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Afonso Salcedo @afonso.me · 05/04/2026
Strong Aeon essay by journalist Cathy Otten on the ethics and limits of humanitarian journalism, and whether witnessing and documenting suffering actually leads to action. aeon.co/essays/how-might-humanitarian-journalism-be-done-better
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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 05/04/2026
“Is there a better way to write about the horrors of the world?” - Cathy Otten (former roommate in Iraq, badass reporter) aeon.co/essays/how-m...
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
www.opendemocracy.net/en/enough-br... @sianushka.bsky.social Launching in Bristol, Enough vowed to be the ‘breathalyser of rape’. But can fem tech really ‘deter’ sexual violence?
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Enough: Start-up targeting rape survivors at UK universities
Launching in Bristol, Enough vowed to be the ‘breathalyser of rape’. But can fem tech really ‘deter’ sexual violence?
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
“The UN human rights office said on Friday that it had recorded at least 798 killings both at aid points run by the U.S.– and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and near humanitarian convoys run by other relief groups, including the UN.” www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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Nearly 800 killed while receiving aid in Gaza, UN human rights office says
Killings recorded at aid points run by the U.S.– and Israeli-backed GHF and near humanitarian convoys run by other relief groups
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This is what happens when states are allowed to kill journalists with impunity. They carry on doing so.
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
“We are outraged by Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent journalist Turki al-Jasser, who was detained for seven years because the regime believed he reported on allegations of corruption within the Saudi royal family,” said CPJ Chief Program Officer cpj.org/2025/06/saud...
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Saudi Arabia executes journalist Turki al-Jasser on treason, terrorism charges  - Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., June 14, 2025 — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced the Saturday execution of prominent Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser, who had been detained for seven years on charges o...
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Institute for War and Peace Reporting - IWPR @iwpr.net · 16/06/2025
Israel may have the intelligence, the capability and impunity to attack its enemies, but it cannot destroy them IWPR's Managing Editor Daniella Peled (@daniellapeled.bsky.social) writes for The Observer ⬇️ observer.co.uk/news/interna...
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Any Israeli sense of victory will be short lived as it is...
Israel may have the intelligence, the capability and impunity to attack its enemies, but it cannot destroy them
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Read our new short guide for reporting safely under threat and harassment for US-based journalists, based on our press freedom talk with the Committee to Protect Journalists. gbvjournalism.org/storage/uplo...
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Rory Peck Trust @rorypecktrust.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Read the full letter here rorypecktrust.org/news-and-ins...
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Fresh Push for Immediate Access to Gaza | Rory Peck Trust
The Rory Peck Trust, along with over 100 news organisations and media freedom NGOs, is calling for “immediate, independent, and unrestricted” access for international media to Gaza. The coalition incl...
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Rory Peck Trust @rorypecktrust.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The Rory Peck Trust, along with over 100 news organizations and media freedom NGOs, is calling for immediate, independent, unrestricted international media access to Gaza. The coalition which includes BBC News and the leading Israeli publisher Haaretz is demanding full protection for journalists.
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Belkis Wille @belkiswille.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Vitally important research by @jbgallopin.bsky.social coming out of a region of Sudan where it is so hard to gather the facts from because of limited access and connectivity, allowing abuses to occur in virtual silence.
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The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
UN reforms: Budget cuts and dramatic restructuring aren’t going to cut it. Aid needs to tackle its economic inefficiency problem.
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It’s economics, stupid: Why the UN is inefficient and what to do about it
UN reforms: Budget cuts and dramatic restructuring aren’t going to cut it. The aid sector needs to understand its economic inefficiency problem.
