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Protect Journalists in Gaza

220 journalists have been killed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip in less than 23 months. De Facto supports the campaign calling for the protection of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, the emergency evacuation of reporters seeking to leave the Strip, an end to impunity for Israeli crimes against Gaza’s reporters and that foreign press be granted independent access to the territory.

Reporters Without Borders | 1 Sep 2025

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Les Gibbard and the Falklands war: striking cartoons

The Guardian Archive has recently catalogued a series of cartoons by former Guardian political cartoonist Les Gibbard. The cartoons come from a period during Margaret Thatcher’s premiership and relate to The Falklands war.

The Guardian | 4 Dec 2023

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ISO recognizes Kurdistan Region, paving way for creation of Kurdish flag emoji

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recognized the Kurdistan Region on Thursday, with a top Kurdish official saying this will pave the way for the birth of the Kurdistan flag emoji.

RUDAW | 4 Mar 2022

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Subjectio: Online Storytelling

Exactly six years after multimedia journalist Pierre Crom witnessed the very beginning of the annexation of Crimea, Subjectio is launched: an experimental online storytelling project about methods used by superpowers to control and manipulate the representation of the truth.

De Facto | 26 Feb 2020

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How to Start Your Own Country

What do you need to start your own country? Citizens, a flag, a national anthem? British comedian Danny Wallace tried to find out, and started his own micronation in his flat in London. His series was aired at the BBC in 2005.

Youtube | 12 Nov 2019

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