Journalists

How Shireen Abu Akleh inspired a generation of female reporters

Younger Palestinian journalists remember how Abu Akleh’s coverage inspired them to follow in her footsteps and shaped the way Palestinians tell their own story.

Taliban sets free three Afghan TV staffers detained over censorship report

Moby Group, the media company that owns TOLO TV, said the detentions of its employees were the result of the station reporting “the banning of foreign drama series."

Timeline: Afghan dissidents arrested by the Taliban in five months

Several people have been arrested or detained for speaking out since the Taliban took control of the country in August last year.

Indian police question 4 journalists in Kashmir, seize documents in raids

The Kashmir Press Club has repeatedly urged the Indian government to allow them to report freely, saying security agencies were using physical attacks, threats and summons to intimidate journalists and muzzle the press.

Egypt releases journalists, activists amid US criticism of rights record

Journalist Esraa Abdel Fattah was ordered released along with Abdel Nasser Ismail, leader of the Popular Alliance party, and Gamal El Gammal, a journalist and opposition figure.

Belarus police launch new crackdown on journalists, rights activists

Rights groups say at least five people were detained and 25 homes and offices searched in the third successive day of raids.

Pakistan govt summons journalist Asad A Thoor for allegedly defaming army

Pakistan says it supports freedom of speech but human rights groups often accuse the state and military of harassing and attacking journalists.

ICC urged to probe Israeli bombing of media offices in Gaza

Reporters sans Frontieres calls upon the International Criminal Court to determine whether Israeli air strikes on a Gaza building housing media outlets constituted a war crime.

Armed assailants kill dozens in eastern Burkina Faso

The attack came a week after two Spanish journalists and an Irish conservationist were killed in an ambush by militants in the same region.

Hong Kong journalist convicted for accessing public records for probe

Choy Yuk-ling, also known as Bao Choy, was investigating a mob attack on anti-Beijing protesters in 2019 when she was arrested in November on charges of falsely declaring why she needed to obtain license plate information from a database.

Reuters names Alessandra Galloni next editor-in-chief

Galloni, who will replace Stephen J Adler this month, will be the first woman to lead the news agency in its 170-year history.

In rare oral rebuke, UN voices alarm at Egypt's use of terror law

Egypt responds with disapproval and shock after 31 countries, including US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, expressed concern on Cairo’s use of terror legislation against a broad range of critics, including rights activists and journalists.