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 03/06/2025
"biological sex" is the idea that being born with a vulva makes you female, until it doesn't because you were too good at sports.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 01/06/2025
Telegraph printed 42 articles attacking trans people between 24 April and 4 May 2025 (11 days)
Screenshot of Telegraph article thumbnails from late April and early May 2025. Headlines include “Victory for women’s sport as football joins trans ban”, “Trans players banned from women’s football”, “Asking about pronouns could be triggering, students told”, “NHS trust uses derogatory term ‘terf’ in official guidance”, and “I need to take care of my trans colleagues. I will protect them.” A prominent central image shows a Black woman holding a “Dump Trump” sign, under the headline “How Trump erased diversity in 100 days.”Another batch of Telegraph article thumbnails, dominated by anti-trans framing. Titles include “Starmer: treatment of women in trans debate was ‘clearly wrong’”, “EHRC: Trans women should not be in female lavatories”, “Marathon to let trans athletes run as women”, “Scotland trans ban piles pressure on FA”, “Hampstead won’t ban trans women at ladies’ pond”, and “Transgender teenagers allowed on girls’ wards.”Wider screenshot of Telegraph headlines. Headlines include “Hostility: BBC’s listening sessions for trans staff,” “Junior doctors condemn gender verdict as ‘scientifically illiterate,’” “Redmayne signs ‘letter of solidarity’ over court ruling,” “Britain has finally overthrown the suffocating tyranny of the woke Left,” “Trans rights court ruling highlights how HR lost its way,” “Hospitals ‘defy ruling’ on trans patients,” and “Lavatories ‘will not be policed’ after trans judgment.”Continuation of trans coverage thumbnails in the Telegraph. Titles include “A school cancelled me for running for Reform,” “From beyond the grave, Francis may have brought peace a little closer,” “We don’t want to go back to the past – mourners hail Pope’s legacy of acceptance,”  #TransAgendaClips
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
We joined forces with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and photojournalist Jodi Hilton, to deliver vital tips and findings to reporters on how to stay safe under threat and harassment. gbvjournalism.org/page/press-f...
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m... There is a war on journalists raging around the world: let their voices be heard Annie Kelly
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There is a war on journalists raging around the world: let their voices be heard | Annie Kelly
Today is World Press Freedom Day. The Guardian is determined to highlight the dangers faced by reporters working in some of the world’s most perilous places, and to tell their stories, says the Guardi...
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
www.theguardian.com/global-devel... An important piece on journalists under threat around the world
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‘They told me that they’d hunt me down’: journalists on how they survive working in war zones
With a record number of journalists killed over the past year, four reporters covering conflicts across the world reveal how they dodge death
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Turkish Cypriot journalist threatened, source murdered after reporting on alleged government corruption mailchi.mp/cpj/journali...
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Turkish Cypriot journalist threatened, source murdered after reporting on alleged government corruption
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The story about the life and death of journalist Viktoria #Roshchyna, killed by #Putin‘s men / #Russia, must be told again, and again, and again.
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Olga Tokariuk @olgatokariuk.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
A chilling story about my ex colleague, journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, detained by Russia on the occupied territories of Ukraine while reporting. She was tortured and killed, her body returned to Ukraine several months later with missing organs, as brain www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison
The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna’s final months
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/04/2025
NEW: Nike has made an expansive effort to convince consumers, investors and others that it is improving the lives of factory workers who make its products, not exploiting them. A rare view of wages at one Cambodian factory tests this claim. With @oregonian.com
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Nike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.
Nike has made an expansive effort to convince consumers, investors and others that it is improving the lives of factory workers who make its products, not exploiting them. A rare view of wages at one…
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 25/04/2025
The BBC keep doing this. This isn't true. This is straightforwardly wrong in law. The ruling *only* applied to the Equality Act 2010. Trans women are still legally women for the vast majority of purposes! That's the whole point of the Gender Recognition Act. I've put in a complaint. So can you.
Her remarks come after a Supreme Court ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex.

The Welsh government said it was "carefully considering" the court's decision.
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Zing Tsjeng @misszing.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A feminist's perspective on the recent Supreme Court ruling – this week in my column for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/defi...
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Defining a woman solely by biological sex is a step backwards
This is not a form of justice or progress
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
CPJ issues safety advisory for journalists traveling to the US - “CPJ has seen a spike in concern among journalists whose work entails travelling to the United States or crossing the border.” cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...
