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January 21, 2025

RSF Calls for Journalist Access to Gaza and Justice After Ceasefire

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

Three Palestinian Women Journalists Freed in Ceasefire Prisoner Swap

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

Palestinian Journalist Rula Hassanein and Detainees Detail Abuse in Israeli Prisons

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

Iranian Journalist Mehrdad Aladin Temporarily Released, Mahsa Amini Reporters Pardoned

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

Peter Greste Launches Hunger Strike in Support of Detained Egyptian-British Dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah

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

Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala Describes Harrowing Detention in Iran’s Evin Prison

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 […]