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As violence escalated this month in Al Fashir, Sudan, many tried to escape. But leaving the city isn't easy. Bellingcat geolocated an incident in which more than 80 people were killed on their way out of the city. youtube.com/shorts/OJDCN...
The Killings of Those Trying to Escape Al Fashir
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November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
As violence escalated this month in Al Fashir, Sudan, many tried to escape. But leaving the city isn't easy. Bellingcat geolocated an incident in which more than 80 people were killed on their way out of the city. youtube.com/shorts/OJDCN...
What does “military power” really mean—and how do the logistics of war shape it? We spoke with Oxus Society’s Michael Hilliard on mapping Central Asia’s armed forces. Listen on Stage Talks with Bellingcat: rss.com/podcasts/bel...
"Mapping Military Power" with Michael Hilliard | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
This week, we explored the practicalities of modern warfare. How do we measure military power? Is it possible to fairly compare fighting resources between regions? In this episode, Michael Hilliard fr...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What does “military power” really mean—and how do the logistics of war shape it? We spoke with Oxus Society’s Michael Hilliard on mapping Central Asia’s armed forces. Listen on Stage Talks with Bellingcat: rss.com/podcasts/bel...
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Michael Hilliard is the Director of Defence & Security Analysis for the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. Join us on Thursday, 5pm CET/11am EST, as we unpack their work mapping the armed forces of Central Asia. 🎧 discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
Michael Hilliard is the Director of Defence & Security Analysis for the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. Join us on Thursday, 5pm CET/11am EST, as we unpack their work mapping the armed forces of Central Asia. 🎧 discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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We mapped Operation Midway Blitz in Illinois with @evidentmedia.org.
A federal judge will hold a hearing today (November 5th) on whether a temporary restraining order restricting crowd-control tactics in Illinois should be converted into a preliminary injunction.
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A federal judge will hold a hearing today (November 5th) on whether a temporary restraining order restricting crowd-control tactics in Illinois should be converted into a preliminary injunction.
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Mapping Midway Blitz in Illinois
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November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We mapped Operation Midway Blitz in Illinois with @evidentmedia.org.
A federal judge will hold a hearing today (November 5th) on whether a temporary restraining order restricting crowd-control tactics in Illinois should be converted into a preliminary injunction.
youtube.com/shorts/HKXEY...
A federal judge will hold a hearing today (November 5th) on whether a temporary restraining order restricting crowd-control tactics in Illinois should be converted into a preliminary injunction.
youtube.com/shorts/HKXEY...
Social media footage and satellite imagery show killings as Rapid Support Forces took over Al Fashir (El Fasher). Bellingcat geolocated one incident on the city’s outskirts and showed it to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...
Geolocating Darfur Killings of Those Escaping Al Fashir - bellingcat
Warning: Contains written descriptions of extreme violence including murder. All graphic footage has been omitted. A Bellingcat investigation has identified and verified the exact location of a mass k...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Social media footage and satellite imagery show killings as Rapid Support Forces took over Al Fashir (El Fasher). Bellingcat geolocated one incident on the city’s outskirts and showed it to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...
How do experts measure military power? 🪖
Michael Hilliard is the Director of Defence & Security Analysis for the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. Join us on Thursday, 5pm CET/11am EST, as we unpack their work mapping the armed forces of Central Asia. 🎧 discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
Michael Hilliard is the Director of Defence & Security Analysis for the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. Join us on Thursday, 5pm CET/11am EST, as we unpack their work mapping the armed forces of Central Asia. 🎧 discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
November 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
How do experts measure military power? 🪖
Michael Hilliard is the Director of Defence & Security Analysis for the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. Join us on Thursday, 5pm CET/11am EST, as we unpack their work mapping the armed forces of Central Asia. 🎧 discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
Michael Hilliard is the Director of Defence & Security Analysis for the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. Join us on Thursday, 5pm CET/11am EST, as we unpack their work mapping the armed forces of Central Asia. 🎧 discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
Think you’ve mastered geolocations? Let’s try it in 3D. This month’s Bellingcat Challenge adds a whole new dimension challenge.bellingcat.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Think you’ve mastered geolocations? Let’s try it in 3D. This month’s Bellingcat Challenge adds a whole new dimension challenge.bellingcat.com
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Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago region.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Bellingcat has geolocated footage of a mass killing outside the recently captured Sudanese city of El Fasher. In the video, which has circulated widely online, RSF commander Abu Lulu can be seen firing his weapon at what appears to be ten unarmed men sitting on the ground. Image: @vantortech
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bellingcat has geolocated footage of a mass killing outside the recently captured Sudanese city of El Fasher. In the video, which has circulated widely online, RSF commander Abu Lulu can be seen firing his weapon at what appears to be ten unarmed men sitting on the ground. Image: @vantortech
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New Fighting Matters! FASHION, FITNESS, FIGHTING: HOW HATE GROUPS ATTRACT YOUNG MEN
In this episode, Steve Kwan sits down with journalist @colborne.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com to expose how far-right movements use aesthetics and martial arts culture to recruit young men.
