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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Published! 🤩💥 Ed9 of my Media & #Disinformation newsletter, featuring: ➡️ Grok 3 'study' claims humans not responsible for #globalwarming ➡️ Meta fails to prevent advertising of health scams to users ➡️ Russia's disinfo campaign against France ➡️ Trump’s muzzling of US press tinyurl.com/3zehfzjp

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The US has been by far the largest aid donor to Yemen in the past 5 years. The withdrawal of this aid is having devastating consequences. Featured in Edition 9 of Perspicacity's Conflict & Human Rights newsletter tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v #malnutrition #GBV #displacement #Trump #USAID

Summary of Amnesty International article about the devastating consequences of the US withdrawal of aid from Yemen

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Venezuela has met protests against the dubious results of the 2024 elections with brutal repression - featuring in the latest Conflict & Human Rights newsletter from Perspicacity tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v #HumanRights #repression #elections #Maduro

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The Trump White House is repurposing the concept of #terrorism to go after drug cartels, migrants & domestic political opponents, as well as threatening war with Mexico - featured in the latest Conflict & Human Rights update from Perspicacity tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v #WarOnTerror #Terrorism #Trump

Summary of analysis by International Crisis Group on the repurposing of the US war on terror to target domestic concerns of President Trump

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Myanmar's military carried out dozens of air strikes despite announcing a ceasefire in the aftermath of the country's worst earthquake in decades - read more in the latest Conflict & Human Rights update from perspicacity tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v

Summary of investigation by Centre for Information Resilience on airstrikes by Myanmar military in aftermath of worst earthquake in decades

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Israeli leaders are seeking to take away the Islamist group’s capacity to govern #Gaza by targeting its top civilian administrators and blowing up what remains of the enclave’s public infrastructure - more in the latest Conflict & #HumanRights update from Perspicacity tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

France has accused Russia over cyberattacks against the country spanning more than a decade. Featured in Ed9 of Perspicacity's Conflict & Human Rights update tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v #cybercrime #cyberwarfare

A summary of an article on The Verge about Russian cyberattacks against France

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The Sudanese military recaptured Khartoum, but war rages on with foreign support, and there's a risk of conflict spreading to #Chad and #SouthSudan - featured in the latest Conflict & Human Rights newsletter from Perspicacity tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v #HumanRights #Sudan #Conflict #RSF

Summary of analysis from International Crisis Group of the raging war in Sudan and the risk of it spreading to Chad and South Sudan

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Arbitrary detention has become a cornerstone of Tunisia's repressive policies, aimed at depriving citizens of their rights - featuring in Edition 9 of Perspicacity's Conflict & Human Rights update tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v #Tunisia #repression #humanrights

Summary of article by Human Rights Watch about arbitrary detention as a tool of repression in Tunisia.

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

#China is exporting its #repression playbook to its overseas operations - featuring in Ed9 of Perspicacity's Conflict & Human Rights update tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v

Text summary of an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists about China's use of its domestic repression tactics overseas.

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Witchcraft accusations in Ghana are driving elderly and disadvantaged women from their homes - featuring in the latest Conflict & Human Rights newsletter from Perspicacity tinyurl.com/2fbtzx9v #humanrights #witchcraft

Summary of a story from Amnesty International about the impact of witchcraft accuasations in Ghana.

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Generative AI search tools returned incorrect information 60% of the time in this test of their ability to retrieve and cite specific content by @columjournreview.bsky.social and the @towcenter.bsky.social. Grok was wrong an astonishing 94% of the time. #AI #media #misinformation

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

The war in Gaza has had a catastrophic impact on food production, with three quarters of its cropland damaged or destroyed, according to the @cen4infores.bsky.social #humanrights #warcrimes #malnutrition For this & more on conflict & human rights issues: richardnield.substack.com/p/conflict-a...

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

In Egypt, public prosecutors neglect to investigate torture of police detainees via @arijnetwork.bsky.social #humanrights #torture #Egypt

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#Meta stops fact-checking, China launches #DeepSeek, China & Russia interfere in elections in Spain, Germany & Croatia, EU investigates X support for German far right. Read more in latest edition of perspicacity @ tinyurl.com/y9ajdj24 😊 #disinformation #influenceoperations #electioninterference

A bar chart showing China is the largest jailer of journalists, followed by Israel and the OPT, Myanmar, Belarus and Russia. #pressfreedom #freedomofspeech

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I've just published the first edition of my new Environment newsletter, in my online magazine, Perspicacity! 🥳 💥⚡ 🎉 😊 This edition is a one-off special dedicated to the global climate conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan Enjoy! #climate #climatechange #corruption open.substack.com/pub/richardn...

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

#SouthSudan faces challenges on multiple fronts. 75% of the population is in humanitarian need; the planned first elections for 14 years have just been delayed until 2026. I've shared some thoughts after my meeting with the UK Foreign Office earlier this week open.substack.com/pub/richardn...

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 05/08/2024

A very warm welcome to the first edition of my newsletter on global #Conflict and #HumanRights issues, featuring the most penetrating reports & investigations published in July 2024 open.substack.com/pub/richardn...

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Richard Nield @rnield01.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

Voters in the UK & France have been at the polls this month exercising a freedom to vote that globally only 1 in 5 people enjoy. In #Belarus, the opposition fights for #democracy from neighbouring Lithuania. Read my latest piece for #perspicacity magazine tinyurl.com/e85x7y7h

Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Vilnius, Lithuania, where she campaigns for democratic reform in her home country.

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