The IFJ is hopeful ICC will investigate killing of Al Jazseera journalist by Israeli Defence Force.
By Tim Dawson, IFJ Deputy General Secretary.
(Also published in the Press Gazette on 07.08.23)
Explaining SLAPPs to those outside the media or the law is a challenge. The acronym – strategic lawsuits against public participation – makes little sense. The various legal provisions used to shut up journalists are a bewildering morass. And, many recent cases in the London courts, at least, have involved complex technical arguments advanced by unfamiliar foreign applicants.
Widespread protests in 2022 have had a galvanising effect on Sri Lanka’s political landscape, with journalists continuing to face violence, state repression and threats to fundamental freedoms seen at the height of unrest. Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) Executive Committee member Amandika Cooray shares her experience of protest, struggle, and unionism.
Hundreds of Afghan journalists fled the Taliban takeover last year, but many more chose to stay in spite of the regime s hostility. Faced with the loss of press freedom advocates, Hujatullah Mujadidi, of IFJ affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA), opted to stay in Kabul, writes Masood Farivar for Voice of America.
Gerry Ortega called out corruption on his radio show – but the man suspected of ordering his murder is free and standing for provincial governor, writes Redempto D. Anda for openDemocracy.