Published December 22. 2020 1:34PM
Alan D. Miller
A record number of journalists were imprisoned because of their work on your behalf in 2020, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ annual census. Others were detained, physically attacked, injured or killed while doing their jobs.
The grim details were released earlier this month, and the CPJ census showed that at least 274 journalists were imprisoned globally as of Dec. 1 as governments clamped down on news coverage of civil unrest and the coronavirus pandemic.
All were working to find and deliver facts, to bring you the news from around the world.
“It’s shocking and appalling that we are seeing a record number of journalists imprisoned in the midst of a global pandemic,” said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon. “This wave of repression is a form of censorship that is disrupting the flow of information and fueling the infodemic. With COVID-19 raging through the world’s prisons, it’s also putting the l
Afghan journalist killed in Ghazni province, say officials
AP
22nd December, 2020 11:43:21
A prominent local journalist was shot dead by unknown assailants in Afghanistan s central Ghazni province on Monday the fourth to be killed in the war-ravaged nation in just two months.
Afghanistan is considered one of the world s most dangerous countries for journalists.
Rahmatullah Nekzad was gunned down as he left his home in Ghazni City to walk to a nearby mosque, said Ahmad Khan Serat, spokesman for the provincial police chief.
Nekzad, who headed the Ghazni Journalists Union, was well known in the area. He had contributed to The Associated Press since 2007 and had previously worked for the Al Jazeera satellite TV channel.
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Afghan officials: Local journalist killed in Ghazni province
Afghan Journalist Rahmatullah Nikzad poses for photograph in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 29, 2019. Nikzad , a prominent local journalist was shot dead by unknown assailants in Afghanistan s central Ghazni province on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. He was the fourth journalist to be killed in the war-ravaged nation in just two months. Afghanistan is considered one of the world s most dangerous countries for journalists. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) December 21, 2020 - 6:34 PM
KABUL - A prominent local journalist was shot dead by unknown assailants in Afghanistan s central Ghazni province on Monday â the fourth to be killed in the war-ravaged nation in just two months. Afghanistan is considered one of the world s most dangerous countries for journalists.
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Download File ISTANBUL - In Turkey s predominantly Kurdish southeast, a news network staffed entirely by women is taking the lead in reporting on women s rights. But in doing so, JIN News finds itself targeted by the government s “war on terrorism.”
Founded in 2017 under the mantra On the path to truth, with a woman s pen, JIN News says its goal is to expose exploitation and violence faced by women. We are wherever women are, Gulsen Kocuk, editor of JIN News Turkish service, told VOA. We report, in a way, on every aspect of their life, with the aim of making women visible, making women s work visible, and providing a platform to express their views.