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While you’re waiting for the results of the Indian elections, listen to the new Bellingcat Monitoring podcast! Bellingcat's Michael Colborne and Pooja discuss the Indian far-right and the phenomenom of Hindutva Popstars with Kunal Purohit rss.com/podcasts/belli…

Modi delivered one of the worst hate speeches of his career in Banswara. Here, he called Muslims infiltrators, people with multiple children who are eyeing the jewelry of Hindu women. BJP lost Banswara by 247k. This is a mandate against Modi's communal bile.

The military junta in Myanmar is losing control of large areas due to anti-coup resistance fighters and ethnic rebel groups. Bellingcat’s @pooja_Chaudhuri monitors the impact on civilians as the military reacts violently to its territorial losses. bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-w…

Excellent Bellingcat Pooja analysis of Myanmar regime airstrikes and their terrible civilian cost, with some comments from me. bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-w…

Very much needed open source investigative coverage on the recent violence and burning of villages in Myanmar by Bellingcat's Pooja. Thanks for citing the work of our Myanmar Witness team at Centre for Information Resilience ✊ bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-w…

For those wanting to do more reporting on Myanmar, we've been tracking the use of fire against communities since June 2021. You can access the data through this interactive map which also includes satellite imagery and footage from the ground 👇 maphub.net/MyanmarWitness…

The BJP’s paradoxical defeat in Faizabad scroll.in/article/106887… via Scroll.in

🧵On May 17, fire swept through Rohingya neighbourhoods in Buthidaung. Satellites show what burnt and when, and my new investigation reveals an arson campaign against 50-60 villages & demonstates who carried it out. aspistrategist.org.au/they-left-a-tr… Read it in full ⬆️ and follow along ⬇️

In our latest documentary, Bellingcat and Scripps News used satellite imagery and open source videos and photos to identify dozens of cultural heritage and religious sites that have either been damaged or destroyed in Gaza. bellingcat.com/news/2024/06/2…

I was reporting this matter (PIL plea seeking to set aside #RahulGandhi's LS Election) today from #AllahabadHighCourt when the bench asked me to stop reporting court proceedings and leave the courtroom immediately. "Aap bahar jakar apni reporting kariye", the bench said.

🚨The Supreme Court overrules Chevron deference, wiping out 40 years of precedent that required federal courts to defer to expert opinions of federal agencies. All three liberals dissent. This is a HUGE decision. supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…

Investigation: The X handle WirathuAshin which regularly shares anti-Muslim propaganda and incites its audience against the community is run by Anurag Tiwari from UP. It is impersonating the controversial monk, Ashin Wirathu, from Myanmar | Abhishek altnews.in/wirathuashin-a…

A year of protest against the federation chief. Slept on pavements for 40 days. Was beaten, dragged by the police. Nearly immersed all her medals in the Ganga. Underwent knee surgery. Sealed her Olympic spot after an unforgiving qualification process. Became the 1st Indian

Protests against police violence led to the end of the 15 year rule of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh this week. In our latest the Bellingcat team geolocates videos just before the PM's fall, showing violent responses to the civil unrest. bellingcat.com/news/2024/08/0…

Tell us where to point satellites to take high quality satellite imagery! 🛰️ Put the coordinates of the area of interest and why it is important for research purposes in the comments. We will select a few of your suggestions to publish with analysis by Bellingcat researchers...

Bellingcat’s Pooja reveals how articles based on disinformation and hateful content on Indian websites are continuing to generate profit through Google’s Adsense programme and other ad tech platforms despite being debunked by fact-checkers. bellingcat.com/news/2024/08/2…

Bellingcat explores the mysterious Hungarian company linked to the exploding pagers from Tuesday’s attack in Lebanon that left at least 12 dead and almost 3000 injured. Researchers found an unreported name associated with the consulting firm. bellingcat.com/news/2024/09/2…

One of our finest, bravest journalists and fact checkers continues to be hounded. An FIR filed against Mohammed Zubair for a tweet against Yati Narsinghanad. India is a rare country where calling out hate speech is a bigger crime than hate speech.

My first byline for Bellingcat 😺 with the amazing Pooja! It was great having the chance to put some of what I'd learnt about analysing text data at MSc CompJ CardiffUni to use too