Journalists Rights Archives

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News

RSF files third complaint to ICC over ‘war crimes’ against press in Gaza

Last week, CPJ warned that current Israeli aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip has become the deadliest time on record for members of the press. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) filed…

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News

Slain Reuters reporter and press crews were ‘precisely targeted’ in Israel’s Lebanon border attack: RSF

Al Jazeera’s crew were previously targeted on October 9, five days ahead of the incident, while covering a similar attack in the Lebanese village of Dhayra in the south. Israel…

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News

Al Jazeera receives award for Shireen Abu Akleh campaign amid ongoing fight for justice

Al Jazeera had slammed the killing as “deliberate” and took up the matter to the ICC. Al Jazeera has received a “prestigious” DotComm Award for its year-long online campaign seeking…

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Sudan releases Al Jazeera bureau chief following global pressure

Sudanese soldiers had arrestedAl El Musalmi El Kabbashi on Sunday in what was seen as a further attack on freedom by the military junta. Authorities in Sudan released on Tuesday…

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US slaps ‘rare’ sanctions on Israeli firm behind Pegasus spyware as Tel Aviv distances itself

In July, non-profit organisations revealed some 50,000 people, including academics, activists and journalists, were spied on via Israel’s Pegasus programme. Washington has imposed sanctions on an Israeli firm over misuse…

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DN Special Reports

Press freedom in Qatar: Where does it stand?

As the world marks the 28th World Press Freedom Day, we take a look into press freedom in Qatar and the development of journalism in the Gulf state over recent…

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