Saudi women’s rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul, who spent nearly three years in arbitrary pre-trial detention, sentenced to five years and eight months in prison.
Read MoreZhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist was sentenced to four years in prison in Shanghai on Monday due to her coverage on the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan.
Read MoreJournalist Arzu Geybullayeva is facing malicious online attacks accusing her of being a traitor for expressing her views and doing her job.
Read MoreAccording to the latest updates, there was another attempt to murder Olivera Lakic.
Read MoreThe seventh hearing of the case against journalist Pelin Ünker was held on December 22, 2020 in İstanbul 21st Civil Court of First Instance.
Read MoreThe eleventh hearing of the trial against Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp was held.
Read MoreYulia Slutskaya, the founder of Press Club Belarus, was arrested on tax evasion charges.
Read MoreMesopotamia Agency (MA) reporter Zeynep Durgut was released conditionally yesterday after being held in detention for four days.
Read MoreHuman rights defender Karima Baloch was found dead in Toronto, Canada after she went missing last Sunday.
Read MoreWe are thrilled that the Sedat Simavi Literature Award was awarded to two women journalists and two women radio presenters.
Read MoreReporters from the Mesopotamia Agency (MA) and Jin News, Zeynep Durgut, Rojda Aydın and Derya Ren, were detained in Şırnak.
Read MoreThe first hearing of the trial against Cumhuriyet newspaper reporter Hazal Ocak, editor Olcay Büyüktaş, editor-in-chief İpek Özbey and photojournalist Vedat Arık, was held.
Read MoreThe 10th hearing of the case in which six journalists, including Derya Okatan, were tried at Istanbul 29th High Criminal Court.
Read MoreLuz Escobar, a Cuban journalist working for the independent news website 14yMedio, has been repeatedly banned from leaving her house by security agents.
Read MoreAl-Monitor journalist Amberin Zaman, along with her colleague Dan Wilkofsky, was targeted with an online smear campaign after covering a story.
Read MoreThe first hearing of the case against journalist Nurcan Yalçın was held at the Diyarbakır 9th High Criminal Court.
Read MoreNearly two years have passed since the beginning of the trial against Estonian newsroom Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) and two of its journalists, including Anna Pihl.
Read MoreMalalai Maiwand was killed on Human Rights Day along with her driver when the gunmen opened fire on the vehicle in Jalalabad.
Read MoreManila Today’s editor, Lady Ann Salem, was arrested during police operations in Manila on December 10, the International Human Rights Day.
Read MoreCFWIJ raises its deepest concern for the neglect of women journalists’ fundamental rights and freedoms around the world.
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