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#Palestine 🇵🇸: #Gaza 's journalists are living in tents, with human waste on the ground, desperate for power and connectivity. 📢 If you are able to, please help them through the IFJ's Safety Fund to #SupportPalestinianJournalists . Donate here➡️

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2 years

📢Today we launch the #FreeAssangeNOW campaign to call on the #US 🇺🇸 government to drop all charges against #JulianAssange and allow him to return home with his family. Punishing Assange for exposing war crimes poses a threat to all journalists worldwide 👉

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#HongKong 🇭🇰: China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs revoked press passes of journalists working in Hong Kong and Macau for @nytimes @WSJ and @washingtonpost . We stand for the free flow of information to face coronavirus pandemic. Stop targeting journalists.

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#India 🇮🇳: Journalist @RanaAyyub receives rape and death threats on social media over posts about #Kashmir . We stand in solidarity with Rana and call for action to be taken against the abusers #YouAreNotAlone #OnlineSafety 👇 @ifjasiapacific

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#URGENT #Palestine 🇵🇸: Journalist Yusef Abu Hussein was killed after an Israeli bombardment of his house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of #Gaza #EndImpunity

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#FreeAssange CIA planned to kidnap or assassinate Assange, ex-officials say. If these accusations are true, it would cast a long shadow over all independent journalism. We are calling for a full investigation via @MailOnline

CIA planned to kidnap or assassinate Julian Assange, ex-officials say

Former CIA director Mike Pompeo led a crusade to possibly assassinate Julian Assange in 2017 when WikiLeaks continued publishing classified government documents, Yahoo has reported.

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#India 🇮🇳 Journalist and @AltNews co-founder, Mohammed Zubair was arrested for a Twitter post allegedly hurting religious sentiment. Together with our affiliate @iju_india we condemn Zubair's arrest and call for his immediate release @ifjasiapacific

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4 years

#HongKong 🇭🇰: 98% of journalists oppose China’s controversial national security law targeting “separatism, subversion of state power, terrorism and interference.” The law puts #PressFreedom and freedom of expression at risk

Hong Kong: Journalists overwhelmingly oppose China’s National Security Law / IFJ

The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) survey on the enactment of Hong Kong’s National Security Law found 98% of journalists disagree with the National People’s Congress (NPC) plan to enact the...

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Condenamos junto a la @EFJEUROPE la brutal agresión al fotoperiodista @jordiborras en #Barcelona . Es intolerable que un agente de policía, que debe proteger la libertad de prensa, ataque así a un periodista. Todo nuestro apoyo! 💪 #PressFreedom #Espa ña 👇

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Quick reminder that journalist and IFJ International Press Card holder Julian Assange has been detained in a maximum-security prison in the #UK 🇬🇧 since April 2019 for exposing US crimes during the war in Iraq and Afghanistan #FreeAssangeNOW

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#HongKong 🇭🇰: A survey conducted by the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) into police violence against journalists has revealed the violent reality of working journalists in Hong Kong, signifying a sharp decline in #PressFreedom

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We demand an effective protection for #whistleblowers in #Spain . Without it, sources may be deterred from assisting the press in informing on matters of public interest. All our support to @iescolar and @raquelejerique . Telling the truth is never a crime!

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2 years

#FreeAssangeNOW : The UK decision to allow the extradition of Assange is vindictive and a real blow to media freedom. He has simply exposed issues that were in the public interest and Patel's failure to acknowledge this is shameful and sets a terrible precedent

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4 years

#HongKong 🇭🇰: Police officers raided the private offices of pro-democracy activist and media tycoon @JimmyLaiApple . We urge the Hong Kong police to release Lai and cease biased investigation towards pro-democracy media institutions #FreedomOfExpression

Hong Kong: Police raid offices of pro-democracy media magnate Jimmy Lai / IFJ

Hong Kong’s national security police officers raided the private offices of pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, on October 15. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)...

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11 months

🔴 We are appalled by the UK High Court’s rejection of Assange’s appeal. The US government must drop all charges against him and close the case. "If Assange goes to jail, no journalist on earth will be safe," IFJ President @DomPradalie . #FreeAssangeNOW

UK: Assange closer to extradition to the US after appeal rejected by High Court / IFJ

In a judgement issued on 6 June, a High Court in the UK has rejected the latest appeal by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange against an extradition order issued by the United States. The International...