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CPJ issues safety advisory for journalists traveling to the United States - Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists today released a safety advisory covering a wide range of digital, physical, and legal tips aimed at journalists and media workers who plan to visit the United Sta...
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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
The @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social is providing support to various civilian-led groups providing relief and protection support in N. Darfur where hundreds of thousands are fleeing the RSF's genocidal violence. To support pls go to sudansolidarity.com. Pls consider becoming a monthly donor 🙏🏿.
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Home - Sudan Solidarity Collective
Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out
Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 15/04/2025
I have one year of data regarding articles on trans people in the Mail, Times, Telegraph and Guardian/Observer. In 365 days, they have printed a combined 1,075 articles, nearly all attacks. A more detailed post will be up on the Trans Agenda later this week, so be sure to subscribe hleehurley.com
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The Trans Agenda by Lee Hurley | Substack
News you need, the perspective you won't find anywhere else. The trans community's guide to UK news and politics and our place in it. Click to read The Trans Agenda by Lee Hurley, a Substack publicati...
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
"Everything that I have seen and heard will not be erased from memory and remain etched in the soul" from the diaries of Samira Al-Khalil, human-rights activist and political dissident abducted in Assad's Syria www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...
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Opinion | In Syria, an Account of Life Under al-Assad
From Syria, an account of life under siege sets a path for the country’s future.
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Mary D'Ambrosio @marydambrosio.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Student #journalists say both sources & opinion writers are asking that their names be removed from articles critical of #Trump policy, with some writers even resigning, the @theguardian.com reports tinyurl.com/yc24yzsr
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US student journalists go dark fearing Trump crusade against pro-Palestinian speech
Newsrooms forced to adapt as writers resign and request takedown of stories to avoid potential repercussions
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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Video obtained by @nytimes.com confirms the IDF fired on and killed clearly identified Red Crescent medics in Gaza. 15 were killed. Satellite pics analyzed by @ckoettl.bsky.social & @sanjanamv.bsky.social show the IDF then buried the medics andambulances. Story 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
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Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I hope other university alliances start pooling resources and engaging in the kinds of collective action Rutgers is proposing here for the Big Ten. senate.rutgers.edu/report/resol...
Whereas, the Big Ten Academic Alliance represents not only athletic competition but also a longstanding tradition of academic collaboration, research excellence, and commitment to democratic values and shared governance; Whereas, the Big Ten Academic Alliance includes 18 universities with thousands of instructors serving over 600,000 students; Whereas, the preservation of one institution’s integrity is the concern of all, and an infringement against one member university of the Big Ten shall be considered an infringement against all; Be it resolved that, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance; Be it further resolved that, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement; Be it further resolved that, participating institutions shall make available, at the request of the institution under direct political infringement, the services of their legal counsel, governance experts, and public affairs offices to coordinate a unified and vigorous response, including but not limited to: Legal representation and countersuit actions; strategic public communication; amicus briefs and expert testimony; legislative advocacy and coalition-building; related topical research as needed.
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Bigging this up again. Join our talk tomorrow with CPJ and journalists working in Turkey, China, Pakistan describing working under hostile conditions, sharing a global perspective with US-based journalists facing new threats and intimidation.
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
"They arrive...babies stuck halfway – heads out, legs trapped, or legs out, while heads remain [inside the birth canal]." Those babies died. Afghan mums & bubs are dying because health care clinics are closing after USAID halted funding. www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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A midwife says of the aid cuts in Afghanistan: 'No one prioritizes women's lives.'
With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.
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Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The siege of Khartoum has lifted. Left behind are scenes of unimaginable horror @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The siege of Khartoum has lifted. Left behind are scenes of unimaginable horror | Nesrine Malik
Sudan’s capital has been hollowed out and stripped for parts, its people trampled beneath a conflict that is far from over, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
'Return hubs': here we go again. We know externalisation leads to human rights violations. We've seen that with Australia, Italy/ Albania, Rwanda. It's incredibly costly to the taxpayer (£700m to the UK), ties up the courts in legal challenges and leads to arbitrary detention.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
almost all efforts to police gender stemming from trans panic end up hurting cis people as well and in greater numbers, because there's a lot more cis people than trans people. because the greatest policing is around women, cis women end up particularly endangered.
