Tess McClure @tessairini.bsky.social editor, human rights & freedom @guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/series/rights-and-freedom
previously: nature and biodiversity
stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social not the one.
i am a journalist and i work for Bloomberg News. Obligatory disclaimers about opinions.
No DMs for reporting tips. Signal at @s_m_i.99
don’t expect posts to stick around.
Anthony Cuthbertson @cuthbertson.bsky.social Journalist @the-independent.com
Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social Campaigning on and off the water to end the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza and for freedom of movement for all Palestinians.
https://linktr.ee/freedomflotillacoalition 
Jeff Cheung 張卓彥 @jeffc.bsky.social I'm a radioman now
Producer/Presenter at RTHK Radio 3
Money Talk | The Close | So Saturday
Emile Hokayem اميل الحكيّم @emile-hokayem.bsky.social Geopolitics and Middle East at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Just because you have an opinion does not mean you should express it.
Hugo Ruaud @hugord.bsky.social Journaliste @afpfr
| Éco, Politique, Énergie/Climat |
Julien Gathelier @jgat.bsky.social Journalist bei AFP in Berlin I Franco-Deutsch 🇫🇷🇩🇪 I Früher Frankfurt, Paris, Washington
Eli Meixler @elimeixler.ft.com Hoping this place is better than the last one. @financialtimes.com Asia world news editor in 🇭🇰, bagel dogmatist. Usual business, DM’s open
Michael Mathes @michaelmathesafp.bsky.social Recovering US politics reporter at AFP Washington. Stints in Vietnam, Thailand, England, Brazil, Peru. Other datelines: Tikrit, Islamabad, Kabul, Yangon, Phnom Penh, Andaman Islands, 28 US states. Pavement fan. Dad of a rocker
Daniel Lawler @daniellawler.bsky.social Science and health journalist at AFP
(@en.afp.com), based in Paris
Mark Anderson @markc-anderson.bsky.social Asia Technology Editor at Bloomberg News - all views mine. Get in touch: mr.mark.anderson@proton.me
Danny Kemp @dannyctkemp.bsky.social AFP White House Correspondent. Formerly The Hague, Brussels, London, Paris, Bangkok, Islamabad, Hong Kong, with bits of Ukraine, Libya and Afghanistan
Justin Tallis @justintallis.bsky.social AFP Staff Photojournalist based in London.
Marion Dautry @mdautry.bsky.social News reporter @Agence France Presse - covering Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Caucasus. Currently based in Warsaw. She/her
Linda Noakes @lnoakes.bsky.social Digital Editor, Reuters EMEA
Lillian Suwanrumpha @thelilyfish.bsky.social AFP photojournalist/pigeon propagandist in Thailand.
Robin Legrand @robinlegrand.bsky.social Congress correspondent for @afpfr.bsky.social in Washington
Clément Zampa @clementzampa.bsky.social AFP - London
Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social Global health security correspondent @telglobalhealth.bsky.social, based in Bangkok, formerly London.
Contact me: sarah.newey@telegraph.co.uk. Or find me elsewhere - @sneweyy
My work: https://sneweyy.squarespace.com/ / https://linktr.ee/neweysnews
Asia Intel @asiaintel.bsky.social Account dedicated to Asian geopolitics but also extended to the Indo-Pacific. Sometimes other topics.
Volunteer @geoconfirmed.org mainly for the Myanmar map
Neil MacFarquhar @nmacfarquhar.bsky.social New York Times correspondent and author covering Russia, the Middle East and sometimes homegrown extremism. 
Ilya Lozovsky @ichbinilya.bsky.social Writer and senior editor at OCCRP. Investigative journalism, democracy, corruption, US politics, Europe and Eurasia. More fun than this profile IRL. Currently in Amsterdam!