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"Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and Sarah Harrisson are the resistance fighters of the 21st century. They sacrificed their freedom for telling the truth" #FreeAssange ✊

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Prominent full-page advertisement at the @thetimes calling for #JulianAssange immediate release. "The #UK 🇬🇧 will not be a safe place for journalists and publishers whilst Assange remains in prison facing extradition". Thank you for this, @NUJofficial ! #FreeAssange

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📢"If Julian Assange is jailed in the United States, there is not a journalist on earth who will be safe." IFJ president @DomPradalie calls, once again, to #FreeAssangeNOW . His persecution threatens #freespeech worldwide. #FreeAssange #dropthecharges

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#Italy 🇮🇹 : We stand in solidarity with journalist @robertosaviano , whose TV programme on public broadcaster RAI was cancelled due to reported pressure from the far-right government. Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of democracy! @FnsiSocial

Italian government accused over axing of Roberto Saviano TV show

Far-right government accused of leaning on state broadcaster to axe programme by journalist who criticised ministers

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IFJ GS @abellanger49 on the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh 👇 "While the full details of this horrific murder are still emerging, testimony from journalists who were with her when she was killed point towards this being another deliberate... (1/4)

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4 years

#FreeAssange Hearings for the extradition of #Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States will resume tomorrow in the UK for at least three weeks. We denounce an unrelenting judicial and political harassment. 👇🏾

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#HongKong 🇭🇰: Media magnate @JimmyLaiApple has been denied bail after being formally charged with fraud on December 3. We strongly condemn his repeated arrests and calls for the authorities to respect Hong Kong’s constitutional commitment to #PressFreedom

Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai detained and denied bail / IFJ

Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai has been denied bail after being formally charged with fraud on December 3. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns Lai’s arrest and continued...

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We call on the new #US 🇺🇸 president @JoeBiden to drop the US extradition of #JulianAssange . The new government must stop harassing journalists and prosecuting those who expose war crimes and corruption #FreeAssange #JournalismIsNotACrime

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#HongKong 🇭🇰: Police arrested producer Choy Yuk Ling in relation to a @rthk_enews documentary about the 2019 Yuen Long mob attacks. The introduction of the National Security Law has brought with it a disturbing increase in the arrest of #MediaWorkers

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📣94 journalists, including 9 women, were killed this year, 72% in the Gaza war, says IFJ ahead of International Human rights Day "The requirement for decisive action is urgent. We need a new global standard for the protection of journalists" @dompradalie

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📢 "We, journalists and journalistic organizations around the globe, express our grave concern for Mr Assange’s wellbeing, for his continued detention and for the draconian espionage charges" We invite you to sign this open letter to support #Assange 👉

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📢 We are gravely concerned about the impact of Julian Assange's continued detention on media freedom and the rights of all journalists globally. That's why we demand once again to #dropallcharges and #FreeAssangeNOW ! @wikileaks

Biden faces growing pressure to drop charges against Julian Assange

Biden faces a renewed push, domestically and internationally, to drop charges against Assange, who is languishing in a UK jail

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✊🏽 “Persecuting #JulianAssange threatens free speech worldwide”. IFJ President @DomPradalie with @StellaMoris1 at the #humanchain to oppose the extradition of Assange. (Credit: @TimDawsn @NUJofficial ) #FreeAssangeNOW @DEAcampaign @wikileaks

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On 3 July, #JulianAssange will celebrate his 50th birthday behind bars and suffering ill in poor health. We condemn once again the detention and prosecution of journalist and IFJ press card holder Julian Assange #FreeAssange #AssangeWeek 👇

Freedom for Julian Assange as he turns 50 / IFJ

Journalist Julian Assange is still being held in a maximum-security prison in London. On 3 July, he will celebrate his 50th birthday behind bars and suffering ill in poor health. The International...

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#HongKong 🇭🇰: Online radio host Wan Yiu-sing has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and incitement of secession under the new national security law. We call for his release and for full details of the allegations to be made public #PressFreedom

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📢 "There are lots of good reasons why Assange should be released, but none are more important than the collective damage to journalists that is done each and every day he is behind bars," writes @TimDawsn #IFJ DGS. @wikileaks @DEAcampaign @Stella_Assange

Assange is the excuse for all who jail journalists / IFJ

Around the world, hundreds of journalists are in jail for doing their jobs. Quite how many hundreds is a matter of conjecture. The Committee to Protect Journalists has a tally of nearly 400, Report...

