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 – 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 20, 2025 – Palestine – Palestinian journalist Rula Hassanein, released in January 2025 as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, has spoken out about the […]
January 20, 2025 – Iran – Iranian journalist and documentary filmmaker Mehrdad Aladin was temporarily released on bail after nearly two weeks in detention. Aladin, affiliated […]
January 20, 2025 – Egypt/UK – Australian journalist Peter Greste began a 21-day hunger strike outside the UK Prime Minister’s office in London to demand the […]
January 20, 2025 – Italy/Iran – Italian war correspondent Cecilia Sala, 29, was arrested in Tehran on December 19, 2024, while reporting on assignment for Il […]