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In this episode, Steve Kwan sits down with journalist @colborne.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com to expose how far-right movements use aesthetics and martial arts culture to recruit young men.
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Fashion, Fitness, Fighting: How Hate Groups Attract Young Men
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October 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
New Fighting Matters! FASHION, FITNESS, FIGHTING: HOW HATE GROUPS ATTRACT YOUNG MEN
In this episode, Steve Kwan sits down with journalist @colborne.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com to expose how far-right movements use aesthetics and martial arts culture to recruit young men.
youtu.be/lpSN4lNn_IM
In this episode, Steve Kwan sits down with journalist @colborne.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com to expose how far-right movements use aesthetics and martial arts culture to recruit young men.
youtu.be/lpSN4lNn_IM
How did one former political hopeful go to helping Russian Neo-Nazi group Rusich sell its online merch? Listen in to researcher Youri van der Weide as he goes behind the scenes of his latest investigation. Exclusive to Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/how-fo...
How a Former Political Hopeful Helps Russian Neo-Nazi Group Rusich Sell Its Online Merch | Bellingcat
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October 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
How did one former political hopeful go to helping Russian Neo-Nazi group Rusich sell its online merch? Listen in to researcher Youri van der Weide as he goes behind the scenes of his latest investigation. Exclusive to Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/how-fo...
A man sits before a pit of the dead. Nazi soldiers surround him—one aims a gun at his head. For decades, no one knew who they were or where this photo was taken. Now, new digital tools and help from our community may finally reveal the truth behind this haunting Holocaust image🧵
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A man sits before a pit of the dead. Nazi soldiers surround him—one aims a gun at his head. For decades, no one knew who they were or where this photo was taken. Now, new digital tools and help from our community may finally reveal the truth behind this haunting Holocaust image🧵
We identified another Russian vessel that disabled its location data while smuggling grain from occupied Ukraine to Yemen. Learn how we used photographs, satellite imagery, and ship-tracking data, to uncover its covert voyage. www.youtube.com/shorts/OrTUa...
Going Dark:What Is This Russian Ship Hiding?
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October 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We identified another Russian vessel that disabled its location data while smuggling grain from occupied Ukraine to Yemen. Learn how we used photographs, satellite imagery, and ship-tracking data, to uncover its covert voyage. www.youtube.com/shorts/OrTUa...
What role does fashion play in far-right movements?
Bellingcat researchers joined our Stage Talk series this week to explore how far-right movements utilise style and symbols to convey their message.
Listen back by searching "Stage Talks with Bellingcat" rss.com/podcasts/bel...
Bellingcat researchers joined our Stage Talk series this week to explore how far-right movements utilise style and symbols to convey their message.
Listen back by searching "Stage Talks with Bellingcat" rss.com/podcasts/bel...
"Identifying Far-Right Fashion" with Bellingcat Researchers | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
This week, we were discussing what role fashion plays for far-right movements. We spoke to Bellingcat's resident experts on the subject. Michael Colborne has been investigating far-right networks for ...
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October 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What role does fashion play in far-right movements?
Bellingcat researchers joined our Stage Talk series this week to explore how far-right movements utilise style and symbols to convey their message.
Listen back by searching "Stage Talks with Bellingcat" rss.com/podcasts/bel...
Bellingcat researchers joined our Stage Talk series this week to explore how far-right movements utilise style and symbols to convey their message.
Listen back by searching "Stage Talks with Bellingcat" rss.com/podcasts/bel...
Read the investigation? Now interested in the capabilities of ship tracking and satellite imagery? 🚢
Our community in Discord are actively following investigations on suspicious ships in our popular #maritime channel here: discord.com/channels/709...
Our community in Discord are actively following investigations on suspicious ships in our popular #maritime channel here: discord.com/channels/709...
October 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Read the investigation? Now interested in the capabilities of ship tracking and satellite imagery? 🚢
Our community in Discord are actively following investigations on suspicious ships in our popular #maritime channel here: discord.com/channels/709...
Our community in Discord are actively following investigations on suspicious ships in our popular #maritime channel here: discord.com/channels/709...
New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.
October 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.