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#FreeAssange : Some good news for Julian Assange👏🏾. It’s clear that extraditing Julian to the United States would put his life in extreme danger. Once again, we demand his unconditional release. #PressFreedom

Julian Assange can ask Supreme Court to consider extradition case

The Wikileaks founder can petition the UK's highest court for a hearing, stalling his extradition to the US.

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#China 🇨🇳 The case of independent chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, imprisoned for reporting the pandemic from Wuhan, tops the '10 most urgent' list of @OneFreePress , focused on threats against press freedom and media workers in 2020. She must be released now

Chinese journalist tops ’10 Most Urgent’ list of press freedom cases focused on threats faced by...

Zhang Zhan, an independent journalist who had been posting reports from Wuhan on Twitter and YouTube since early February, went missing one day after she published a video critical of the governmen...

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The British Supreme Court has denied #JulianAssange permission to appeal the decision to extradite him to the #US 🇺🇸, where his life would be at risk. He must be released immediately and receive all the care that his medical situation requires @wikileaks

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#Kosovo 🇽🇰: Shameful. A journalist attacked while reporting live. Time to ensure journalists safety.

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Our colleagues are under attack in north #Kosovo . We urge #Kosovo Police to protect them and call on @EFJEUROPE for solidarity and condemnation. @AGK_AJK

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#IFJCONGRESS2022 "Julian passes his sincere thanks to all of you, " says #Julian Assange lawyer since 2010 @suigenerisjen . The extradition of Julian to the US will set a precedent for all in the media. #FreeAssange NOW.

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🔴 Today is #Assange 's 52nd birthday, his 11th without freedom. If extradited to the US, he faces a jail term of up to 175 years. We reiterate our call: don't silence journalists, don't extradite Assange! ➡️ Join our campaign to #FreeAssangeNOW :

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#JulianAssange : Today we pledged our support to the campaign to prevent Assange's extradition at the @Europarl_EN in an event organised by the @GUENGL . @abellanger49 said this case have serious implications for journalists' rights. #JournalismIsNotACrime

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#FreeAssangeNow "I brought Julian's International Federation of Journalists' Press card and his australian union card because some people try to argue whether Julian is a journalist" @withMEAA

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This week I was in Paris for #WPFD2022 and spoke about why Julian's fight is a fight that will determine fundamental freedoms, democracy and European sovereignty. #FreeAssangeNOW @IFJGlobal @withMEAA

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📢 #Assange tells @IFJglobal president, @DomPradalie – "if the United States applies its domestic laws to prosecute an Australian journalist, publishing in Europe, nothing will stop China, or any other country, from doing the same." ➡️

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#HappeningNow 📣 - #IFJ President @DomPradalie and @Stella_Assange attend the inauguration of the exhibition ‘The Assange Case: Awards and Rewards’ in the EP in #Strasbourg . Prosecuting Assange threatens press freedom and all journalists around the world. We demand his release!

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🌐First media groups that published @wikileaks material 12 years ago come together to oppose Julian Assange' prosecution and to urge the United States to drop charges against him. We join their call and demand, once again, to #FreeAssangeNOW !

‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges

First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian, come together to oppose prosecution

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#EU #Copyrightirective makes a mockery of journalists' authors' rights by promoting buy-out contracts and bullying to force journalists to sign away their rights and giving publishers a free ride to make more profits while journos receive 0 @abellanger49

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Will the world develop amnesia over @narendramodi attacks on the free press and dissent in #India 🇮🇳? For months, journalist @RanaAyyub has had to face accusations and harassment for her criticism of the Indian government. This is her story 👇

Opinion | India keeps going after journalists like me. As Modi visits the U.S., it’s time to hold...

Recent accusations against me are meant to discredit me and my work.

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#FreeAssangeNOW : Speak up against Julian Assange’s continued detention and the grave threat his extradition to the US would pose to press freedom and democracy. Join our campaign and contact the US embassy in your country without delay!

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#FreeAssange : The US appeal over the decision not to extradite Julian Assange is to be heard today by the High Court. All charges against #Assange must be dropped. "The allegations that swirl around this case beggar belief" @abellanger49 @NUJofficial

Free Assange / IFJ

On the eve of the US appeal against the dismissal of its application to extradite Julian Assange, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) have...

