Israel authorities have turned their wrath towards the media with the recent decision to shut down offices of the Al Jazeera News Agency-English channel the Middle East country, an action described by global watchdog Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) as the ‘last straw in press freedom’. The CPJ, in
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Gaza journalist describes 33 harrowing days in Israeli custody
Diaa Al-Kahlout, the veteran Gaza bureau chief for the Qatari-funded London-based newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, had been covering the Israel-Gaza war for two months when he became part of the news. On December 7, Al-Kahlout was detained along with members of his family by Israeli forces in a mass arrest in Beit
The tragic death of Palestinian journalists
Israel now ranks among the world’s leading jailers of journalists
Israel has emerged as one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists, according to a newly released census compiled by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. Each year, the committee releases a snapshot of the number of journalists behind bars as of December 1 2023 was the second highest on
ARTICLE 19 unveils guidelines on safety for Bangladesh journalists
ARTICLE 19, an international human rights organisation, has published guidelines on safety for journalists covering the upcoming 12th parliamentary election in Bangladesh. "The election comes at a time of mass anti-government demonstrations, including strikes and countrywide blockades for non-partisan caretaker government to oversee the general election and a widening crackdown on
Social media and social realities in Bangladesh
Reporting from frontline of Gaza conflict raises hard ethical questions
More than one journalist dying per day in Israel-Gaza conflict
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Gaza-Israel war has been the deadliest conflict for media workers since the organisation began counting statistics in 1992. At the time of writing, the committee said at least 39 journalists and media workers had been killed in the month since the war began.
33 journalists killed in the Gaza-Israel war
Over 10, 000 people with an estimated 33 journalists have died during the Gaza-Israel conflicts, fueling concerns among media right campaigners on the fate of the affected purveyors-whose sole crime is to right the war. The Centre for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) estimates 33 journalists are among the more than
Press freedom in Asia under siege
In Asia, freedom of the press continues to erode, especially in authoritarian regimes where journalists are often targeted in broad daylight. More and more, journalists are put behind bars or face strategic lawsuits against public participation, otherwise known as SLAPP, for reporting what’s actually happening on the ground. Over the past three