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August 28, 2024

China Cuts Off Journalist Gao Yu’s Internet and Phone in Escalating Digital Crackdown

August 28, 2024 – China – Beijing authorities severed all forms of communication for veteran independent journalist Gao Yu, disabling her landline, mobile phone, and internet […]
August 9, 2024

Taliban Suspends 14 Media Outlets in New Crackdown on Independent Press

August 09, 2024 – Afghanistan –  Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Afghan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA) revoked 17 broadcast licenses covering 14 media outlets in eastern Nangarhar province—a mix […]
August 6, 2024

Mexican Crime Reporter Alejandro Martínez Noguez Gunned Down Despite Police Protection

August 06, 2024 – Mexico – Veteran Mexican crime reporter Alejandro Alfredo Martínez Noguez, also known as “El Hijo del Llanero Solitito,” was fatally shot in […]
August 6, 2024

Nigerian Journalists Brutalized While Covering Protests as Press Freedom Faces Violent Clampdown

August 06, 2024 – Nigeria –  Nigerian security forces launched a violent crackdown on journalists covering nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests, with at least 56 media workers assaulted, […]
July 31, 2024

Two Al Jazeera Journalists Killed in Deadly Israeli Airstrike in Gaza

July 31, 2024 – Palestine – On 31 July 2024, Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail al‑Ghoul (27) and cameraman Rami al‑Refee were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting […]
July 30, 2024

Bangladeshi Journalists Face Deadly Crackdown Amid Quota Protests—Multiple Killed, Hundreds Injured

July 30, 2024 – Bangladesh –  Amid the intense quota-reform protests in Bangladesh between June and August 2024, journalists endured a wave of brutal attacks by […]
July 15, 2024

Pakistani Reporter Malik Hassan Zaib Gunned Down in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Amid Surge in Journalist Killings

July 15, 2024 – Pakistan – Malik Hassan Zaib, a journalist for the Urdu‑language Daily Aaj and a member of the Peshawar Press Club and Khyber […]