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Gaza’s journalists have received the highest accolade from the UN agency responsible for promoting peace and security. At a ceremony during UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day conference, in Chile, Mauricio Weibel, chair of the prizes’ international jury presented honoured them with UNESCO’s Guillermo Cano prize for press freedom.

On 24 December, several journalists and media workers were targets of insults and physical violence while reporting on protests in Belgrade that objected to alleged irregularities during general elections on 17 December. The International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) condemn the violent acts and urge the competent authorities to launch an immediate investigation.

Indonesian authorities passed the second amendment to the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE Law) on December 5, failing to address freedom of expression concerns raised by press groups and legal experts. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Indonesia in urging the Indonesian government to urgently revise the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE Law).

Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), met with Nasser Abu Baker, president of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) in Ramallah on 2 December 2023. Abu Baker, who is also vice president of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), briefed Khan about the situation for journalists and media workers in Gaza and the West Bank, and reminded him of the two complaints to the ICC lodged by the IFJ and PJS in April 2022 and in September 2022.

On 6 November, Palestinian journalist Hanaa Mahameed was harassed and threatened by a group of Israeli journalists, including the correspondent for Israeli station Channel 12, in a post office in Kfar Saba, according to her account. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the assault and calls on the Israeli authorities to take concrete steps to tackle the growing climate of fear and intimidation faced by journalists and media workers since the start of the war in Gaza.

In two separate incidents on October 12, army personnel obstructed journalists and media workers, deleting footage they had captured of an attack on the outskirts of Imphal, Manipur. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Indian Journalists’ Union (IJU), condemn the disruption of the journalists’ work and urge authorities to ensure that media workers can freely and independently perform their duties.

On August 2, an armed man driving an ambulance in the northern occupied West Bank bearing the emblem of the national Israeli ambulance service, the Red Star of David, pointed his gun at Palestinian journalists Nasser and Ali Eshtayyeh and local activist Ayman Ghrayyeb, and threatened to shoot them, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the PJS, in condemning the assault and calls on the Israeli authorities to...

Two accredited journalists from Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) were denied entry to the ongoing World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva on May 22, with World Health Organisation (WHO) event staff allegedly claiming ‘pressure from China’ as the reason behind the refusal. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Association of Taiwan Journalists (ATJ), call on the United Nations and its affiliate organisations to respect press freedom and allow unrestricted ...

Freelance journalist Khairullah Parhar has been detained by the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) since January 9 in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns Parhars arrest and urges the Taliban to cease its arbitrary detainment of journalists and media workers.