Another Russian ship has been added to the grain smuggling fleet, captured on camera and on satellite imagery, evading sanctions to deliver grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen. Follow its covert journey here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Russia’s Grain Smuggling Fleet Continues Undeterred - bellingcat
Bellingcat has identified yet another Russian-flagged vessel exporting grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Another Russian ship has been added to the grain smuggling fleet, captured on camera and on satellite imagery, evading sanctions to deliver grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen. Follow its covert journey here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
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I've been working with Demos to turn the Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability (VDA) Framework into a report that lays out how it can be used to diagnose the state of democracy and build solutions around building the capacity for those functions in institutional and public spaces.
🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I've been working with Demos to turn the Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability (VDA) Framework into a report that lays out how it can be used to diagnose the state of democracy and build solutions around building the capacity for those functions in institutional and public spaces.
Online merch isn’t just fandom — it’s financing.
Enjoyed reading our latest article? Tomorrow we’re unpacking how groups like Rusich use merchandise sales to bankroll far-right and paramilitary activity.
Join the discussion live at 5pm CEST / 11am EDT: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...
Enjoyed reading our latest article? Tomorrow we’re unpacking how groups like Rusich use merchandise sales to bankroll far-right and paramilitary activity.
Join the discussion live at 5pm CEST / 11am EDT: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...
October 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Online merch isn’t just fandom — it’s financing.
Enjoyed reading our latest article? Tomorrow we’re unpacking how groups like Rusich use merchandise sales to bankroll far-right and paramilitary activity.
Join the discussion live at 5pm CEST / 11am EDT: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...
Enjoyed reading our latest article? Tomorrow we’re unpacking how groups like Rusich use merchandise sales to bankroll far-right and paramilitary activity.
Join the discussion live at 5pm CEST / 11am EDT: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...
Are you familiar with our Bellingcat toolkit? Its a resource to discover open source tools and learn what could be useful for your research. bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit
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October 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Are you familiar with our Bellingcat toolkit? Its a resource to discover open source tools and learn what could be useful for your research. bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit
From opposing Putin to raising funds for a neo-Nazi paramilitary group, this is the digital footprint of one Russian man with a shifting political ideology. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
How a Former Political Hopeful Helps Russian Neo-Nazi Group Rusich Sell its Online Merch - bellingcat
An investigation by Bellingcat has found that a former St. Petersburg local election prospect is helping Neo-Nazi paramilitary group, Rusich, operate its online store.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
From opposing Putin to raising funds for a neo-Nazi paramilitary group, this is the digital footprint of one Russian man with a shifting political ideology. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
👕 What happens when fashion goes extremist?
Join Bellingcat’s @colborne.bsky.social & Youri van der Weide as they trace far-right brands, symbols & the people behind them, Thursday at 5pm CEST/11am EDT.
Ask your own questions live: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...
Join Bellingcat’s @colborne.bsky.social & Youri van der Weide as they trace far-right brands, symbols & the people behind them, Thursday at 5pm CEST/11am EDT.
Ask your own questions live: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...
October 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
👕 What happens when fashion goes extremist?
Join Bellingcat’s @colborne.bsky.social & Youri van der Weide as they trace far-right brands, symbols & the people behind them, Thursday at 5pm CEST/11am EDT.
Ask your own questions live: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...
Join Bellingcat’s @colborne.bsky.social & Youri van der Weide as they trace far-right brands, symbols & the people behind them, Thursday at 5pm CEST/11am EDT.
Ask your own questions live: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...
Last week, we revealed the scale of wildfires that tore through one of Africa’s largest nature reserves. 🌍🔥
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Now, we’re detailing how our team uncovered the story — and the open-source tools that made it possible. 🧵
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Now, we’re detailing how our team uncovered the story — and the open-source tools that made it possible. 🧵
Wildfires Ravage One of Africa’s Largest Nature Reserves - bellingcat
Satellite analysis of the Etosha wildfires in Namibia has found that more than a third of the nature reserve was burned.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Last week, we revealed the scale of wildfires that tore through one of Africa’s largest nature reserves. 🌍🔥
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Now, we’re detailing how our team uncovered the story — and the open-source tools that made it possible. 🧵
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Now, we’re detailing how our team uncovered the story — and the open-source tools that made it possible. 🧵
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🧰 Investigating China?
@bellingcat.com has compiled a comprehensive list of open source tools and resources, from mapping platforms to media archives, to support your research.
Explore the toolkit here:
@bellingcat.com has compiled a comprehensive list of open source tools and resources, from mapping platforms to media archives, to support your research.
Explore the toolkit here:
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China-related resources | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit
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October 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🧰 Investigating China?
@bellingcat.com has compiled a comprehensive list of open source tools and resources, from mapping platforms to media archives, to support your research.
Explore the toolkit here:
@bellingcat.com has compiled a comprehensive list of open source tools and resources, from mapping platforms to media archives, to support your research.
Explore the toolkit here: