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Congratulations to all members of Canada's new cabinet! Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) looks forward to working with our new Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand & the Secretary of State for International Development Randeep Sarai Randeep S. Sarai to further our shared commitment to strengthening

Earlier today, Mustapha Dumbuya applauded Media Council of Kenya’s initiative to train journalists on #MentalHealth. He emphasized the need to include editors in the training to help them identify distress & support their teams better. Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is proud to support this important step.


Honoured to join Harman Idema Harman Idema, Consul General of the Netherlands, at the 80th anniversary of WWII, commemorating the Canadian soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands in 1945. Held at Mississauga’s historic Small Arms Inspection Building, a former WWII


In celebration of #PrideMonth, JHR is hosting a live recording of the #JHRPodcast in Toronto, in partnership with Dignity Network Canada Dignity Network / Le Réseau Dignité, CUPE & Pink Triangle Press Pink Triangle Press 👉lu.ma/rjn3uesd Queer Voices and Visibility in Hostile Times This special


Such a pleasure to catch up with @MariaRessa during her Toronto stopover this weekend! We shared plans for Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)'s just-launched program expanding our media development work to the Philippines -- that will strengthen media & promote inclusive governance and political



Great to reconnect with the Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) network in Lebanon last week! JHR Executive Director Bill Killorn and MENA Programs Manager Nesreen Abusultan were on the ground in Beirut, meeting with inspiring women journalists trained through our UNDEF-funded program. Huge thanks to our


A powerful day of advocacy at the European Parliament raising awareness of transnational repression alongside the incredible Hanna Liubakova, Natalia Arno +Vytis Jurkonis . Grateful for the opportunity to help organize this w/ Urmas Paet , @marinakaljurand + Sven Mikser Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)



We were thrilled to welcome Global Affairs Canada staff at our Nairobi office this week! 🤝 Great conversations on Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) impactful work in #EastAfrica. Thank you #GAC for the continued partnership & support fighting misinformation in #SouthSudan to prevent conflict.✍️



Congratulations to the wonderful Crystal Greene, who just won the silver Emerging Indigenous Journalist award from Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) and Canadian Association of Journalists for her portfolio of work. Congratulations, Crystal!!

Proud to share this wonderful testimonial about our Project Coordinator محمد الباسم, who recently announced the official registration of JHR’s office in Iraq at the recently held UNDEF-Arab Human Rights Journalism Awards. 👏

Tonight, Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) & Dignity Network Canada Dignity Network / Le Réseau Dignité are proud to welcome Kenyan journalist @KevMwachiro and Tara-Michelle Ziniuk Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, Managing Editor at Xtra (Pink Triangle Press), for a timely conversation with Lisa LaFlamme on the media’s role in shaping public


Happy to be attending a Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) panel tonight titled: “Queer Voices and Visibility in Hostile Times” with veteran journalist Lisa LaFlamme as moderator and panelists: Xtra’s Managing Editor Tara-Michelle Ziniuk and renowned writer, podcaster, journalist and queer Kenyan
