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More than 140 global press freedom organisations call on world leaders, governments, and international institutions to act immediately to ensure journalists from outside Gaza are given immediate, independent access to the territory.
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@rsf.org condemns wave of violence against journalists covering Los Angeles protests
"At least 27 attacks on journalists covering protests in Los Angeles took place between June 6 and June 8."
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Columbia needs to cease its investigations into student journalists, expunge their records and respect students' free press rights.
Read the letter from @freedom.press and other press freedom and free speech organizations: splc.org/2025/05/coal...
Journalist Ahmed Anwar Al-Helu was killed in an Israeli air strike on the northwestern part of Khan Yunis.
Al-Helu’s death comes hours after an anchor for Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, Hassan Samour, was killed along with 11 members of his family.
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"An Israeli drone strike killed Palestinian journalist Hassan Islayeh while he was receiving treatment in the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis", reports @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
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Attacks on journalists and press freedom this week
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Two Palestinian journalists, Yahya Subaih and Nour El-Din Abdo, have been killed in separate attacks on Gaza city and eastern Gaza.
At least 129 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed since the beginning of Israel's assault on Gaza.
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🔴 #RSFIndex2025 | In 2025, a red line has been crossed. For the first time in the history of the RSF World Press Freedom Index, the conditions for practising journalism are bad in half of the world’s countries.
#WPFD2025 #WorldPressFreedomDay
#USA: Trump is celebrating #WorldPressFreedomDay by trying to cut funding for public media, while the White House is using taxpayer money to publish a propaganda site mimicking a news outlet. It’s Trump’s latest escalation of his war on the press. rsf.org/en/usa-trump...
Last week in press freedom
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Free speech crackdown in the UK: Emails show UK authorities discussing legal cases with the Israeli Embassy in London as the UK counterterrorism unit was arresting activists and journalists for criticizing Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Over 1,000 intellectuals, writers and activists have signed a letter against the crackdown on Palestine solidarity in France, including the targeting of union organizer Anasse Kazib for his tweets is support of Palestine, reports @mondoweiss.net
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On #WorldPressFreedomDay, CPJ’s call to protect the press is more urgent than ever.
Today is the most dangerous time to be a journalist in CPJ’s history. At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed last year, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel. 🔗 cpj.org?p=451429
NEW: AG Pam Bondi has revoked media protections instituted by former AG Merrick Garland, according to a memo seen by NBC News. More to come.
Artist and photojournalist, Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was the protagonist of a documentary due to premiere in Cannes, killed along with 10 members of her family
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Israeli forces bombed a tent sheltering reporters in Khan Younis, setting it on fire and killing two while others were trapped in the flames.
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Last week in press freedom -- check back every Friday for the latest attacks on journalists, journalism, and your right to know
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CPJ condemns killing of Palestinian reporters Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour by the Israel Defense Forces
@pressfreedom.bsky.social has called on Israel to stop making unsubstantiated allegations to justify its killing and mistreatment of members of the press
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Last Week in Press Freedom -- check back at the end of each week for a round-up of the latest news in attacks on journalists, journalism, and your right to know
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NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous
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Separate Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have killed two media workers, Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat and Palestine Today's Mohammad Mansour.
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Julian Assange is the first publisher to be charged under the US Espionage Act | @peninternational.bsky.social
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At least nine people, including three journalists, have been killed and several others wounded in an Israeli drone attack on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza
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Free Mahmoud Khalil immediately! Khalil's arrest is a massive attack on the First Amendment and freedom of speech.
"There is a well-established pattern of Israeli forces targeting Palestinian journalists. We must break this cycle of impunity by transparently investigating Israel’s crimes."
mondoweiss.net/2025/03/the-...
Stop attacks on media freedom in the West Bank
@article19.bsky.social condemns Israel’s escalating press freedom violations in the West Bank. Palestinian journalists continue to face increasing restrictions, arbitrary detentions, and physical attacks.
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Four UN Special Rapporteurs have written to the UK government demanding explanation of its inappropriate persecution of journalists and political activists under the Terrorism Act. The UK didn't respond. | Report by @craigmurrayorg.bsky.social
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Burying The Assange Secrets: The CIA won the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by four Americans who claimed they had their privacy rights violated when they visited Julian Assange in Ecuador's London embassy | @kgosztola.bsky.social
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Last week in press freedom:
Read more about the case of Portland reporter Alissa Azar, Israel's standing in the global press freedom index, threats to journalists' right to source protection in France and more
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"The arrest of @aliabunimah.bsky.social is a concerning and dangerous development that reflects a growing trend in Western governments to censor free speech and target journalists" | @euromedhr.bsky.social
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