08 January 2025 – France /Syria – Freelance journalist Sylvain Mercadier and his fixer, Mohammed al Fayyad, were detained for over four hours on January 8, 2025, by Israeli troops […]
08 January 2025 – Italy/Iran – In a high-stakes diplomatic effort, Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was released by Iranian authorities on January 8, 2025, after 20 […]
January 08, 2025 – France/Syria – French freelance journalist Sylvain Mercadier and his Syrian fixer Mohammed al-Fayyad were detained by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in the […]
January 07, 2025 – UK/Egypt – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has issued an urgent call for the immediate and unconditional release of Egyptian-British activist and writer […]
January 6, 2025 – Netherlands – In a troubling development for press freedom in one of Europe’s most open societies, the Netherlands recorded a significant rise […]
January 4, 2024 – Russia/Ukraine – Russian news outlet Izvestia confirmed that its freelance correspondent, Alexander Martemyanov, was killed when a Ukrainian drone struck a civilian […]
January 2, 2025 – UK – Richard Medhurst, a British independent journalist, is facing legal peril for refusing to reveal his encryption passwords to police, following […]
December 23, 2025 – Europe – The Council of Europe’s Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists reports that 165 journalists and media […]
December 23, 2024 – Russia – Retired police colonel Mikhail Smirnov, once deputy head of the anti-corruption department in St. Petersburg’s law enforcement, admitted to murdering […]