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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 halt violence against Palestinian journalists permeating all levels of the occupation system.

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 access to all journalists regardless of nationality.

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 Parhar's arrest and urges the Taliban to cease its arbitrary detainment of journalists and media workers.