Attacks

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Spotlight: Attacks Hong Kong (China)

Shanwei authorities in China launch unwarranted accusations against Hong Kong media

23 June 2016
Hong Kong Journalists Association

After various Hong Kong journalists travelled to Wukan Village in mainland China to report on a protest, the local authorities accused the media of "instigation, plotting and directing" of events.

United States Attacks

Journalist covering human trafficking murdered in Texas

Family of Fort Worth newspaper reporter believes there may be a connection between recent reporting and his murder.

‎ PEN American Center, PEN International‎22 June 2016

Kenya Attacks Freedom of Assembly

Kenya urged to investigate police use of excessive force, killing of protesters

At least 5 people died and 60 were wounded by gunfire as police tried to obstruct two largely peaceful protests in Nyanza region, Western Kenya.

‎ Human Rights Watch‎21 June 2016

In a statement from the Rudaw Media Network, following the attack, the network made it very clear that this would not hinder them from delivering the news, declaring that ‘Rudaw was not afraid of any threats in the past and we will not be afraid now or in the future’.

‎ International Federation of Journalists‎27 June 2016

Latest from Attacks

Municipal councillor issues death threats against Peruvian journalists

‎ Instituto Prensa y Sociedad

Attacks Peru 21 June 2016
Journalist killed in Oaxaca, Mexico after having reported on unrest

‎ Inter American Press Association

Mexico Attacks 21 June 2016
Serbia: Condemnation of radio journalist's murder

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Serbia Attacks 20 June 2016
Ugandan radio journalist beaten to death over land dispute

‎ Human Rights Network for Journalists - Uganda

Uganda Attacks 20 June 2016
Culture of sexism in the media must be tackled, says Australian journalists' union

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Attacks Digital Rights Australia 20 June 2016
Shots fired at journalist's car in Bangkok

‎ Southeast Asian Press Alliance, Thai Journalists Association

Thailand Attacks 20 June 2016
Report details brutal crackdown on protest movement in Ethiopia's Oromia region

‎ Human Rights Watch

Ethiopia Attacks Freedom of Assembly 19 June 2016
Bangladesh arrests suspect in attack on publisher, jails second publisher

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Bangladesh Impunity Attacks 17 June 2016
Photojournalist killed by mortar in Iraq

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Iraq Attacks 17 June 2016
Syrian journalist in Turkey survives second assassination attempt

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Syria Attacks Turkey 14 June 2016
Lack of accountability for NGO attacks breeds impunity in Uganda

‎ Human Rights Watch

Uganda Impunity Attacks 14 June 2016
Pacific media condemn PNG police shootings, latest journo assault

‎ Pacific Freedom Forum

Papua New Guinea Attacks Freedom of Assembly 14 June 2016
Indonesia urged to use Press Law to investigate journalist's intimidation

‎ Southeast Asian Press Alliance

Indonesia Attacks Censorship 13 June 2016
Young Syrian press photographer killed in Aleppo

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Syria Attacks 10 June 2016
Ecuadorian journalists, opposition politicians accused of scheming with CIA

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Attacks Ecuador 10 June 2016
Afghan journalists' group condemns attack on local radio station in Nangarhar

‎ Afghanistan Journalists Center

Afghanistan Attacks 10 June 2016
Indonesian reporter in hiding after harassment campaign

‎ International Press Institute

Indonesia Attacks Censorship 8 June 2016
Sagal Salad Osman, producer of a children's programme, murdered in Somalia

‎ National Union of Somali Journalists

Attacks Somalia 7 June 2016
Two NPR journalists killed in Afghanistan

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Afghanistan Attacks 6 June 2016
Newspaper and website editor attacked, call for investigation

‎ Free Media Movement, International Federation of Journalists

Sri Lanka Attacks Digital Rights 6 June 2016
President-elect's statement about journalists raises concerns

‎ Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility

Philippines Impunity Attacks 1 June 2016
Yemeni reporter killed covering clashes, ten others missing

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Attacks Yemen 31 May 2016
Tabloid reporter shot dead in Manila; second case of journalist killed in 2016

‎ Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility

Philippines Attacks 31 May 2016
May round-up: arts, films censored, new reports released

‎ Gayathry Venkiteswaran, for IFEX.

Attacks Censorship Asia & Pacific 31 May 2016
African free expression network calls on Museveni to safeguard free speech

‎ Media Foundation for West Africa

Uganda Impunity Attacks Censorship 30 May 2016
Journalists reporting on disappeared reporter also go missing

‎ Erin Woycik for IFEX

Colombia Attacks 26 May 2016

At a glance

Attacks:

Threats, harassment, assaults, and worse – intimidation as a means of suppressing free expression.

