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Local News Accelerator: How Health-e News is Refocusing on What Matters

Strengthening Community Journalism in South Africa and the lessons from IPI's Accelerator
Africa: South Africa

China: IPI welcomes release of journalist Zhang Zhan

Jailed for reporting in Wuhan during onset of Covid-19 outbreak
Asia and Pacific: China

Monitoring Report: Increasing Pressures on Media Freedom in Europe in 2021

IPI and MFRR partners document 626 alerts over 12 month period
Europe: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Hungary: Government bypasses court order on journalists’ hospital access

Hungary only EU member state not to give media access to hospitals during pandemic
Europe: Hungary

Etaf Roudan: Journalism has given me the tools to empower women

Jordanian journalist and IPI Board member reflects on challenges from conservative pressures to COVID-19 measures
Jordan

Italy: Journalists face fresh violence covering ‘green pass’ protests

MFRR condemns latest attacks on journalists covering demonstrations
Europe: Italy

South Korea should withdraw new ‘fake news’ legislation

Bill allowing for punitive damages would threaten critical reporting
South Korea

Disturbing pattern of violence and harassment at COVID-related protests across Europe

Attacks on journalists in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Slovakia and Cyprus
Europe: Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Spain

IPI condemns raid on Al Jazeera office in Tunisia

Armed police raided the networks’ office and seized equipment of journalists
Tunisia

Noted anti-corruption journalist arrested in Bangladesh

IPI demands her immediate release
Bangladesh

Over 600 COVID-19 related press freedom violations in past year

One year on, IPI Press Freedom Tracker shows extent of challenge to independent journalism
Americas
Europe

Interview: A fine line between COVID-19 profiteering and saving lives

IJ4EU grantee Stefano Valentino discusses loopholes in vaccine contracts between the EU and Big Pharma.
Europe

In Zimbabwe, one year of COVID-19 saw surge in harassment of free press

Country leads in number of pandemic-related press freedom violations in Africa
Zimbabwe

Malaysia ‘fake news’ law a threat to press freedom

Country is latest to use emergency powers to threaten free speech
Malaysia

Slovenia: Government Communication Office must stop controlling COVID-19 news coverage

IPI calls on UKOM to ensure full media participation during press conferences
Europe: Slovenia

Increasing threats and violence against journalists in the Netherlands

Growing anti-press sentiment in country known for high levels of media freedom
Europe: Netherlands

Spanish regional daily focuses on network-building to keep local journalism strong

How Heraldo de Aragón is using technology developed in-house to help connect and support local media outlets
Europe: Spain

COVID-19 pandemic severely undermined press freedom in South Asia

Over 100 cases of violations reported from the region
Bangladesh, India, Nepal

China jails citizen journalists who reported on COVID-19

IPI condemns sentencing of Zhang Zhan
China

Jordan arrests journalist for reporting about COVID-19 vaccine

IPI demands immediate release
Jordan