January 21, 2025 – Syria/ Kurdistan – Suleiman Ahmed, a Kurdish journalist and Arabic-section editor at Rojnews, was released on January 20, 2025, after being held […]
January 21, 2025 -Azerbaijan – Azerbaijani authorities filed six additional charges against four journalists from the independent media outlet Toplum TV and arrested another reporter, Farid […]
January 21, 2025 – Palestine/Israel – Following the January 15, 2025, ceasefire in Gaza, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for immediate access for journalists and […]
January 21, 2025 – Turkey – Six journalists were remanded in custody following coordinated house raids in Istanbul, Bodrum, and Artvin. The Media and Law Studies […]
January 21, 2025 – Palestine/Israel – Three Palestinian women journalists—Rula Hassanein, Bushra Al-Tawil, and Ashwaq Awad—were released from Israeli prisons as part of a ceasefire agreement […]
January 21, 2025 – General – The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (IDEI) is observed annually on 2 November. The date marks […]
January 21, 2025 – USA/Kazakhstan – Two new U.S.-funded grant opportunities have been launched in Kazakhstan, focusing on youth empowerment and media protection. The initiatives are […]
January 20, 2025 – USA – President Trump issued Executive Order 14149 on January 20, 2025, prioritizing First Amendment protections by prohibiting federal agencies from infringing […]
January 20, 2025 – Mexico – Calletano de Jesús Guerrero, deputy director-general of Global Mexico, was shot dead in Teoloyucan, State of México, while in the […]