Belarusian authorities are taking actions to eliminate independent media and prevent Belarusian citizens from accessing information. All legislation that restricts the freedoms of assembly and expression must be scrapped. Read more: mediasupport.org/news/belarusia… #FreeBelarusianMedia

We did it! Seimas | #StandWithUkraine approved legislative amendments that will make international employee relocation easier. People from Belarus, suffering from the regime’s terror, now will have a chance to continue running their business safely in Lithuania #StandWithBelarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

IKEA is currently cooperating with 40 state/semi-state run companies in Belarus #Belarus omni.se/ikea-fortsatte…

JamesMDeane BBC Media Action Edward J Szekeres Balkan Insight RSF in English (5/7) “Regulation, self-regulation and co-regulation in media and gender equality” @forfreemedia with Aimée Vega Montiel and Emma Lygnerud Boberg mediasupport.org/publication/re…

📚 Resource: Across the globe, media industries suffer from gender-based discrimination and harassment. A briefing note by @forfreemedia is designed to explain the role of media regulatory and self-regulatory systems in promoting gender equality: ow.ly/28Cg50FeK6Z

In #Azerbaijan and #Belarus, many #humanrights lawyers have been disbarred, violating both countries' international obligations. Full #HRC47 statement 👉 bit.ly/2UaQgsl @UNIndepJudges UN Special Procedures

Hur ser situationen ut i Belarus för människorättsförsvarare och journalister nästan ett år efter det omtvistade presidentvalet i augusti 2020? ⏰7 juli kl. 14-15.00 på #Almedalen 👉Delta i eventet här: program.almedalsveckan.info/event/user-vie…

#Belarus Belarusian activist Vitaly Shishov went missing yesterday in Kyiv, #Ukraine. He was found hanged in one of Kyiv's parks on Tuesday, not far from his place of residence. Ukrainian police have opened a murder investigation

Right now 7 members of Viasna are behind bars in #Belarus - incl. Marfa Rabkova, arrested on this day last year‼️ Pressure on #humanrights activists & media has intensified; with criminal cases, liquidations, numerous searches, beatings & arrests #FreeViasna

”Sverige måste agera för kvinnor som tystas av könsbaserad desinformation.” bit.ly/33Zv4eh Debattinlägg av Emma Lygnerud Boberg, genusrådgivare på IMS, International media support. OpinionHDSydsvenskan Emma Lygnerud Boberg @forfreemedia

“The point of this text is not that women are more affected than men. The point is that women are affected differently because of gendered dynamics and other grounds of discrimination.” writes Emma Lygnerud Boberg about the gendered coverage of #Ukraine. lossi36.com/2022/06/04/eve…

DEBATT: ”Internationella medier låter detta rasistiska och hypermaskulina berättande flöda, och få eller inga ansträngningar görs för att säkerställa inkluderande rapportering.” Emma Lygnerud Boberg om seglivat mönster. fempers.se/2022/2022-06-1… #journalistik #ukraina #militarism

🚺 Having more women round the table in #peacemaking discussions is one thing - allowing the time and space to speak is another matter. Our United Nations Academic Impact #PeaceandSecurityDigests argues for women's influence to grow steps must be taken to address imbalance. politics.ox.ac.uk/publication/ge…

Thoughtful article from Emma Lygnerud Boberg (IMS) about how #Ukraine war coverage marginalizes women; and great report on East-West Center Cross Border journalists' seminar in #Nepal by Faiz Paracha #JournalismIsNotACrime Free download-Peace Journalist mag: tinyurl.com/5f3kn63e #PeaceJournalism

BREAKING NEWS: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2022 #NobelPeacePrize to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties. #NobelPrize

Great to get featured as a contributor in the October Edition of the prestigious 'The Peace Journalist' magazine. #Ukraine #genderandmedia #PeaceJournalism

#NobelPeacePrize2022 to Ales Bialiatski is an important recognition of his tireless work for human rights in #Belarus. The award for Ales, who himself is jailed, draws attention to all 1348 political prisoners, including journalists, still jailed by the Belarusian regime.

NEW: ICFJ & partners The University of Sheffield studied 13 million+ posts directed @ journalists Rana Ayyub & @GhadaOueiss as part of Forbidden Stories's #StoryKillers project. The case studies document chilling stories of gendered #disinfo designed to endanger & silence: icfj.org/news/how-disin…