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Reuters safety adviser killed and 3 journalists injured in Ukraine attack

28 Aug 2024

Source: © CPJ The Basmanny district court in Moscow has convicted Russian-American journalist and writer Masha Gessen of disseminating "fake" information about the Russian military

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Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen convicted of disseminating "fake" information

19 Jul 2024

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Taliban arrests radio journalists for engaging with female callers - CPJ

26 Apr 2024

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Global news leaders sign open letter in support of journalists in Gaza

6 Mar 2024

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Ethiopian police release French journalist after a week, employer says

Urvi Dugar and Akanksha Khushi 1 Mar 2024

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Ethiopian police arrest French journalist, employer says

Giulia Paravicini 26 Feb 2024

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Indian journalist pays 'price for doing his work' in violent attack

26 Feb 2024

Many Cape Town journalists attended the vigil. Source: GroundUp

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South African media community mourns journalists killed in Gaza

GroundUp Staff 29 Jan 2024

Al Jazeera bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh and his son Hamza. Source: X.

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Al Jazeera's bureau chief son among two journalists killed in Gaza

8 Jan 2024

Source: © Wan-ifra Gianluca Costantini’s drawings of the journalists and media workers killed in the Hamas-Israeli conflict since 7 October

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Artist honours journalists and media workers killed in Hamas-Israeli conflict

28 Nov 2023

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Death toll adds up as journalists die in Israel and Palestine conflict

Karabo Ledwaba 16 Oct 2023

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Somalia's first all-women newsroom spotlights female taboos

Abdi Sheikh 21 Sep 2023

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Wan-Ifra and Reporters Without Borders form committee to develop AI Media Charter

28 Jul 2023

Cameroon journalist Martinez Zogo's photo is displayed as fellow journalists pay their last respect to him. Source: Reuters/Amindeh Blaise Atabong.

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Cameroonian businessman arrested after journalist's murder

Amindeh Blaise Atabong, Bate Felix, Andrew Cawthorne 7 Feb 2023

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Journalist killings up by 50% in 2022

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Jan 2023

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New Frame journalists win Nat Nakasa Award

19 Sep 2022

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Wan-Ifra joins the Washington Post Press Freedom Partnership

5 Jan 2021

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Sanef addresses misinformation and journalists' safety while reporting on Covid-19

17 Mar 2020

Police officers detain Sahara Reporters journalist Victor Ogungbenro during a protest in Lagos, Nigeria, on August 5, 2019. Staff at the online newspaper report sustained harassment targeting them and their website. Credit: CPJ/AP/Sunday Alamba.

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US-Nigeria website censored

12 Dec 2019

Journalist Nazli Ilicak is embraced after her release from prison in Istanbul in November 2019, after a court ordered her free on time served at a retrial. Two of her colleagues remain in prison on terrorism related charges, among the 47 journalists jailed in Turkey. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir.

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The world's worst jailers of journalists

Elana Beiser 11 Dec 2019

Police officers are seen near Lagos, Nigeria, on September 3, 2019. Journalists in Kogi and Bayelsa states reported being harassed and threatened during recent elections. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Temilade Adelaja.

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Nigerian journalists attacked and threatened

10 Dec 2019

IPFA winners, New York.

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International Press Freedom Awards announced

27 Nov 2019

People take part in a parade to mark the 24th self-declared independence day for the breakaway region of Somaliland in the capital Hargeisa on May 18, 2015. On November 18, 2019, Somaliland police shut down a TV station and arrested its editor. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Feisal Omar.

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Somaliland police shut down Horn Cable TV, arrest its editor

21 Nov 2019

Demonstrators are seen outside the Department of State Services headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 12, 2019. Police fired on and attacked journalists covering that demonstration. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Kola Sulaimon.

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Nigerian security forces fire on journalists, protesters

18 Nov 2019

CPJ deepens database of attacks on the press

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CPJ deepens database of attacks on the press

Elana Beiser 12 Nov 2019

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#EpicaAwards2019: SA's VMLY&R announced as one of the finalists!

13 Nov 2019

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Media: How to protect your phone from spyware

11 Nov 2019

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Unlocking the web's untold censorship stories

Madeline Earp 31 Oct 2019

Four Iwacu journalists, from left, Térence Mpozenzi, Agnès Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Egide Harerimana, and their driver, Adolphe Masabarikiza, are detained in Burundi. Credit: CPJ/Iwacu Media.

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Burundi police arrest Iwacu journalists covering unrest

28 Oct 2019

Maxence Melo Mubyazi.