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"Assange committed no crime, he was just doing his job. He did a human service to the global community" says @SabinaInderjit , President of the Federation of Asia-Pacific Journalists (FAPaJ) 👇 #FreeAssangeNow 👇

Sabina Inderjit, President of FAPAJ, on Assange's case

"Assange committed no crime, he was just doing his job. He did a human service to the global community" says Sabina Inderjit, President of the Federation of ...

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#Pakistan 🇵🇰: Journalist #ImranRiazKhan was arrested on May 11 at Sialkot Airport and is still missing. We condemn the arrests and harassment of journalists and call on the authorities to ensure the media can carry out its role without fear of reprisal.

Pakistan: Journalists under fire amid PTI protests / IFJ

In the wake of the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on May 9, freedom of expression in Pakistan has suffered significant setbacks as internet shutdowns, attacks and detainment of journali...

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#Polonia 🇵🇱: Se cumplen 6 meses de la detención del periodista español Pablo González, en prisión preventiva a pesar de la falta de pruebas. Exigimos su liberación. Su detención es un ataque a la libertad de prensa y a la democracia #FreePablo Comunicado➡️

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📢 @DomPradalie visited #Assange in Belmarsh Prison on 21 October. “He expressed his hope that a visit this week between Australian PM Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden might lead to a route by which his persecution can be brought to an end".

UK: Assange hopeful for Biden/Albanese talks / IFJ

IFJ President Dominique Pradalié met Julian Assange in Belmarsh Prison, London for the second time on 21 October. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) reiterates its call for the US to...

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#UK 🇬🇧 "The legal devices being deployed to try and take #JulianAssange to the US are unprecedented and terrifying for anyone whose journalism touches on state security, defence or espionage. "

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#HongKong 🇭🇰: The level of media freedom for media workers has plunged to a record low after the imposition of the national security law. The HK government must respect international standards and protect press freedom as guaranteed by the city’s Basic Law

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"Punishing Assange for exposing war crimes poses a threat to all journalists worldwide" says Sadiq Ibrahim, President of the Federation of African Journalists @FAJafrica 👇 #FreeAssangeNOW 👇

Sadiq Ibrahim, President of FAJ on Assange

"Punishing Assange for exposing war crimes poses a threat to all journalists worldwide" says Sadiq Ibrahim, President of the Federation of African Journalist...

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#HongKong 🇭🇰: The HK police served four media organisations with court warrants requiring the handing in of internal documents related to July's primary elections. We call on the police to stop using chilling methods to intimidate the media #PressFreedom 👇

Hong Kong: Authorities demand media organisations hand over materials / IFJ

The Hong Kong police served four media organisations with court warrants requiring the handing in of internal documents related to July's primary elections on January 6. The International Federation...

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More on #Pakistan 🇵🇰: A hate campaign on #Twitter labelled #journalists as "anti-Pakistan" and “pro-India”. The hashtag has accumulated over 57,000 interactions. @Twitter must act to remove those accounts responsible for spreading #HateSpeech 👇

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Just after the UN said that the #AssangeCase was about suppressing press freedom, former US Secretary of State Pompeo said that sources for Yahoo wikileaks report should be prosecuted. They still don't understand that doing journalism is not a crime🤷‍♂️

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#UK 🇬🇧: We welcome ideas put forward by @jeremycorbyn to raise funds to support investigative and public service media by forcing big technology firms to pay their fair share of tax and his plans to democratise the @BBC 👏 Read our full statement here 👉

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In #Helsinki , Helsingin Sanomat @hsfi running a press freedom campaign ahead of the US-Russia #HelsinkiSummit2018 . The IFJ fully supports this timely campaign to point the little commitment of both leaders with media freedom! #HELSINKI2018 #PressFreedom (pic via @KaiusNiemi )

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📣 “No journalist will be safe if Julian Assange is convicted”, says IFJ president @DomPradalie , who has joined @NUJofficial colleagues in London to demand #FreeAssangeNOW ! @DEAcampaign @wikileaks @EFJEUROPE

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@IFJglobal president Dominique Pradalié joins @NUJofficial activists opposing the extradition of Julian #Assange . Pradalié: "No journalist will be safe if Julian Assange is convicted". #humanchain #freespeech

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#Pakistan 🇵🇰: We support the campaign of our affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists in fighting against impunity in the case of senior journalist Arshad Sharif. We repudiate the attack and urge the government to deliver justice @ifjasiapacific

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#FreeAssange : An FBI witness was jailed last week in Iceland. He has reportedly been given immunity after giving a testimony against Julian Assange. In a recent interview, he admitted to fabricating statements to implicate Assange: Read more:

Key witness in Assange case jailed in Iceland after admitting to lies and ongoing crime spree

The judgment utilizes a rarely invoked law intended to stop repeat offenders from running amok and accumulating criminal cases before the system has a chance to catch up.