Emma Burrows @eburrows.bsky.social AP European Security Correspondent. Previously with CNN in Moscow & ITN in London. Speak Russian & Spanish
Jason Corcoran @jasoncorcoran.bsky.social Author of book 'Leaving Russia' published in April 2026. Journalist for Sunday Times (UK), Business Insider (US), Moscow Times, Irish Independent. LFC🏆
Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com Political scientist and author of How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive. Hosting The Next Best, a politics podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@DrMarcelDirsus
Liam Stack @liam-stack.bsky.social NY Times reporter currently in Tel Aviv, but usually in NYC. Formerly Cairo, and a few other places. Khawaga-at-large. Brand new to BlueSky. Liam.stack@nytimes.com
Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social Ukraine correspondent. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker. Director of The Battle For Kyiv. Interested in human rights. RTs ≠ endorsement.
https://ko-fi.com/ozkaterji
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Retired hitchhiker.
Tom Gardner @tomgardner18.bsky.social Africa correspondent @TheEconomist
Author, "The Abiy Project: God, Power and War in the New Ethiopia”
Retweet ≠ endorsement / views my own
Still on X (for now) @tomgardner18
Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social 🇬🇧 London-based. 🇺🇸/🇬🇧 dual citizen. CBRN expert. Freeman of the City of London. Liveryman. "Legal Juggernaut". Anglican. Ex Verger. Author. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Scourge of llamas. Former US Army. Former USSS. #NAFO Fella
Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social Human rights & labor activist, working mostly in SE Asia. FCCT Board member and chair of Programs Committee. Boston sports fan, rock & roll lover, fisherman. JHU SAIS. Cape Cod, Korat, Khon Kaen, Bangkok. Thai/Lao speaker
Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social 🇦🇺 🇮🇩 Flat White, Kopi Susu https://flatkopi.substack.com/
Southeast Asia newsletter 🤓 https://darimulut.substack.com
Rebecca Tan @rebtanhs.bsky.social Southeast Asia bureau chief at The Washington Post
Snaps from bikes and boats instagram.com/rebtanwp
Patrick Strickland @patrickobrienstrickland.com Writer from Texas
Managing editor @inkstickmedia.com
Books: A History of Heartache (2026), You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave (2025), The Marauders (2022) & Alerta! Alerta! (2018)
Andy Carvin @acarv.in Director of investigations, @weareoversight.bsky.social. Former managing editor and current nonresident senior fellow, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.
Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social Creative Director at the Financial Times. I lead visual journalism strategy and oversee visual investigations, visual stories, design and pictures.
Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social Climate and environment correspondent @AFP
Previously ➡️ Hong Kong ➡️ Yangon ➡️ Bangkok
Co-founder @kitetalesMM non-profit Myanmar storytelling project
SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social Founding editor, SpyTalk.co. Longtime DC-based natsec journalist. Pvsly Newsweek, WaPo, CQ/Homeland Security, books, magazine freelance
James Dowsett @jdowsea.bsky.social Investigative reporter @occrp.org
Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social Senior International Correspondent for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. Now based in London, after stops in Moscow, Beijing and the Middle East. Author of The New Cold War (the book, not the thing).
Add me to your top-secret group chats!
James Pearson @pearswick.press Visual Investigations Journalist at @Reuters.com, via Hanoi, Seoul, Pyongyang and cyberspace. Now in London.
“A bum who wrote an ignominious jumble of stories”
- North Korea ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
📞Signal ID: pearswick.01
💻: pearswick.press
Ben Tavener @bbcbentavener.bsky.social Senior journalist, BBC News Moscow bureau
Elaine Pearson @elainepearson.bsky.social Asia Director, Human Rights Watch
Author of Chasing Wrongs and Rights
Tirana Hassan @tiranahassan.bsky.social Humanitarian.Human Rights. Purveyor of Good Trouble
Nadia Hardman @nadiahardman.bsky.social Refugee and Migrant Rights Senior Advisor at Human Rights Watch. Here for the calm.
Mark Dummett @markdummett.bsky.social Head of the business and human rights team @amnesty - ex HRW, BBC & Reuters. All posts my own.
