Journalists are among the civilians killed, injured or missing in the ongoing #IsraelPalestineConflict, set off by the biggest attack on Israel in years by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. CPJ calls on all sides to remember that journalists are civilians and #NotATarget.

Reporting from the front lines of a conflict is one of the most challenging assignments for a journalist. ➡️ Review our safety information on war reporting: cpj.org/2019/10/physic… #IsraelPalestineConflict #JournalistSafety #Israel #Gaza

UK publication day. Never thought it would come.

Media freedom groups demand renewed investigation into crimes against Romanian journalist emilia sercan - via IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media ow.ly/YhbF50Q1hoe EFJ European Centre for Press and Media Freedom

Big news in the Anti-SLAPP world. The passage of the Economic Crime Act contains the first anti-SLAPP provision in UK law. It's a great first step but there is still much more to do to stamp out SLAPPs. antislapp.uk/2023/10/26/a-l…

Join Media Defence webinar on the impact of internet shutdowns on Freedom of Expression in Latin America.

48 murders and assassinations of #journalists go unpunished in #Europe. Here is our list of impunity cases. Inaction is complicity with the killers. #EndImpunity #IDEI2023 #EuropeForFreeMedia #TruthNeverDies europeanjournalists.org/blog/2023/11/0…

#IDEI2023 Silence costs lives. We are calling on governments across the world to condemn, investigate, and arrest those who kill, harass and intimidate journalists, and enact clear and enforceable legislation to protect their safety #Endimpunity ifj.org/media-centre/n…

On the International Day to #EndImpunity for Crimes against Journalists, Committee to Protect Journalists calls for justice in all cases of journalists killed for their work. No one has been held to account in nearly 80% of journalists' murders in the last 10 years: cpj.org/impunity2023 #IDEI

Today is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists #IDEI2023. I am taking the opportunity to celebrate the work of my former colleagues at Committee to Protect Journalists and making a donation to support it. I hope you will join me in doing so. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

As we work to secure the release of human rights defenders unjustly detained in Cambodia & Vietnam, we are proud to join Committee to Protect Journalists & @RFKHumanRights to document attacks on free expression in both countries ahead of their UN Human Rights Council reviews. #EndImpunity freedomhouse.org/article/ngos-c…

Much of the world's attention in on Israel-Gaza but important to remember in countries like Somalia journalists have been targeted with #impunity for well over a decade. #ImpunityIndex #IDEI2023

My colleagues from the Legal Network for Journalists at Risk produced guides to help journalists understand defamation laws, a tool widely used to censor and intimidate the media. Please use and share. # defamation #medialegalhelp Committee to Protect Journalists Thomson Reuters Foundation Media Defence

In #Thailand, TrialWatch will monitor the criminal defamation trial of journalist Chutima Sidasthian, sparked by her investigative reporting into corruption, and set to start on February 6. cfj.org/news/trialwatc…

ARTICLE 19 is monitoring #SLAPPs against journalist Chutima Sidasathian, facing trial today on criminal defamation charges for uncovering corruption. We urge the court to dismiss all charges and for the govt to urgently decriminalise defamation. article19.org/resources/thai…

#DRC/#RDC: CPJ is alarmed by the conviction of journalist Stanis Bujakera and his sentencing to six months in prison and a fine of 1 million Congolese francs. The fact that he has already spent over six months in jail and is expected to be released on time served is little

Congratulations to our Legal Network for Journalists at Risk #LNJAR member Flutura Kusari European Centre for Press and Media Freedom. A well deserved recognition for #pressfreedom champion.

#Azerbaijan held liable for blocking Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty websites by ECHR CEDH, in case brought by Media Defence, upholding the fundamental right to access information. Read our full statement here: bit.ly/3xke1Cn

#Turkey: Ramazan Demir is one of 28 sentenced after the 2016 crackdown on Kurdish human rights defenders. Demir has been handed over 11 yrs in prison. The proceedings appear to be blatant attack on the independence of the legal profession. bit.ly/4qAih6s

Ramazan Demir is among 28 people sentenced by an Istanbul court, alongside ten lawyers affiliated with ÖHD and TUAD, who received prison terms of up to 11 years and 3 months. The case involved 50 defendants, 11 of whom were acquitted. Learn more from MLSA: lnkd.in/eZg3V7mU