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📢On October 8, a human chain will surround the British Parliament to oppose the extradition of Julian Assange. On the same day, actions of solidarity are planned around the world. We back the global mobilisation and once again demand to #FreeAssangeNOW ➡️

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Israel’s systematic targeting of journalists working in #Palestine 🇵🇸 and its failure to investigate killings of media workers violates the rights to life and freedom of expression and may amount to war crimes, the IFJ told the 47th session of the @UN_HRC 👉

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#HongKong 🇭🇰 Government cancels its plans to make the daily #Covid19 briefing online following complaints from media groups who claimed the measure was intended to help officials evade tough lines of inquiry and undermine the public’s right to know

Hong Kong U-turn on Covid-19 online press briefing out of ‘public concern’

Media groups argued the initial move to go digital, announced on Sunday night, would have allowed officials to duck tough lines of inquiry.

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#HongKong 🇭🇰: A journalist with the Hong Kong edition of @EpochTimes was beaten by an unknown man on May 11 and suffered injuries. We condemn this grotesque act of violence and urge authorities to swiftly bring the attacker to justice #PressFreedom

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Did you know that Julian Assange is a member of Australian IFJ affiliate @withMEAA and an IFJ Press Card holder❓ The IFJ Press Card is the world's oldest and most reputable identification for working journalists across the globe 👉 #FreeAssangeNOW

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#HongKong 🇭🇰: HK Chief Executive Carrie Lam said during a news conference that the government was considering introducing legislation to combat “fake news”. Fake news laws have been globally used to target genuine reporting and independent journalism

Hong Kong: Authorities signal legislation to ban “fake news” / IFJ

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, said during a news conference on May 4 that the government was considering introducing legislation to combat “fake news”. The International Federation of...

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"It's pretty hard to draw any other conclusion that this is a deliberate and systematic targeting of media in order to control the narrative about what's going on in #Gaza ", IFJ Deputy General Secretary Jeremy Dear says about the attacks by the Israeli military on media @trtworld

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#Palestine 🇵🇸: Only frontline reporters stand between the truth and a total media blackout in Gaza. Without them, we would not bear witness to the massacres. 📢 We call on Israel to stop threatening journalists reporting from Gaza and demand international bodies to protect them.

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"Happy Birthday Julian Assange" by our president @DomPradalie #FreeAssangeNOW

Happy Birthday Julian Assange! / IFJ

Today you are 52 years old and have spent nearly fourteen years deprived of freedom! What crimes have you committed?

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It's been 4 years today since IPC holder Julian Assange has been incarcerated in the UK. He faces a 175 year sentence if extradited to the US. Enough. #FreeAssangeNOW .

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📣 #HappeningNow - 🕯️Minute of silence in solidarity with Palestinian journalists and media workers killed in the Gaza war. The #IFJ and the @EFJEUROPE call on Israel to stop killing journalists in Gaza! #SupportPalestinianJournalists #UnionStrong

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@IFJGlobal condemns bombing of al-Jalaa building in #Gaza which housed media, including Al Jazeera @AlJazeera and Associated Press @AP Israel must stop the systematic targeting of media! @antonioguterres @Irenekhan

Israeli air raid flattens Gaza building housing Al Jazeera

Protests in occupied West Bank and around world as number of people killed by Israeli bombardment on Gaza reaches 145.

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#HongKong 🇭🇰: Jimmy Lai, founder of the media group Next Digital, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for organising unauthorized assemblies in late August 2019. This is a clear attack on the fundamental rights of the people of Hong Kong #PressFreedom

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📢 #FreeAssangeNOW : Today marks five years since Julian Assange is held in Belmarsh high security prison. It’s well past time for him to come home! "If Julian Assange is jailed in the US, there is not a journalist on earth who will be safe" #IFJ President @DomPradalie .

