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…

Why I am rooting for Bisan Owda to win a news Emmy | Israel-Palestine conflict

Why I am rooting for Bisan Owda to win a news Emmy | Israel-Palestine conflict

Bisan Owda, a young Palestinian journalist, activist and filmmaker from Gaza, deserves the highest accolades for the excellent work she has done in the past 11 months to expose the realities of Israel’s genocidal war on her people. From the very beginning, she has been a reliable, informative and trustworthy…

Are restrictions on pro-Palestine speech ‘the new McCarthyism?’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

Are restrictions on pro-Palestine speech ‘the new McCarthyism?’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

Is there an attempt to chill debate on Palestine and Israel on both sides of the Atlantic? The United States, and the West in general, are in a “dire period” of repression of speech on Palestinian freedom or criticism of Israel, argues Dima Khalidi, founder of Palestine Legal. Khalidi tells…

Voting under way in Algeria’s presidential election | Elections News

Voting under way in Algeria’s presidential election | Elections News

No major changes expected with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune expected to win despite concerns about low turnout. Algerians are voting in a presidential election in which incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune is expected to easily win a second term. Polling stations opened at 8am (07:00 GMT) on Saturday in the North African country…

‘Unacceptable pressure’: Kremlin denounces US for targeting Russian media | Media News

‘Unacceptable pressure’: Kremlin denounces US for targeting Russian media | Media News

Kremlin spokesman also says media censorship during Ukraine offensive is ‘justified’ as Russia is in a ‘state of war’. The Kremlin has accused the United States of applying unacceptable pressure on Russian media after Washington announced sanctions against journalists and a state media network. On Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov…

UAE pardons 57 Bangladeshis jailed for anti-Hasina protests | Protests News

UAE pardons 57 Bangladeshis jailed for anti-Hasina protests | Protests News

The Bangladeshi nationals were sentenced to long prison terms for protesting against the unrest in their home country. The president of the United Arab Emirates has pardoned 57 Bangladeshi citizens jailed for holding protests in the Gulf country against their own government. The decision, announced on Tuesday, by President Sheikh…