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The International News Safety Institute (INSI) works with the media industry to improve journalists' physical, digital and psychological safety.
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Gaza journalists are facing starvation yet Israel won't let them leave or international media in. News organisations around the world speak with one voice. This is about press freedom. This is about survival. Let Them Out. Let Us In. Read our statement: bit.ly/44ViJmI
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#Turkey 🇹🇷 After being attacked in Istanbul, journalist Hakan Tosun spent three days in a coma before dying. @bianet-eng.bsky.social reports that two suspects were arrested and that the motive for the assault remains unknown.
Turkey: Journalist Hakan Tosun dies after assault in street - IFEX
After being attacked in Istanbul, Hakan Tosun, a journalist and environmental activist, spent three days in a coma. Two suspects were arrested but the motive for the assault remains unknown.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#Turkey 🇹🇷 After being attacked in Istanbul, journalist Hakan Tosun spent three days in a coma before dying. @bianet-eng.bsky.social reports that two suspects were arrested and that the motive for the assault remains unknown.
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🇭🇰 #HongKong: IPI is proud to announce Jimmy Lai as one of this year’s World Press Freedom Heroes.
Imprisoned for nearly five years, Lai awaits the verdict of a trial that has come to symbolize the fight for free expression in Hong Kong.
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Imprisoned for nearly five years, Lai awaits the verdict of a trial that has come to symbolize the fight for free expression in Hong Kong.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🇭🇰 #HongKong: IPI is proud to announce Jimmy Lai as one of this year’s World Press Freedom Heroes.
Imprisoned for nearly five years, Lai awaits the verdict of a trial that has come to symbolize the fight for free expression in Hong Kong.
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Imprisoned for nearly five years, Lai awaits the verdict of a trial that has come to symbolize the fight for free expression in Hong Kong.
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Journalists: Stay safe when reporting on immigration in the US 📣
The US Journalist Assistance Network invites you to join a free webinar about legal rights and digital safety while reporting on immigration and the border.
🗓️ 10/30 | 1-2:30pm ET
🔗 cpj.org/USJANPanel
The US Journalist Assistance Network invites you to join a free webinar about legal rights and digital safety while reporting on immigration and the border.
🗓️ 10/30 | 1-2:30pm ET
🔗 cpj.org/USJANPanel
October 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Journalists: Stay safe when reporting on immigration in the US 📣
The US Journalist Assistance Network invites you to join a free webinar about legal rights and digital safety while reporting on immigration and the border.
🗓️ 10/30 | 1-2:30pm ET
🔗 cpj.org/USJANPanel
The US Journalist Assistance Network invites you to join a free webinar about legal rights and digital safety while reporting on immigration and the border.
🗓️ 10/30 | 1-2:30pm ET
🔗 cpj.org/USJANPanel
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Law enforcement needs to rein in ICE's anti-press abuses and investigate ICE attacks on independent journalists in Chicagoland.
A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.
A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.
Independent journalists must be protected from ICE attacks
Letter calls on local authorities to investigate all attacks on journalists
freedom.press
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Law enforcement needs to rein in ICE's anti-press abuses and investigate ICE attacks on independent journalists in Chicagoland.
A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.
A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.
"Journalism’s value is often measured not in accolades but in endurance, sometimes in sheer survival."
liberties.aljazeera.com/en/doha-host...
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Doha Hosts the International Conference on Protecting Journalists in Armed Conflicts
Delegates came from dozens of countries. Recorded statements arrived from UN and African Union rapporteurs, UNESCO officials, the ICC, and the UN Human Rights Office.
liberties.aljazeera.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"Journalism’s value is often measured not in accolades but in endurance, sometimes in sheer survival."
liberties.aljazeera.com/en/doha-host...
liberties.aljazeera.com/en/doha-host...
