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IPI Africa Monitoring: Journalists in Somalia, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria faced increasing attacks in October

Download the full fact sheet here Attacks against independent media in Somalia, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria intensified in October, as journalists in these countries faced numerous threats to their safety that included physical attacks and arrests, according to IPI monitoring of press freedom violations in Africa. In total, 44 press freedom violations were identified in October […]

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Slovenia: Media freedom groups back legislative efforts to depoliticise public media

The undersigned international media freedom and journalists’ organisations today outline their tentative support for reform of the law on Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO) and the urgent need to depoliticise the public service media and their oversight bodies amidst continued threats to their independence. Our organisations welcome the initiative of the new coalition government to reduce […]

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IPI Africa Monitoring: DRC, Somaliland, and Ghana witnessed highest number of press freedom violations in September

Journalists across sub-Saharan Africa faced a range of pressures in September 2022, including physical attacks, arrests and imprisonment, and censorship. The highest number of attacks occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Somaliland, and Ghana, according to IPI monitoring of press freedom violations in Africa. Nearly 50 press freedom violations were identified across […]

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[Faktograf] The police and the State Attorney’s Office did not inform the journalists that they were targets of the alleged terrorist

A man arrested in Šibenik is accused of planning a terrorist attack on a large number of people, including the editor-in-chief of Faktograf. This article is part of the project Decoding the disinformation playbook of populism in Europe, which is supported by the European Media and Information Fund, managed by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

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