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Protest by Ada youth in Accra. © Edward Clement Kumsah

Ghana: How Local Media Defied Pressure Over Vast Mine Deal

Volunteer-run station asked questions about a controversial salt mining project. Then the threats and violence began.

18 Nov 24

A large demonstration held on October 28 in front of Georgia's parliament where four opposition parties called for a repeat election, accusing Georgian Dream of election fraud. © IWPR

Georgia’s Post-Election Perils

Protests continue against validity of electoral win that risks diverting country’s pro-European path.

14 Nov 24

President-elect of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a press conference at Palacio Nacional on June 10, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. © Hector Vivas/Getty Images

Mexico’s New President Inherits Grim Media Landscape

Claudia Sheinbaum will preside over of one of the most violent countries for journalists.

9 Jul 24

An Israeli soldier takes aim from behind a wall as journalists cover their patrol in the Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank on November 29, 2023, during an ongoing military operation in the camp. © Zain Jaafar/AFP

Gaza: “Everyone Has a Family in Danger”

How local journalists cover the story amid intense physical and mental peril for themselves - and their loved ones.

3 May 24

Samson Wire, a photographer and Boniface Okendo, a videographer at Standard Group, a leading multi-media house in Kenya. Kenyan journalists are warning of escalating tensions and violence amid rising threats to press freedom © Francis Odee

Press Freedom Struggles in Kenya

Cases of harassment have mounted amid a surge in police brutality as well as overt government antagonism.

3 May 24

Journalists of Radio Liberty (Azattyk Ynalgysy) work in the bureau in Bishkek on April 28, 2023. - A court in Russia-allied Kyrgyzstan on April 27, 2023 ordered the closure of the local branch of US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which criticised the "outrageous" ruling. Award-winning Radio Azattyk is a prominent outlet in the Central Asian country that regularly reports on opposition groups and investigates alleged corruption. © VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP via Getty Images

Pressure Builds on Central Asia Media

Freedom of speech in Central Asia has deteriorated in recent years, with fresh restrictions on media and bloggers alike and a growing number of criminal cases initiated against journalists.

3 May 24

A news anchor waits for a broadcast as another 13 Israeli hostages are released from Gaza and brought back to Israel, during the third day of the temporary truce, outside The Museum of Modern Art known as the 'The Hostages and Missing Square' on November 25, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. © Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images

Israel’s Media Blindness Over Gaza

Why there’s such a gap between what Israelis and the rest of the world see on their TV screens and social media feeds.

2 May 24

A TV journalist prepares to do a piece to camera in front of an armoured personnel carrier on the frontline between Ukrainian forces and pro Russian separatists near the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltseve, in the Donetsk region on 24, 2014. © SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images

Ukraine’s Information Vacuum

Those living under occupation can only get their news from Russian media and social networks.

1 May 24

Moldova blocked access to more than 20 Russian media websites in October of last year, including Russia Today, saying they had been used as part of an information war against the country. © Misha Friedman/Getty Images

Moldova Struggles to Balance Security and Free Speech

Opinion remains divided on how effective bans on pro-Kremlin outlets have been in protecting country’s information space.

1 May 24

In this picture taken on September 8, 2021, Afghan newspaper Etilaat Roz journalists Nematullah Naqdi (R) and Taqi Daryabi sit in their office after being released from Taliban custody in Kabul. - Two Afghan journalists have shown off ugly welts and bruises after being beaten and detained for hours by Taliban fighters for covering a protest in the Afghan capital. © WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images

Afghanistan: Journalism Amid the Darkness

Despite brutal repression, independent outlets continue to provide a rare and precious source of information.

1 May 24

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Ghana: How Local Media Defied Pressure Over Vast Mine Deal

Georgia’s Post-Election Perils

Mexico’s New President Inherits Grim Media Landscape

Gaza: “Everyone Has a Family in Danger”

Press Freedom Struggles in Kenya

Pressure Builds on Central Asia Media

Israel’s Media Blindness Over Gaza

Ukraine’s Information Vacuum

Moldova Struggles to Balance Security and Free Speech

Afghanistan: Journalism Amid the Darkness

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