Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smith has launched True Regard on Substack.
His new piece, The Rot at Scale, looks at the architecture of the Iran war. Twelve months of breakout time became one week. Most analysis blames Trump. This piece shows the architecture.
https://t.co/UzWyg6LXsI
🔴 FREE AHMED SHIHAB-ELDIN. NOW.
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin — Emmy-nominated journalist, storyteller, and fearless voice for truth, has been detained in Kuwait since March 3, 2026. That is over six weeks without public charge, without transparency, and without justice.
Ahmed was visiting family in Kuwait when authorities arrested him, apparently for sharing publicly available videos of the Iran war, footage already verified and broadcast by CNN and major international outlets. He is accused of "spreading false information" and "harming national security." Ahmed has reported for @aljazeeraenglish, @huffpost, @vice, @nytimes and @pbs. He is an Amnesty International Human Rights Defender Award recipient. He is one of us — a journalist committed to holding power to account, especially when it is most uncomfortable.
The Frontline Club stands with Ahmed and calls on: 🇰🇼 The Kuwaiti government to immediately and unconditionally release Ahmed Shihab-Eldin and drop all charges and we urge that we speak his name loudly until he is free
Journalism is not a crime. Sharing the truth is not a threat to national security. Silence is.
#FreeAhmed #FreeAhmedShihabEldin #PressFreedom #JournalismIsNotACrime #Kuwait #FrontlineClub