January 18, 2025 – Kurdistan – In 2024, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq recorded a 22% decline in violations against journalists, according to a report by […]
January 18, 2025 – USA/Syria- Twelve years after her son’s disappearance, Debra Tice has returned to Damascus to search for her son, American journalist Austin Tice, […]
January 18, 2025 – Nicaragua – Independent journalism in Nicaragua is nearing total collapse, according to a 2025 report by the Foundation for Freedom of Expression […]
January 17, 2025 – Turkey – Turkish police raided two Kurdish media organizations, detaining five Kurdish journalists as part of a broader crackdown on independent and […]
January 17, 2025 – Russia – Russian police detained multiple journalists in the town of Petushki, near Vladimir, as they attempted to attend the court hearing […]
January 17, 2025 – Afghanistan – The Taliban’s primary court in Kabul sentenced Mahdi Ansary, a 27-year-old reporter for the Afghan News Agency (AFKA), to 18 […]
January 17, 2025 – Azerbaijan – Azerbaijani authorities arrested journalists Farid Ismayilov and Elmir Abbasov, intensifying an ongoing crackdown on independent media. The arrests are part […]
January 17, 2025 – Palestine/Israel – In war-torn Gaza, journalists have found that wearing a press vest—once a symbol of protection—is now a potential death sentence. […]