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Waisbord) Online attacks against women journalists have been a pernicious problem for many years. Now, these appear to be increasing dramatically and uncontrollably around the world. This report presents a snapshot of the first substantial findings from a global survey about online violence against women journalists conducted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in late 2020. Part of a broader research project, these survey findings shed light on the incidences, impacts, and responses to online violence against women in an effort to improve responses and identify more effective methods to counter this threat to press freedom, journalists safety, and women s active participation in journalism.
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A long-running gag says “in Zimbabwe there is freedom of speech, but no freedom after the speech”.
But for journalists and activists who have been forced to endure nights in the country’s overcrowded and filthy holding cells, this is no laughing matter as prison inmates have no personal protective equipment to guard against COVID-19.
And when government spokesperson Nick Mangwana warned ominously last year that, “No one is above the law,” it only confirmed what many here have always feared: that the ruling Zanu PF party will not hesitate to arbitrary apply the law to silence critics.
Mangwana’s comments had come after the arrest of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, who was accused of using social media to foment public violence.
Today, we mark International Human Rights Day. It is very different from previous years. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed our lives without precedent. In fact, it goes far beyond a public health emergency. It is an economic and social crisis, as well as a human rights crisis. Sporočilo letošnjega mednarodnega dneva človekovih pravic: Za boljše okrevanje – V bran človekovim pravicam |
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It has had a profound impact on most of the challenges that the world has been facing for quite some time: poverty, inequality, discrimination, exclusion, and environmental degradation to name just a few.
Covid-19 is a test of societies, of governments, of communities, and of individuals. We are all in this together. Now is the time for solidarity and cooperation to address this challenge with success. For this to happen, Covid-19 response and recovery must be guided by human rights.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on media globally, with increased censorship and harassment of journalists in many countries, but also a renewed awareness of the importance of reliable reporting, media experts say.
News outlets forced out of business, attacks and threats against journalists, and an “avalanche” of disinformation were cited as some of the main challenges in 2020 for the news industry, during a World Press Freedom Conference panel earlier this month.
“Now more than ever we need news we can trust,” Jesper Højberg, executive director of the Denmark-based nonprofit International Media Support (IMS), said in a video aired as part of the panel. But, Højberg said, the need for reliable information has “reawakened” the public to the “importance of critical, reliable information.”