Violence against environmental journalists rises, UNESCO says
Santiago, Chile Reuters Journalists who report on environmental issues face increasing violence around the world from both state and private actors, UNESCO said on Thursday, highlighting that 44 of these journalists have been murdered between 2009 and 2023. More than 70 per cent of the 905 journalists the agency surveyed in 129 countries said they […]
Israeli tank strike killed “clearly identifiable” Reuters reporter – UN report
Istanbul, Turkey Reuters An Israeli tank killed Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon last year by firing two 120 mm rounds at a group of “clearly identifiable journalists” in violation of international law, a UN investigation into the 13th October incident has found. The investigation by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), summarised […]
Essay: Israel now ranks among the world’s leading jailers of journalists. We don’t know why they’re behind bars
PETER GRESTE, Professor of Journalism and Communications at Australia’s Macquarie University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the latest annual report from the Committee to Protect Journalists…
Fierce fighting in Gaza as war hits 100 days
Doha, Qatar/Gaza Reuters Israeli tanks and aircraft hit targets in southern and central Gaza on Sunday and there were fierce gun battles in some areas as the war reached 100 days since the 7th October attack led by gunmen from the Islamist Hamas movement. Communications and internet services were down for the third day running, […]
Burkina Faso junta’s conscription of critics rattles civil society and unions
Reuters Burkina Faso’s military junta is abusing an emergency law to conscript perceived dissidents and critics to join a deadly fight against militants linked to al-Qaeda and Islamic State, warned lawyers, journalists and watchdog Human Rights Watch this week. In a series of statements, civil society groups and unions for journalists and lawyers accused the […]
Israeli military says it can’t guarantee journalists’ safety in Gaza
Reuters Israel’s military has told international news organisations Reuters and Agence France Presse that it cannot guarantee the safety of their journalists operating in the Gaza Strip, under Israeli bombardment and siege for almost three weeks. Gaza, a Palestinian enclave run by the militant group Hamas, has been under bombardment since 7th October when Hamas […]
Americas rights court condemns violence against Haiti journalists
Reuters The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Tuesday condemned an escalation of violence against journalists in Haiti, saying media workers are among those who have been killed, kidnapped and lost their homes as gang violence has surged. People fleeing gang violence take shelter at a sports arena, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on 1st September, 2023. […]
UN records torture, deaths of detainees in Taliban custody
Reuters The United Nations has recorded over 1,600 incidents of rights violations against people detained by the Taliban authorities, nearly half of them acts of torture and ill-treatment mostly by police and intelligence agents, a report released on Wednesday showed. The UN Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) said 18 people had also died in prisons and […]
Mexican journalist shot to death in car in Acapulco, media report
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexican journalist Nelson Matus was killed Saturday in the coastal resort city of Acapulco in the south-western state of Guerrero, local media reported. The director of local news site Lo Real de Guerrero, Matus was shot in his car in the parking lot of a store, Mexican newspaper El Universal reported. A […]
UK-based group documents rights abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan with ‘witness map’
Islamabad, PakistanAP A UK-based rights group on Thursday launched an interactive map documenting rampant human rights abuses and violence against civilians since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan nearly two years ago. The documented violations – committed by both the Taliban and militant groups such as the Islamic State group – paint a harrowing picture […]