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Media freedom yet to gain pace - 3 May Nepal report

Freedom Forum 4 May 2016
2015: Press freedom under siege in Somalia

Somalia’s journalists have long been forced to work under difficult and dangerous circumstances, and the year 2015 offered them no respite.

National Union of Somali Journalists 1 February 2016
Free expression in Nepal, Nov-Dec 2015

Freedom Forum 28 January 2016

Nepal Media Freedom Report 2015

Media under the chilling effect of political unrest

Freedom Forum 13 January 2016

Free expression in Nepal, Aug-Oct 2015

Freedom Forum 27 November 2015

Environmental journalism in an increasingly hostile climate

With the environment now recognized as a major challenge for humankind, Reporters Without Borders believes that particular attention should be paid to the journalists who take greats risk to investigate sensitive, environment-related subjects. The report highlights a steady deterioration in the situation for environmental reporters, who are increasingly exposed to many kinds of pressure, threats and violence.

Reporters Without Borders 27 November 2015

Free expression in Nepal, April-July 2015

Freedom Forum 30 August 2015

Challenges for independent media in Cambodia in 2014

In 2014 Cambodian journalists increasingly found themselves in the news, as reporters faced injury and even death for covering the news. 2014 proved the deadliest year for Cambodian journalists since the political turmoil of 1997, with two Cambodian journalists confirmed murdered in relation to their work and a third, foreign journalist found dead under suspicious circumstances.

Cambodian Centre for Independent Media 9 May 2015

Free expression in Nepal, January-March 2015

Freedom Forum 8 May 2015

[Philippines] Press freedom's persistent issues

Press freedom in the Philippines continued to be under attack from 2014 to 2015. The killing of journalists is continuing, with four journalists killed from May 2014 to May 2015. The trial of the accused masterminds of the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre and their supposed henchmen is continuing, but with a primary accused was released, while a witness in the same case was killed.

Southeast Asian Press Alliance 6 May 2015

[Cambodia] Using violence and rules to suppress the media

The first months of 2014 saw a continuation of the political unrest that rocked the capital city of Phnom Penh in the months following the disputed July 2013 national elections. Political protests continued throughout the city in 2014 as the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) boycotted its National Assembly seats over alleged widespread irregularities in the previous year’s election, which maintained control of the legislative body under the Cambodian People’s Party, and its long-ruling leader Prime Minister Hun Sen, who in 2014 marked 30 years as head of state.

Southeast Asian Press Alliance 4 May 2015

[Burma] Media reform falters at a critical juncture

As the election looms for later this year, incidents in 2014 and in early 2015 involving the press raises serious questions on the genuineness of media freedom in Burma. The situation is alarming as the state seems to have heaped all the faults and fines on the media in the past year, which has seen a media worker being killed in October on the pretext of national security. International assistance has poured into the country to develop the media aimed at lifting and sustaining the state of media freedom. However, a viable press freedom environment seems unlikely to materialise in Burma before the end of this administration.

Southeast Asian Press Alliance 4 May 2015

Freedom of the Press 2015: Harsh laws and violence drive global decline

Freedom House 3 May 2015

Freedom of Expression in Bangladesh 2014

Among other developments, civil society organisations remained deeply concerned at the lack of protection provided by authorities for activists and journalists

ARTICLE 19 30 April 2015

Journalism safety: Threats to media workers and measures to protect them

IFEX 30 April 2015

Attacks on the Press, 2015 edition

Committee to Protect Journalists 28 April 2015

Attacks on the Press (2015 Edition)

Highly publicized murders of journalists heighten awareness of the grave dangers that reporters and photographers face around the world. Less widely known are the myriad other risks to journalists, including imprisonment, cyberattacks, harassment, frivolous lawsuits, and censorship.

Committee to Protect Journalists 27 April 2015

Afghanistan: Their lives on the line: Women human rights defenders under attack in Afghanistan

IFEX 8 April 2015

Media In India's North East: Tripura

The media in Tripura is still dependent on the government for financial help, giving them an unprecedented upper hand to control press freedom in the state. As long as the political party in power is satisfied, the media is deemed to be okay otherwise there is an incredible pressure on the journalists as they have to not only endure insults but also face demotion in rank as well as being refused accreditation. - See more at: https://samsn.ifj.org/media-in-north-eastern-state-of-tripura/#sthash.0GypROMb.dpuf

International Federation of Journalists 2 April 2015

The situation of human rights defenders in Cambodia in 2014

Despite protecting human rights defenders (“HRDs”) falling under the protection of legally binding international instruments, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”), many HRDs in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”) remain at high risk of a plethora of threats including arbitrary arrest and detention, physical violence and murder, and threats and intimidation and harassment.

Cambodian Center for Human Rights 1 April 2015