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RSF backs request by Shireen Abu Akleh’s family for ICC investigation

Image:Reconstitution numérique du meurtre de Shireen Abu Akleh du point de vue du tireur. Photo tirée de la vidéo de l’enquête d’Al Haq et de Forensic Architecture. Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s family has filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court asking it to investigate her killing in the West Bank last May. It

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Iran reins in access to Instagram and WhatsApp, last platforms available to Iranians

The Iranian government’s decision to restrict access to Instagram and WhatsApp – which had been circulating information about a wave of protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody following her arrest by the morality police on 16 september – is an unprecedented attack on the right to news and information in

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Schwäbisches Tagblatt reaches young and female audiences with a new crime podcast

Main image: Lorenzo Zimmer (left) and Jonas Bleeser recording an episode of Schwäbisches Tagblatt’s crime podcast. Image credit: Ulrich Metz. In the beginning of 2022, the newspaper based in Tübingen in southwest Germany launched its first audio product, a podcast called “Am Gericht” (“At the courthouse”). The show looks at issues related to crime and

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The role of local news to inform voters in election cycles

As the midterm elections loom, there’s a lot of talk about threats to democracy, and what to do about it. One recent poll even showed this as the issue of most concern to voters. News organizations have created teams to cover democracy as a beat. Possible stories abound, from the January 6 investigation, to gerrymandering and voter suppression,

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How reporters can stay safe covering Nigeria’s separatist conflicts

Agitation to break away from a nation is not uncommon — it happens across the world. In Nigeria and elsewhere in West Africa, escalating conflicts resulting from separatist groups who desire independence for their regions or ethnic groups have resulted in violence. In Nigeria, separatists are known to bully, intimidate, harass and make death threats both online and through armed militias associated with

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Armed men in military uniforms raid Congolese broadcaster, beat technician, and seize equipment, forcing radio station off air

Kinshasa, September 21, 2022—Congolese authorities should thoroughly investigate and hold accountable those responsible for the attack on Radio Evangélique Butembo-Oicha, known as REBO, in North Kivu, and ensure the safety of all journalists in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Around 9 p.m. on September 12, four armed men in uniforms resembling

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Kyrgyzstan TV director Taalaibek Duishenbiev convicted of incitement

New York, September 21, 2022 – On Wednesday, a court in Kyrgyzstan convicted Next TV director Taalaibek Duishenbiev of inciting interethnic hatred over posts on the broadcaster’s social media accounts covering Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to news reports. Duishenbiev, who was detained for seven months pending trial, was originally handed a five-year prison sentence, his lawyer,

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Tunisian journalism threatened by decree criminalising “rumours and fake news”

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges Tunisia’s government to quickly repeal an unprecedented new decree criminalising “rumours and fake news” because it threatens press freedom, one of the most important gains of the country’s pro-democracy revolution in 2011. “Using censorship and bans on the provision of news and information to combat disinformation and fake news is

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Latin American journalists stress the importance of learning to code. Here’s why.

As in life, the only constant in journalism has been change. Technological advances over the years have modified the profile of the journalist. The image of the journalist as a lone wolf with a typewriter and notebook in hand has been left behind. It has given way to the profile of a multifaceted professional who

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