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CPJ announces 2019 International Press Freedom Awards

23 Oct 2019

Algerian demonstrators chant and wave their country's national flag as they take part in an anti-government protest in the capital Algiers on October 15, 2019. Authorities have detained at least three more journalists in recent days. Credit: CPJ/AFP.

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Algeria detains three journalists who covered protests

18 Oct 2019

A police van is seen in Alexandria, Egypt, on September 27, 2019. Security forces recently arrested and allegedly tortured journalist Esraa Abdel Fattah. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh.

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Egyptian journalist Esraa Abdel Fattah arrested on false news charges

16 Oct 2019

People look at front pages at a newspaper stand in Port Harcourt, after Nigeria's presidential election results were announced on February 27, 2019. Nigerian police beat two Inspiration FM journalists after covering a protest in Uyo, in Akwa-Ibom State, on September 24, 2019. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba.

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Nigerian police beat two Inspiration FM journalists at protest

11 Oct 2019

Egypt arrests 3 more journalists amid crackdown

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Egypt arrests 3 more journalists amid crackdown

2 Oct 2019

Police officers are seen at El Harrach prison in Algiers, Algeria, on June 13, 2019. Freelance journalist Sofiane Merakchi was recently sent to the prison for pre-trial detention. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Ramzi Boudina.

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Algerian authorities arrest freelance journalist

30 Sep 2019

A police officer is seen in N'Djamena, Chad, on July 11, 2015. A N'Djamena court recently charged two Chadian journalists with criminal defamation and sentenced one to jail. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Moumine Ngarmbassa.

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Journalists fined, one jailed over criminal defamation complaint in Chad

26 Sep 2019

Police officers are seen in Cairo, Egypt, on September 21, 2019. Police recently arrested several journalists covering protests in Cairo and other cities, and authorities blocked news websites and Facebook Messenger. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Mohamed el-Shahed.

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Egypt authorities arrest 3 journalists, block websites, amid protests

25 Sep 2019

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during a ceremony marking the reopening of the Eritrean Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 16, 2018. A recent thawing of relations between the two countries did not lead to improved conditions for the media in Eritrea. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Tiksa Negeri.

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10 most censored countries

13 Sep 2019

All the 2019 African Digital Media Awards winners

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All the 2019 African Digital Media Awards winners

12 Sep 2019

A police officer is seen in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on May 16, 2016. Police in Hargeisa recently arrested Horyaal 24 TV owner Mohamed Osman Mireh. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Mohamed Abdiwahab.

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Somaliland police raid Horyaal 24 TV offices

11 Sep 2019

Police officers are seen in Lagos, Nigeria, on August 5, 2019. Lagos police recently arrested publisher Agba Jalingo, who has been charged by federal authorities with treason. Credit: CPJ/AP/Sunday Alamba.

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Nigerian publisher charged with treason

9 Sep 2019

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Spotlight on human rights in Mozambique

5 Sep 2019

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Nigerian publisher Agba Jalingo detained without charge

4 Sep 2019

Protesters from two of Benin's unions take part in a demonstration after the parliament approved a law restricting to 10 days public sector employees’ right to strike, on September 13, 2018, in Cotonou. Journalist Ignace Sossou convicted of false news in Benin on August 12, 2019. Crdit: CPJ/AFP/Yanick Folly.

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Journalist Ignace Sossou convicted of false news in Benin

27 Aug 2019

A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Daniel Hayduk.

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Onslaught against press freedoms in Tanzania

26 Aug 2019

Tanzania detains Watetezi TV journalist over investigation of police

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Tanzania detains Watetezi TV journalist over investigation of police

26 Aug 2019

PIC: Ethiopians follow the news on television at a cafe in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, June 23, 2019. Ethiopian authorities arrested journalist Mesganaw Getachew on August 9 after he filmed outside a court in Addis Ababa. Credit: CPJ/AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene.

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Ethiopian authorities arrest journalist Mesganaw Getachew

23 Aug 2019

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'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

19 Aug 2019

A Cameroonian elite Rapid Intervention Battalion member walks along an empty street in the city of Buea in Cameroon's Anglophone southwest region on October 4, 2018. Cameroon’s military detained pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi on August 2, 2019, in Buea. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Zohra Bensemra.

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Cameroon's military detains pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi

15 Aug 2019

A man looks at newspaper front pages in Dakar, on February 25, 2019, one day after Senegal's presidential elections. Senegalese authorities arrested critical journalist Adama Gaye on July 29. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Seyllou.

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Senegalese authorities arrest critical journalist Adama Gaye

14 Aug 2019