NEW! The African Journalism Educators' Network (African Journalism Education Network) has launched a website!

Check out their website for new listings of upcoming events, details of the organisation and its activities, and listings of opportunities, events & news, and much more. buff.ly/4d18ZdS

'[Israel’s] refusal to permit foreign journalists independent access to Gaza all speak to a leadership that is deliberately restricting press freedom.”

CPJ's CEO @JodieGinsberg calls for unfettered media access to Gaza in a guest essay for @NYTOpinion:

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We stand with Mr.Lanre Arogundade, Executive Director International Press Centre (IPC), against unjust harassment by the State Security Service. Department of State Services (DSS) IFEX AFEX PLAC Daily Trust Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development OSF Journalism Wole Soyinka Centre Centre for Media and Society Media Rights Agenda

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CWWPF CONDEMNS HARASSMENT OF IPC’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MR LANRE AROGUNDADE BY THE DSS

17/04/2024 - The coalition for whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) hereby condemns in strong terms, the harassment of the Executive Director of the…

#Malawi football fans assault TV reporter Yasin Limu

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Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday called on Malawian authorities to credibly investigate the assault on TV reporter Yasin Limu by Mighty Mukuru Wanderers Football Club supporters and urged the sport’s…

#Togo expels French journalist Thomas Dietrich, suspends foreign accreditations

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Togolese authorities must identify and hold accountable the law enforcement agents responsible for arresting and assaulting French journalist THOMAS DIETRICH and ensure both…

#Somalia : Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by reports that authorities have frozen the bank account of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (@sjs_Somalia ).

The Syndicate’s work is important for press freedom in Somalia and CPJ calls on authorities to ensure that the organization can…

Congratulations to the Reuters team for their George Polk Awards win - and for donating your prize money to Committee to Protect Journalists!

In late April 2023, #Ethiopia -n journalist Gobeze Sisay fled his country, fearing arrest.

On May 6, 2023, he was arrested in #Djibouti and transferred back to Ethiopia under murky circumstances.

His case demonstrates the risks that Ethiopian journalists face, even in exile.…

This week, the UK will likely pass a law saying Rwanda is 'safe' to deport asylum seekers to. Meanwhile, I was recently denied boarding on a flight to Rwanda, presumably because of my journalism on the treatment of refugees there. (THREAD) 1/

The Israel-Gaza war is the most dangerous conflict for journalists ever documented by CPJ.

As the global journalistic community and its allies gather in Perugia for journalism festival #ijf24 , it is an opportunity to show up for our colleagues.

Join us in a moment of silence and…

Statement by the Patron of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation, Former President Thabo Mbeki, on the urgent Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan.

Terrible news coming out of #Somalia
We stand in solidarity with the call by CPJ Africa for that state to ensure #PressFreedom isn't infringed. #CivicRights

Malawian authorities should drop all legal proceedings against Nation Publications Limited journalist Macmillan Mhone, who is accused of cyber spamming, publishing false news, and extortion.
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There are many disappointed white liberals who were hoping the US would punish us for trying to stop a genocide

CPJ condemns the Israeli attack in Gaza on a group of journalists wearing press insignia that resulted in cameraman Sami Shehadeh, of Turkish broadcaster TRT World, having his leg amputated.

The IDF's disregard for press insignia, both after and prior to October 7, endangers…

Investigative Journalists in #Cameroon continue to face #threats and #danger in their line of duty ChiefBisong Etahoben Amindeh Blaise A. Angela Quintal Committee to Protect Journalists RSF in English RSF Al Jazeera Journalism Review Sadibou May Shigenobu PhD (重信メイ・命) (مي شيكينوبو)
institute.aljazeera.net/en/ajr/article… #PressFreedom #JournalismIsNotACrime

A fantastic little scoop by the FT: Rwanda's own national carrier refuses to take asylum-seekers back to Rwanda because of the reputational damage it would cause. Now why would that be? ft.com/content/1251e4…

#Togo : CPJ welcomes the release of journalist and La Dépêche publishing director Apollinaire Mewenemesse and calls for Togolese authorities to lift the conditions placed on his freedom, drop all charges against him, and cease criminalizing journalism.

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