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Rutgers AAUP-AFT plaintiff in First Amendment lawsuit against Trump administration rdt-dev.getsnworks.com/article/rutg...
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Rutgers AAUP-AFT plaintiff in First Amendment lawsuit against Trump administration
On Tuesday, the Rutgers chapter of the American Association of University Professors and American Federation of Teachers (AAUP-AFT) announced that they are a part of a lawsuit against President Donald...
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
CPJ, FPF, and RSF urge Congressional support for public broadcasting and press freedom cpj.org?p=466257
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CPJ, FPF, and RSF urge Congressional support for public broadcasting and press freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists
On Tuesday, March 25, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) sent a joint letter to the House Subcommittee on Delivering...
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Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It is good that this Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research has been published. It is awful that it has to be published: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
@mediagfmd.bsky.social calls on stakeholds to supprot independent journalism and newsrooms in the face of cuts gfmd.info/urgent-call-...
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Urgent call for governments, multilateral institutions, and philanthropies to support independent media and journalism
At a time when the protection of civic space and human rights is more vital than ever, the withdrawal of critical funding threatens media and journalism organisations' role in ensuring access to relia...
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Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security @jigpeacesecurity.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Media freedom is under threat in new and troubling ways. Join reporters Ayla Jean Yackley, Kathleen McLaughlin and Osama Ahmed for the global perspective on media freedom and safety at 10am EST on April 3rd 2025. Register here. rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Institute for War and Peace Reporting - IWPR @iwpr.net · 26/03/2025
Through #IWPR’s training, Oksana and three other Ukrainian journalists gained the court reporting skills needed to document war crimes trials and fight disinformation. #UkraineJusticeIWPR #УкраїнаПравосуддяIWPR Read some of Oksana’s reporting here: iwpr.net/about/people...
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ATLAS Women @atlaswomen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Our profile of the inspiring @monarishmawi.bsky.social is out! Mona is a Palestinian, Jordanian & Swiss lawyer, currently serving as a Member of the Independent Intl Fact-Finding Mission on the Sudan. Read about her journey - and her advice for others 👇 www.atlaswomen.org/profiles/202...
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ATLAS: Mona Rishmawi
Mona Rishmawi is a Palestinian, Jordanian and Swiss lawyer, currently serving as a  Member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Sudan . She is a former senior officia...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/03/2025
Journalists among more than 1,100 arrested in Turkey crackdown
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Journalists among more than 1,100 arrested in Turkey crackdown
Authorities ask X to block accounts as tens of thousands take to streets in largest anti-government protests in years Turkish authorities have arrested more than 1,100 people including journalists, while bombarding the social media platform X with requests to block hundreds of accounts after tens of thousands took to the streets in the largest anti-government protests in years. One journalist was detained while covering demonstrations that took place outside Istanbul city hall, while nine others were detained in dawn raids. Continue reading...
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Frank Bajak @fbajak.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
‘Reward to dictators’: CPJ stands with millions of people the world round harmed by Trump’s dismantling of VOA, Radio Free outlets cpj.org/2025/03/rewa...
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‘Reward to dictators’: CPJ stands with thousands of journalists harmed by Trump’s dismantling of VOA, Radio Free outlets - Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists stands in support of thousands of journalists and millions of citizens around the world impacted by President Donald Trump’s dismantling Voice of America’s (VOA) s...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
In a press freedom/safety presentation with CPJ and RCFP and they are warning people that they might not want their credentials visible at protests and also that lanyards can be used to strangle you, so that’s new/where we are as a nation.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 24/03/2025
More than 170 journalists and media workers have been killed since the beginning of the war in October 2023. cpj.org/2025/03/cpj-...
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CPJ denounces Israel’s killing of 2 more Gaza journalists in return to war - Committee to Protect Journalists
Beirut, March 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Monday’s killing in Gaza of Palestinian reporters Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour by the Israel Defense Forces and calls for an ...
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