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Special International Day to End Impunity Issue: Reyhana Masters' latest Africa brief shines a light on the intersections between impunity, journalists' safety, and elections, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

On November 1, Tolga Şardan, a journalist for the independent T24 news website, was detained in connection with his October 31, T24 article titled "What is in the 'judicial report' submitted by the National Intelligence Agency (MİT) to the Presidency?" which discusses a report on corruption in the justice system allegedly commissioned from Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (MİT) by the President’s office. The Center for Combating Disinformation under the Presidency...

UK and others present a statement on behalf of the Informal Group of Friends on the Safety of Journalists, calling on Russia to stop repression of journalists.

With Pakistan expected to hold general elections in January 2024, the need for an open, restriction-free, and safe environment for the media to work in is crucial. Journalists and media professionals in Pakistan must be able to cover the upcoming elections, including the pre-election period, without the fear of backlash in the form of violence

The 12 countries where the murder of a journalist is most likely to go unpunished are: Syria, Somalia, Haiti, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Mexico, Philippines, Myanmar, Brazil, Pakistan and India.

Forty-two journalists were killed in Pakistan in the last four years -- 11 of them, in the last two years.

The number of journalists who are killed on the job is on the rise. And we all have a responsibility – and interest – in taking a stand, writes World Editors Forum board member Fatemah Farag.

On the 2023 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, UNESCO’s theme is “Violence against journalists, the integrity of elections, and the role of public leadership" — and IFEX has something to say about that!

Despite fine words and lofty goals for a more just, equal world, time and again the principles underpinning a rights-based society are simply ignored. The press bears the brunt daily.

Ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists and following a visit from IFJs president Dominique Pradalié to Serbia, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined its affiliates in demanding Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić to properly investigate the killing of journalist Milan Pantić. A society that lets journalists killers and harassers walk free is not a democracy.