Israel deliberately killed three Lebanon journalists, rights watchdog says | Freedom of the Press News

Israel deliberately killed three Lebanon journalists, rights watchdog says | Freedom of the Press News

Human Rights Watch says the Israeli attack on the journalists in October was carried out using a US-produced bomb. An Israeli air attack that killed three journalists and wounded others in Lebanon in October was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians and an apparent war crime, Human Rights Watch…

Israel deliberately killed three Lebanon journalists, rights watchdog says | Freedom of the Press News

One journalist killed every four days in 2022-23, most cases unpunished: UN | Freedom of the Press News

The killing of journalists worldwide surged in 2022-23 compared with the previous two years, with a majority of cases unsolved, the United Nations has said. On average, one journalist was killed every four days, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said in a report released on Saturday. At…

Over 100 staff accuse BBC of bias in coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Over 100 staff accuse BBC of bias in coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Employees say ‘Israel must be held to account for its actions’ and that failing to do so dehumanises Palestinians. The BBC has been accused by more than 100 of its staff of giving Israel favourable coverage in its reporting of the war on Gaza and criticised its lack of “accurate…

Israel, Haiti top CPJ list of states where journalist murders go unpunished | Freedom of the Press News

Israel, Haiti top CPJ list of states where journalist murders go unpunished | Freedom of the Press News

Committee to Protect Journalists says globally no one is held to account in 80 percent of cases where journalists are targeted. Israel is the world’s second-worst offender after Haiti in letting the murder of journalists go unpunished, according to a new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists. According to…

Guatemalan journalist receives house arrest after two years behind bars | Freedom of the Press News

Guatemalan journalist receives house arrest after two years behind bars | Freedom of the Press News

A prominent investigative journalist has been released to house arrest in Guatemala, after his case shone a light on questions of democratic backsliding in the country. Jose Ruben Zamora, the award-winning founder of the newspaper El Periodico, had been imprisoned for more than 800 days as he awaits a retrial…

Kyiv says Ukrainian reporter Victoria Roshchyna died in Russian detention | Russia-Ukraine war News

Kyiv says Ukrainian reporter Victoria Roshchyna died in Russian detention | Russia-Ukraine war News

The award-winning freelance journalist was known for her reporting on life in Russian-occupied Ukraine. An award-winning Ukrainian journalist who wrote firsthand accounts of life in Russian-occupied Ukraine has died in detention in Russia. Victoria Roshchyna, who was 27, worked freelance for Ukrainian media outlets Ukrainska Pravda and Hromadske Radio, as…

Palestinian journalist, 19, killed in Israeli raid after receiving threats | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Palestinian journalist, 19, killed in Israeli raid after receiving threats | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hassan Hamad was killed in an attack on his home in Jabalia camp, taking the total number of journalists killed to 175. Israeli forces have killed Palestinian journalist Hassan Hamad in an air strike on his home in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, days after the slain journalist said he…

Maldives leader says Israel must be held to account for ‘genocide’ in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Maldives leader says Israel must be held to account for ‘genocide’ in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has told the United Nations that Israel must be held accountable for the crimes it is committing in Gaza, including “genocide”, as well as its attacks on journalists and other violations of international law. “The ongoing massacre, the genocide by Israel in Gaza is a travesty…

Israel’s attempted silencing of Al Jazeera’s coverage of the occupation | Gaza

Israel’s attempted silencing of Al Jazeera’s coverage of the occupation | Gaza

NewsFeed ‘All we’ve been doing is reporting on what the Israeli military does to Palestinians’. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi recorded this message in case Israel shut down Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah, from where our journalists have reported on the realities for people living under Israeli occupation for…

Israel closes Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah: All you need to know | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel closes Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah: All you need to know | Israel-Palestine conflict News

On live television, heavily armed Israeli soldiers raided Al Jazeera’s occupied West Bank bureau in Ramallah and handed the bureau head, Walid al-Omari, a notice to shut it down. The soldiers ordered everyone working the overnight shift at the bureau to leave, telling them they could take only their personal…