The experts highlighted recent incidents targeting the Persian language news service Iran International, its journalists and staff, and its owner Volant Media UK Limited. Death threats and intimidation against the staff escalated into the violent stabbing of journalist Pouria Zeraati outside his home in London on 29 March. Since 2017, Iran International has faced ongoing…
The top award for reporters who have born witness to the destruction of much of their homeland under Israel’s relentless bombardment came at the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals. “In these times of darkness and hopelessness we wish to share a strong message of solidarity and recognition to those Palestinian journalists who…
The UN chief said journalists and media workers “have a key role in informing and educating” the public about the world’s current environmental and climate emergency which stands as a threat to future generations. It is through this work that people can have a greater understanding of environmental factors affecting the world and advocate for…
Expressing deep concern, the Human Rights Council-appointed experts highlighted the alarming toll on journalists and media workers in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in Gaza. “We are alarmed at the extraordinarily high numbers of journalists and media workers who have been killed, attacked, injured and detained in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in Gaza, in…
The Mission, known as MONUSCO, has been in the country for two decades and is in the process of drawing down. MONUSCO will remain there until 20 December 2024 with a core mandate that includes protecting civilians, supporting security sector reform, and assisting in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) processes. Elections and insecurity The Council…
Between January 2019 and June 2022, the agency documented 759 individual attacks against journalists, including five killings, during 89 elections in 70 countries. Most of these attacks – which included beating and arbitrary arrest – were committed by police and security forces. Attacked from all around The findings come in a report published in tandem with the International Day to End…
The fight between the minister and the journalist went viral on social media: Photo: Screen grab Beirut: A senior journalist and a former minister fought during a live show on a Lebanese channel. An altercation between a former minister and a journalist during a show on a Lebanese TV channel turned into a fight. A…
Russia has claimed to have foiled the plot to kill 2 pro-Ukraine war journalists. According to Russian media, authorities have claimed that several people involved in the plot to kill journalists have been detained. Russian media reports have said that journalists Margarita Simonyan and Ksenia Sobchak were spied on and that the detainees have confessed…
Russian security officials, file photo Russia’s intelligence agency FSB has claimed that it has foiled a plot to kill two Russian journalists by Ukraine. The Federal Security Service (FSB) said it detained several people on Friday who had spied on the homes and offices of journalists Margarita Simonyan and Senia Sobchak, according to a foreign…
Geneva: The era of artificial intelligence has arrived, for the first time under the United Nations, robots surprised the world by holding a press conference in Geneva, robots also faced sharp questions from journalists. According to details, the United Nations technology agency gathered a group of robots that resembled humans physically at a news conference…
