The United Nations has singled out 42 countries (out of 193 member states) for condemnation– virtually blacklisting them– for retaliating against human rights activists and journalists If you cooperate with the United Nations and complain about human rights abuses in your home country, chances are you will find yourself either jailed,
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Journalists under threat need safe refuge through special emergency visas
Journalists and media workers are facing “increasing politicization” of their work and threats to their freedom to simply do their jobs, that are “growing by the day”, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, marking World Press Freedom Day, May 2022. “This woman sitting next to me, Maria Ressa, is a Nobel laureate
2 journalists shot dead in Colombia
Assailants on a motorcycle shot and killed two journalists Sunday in Colombia as they returned from covering a carnival, police said. Both worked for a news website called Sol Digital based in the northern town of Fundacion on the Caribbean coast, and they were identified as Leiner Montero Ortega, 37, and
2 journalists killed in Mexico, 10th and 11th of the year
Myanmar junta continues to arrest journos
Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing-led military junta arrested two more journalists from Dawei, the headquarter of Tanintharyi region in southern Myanmar, on 19 January 2022, local media reported. Ko Zaw and Ma Moe Myint were arrested along with a media employee Ko Thar Gyi, who also works for DaweiWatch Burmese news portal
Nearly 2000 journalists died of Covid-19 in 94 countries
Cyber security laws haunt SADC journalists
There is increasing concern over press freedom and civil liberties of media practitioners following hastened efforts to implement cyber security related laws by the 16-Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states. The press is concerned that at the rate the various countries are seeking to enact the laws, raising fears the
293 imprisoned in 2021 as journalists face targeted attacks
This past year, uncertainty blanketed our world. The COVID-19 pandemic, the rapidly advancing climate crisis, the pervasive nature of new technologies, and encroaching authoritarianism have all shown that our world is changing fast and in ways that fundamentally affect how we live. As conspiracy theories laced with facts have spread to
Zambian journalists seek self regulation
After years of seeking press freedom, the media in Zambia wants to self regulate, a yardstick to enhancing professionalism after years of relentless search for autonomy. In an effort to champion ‘Access To Information’ (ATI) and promote media freedom for both private and state-owned media houses since early 2000, the media
Alarming crisis of impunity for crimes against journalists in DRC
The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most hostile and dangerous regions for journalists. A complex conflict, deeply rooted in the country’s past, allows very little freedom, both movement and the press. “There are multiple actors involved, and as a journalist, we have the duty of admitting this complexity,”