Pooja

My first byline for @bellingcat 😺 with the amazing @Pooja_Chaudhuri! It was great having the chance to put some of what I'd learnt about analysing text data at @compjcdf to use too

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...

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…

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 woman wrestler to qualify for three successive Olympics. And now, she's beaten the unbeatable defending champ, won two more bouts to become the first Indian woman to reach a wrestling Olympic final. Words fail to appreciate what Vinesh Phogat has just done. es.pn/3SFNkQ1 | #Paris2024

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.

🧵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 ⬇️

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

Very much needed open source investigative coverage on the recent violence and burning of villages in Myanmar by @bellingcat's @Pooja_Chaudhuri. Thanks for citing the work of our @MyanmarWitness team at @Cen4infoRes ✊ 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…

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

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…

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.

@free_thinker Great job @HereisKinjal 💜

As campaigning reached a fever pitch in May, Alt News kept up its vigil against the use of disinformation and hate speech by political parties, both in speeches and on social media platforms. All of that and more in this month-end roundup. WATCH:

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

Here is the context for Narendra Modi's relatively thin victory margin in Varanasi — only 7 candidates contested the seat this year, down from 26 in 2019 and 42 in 2014. The returning officer was accused of rigging the nomination process. scroll.in/article/106801…

This @guardian documentary on how disinformation is dividing India features @AltNews. Do watch. youtube.com/watch?v=sVr7g_…

@emilybell @columbiajourn Thank you Emily! :)

Great work @Pooja_Chaudhuri - one of our star data journalism alums @columbiajourn

The Brits recently added themselves to the list of 64 countries heading to the polls in 2024. Citizens in #SouthAfrica are voting today! We asked our Bellingcat researchers what they do to inform themselves during the elections and how they avoid online disinformation...

Bellingcat’s @Pooja_Chaudhuri identified four Indian far-right media outlets that are receiving non-transparent foreign donations. Two sites could be linked to a US-based group associated with the RSS, the group that birthed far-right Hindu ideology. bellingcat.com/news/2024/05/2…

@hannahdreier @nytimes @stillsarita @NewYorker @sarahanneconway @city_bureau @invinst @Reuters @washingtonpost @katieengelhart @NYTmag @vkaramurza @JustinCChang @latimes @thedeadhandbook @AP @YohanceLacour Congratulations to @propublica, @js_kaplan, @JustinElliott, @BrettMmurphy, @Amierjeski and @kirstenberg. #Pulitzer