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IFJ condemns murder of Haroon Khan

Protect media workers: IFJ writes to Sharif

On the second anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, the South East Asia Journalists Unions (SEAJU) strongly condemned the military junta’s continued gross violations of human rights, persecution of journalists and attacks on independent media. The region’s media unions called on the international community to increase pressure on Myanmar’s military to guarantee the safety of all Burmese citizens and cease the state-sanctioned violence, arbitrary arrests and draconian laws that have ...

IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters digs into three important stories from 2022 in Africa: an ACHPR Resolution that opens a door for organisations to combat online violence against women journalists, the development of strong regional partnerships for freedom of expression, and the disruption of the region's airwaves by national regulatory bodies.

"Spiralling attacks against journalists in Mexico as well as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine were leading factors behind the rise in journalist killings. Fourteen journalists were killed in Mexico in 2022, the deadliest year for the country’s media since 2017. Eight were killed covering Russia’s war in Ukraine." - IPI

2022 witnessed a devastating decline in journalists’ safety, as 66 journalists and media workers worldwide were killed in connection with their profession.

Journalist and media activist Hala Fouad Badawy, who was arrested due to her reports and social media posts in December 2021, has been acquitted of all charges and released from prison. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) welcome the court’s decision and urge the Yemeni government and other armed groups to release all jailed journalists.

After years of efforts, IFEX members Gulf Centre for Human Rights and Bahrain Center for Human Rights are finally granted UN ECOSOC consultative status.

November 2022 in Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s regional editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

Slavko Ćuruvija, Serbian journalist and publisher, founder of the newspapers "Nedeljni Telegraf", "Dnevni Telegraf" and "Evropljanin" was killed on Orthodox Easter Sunday, April 11, 1999. He was shot from behind. One shot hit him in the head. The second went through his heart. A total of 17 bullets were fired at him. The killers pistol-whipped Slavkos wife Branka Prpa unconscious.