May 03 Dissident journalist sentenced to 8 years in prison in Belarus By Associated Press Activist Raman Pratasevich's dramatic arrest in May 2021 elicited outrage in the West, with some leaders saying the plane's diversion was tantamount to state-sponsored hijacking. Continue reading
May 03 Top UN prize for press freedom honors imprisoned Iranian female journalists By Associated Press The brave work of the three winners “led to a historical women-led revolution,” said Zainab Salbi, chair of the international jury of media professionals that chose them. Continue reading
Sep 19 WATCH: Blinken warns UN about threats to press freedom By Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned about the dangers to freedom of the press as world leaders convene at the United Nations this week. Continue reading
Jun 16 Amazon fisherman confesses to killing missing journalist and Indigenous expert By Fabiano Maisonnave, Edmar Barros, Maurico Savarese, Associated Press Brazilian authorities say a fisherman confessed to killing a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in Brazil's remote Amazon region and took police to a site where human remains were recovered. Continue reading
May 14 Israel to investigate police conduct after pallbearers are beaten at journalist's funeral By Josef Federman, Associated Press Late Friday, the Palestinian public prosecutor said preliminary findings show Abu Akleh was killed by deliberate fire from Israeli troops. Continue reading
May 13 Israeli police beat pallbearers at journalist's funeral, casket dropped By Josef Federman, Associated Press Israeli police pushed and beat pallbearers during the funeral for slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, causing them to briefly drop the casket. Continue reading
May 13 Thousands expected to attend funeral of Al Jazeera journalist slain by Israeli forces By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Recent days have seen an outpouring of grief from across the Palestinian territories and the wider Arab world over the death of Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran on-air correspondent who spent a quarter century covering the harsh realities of life… Continue reading
Mar 21 They were covering the Russian attack on Mariupol, then these journalists became the hunted By Mstyslav Chernov, Associated Press A team of Associated Press journalists were documenting the agony of Mariupol from inside the Ukrainian city when they learned their names were on a Russian list. Continue reading
Dec 23 Belarus labels local service of U.S.-funded broadcaster extremist By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Belarus has labeled the local service of U.S.-funded broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty extremist and launched a criminal probe against one of its journalists. It's the latest step in a crackdown on independent media. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch 7:48 Why the Nobel Peace Prize was won by 2 journalists, and what that means for press freedom By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran The Nobel Committee often likes to make a statement when it awards the Nobel Peace Prize every year, and 2021 is no different. Two journalists, one from the Philippines, the other from Russia, were recipients — at a time when… Continue watching