Ram Ramgopal @raminnews.bsky.social Former Executive Editor, CNN | @RamInNews in the other place. [Once a legacy blue ☑️ @ramcnn]
Deborah Cole @deborahcole.bsky.social Berlin correspondent, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/deborah-cole
deborah.cole(at)theguardian.com
Michael Cruickshank @cruickshank.bsky.social Geospatial analyst, OSINT investigator, and journalist. Investigating the intersection of climate resilience and human systems, and sometimes writing fiction. From 🇦🇺, now in 🇪🇺.
📍Berlin, Germany
https://www.michaelcruickshank.me/
Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social Author, Indonesia, Human Rights Watch, journalism, religious freedom and belief, freedom of expression, West Papua https://www.andreasharsono.net/
Adam Parker @adamparkr.bsky.social OSINT Editor at Sky News. Verifying and investigating. Part of the Data+Forensics unit.
Often found in the mountains.
Antoine Hasday @antoinehasday.bsky.social Journaliste raisonnablement indépendant. Marottes: défense, sécurité, IA, environnement, sports de combat. Chez @collectifyoupress.bsky.social, @ajdpresse.bsky.social et au bureau de @ajtransparence.bsky.social. Crie aussi dans des micros.
Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage.bsky.social Southern Africa Correspondent at The Guardian. Brit abroad.
Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Counterterrorism| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales
Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social Freelance journalist & photojournalist covering Syria, the Middle East, and breaking global news.
Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/faredalmahlool
Tomohiro Osaki @tomohiroosaki.bsky.social Japan Correspondent at Agence France-Presse. Interests: crime, subculture, fashion, anime. Views my own.📩 tomohiro.osaki@afp.com
Michael Horowitz @michaelhorowitz.bsky.social Geopolitical and security analyst, Views are my own.
Federica Giovannetti @fed-giovannetti.bsky.social Journalist | Rome, Italy
Yazan Badran @yazanbadran.bsky.social Assistant professor, media, journalism, politics, Syria/MENA/SWANA at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. ECHO/SCOM/FWO
I call Latakia, Nagoya and Brussels home.
https://researchportal.vub.be/en/persons/yazan-badran
Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social 
Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social I write sometimes
www.rabihalameddine.com
Bhavan Jaipragas @jbhavan.bsky.social Deputy Opinion Editor, The Straits Times. Previously Asia Editor of South China Morning Post in HK. Only sleuthing, no posts here. https://hk.linkedin.com/in/jbhavan
Yenni Kwok @yennikwok.bsky.social @mongabay.com Past: @hongkongfp.com HKU @factcheck.afp.com @time.com @nytimes.com Storyful, @cnn.com, SCMP, etc. 🐦: yennikwok 🧵: yenni_kwok
Arianna Ciccone @ariannaciccone.bsky.social Co-founder journalismfestival.com - Founder ValigiaBlu.it
The Gecko Project @thegeckoproject.org Investigative reporting on corruption, climate, rainforests and rights.
https://thegeckoproject.org/
Edward Lawrence @edwardlawrence.bsky.social Freelance producer and camera operator-editor in news and documentaries. Mostly Channel 4 News, but many others too. Formerly with the BBC in Beijing & Shanghai
The Uproot Project @uprootproject.bsky.social Bringing diverse voices to the forefront of environmental and climate journalism
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/uprootproject
Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social Italy-based journalist & award-winnning writer: Ultra, The Po, Blood on the Altar, A Place of Refuge, The Dark Heart of Italy, Utopian Dreams etc. Carpenter, listener, teacher - always co-building communities (Windsor Hill Wood, Common Home etc.) NSNO
Wendy Higgins @wenhiggins.bsky.social Director of international media at global animal protection charity Humane World for Animals. Lover of tea, tofu and the zombie apocalypse. Vegan 🌱 #TWD
Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social Global affairs columnist @NewYorker.com. Dad. Victoria concordia crescit.
Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com Editor, in your inbox every afternoon @Axios. Dad, pilot. Albany, NY 🍎
mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social Palestinian poet from Gaza. Author of Forest of Noise & Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear.
Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social Anti-Fascist. Anthropocene Pepys. Gen AI Cassandra. Journalist taking names on the fossil fuel industry and its role in the climate, energy, and cost of greed crises.
Other than that, mainly dogs and cycling
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social Reporter @WIRED covering disinformation, online extremism, and election hucksters. https://www.wired.com/author/david-gilbert/
Got a tip? Get in touch
• Email: david.gilbert@wired.com
• Signal: @DavidGilbert.01
Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.eurosky.social News reporter, AFP
Immigrant: France
Emigrant: UK
Migrant: Kosovo, Nigeria, Iraq, US, Belgium
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
@ghoshworld @ghoshworld.bsky.social Journalist, formerly of @bloomberg and @time
Food, football and foreign policy… not necessarily in that order. Substack: Ghoshworld
J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com Extremism expert by day, novelist by night
THE POPE'S HITMAN (Oct. 27, 2026)
EXTREMISM (MIT Press, 2018)
Affiliate links support my work:
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
Tom Barfield @tombarfield.bsky.social Journalist, multi-immigrant
🇪🇺 / 🇩🇪 / 🇬🇧
James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social Author of Hired and Lost Boys (June 2025). Writing on Substack: https://www.forthedeskdrawer.com/
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1786499797/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6
Ad astra per aspera
Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social I am UK/Home Affairs Correspondent for BBC News. Police, prisons, law, crime and terrorism. Before that Moscow Correspondent so still post about Russia/Ukraine.
Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social Emeritus Prof, Co-Chair @TBIJ, previously Director BBC News. Also photography and LFC
Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social BBC News Home and Legal Correspondent. // Stories // Features // Analysis // Documentaries // The Mafia Man in the Lancashire Caravan: http://bbc.in/2UV2ILv
Linktree and contact details: https://linktr.ee/bbcdomc
Mark Little @marklittle.bsky.social Journalist entrepreneur. Talking media/tech/democracy. Founded Storyful. Co-founded Kinzen. Worked Spotify & Twitter. Ex-foreign correspondent 🇮🇪
Ziya Meral @ziyameral.bsky.social Lecturer @SOAS, Senior Associate Fellow @RUSI & the European Leadership Network.. Middle East/Turkey, international security, defence, diplomacy, climate security.. Belfast resident.. Posts likely to include poetry, baking and pics of Rathlin Island. 
Patrick Osgood @patrickosgood.bsky.social MENA geopolitical risk | one warm day is all I really need | usual caveats re ♥️ & 🔁
Dave Brown @davebrown.bsky.social Deputy Managing Editor for Global Security at Politico
Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social International crouton etc.
Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social Senior foreign affairs correspondent and columnist at POLITICO
Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin.bsky.social Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”
jihadology.net
jihadologyplus.com
Bradley Secker @bradleysecker.bsky.social Photojournalist & portrait photographer in Istanbul. Brit. Covering migration & LGBT rights, politics, culture, news & features. Nat Geo Explorer. Rep by Panos Pictures. bradleysecker.substack.com / bradleysecker.com
Kyle Orton @kyleworton.bsky.social Write about jihadism, security issues, and foreign policy | Also a lot of history and religion.
Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social Political risk researcher on Yemen, MENA Based in Bangkok | Also posts on Appalachia, Rivers, เมืองไทย | Words in Daily Beast, FPRI, Amwaj, Al-Jazeera, Arab Center DC | Contact info.nickjbrumfield@gmail.com for work, media inquiries | he/him
Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social New book: The Blood Between Us. Also The Road from Damascus. Co-author Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War. Writer and deputy editor at the Critical Muslim. English editor at @Prisons. Journalism etc collected at www.qunfuz.com
Idrees Ahmad @idreesahmad.bsky.social Director of Journalism, University of Essex; Associate Editor, New Lines Magazine; Contributing Editor, LA Review of Books; Bylines: New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Policy, The Observer, Washington Post.
Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social Historian & Arabist
Independent analyst on Jihadism, History, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Publications available via https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1988