Pritzker Prize Winner Liu Jiakun: Transforming Tragedy into Sustainable Architecture
Liu Jiakun, the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, built a memorial house in Sichuan, China, using earthquake debris to honor a 15-year-old victim of the 2008 earthquake, demonstrating his commitment to sustainable and human-centered architecture.
Pritzker Prize Winner Liu Jiakun: Transforming Tragedy into Sustainable Architecture
Liu Jiakun, the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, built a memorial house in Sichuan, China, using earthquake debris to honor a 15-year-old victim of the 2008 earthquake, demonstrating his commitment to sustainable and human-centered architecture.
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40% Bias Score
Russian Human Rights Group Documents War Crimes in Ukraine
In January 2025, a Russian human rights mission from Memorial Human Rights Center visited several regions of Ukraine, documenting alleged war crimes such as indiscriminate attacks, abductions, torture, and extrajudicial killings, echoing patterns observed in Chechnya and Syria.
Russian Human Rights Group Documents War Crimes in Ukraine
In January 2025, a Russian human rights mission from Memorial Human Rights Center visited several regions of Ukraine, documenting alleged war crimes such as indiscriminate attacks, abductions, torture, and extrajudicial killings, echoing patterns observed in Chechnya and Syria.
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52% Bias Score
Russian Singer-Songwriter Dies After Security Service Visit
Russian singer-songwriter Vadim Stroykin, 59, died on February 5th, 2024, after falling from his apartment window following a visit from security services investigating his donations to the Ukrainian army; while authorities claim suicide, friends suspect foul play, highlighting the risks faced by an...
Russian Singer-Songwriter Dies After Security Service Visit
Russian singer-songwriter Vadim Stroykin, 59, died on February 5th, 2024, after falling from his apartment window following a visit from security services investigating his donations to the Ukrainian army; while authorities claim suicide, friends suspect foul play, highlighting the risks faced by an...
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48% Bias Score
Mid-Air Collision Renews Focus on Colgan Air Crash Legacy
The recent mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., ended a 16-year period without fatal U.S. commercial air disasters, prompting renewed focus on the legacy of the 2009 Colgan Air Flight 3407 crash, which led to significant safety improvements due to family advocacy and now faces potential rollback...
Mid-Air Collision Renews Focus on Colgan Air Crash Legacy
The recent mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., ended a 16-year period without fatal U.S. commercial air disasters, prompting renewed focus on the legacy of the 2009 Colgan Air Flight 3407 crash, which led to significant safety improvements due to family advocacy and now faces potential rollback...
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40% Bias Score
Munich Archdiocese Unveils Sexual Abuse Memorial Amidst Survivor Criticism
The Archdiocese of Munich is unveiling a memorial for sexual abuse victims, "Heart," despite criticism from survivors who see it as an insufficient response to ongoing demands for compensation and the removal of statute of limitations; the memorial was even shown to Pope Francis in 2023.
Munich Archdiocese Unveils Sexual Abuse Memorial Amidst Survivor Criticism
The Archdiocese of Munich is unveiling a memorial for sexual abuse victims, "Heart," despite criticism from survivors who see it as an insufficient response to ongoing demands for compensation and the removal of statute of limitations; the memorial was even shown to Pope Francis in 2023.
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52% Bias Score
Grenfell Tower Demolition Sparks Outrage
The UK government will demolish Grenfell Tower, ignoring pleas from victims' families to keep it as a memorial to the 72 people who died in the 2017 fire, a decision condemned as "shameful and unforgivable.
Grenfell Tower Demolition Sparks Outrage
The UK government will demolish Grenfell Tower, ignoring pleas from victims' families to keep it as a memorial to the 72 people who died in the 2017 fire, a decision condemned as "shameful and unforgivable.
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52% Bias Score
Moscow Memorial to Nemtsov Faces Ongoing Repression
For a decade, volunteers have maintained a Moscow memorial to Boris Nemtsov, a politician assassinated in 2015, despite official and unofficial attempts to remove it; recently, a volunteer received a 3.5-year prison sentence for supporting an opposition group, highlighting the challenges of dissent.
Moscow Memorial to Nemtsov Faces Ongoing Repression
For a decade, volunteers have maintained a Moscow memorial to Boris Nemtsov, a politician assassinated in 2015, despite official and unofficial attempts to remove it; recently, a volunteer received a 3.5-year prison sentence for supporting an opposition group, highlighting the challenges of dissent.
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52% Bias Score
Hanau Ends Memorials After Victim's Family Criticism
Hanau's governing coalition ended official memorials for the 2020 racist terrorist attack victims after Emis Gürbüz, mother of a victim, criticized the city's role in the tragedy, citing failures including ignored warning signs and a malfunctioning emergency exit; the coalition accused her of "polit...
Hanau Ends Memorials After Victim's Family Criticism
Hanau's governing coalition ended official memorials for the 2020 racist terrorist attack victims after Emis Gürbüz, mother of a victim, criticized the city's role in the tragedy, citing failures including ignored warning signs and a malfunctioning emergency exit; the coalition accused her of "polit...
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64% Bias Score
Mourners Commemorate Navalny's Death Amidst Crackdown
On the anniversary of Alexei Navalny's death in a Russian prison camp, hundreds of mourners, including foreign diplomats, laid flowers at his grave in Moscow, while simultaneous memorials occurred in other Russian cities, resulting in arrests in Novosibirsk.
Mourners Commemorate Navalny's Death Amidst Crackdown
On the anniversary of Alexei Navalny's death in a Russian prison camp, hundreds of mourners, including foreign diplomats, laid flowers at his grave in Moscow, while simultaneous memorials occurred in other Russian cities, resulting in arrests in Novosibirsk.
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44% Bias Score
Israel to Build First National Lone Soldier Memorial
The Knesset approved a NIS 500,000 budget for Israel's first national memorial to lone soldiers, to be built in Yaar HaMeginim by 2025, honoring foreign-born IDF soldiers serving without family in Israel.
Israel to Build First National Lone Soldier Memorial
The Knesset approved a NIS 500,000 budget for Israel's first national memorial to lone soldiers, to be built in Yaar HaMeginim by 2025, honoring foreign-born IDF soldiers serving without family in Israel.
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Grenfell Tower to be Demolished
The UK government announced the demolition of Grenfell Tower, the site of a 2017 fire that killed 72 people, which will begin after the eighth anniversary of the tragedy and take approximately two years, following mixed reactions and engineering advice citing significant damage.
Grenfell Tower to be Demolished
The UK government announced the demolition of Grenfell Tower, the site of a 2017 fire that killed 72 people, which will begin after the eighth anniversary of the tragedy and take approximately two years, following mixed reactions and engineering advice citing significant damage.
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48% Bias Score
Grenfell Tower Demolition Sparks Outrage Among Survivors
The UK government announced plans to demolish Grenfell Tower, where 72 people died in a 2017 fire, prompting outrage from survivors and bereaved families who feel their concerns have been disregarded despite the ongoing police and prosecutorial investigation that is expected to last until the end of...
Grenfell Tower Demolition Sparks Outrage Among Survivors
The UK government announced plans to demolish Grenfell Tower, where 72 people died in a 2017 fire, prompting outrage from survivors and bereaved families who feel their concerns have been disregarded despite the ongoing police and prosecutorial investigation that is expected to last until the end of...
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44% Bias Score