Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Assault on Ukraine journalists caught on camera

Ukrainian police on Tuesday assaulted journalists and an editor working for the Express newspaper, who had come to the office of a regional prosecutor to inquire about another Express reporter arrested without charge the previous day. The journalist was detained in Horodok, in Ukraine’s western region of Lviv. The attack, which was filmed (the footage […]

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Nigerian journalist attacked during political clash

A cameraman working for Nigerian broadcaster Channels Television was assaulted on Tuesday in a clash that erupted following an attack on the vehicle of the Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate in Ekiti State, according to local media reports, and Channels Television News Editor Ronke Raji. Felix was attacked when he attempted to film the violence. […]

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Taliban threaten to kill kidnapped France 3 journalists

In a video released by the Taliban in Afghanistan on Monday, two French journalists who were kidnapped in December say they will be killed unless the Taliban’s demands are met. The two journalists, Stephane Taponnier and Herve Ghesquiere, both employed by France 3 television, were kidnapped in December in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kapisa province, along with […]

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Reuters cameraman killed, freelance journalist injured in Thailand violence

A Reuters cameraman was among at least 21 people killed in clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, on Saturday. Hiro Muramoto, 43, a Japanese national who had been employed with Reuters’ Tokyo bureau for the past fifteen years, was reporting on the violence that gripped Bangkok over the weekend, when […]

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