February 2025
March 2025
Myanmar's 85 Internet Shutdowns in 2024: A Tool of Repression
A new report reveals Myanmar experienced 85 internet shutdowns in 2024, mostly by the military junta coinciding with human rights abuses, impacting conflict zones and access to information, while the junta uses a new cybersecurity law to further restrict access.
Myanmar's 85 Internet Shutdowns in 2024: A Tool of Repression
A new report reveals Myanmar experienced 85 internet shutdowns in 2024, mostly by the military junta coinciding with human rights abuses, impacting conflict zones and access to information, while the junta uses a new cybersecurity law to further restrict access.
Progress
52% Bias Score
PKK Leader Calls for Disarmament, Potentially Ending Decades-Long Conflict with Turkey
Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan called for the group's disarmament and dissolution on Thursday, potentially ending a decades-long conflict with Turkey that has killed over 40,000, many civilians; the announcement follows previous peace attempts and amid a complex regional context.
PKK Leader Calls for Disarmament, Potentially Ending Decades-Long Conflict with Turkey
Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan called for the group's disarmament and dissolution on Thursday, potentially ending a decades-long conflict with Turkey that has killed over 40,000, many civilians; the announcement follows previous peace attempts and amid a complex regional context.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Mexico Extradites Caro Quintero and 28 Cartel Members to US
Mexico extradited notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero and 28 other cartel members to the US on Thursday, marking a significant victory in the fight against drug trafficking and fulfilling a long-sought objective in the 1985 murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena.
Mexico Extradites Caro Quintero and 28 Cartel Members to US
Mexico extradited notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero and 28 other cartel members to the US on Thursday, marking a significant victory in the fight against drug trafficking and fulfilling a long-sought objective in the 1985 murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Orbán Intensifies Crackdown on Critics, Threatening Hungary's Democracy
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, emboldened by President Trump's re-election, delivered a speech on February 22nd, 2025, announcing plans to ban Pride parades, constitutionally define gender, and crack down on critics, potentially including expulsions or citizenship revocation.
Orbán Intensifies Crackdown on Critics, Threatening Hungary's Democracy
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, emboldened by President Trump's re-election, delivered a speech on February 22nd, 2025, announcing plans to ban Pride parades, constitutionally define gender, and crack down on critics, potentially including expulsions or citizenship revocation.
Progress
64% Bias Score
Ukraine War: US Support Waning, Ceasefire Options Explored
Amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine, concerns are rising about reduced US support under a potential Trump presidency, while European governments explore ceasefire options involving peacekeeping forces; this has prompted discussions on the future of NATO and the implications for European security.
Ukraine War: US Support Waning, Ceasefire Options Explored
Amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine, concerns are rising about reduced US support under a potential Trump presidency, while European governments explore ceasefire options involving peacekeeping forces; this has prompted discussions on the future of NATO and the implications for European security.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Kallas Accuses Trump of Spreading Russian Propaganda Amidst Renewed Russian Strikes on Ukraine
EU foreign minister Kaja Kallas accused Donald Trump of echoing Russian propaganda by blaming Ukraine's potential NATO membership for the war, while Russia launched fresh strikes on Kharkiv and North Korea sent soldiers to support Russia, prompting concerns about the conflict's escalating global imp...
Kallas Accuses Trump of Spreading Russian Propaganda Amidst Renewed Russian Strikes on Ukraine
EU foreign minister Kaja Kallas accused Donald Trump of echoing Russian propaganda by blaming Ukraine's potential NATO membership for the war, while Russia launched fresh strikes on Kharkiv and North Korea sent soldiers to support Russia, prompting concerns about the conflict's escalating global imp...
Progress
48% Bias Score
Israel violates Gaza ceasefire agreement
Israel is refusing to withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border, violating the terms of a January ceasefire agreement with Hamas; the move jeopardizes the deal's three phases, even as talks on the second phase begin in Cairo, with over 600 Palestinian prisoners released afte...
Israel violates Gaza ceasefire agreement
Israel is refusing to withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border, violating the terms of a January ceasefire agreement with Hamas; the move jeopardizes the deal's three phases, even as talks on the second phase begin in Cairo, with over 600 Palestinian prisoners released afte...
Progress
36% Bias Score
Starmer and Trump to Discuss Ukraine Peace and Military Spending
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet with Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the war in Ukraine, a joint US-Ukrainian investment fund, and increased military spending, despite disagreements on providing security guarantees to Ukraine.
Starmer and Trump to Discuss Ukraine Peace and Military Spending
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet with Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the war in Ukraine, a joint US-Ukrainian investment fund, and increased military spending, despite disagreements on providing security guarantees to Ukraine.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Öcalan Calls for PKK Disarmament, Dissolution
Imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called for the group's disarmament and dissolution on February 27, 2025, aiming to end four decades of armed conflict in southeastern Turkey that has caused tens of thousands of deaths, following meetings with representatives of a pro-Kurdish party and an initia...
Öcalan Calls for PKK Disarmament, Dissolution
Imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called for the group's disarmament and dissolution on February 27, 2025, aiming to end four decades of armed conflict in southeastern Turkey that has caused tens of thousands of deaths, following meetings with representatives of a pro-Kurdish party and an initia...
Progress
32% Bias Score
IDF admits "complete failure" in protecting civilians during October 7th Hamas attack
An internal Israeli military investigation into the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack revealed a "complete failure" to protect civilians, resulting in over 1200 deaths and exposing significant intelligence failures. The attack involved three waves of over 5000 people.
IDF admits "complete failure" in protecting civilians during October 7th Hamas attack
An internal Israeli military investigation into the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack revealed a "complete failure" to protect civilians, resulting in over 1200 deaths and exposing significant intelligence failures. The attack involved three waves of over 5000 people.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Car-Ramming Attack in Israel Injures 13
Thirteen people were injured in Israel on Thursday when a car intentionally plowed into a bus stop in Pardes Hanna; Israeli police killed the 53-year-old Palestinian attacker; the attack follows others and an Israeli military report admitting security failures.
Car-Ramming Attack in Israel Injures 13
Thirteen people were injured in Israel on Thursday when a car intentionally plowed into a bus stop in Pardes Hanna; Israeli police killed the 53-year-old Palestinian attacker; the attack follows others and an Israeli military report admitting security failures.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Russia Rejects Talks on Ukraine Territory Return
Russia has definitively rejected negotiations on returning annexed Ukrainian territories, citing its constitution, while simultaneously holding talks with the US in Istanbul to normalize bilateral relations; Ukraine and international observers consider the annexations illegal.
Russia Rejects Talks on Ukraine Territory Return
Russia has definitively rejected negotiations on returning annexed Ukrainian territories, citing its constitution, while simultaneously holding talks with the US in Istanbul to normalize bilateral relations; Ukraine and international observers consider the annexations illegal.
Progress
36% Bias Score