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Journalists have been facing increasing threats of arrest and violence in #Ethiopia 🇪🇹 since the start of the war in #Tigray . The country is taking a real step backward in terms of press freedom and the right to information

Ethiopia: Relentless crackdown on journalists covering military conflict / IFJ

Journalists have been facing increasing threats of arrest and violence in Ethiopia since the start of the war in Tigray. Twelve journalists from two independent media were arrested in late June and...

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#Espa ña🇪🇸: Todo el apoyo a la periodista @aliciaguti , denunciada por dar información veraz y de interés público. Lamentamos que se siga persiguiendo y amenazando con cárcel a periodistas por hacer su trabajo @fape_fape @FeSPeriodistas @PeriodistasFSC

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#FreeAssangeNOW : The UK decision to allow the extradition of #Assange is vindictive and a real blow to media freedom. @NUJofficial @withMEAA @EFJEUROPE @ifjasiapacific

WikiLeaks

@wikileaks

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Intn'l Federation of Journalists: "The UK decision to allow the extradition of #Assange is vindictive and a real blow to media freedom" Amnesty: "sends a chilling message to journalists the world over" RSF: "implications for journalism around the world cannot be overstated"

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#Urgent #Netherlands 🇳🇱: Dutch journalist Peter R. de Vries is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot five times in Amsterdam yesterday evening. We and @EFJEUROPE condemn the murder attempt as another tragic blow to #PressFreedom in Europe @nvj

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2 years

#Pakistan 🇵🇰: Senior journalist Mohsin Jamil Baig, owner of Daily Jinnah newspaper, was arrested by Islamabad Police on February 16 following a raid on his residence. The authorities must drop immediately the charges against him #PressFreedom

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3 years

#Pakistan 🇵🇰: Pakistan’s minister for Human Rights attacked journalist @asmashirazi on Twitter after she had issued a column on the country's economic difficulties. We urge her to apologise for harassing and targeting a journalist for simply doing her job

Ghabrana Nahin گھبرانا نہیں

@ghabrananahin

3 years

Pakistan’s federal minister for Human Rights @ShireenMazari1 attacked & labelled @BBCNews as Indian “Bharti Broadcast Corporation”. Minister also targeted @BBCUrdu columnist Senior journalist @asmashirazi #PressFreedom @IFJGlobal @ifjasiapacific @CPJAsia @RSF_inter @RSF_en

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📣 We are at the #FreeAssangeNOW protest outside the US Embassy in Belgium to call for Assange’s release, who is a member of our affiliate @withMEAA . Today, the UK High Court could determine his fate. On #DayX and every day, the IFJ and its 600,000 members stand with #Assange ✊🏾

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#HongKong 🇭🇰: With authorities freezing its assets, @appledaily_hk is in danger of closing its publication while Jimmy Lai, the paper's founder, is currently in jail for a series of charges #PressFreedom #MediaFreedom #MediaFreedom

Apple Daily: HK pro-democracy paper says it will decide closure by Friday

It comes after 500 officers raided the paper and froze HK$18m worth of assets linked to the company.

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4 years

#FreeAssange It took a determined investigative journalist, the #Wikileaks revelations, and nine years to establish the facts about Kahled El-Masri’s horrific treatment. Read his story by our representative @TimDawsn @ifjasiapacific

Torture victim's story as evidence in Assange's hearing / IFJ

Lawyers for the US government wrangled for days to prevent Julian Assange's extradition proceedings hearing Khaled El-Masri’s evidence. When eventually his story was laid before the court last week,...

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3 years

#Microsoft claims #journalists have been targeted in a campaign where a private Israeli firm has helped governments spy on dozens of people. The surveillance of journalists by spyware is a threat to #PressFreedom and must be taken very seriously 🚨

Spyware campaign targeted journalists, activists: researchers - France 24

Spyware campaign targeted journalists, activists: researchers

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2 years

#India 🇮🇳: We welcome the #LetRanaFly court decision and join colleagues around the world in demanding the Indian government to stop harassment of journalist @RanaAyyub .👇 @ifjasiapacific

India: Court lifts travel ban on journalist Rana Ayyub - ipi.media

The IPI global network condemns the Indian government’s continued harassment of prominent journalist Rana Ayyub, after authorities last week barred her from leaving the country as she was boarding an...

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3 years

#China 🇨🇳: #HongKong 🇭🇰 security law, imposed by Beijing authorities, is being used to target journalists and activists under offences that include terrorist activities. These continued threats to independent journalism are evident in the legal controls.

