (km) northeast of Ed Daein, the capital of East Darfur state (see figure 1).

Afghan Witness' in-depth analysis of judicial practices and human rights implications under Taliban rule

Clashes leave religious buildings and civilian property destroyed, thousands displaced and many casualties

Damage to an IDP camp, school, religious site and homes 

A year after the discovery of mass graves and evidence of torture in Izium, open source investigators from the Centre for Information...

What are the initial steps in an open source investigation? Which open source techniques are used by our analysts?

The incident triggered various reactions and claims on both sides of the border – and is set against a backdrop of rising political tensions between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban.

Analysis also reveals an absence of larger weaponry that was prominent in previous images released by the group.