China: New analysis on Hong Kong’s national security law / IFJ

A new report analysing Hong Kong’s national security law shows how the law, imposed by Beijing authorities, is being used to target journalists and activists under broadly worded offences including...

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2 years

Congratulations to the newly elected @EFJEUROPE President, @SeverMaja from Croatia. #EFJIzmir22

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2 years

#UK : Our president @DomPradalie was in London on Saturday in support of #JulianAssange . "If Assange goes to jail, there is not a journalist on earth who will be safe. The British government should bring this grotesque persecution to an end at once"

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4 years

#JulianAssange : Global #COVID19 pandemic will likely prevent dozens of journalists from covering proceedings against Assange if court does not take action to provide live video to press

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4 years

“ #Wikileaks provided the first unauthorised disclosure of such magnitude for 40 years”, says Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. Article by @TimDawsn , the IFJ representative covering the #Assange hearing 👇

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📢"Assange's extradition will be a lethal blow to those who reveal war crimes/investigative #journalism and citizens' right to know", says IFJ senior vice president @zulianalainez . We demand to #FreeAssangeNOW ! @ANP_periodistas @DEAcampaign @wikileaks

Zuliana Lainez

@zulianalainez

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#Per ú Extradición de Julian Assange será golpe letal para quienes revelan crímenes de guerra/periodismo de investigación y derecho a saber de la ciudadanía. Desde @ANP_periodistas nos unimos a movilización mundial demandando su libertad #FreeAssangeNOW #humanchain #dropthecharges

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#Urgent #Azerbaijan 🇦🇿: Two Azerbaijani journalists and an official were killed today by a landmine explosion in the Kalbajar region, west of Nagorno-Karabakh. We and the @EFJEUROPE express our deepest condolences to the victims and their families #RIP

Azerbaijan: Two journalists killed in landmine explosion / IFJ

Two Azerbaijani journalists and an official were killed today by a landmine explosion in the Kalbajar region, west of Nagorno-Karabakh. Four others were injured in the incident, which saw a truck...

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3 years

#UK 🇬🇧 British court says @wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US for charges of espionage and hacking government computers by reason of Assange’s mental health. The US have 14 days to appeal.

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2 years

#UK 🇬🇧: On the third anniversary of Julian Assange's detention we join @withMEAA in calling on the Biden Administration to drop the charges against him #PressFreedom #FreeAssange

MEAA

@withMEAA

2 years

Today is the third anniversary of Julian Assange’s arrest. The Biden Administration must drop its charges against him. The scope of the charges imperil any journalist anywhere who writes about the US government. #MEAAmedia #pressfreedom #Assange

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#China 🇨🇳: Australian news presenter @ChengLeiCGTN , who has been held without charge for six months, was officially arrested on February 5 for allegedly supplying state secrets to an overseas organisation. She must be released immediately #PressFreedom

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#FreeAssangeNOW 📢 - Don't miss the exhibition ‘The Assange Case: Awards and Rewards’ in the EP in #Strasbourg . #IFJ President @DomPradalie will attend the inauguration and call on the US to drop all charges against him. Supporting Assange means defending freedom of information!

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#Palestine 🇵🇸: Media offices were bombed and Palestinian and international journalists arrested, beaten and threatened by Israeli forces amid escalating violence in #Gaza . Urgent actions must be taken to hold those responsible for these crimes accountable

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#India 🇮🇳: We stand by journalist and opinion writer @RanaAyyub who is once again facing online harassment and threats. This time, she received death threats, islamophobic and sexist insults from a right-wing account. You're not alone, Rana #Solidarity

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#URGENT World journalists’ community urges you to stand up for journalists in #Yemen 🇾🇪 Four Yemeni journalists are on death row for doing their job. Sign our open letter to the UN Special envoy to put pressure on Ansaar Allah armed group to release them 👉

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#Australia 🇦🇺: journalists should be allowed to freely report on and in China including on #Uyghurs ' detention camps. We remind China’s diplomatic representatives that it is not their role to advise or dictate the media on its professional duties outside their country @withMEAA

IFJ Asia-Pacific

@ifjasiapacific

3 years

#Australia 🇦🇺: An ambassador for China in Australia presented journalists with propaganda videos and pressured the media on its reporting during a press conference in the country’s capital earlier this month @withMEAA @IFJGlobal

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