A moving exhibition featuring journalists killed in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen at the Protection of Journalists in Armed Conflicts conference in Doha. #TargetingJournalistsIsACrime
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A moving exhibition featuring journalists killed in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen at the Protection of Journalists in Armed Conflicts conference in Doha. #TargetingJournalistsIsACrime
Nearly 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza – an unprecedented loss in modern reporting. Yesterday, 6 more died when their tent was directly targeted by Israel. Body armour can’t protect against deliberate targeting. INSI's statement: bit.ly/41w1kjB
August 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nearly 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza – an unprecedented loss in modern reporting. Yesterday, 6 more died when their tent was directly targeted by Israel. Body armour can’t protect against deliberate targeting. INSI's statement: bit.ly/41w1kjB
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Over 100 journalists demand 'immediate and unsupervised' foreign media access into Gaza
Over 100 journalists demand 'immediate and unsupervised' foreign media access into Gaza
More than 100 journalists, photographers and war correspondents have signed a petition demanding "immediate and unsupervised foreign press access to the Gaza Strip".
news.sky.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Over 100 journalists demand 'immediate and unsupervised' foreign media access into Gaza
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International News Safety Institute @insinews.bsky.social leads 36 signatories from global news organizations and press freedom groups in a letter to demand Israel let local Palestinian journalists leave Gaza and allow foreign reporters independently enter the enclave newssafety.org/news/let-the...
July 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
International News Safety Institute @insinews.bsky.social leads 36 signatories from global news organizations and press freedom groups in a letter to demand Israel let local Palestinian journalists leave Gaza and allow foreign reporters independently enter the enclave newssafety.org/news/let-the...
Gaza journalists are facing starvation yet Israel won't let them leave or international media in. News organisations around the world speak with one voice. This is about press freedom. This is about survival. Let Them Out. Let Us In. Read our statement: bit.ly/44ViJmI
July 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Gaza journalists are facing starvation yet Israel won't let them leave or international media in. News organisations around the world speak with one voice. This is about press freedom. This is about survival. Let Them Out. Let Us In. Read our statement: bit.ly/44ViJmI
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Starving of journalists in Gaza “silences the truth” says International Federation of Journalists following Agence France-Presse’s journalists’ union warning its colleagues are at serious risk of starvation. NUJ general secretary Laura Davison said: "This is a chilling warning by AFP and is a…
Starving of journalists in Gaza “silences the truth”
Agence France-Presse’s journalists’ union warns its colleagues at serious risk of starvation.
www.nuj.org.uk
July 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Starving of journalists in Gaza “silences the truth” says International Federation of Journalists following Agence France-Presse’s journalists’ union warning its colleagues are at serious risk of starvation. NUJ general secretary Laura Davison said: "This is a chilling warning by AFP and is a…
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The Israeli government is deliberately using starvation as a weapon against the people of #Gaza, including journalists and media workers.
We urge the EU to take legal action against ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and the West Bank.
We urge the EU to take legal action against ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and the West Bank.
Israel: Stop starving Gazan journalists to silence the truth
The Israeli government is deliberately using starvation as a weapon against the people of Gaza, including journalists and media workers, who are the only ...
europeanjournalists.org
July 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Israeli government is deliberately using starvation as a weapon against the people of #Gaza, including journalists and media workers.
We urge the EU to take legal action against ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and the West Bank.
We urge the EU to take legal action against ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Dozens of international humanitarian organizations warned Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza is endangering the lives of doctors and aid workers.
A major news agency says it is trying to evacuate its remaining freelance journalists because the situation has become “untenable.” cnn.it/4f2MW89
A major news agency says it is trying to evacuate its remaining freelance journalists because the situation has become “untenable.” cnn.it/4f2MW89
July 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Dozens of international humanitarian organizations warned Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza is endangering the lives of doctors and aid workers.
A major news agency says it is trying to evacuate its remaining freelance journalists because the situation has become “untenable.” cnn.it/4f2MW89
A major news agency says it is trying to evacuate its remaining freelance journalists because the situation has become “untenable.” cnn.it/4f2MW89
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‘Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die’: News agency staff warn journalists face starvation
‘Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die’: News agency staff warn journalists face starvation
AFP has issued a humanitarian alert as its own journalists in the enclave suffer malnutrition and exhaustion
www.irishtimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
‘Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die’: News agency staff warn journalists face starvation
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'I prefer death over this life': The last remaining journalists in Gaza are facing starvation
https://www.thejournal.ie/starvation-in-gaza-journalists-6770911-Jul2025/
https://www.thejournal.ie/starvation-in-gaza-journalists-6770911-Jul2025/
'I prefer death over this life': The last remaining journalists in Gaza are facing starvation
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said on 8 July that more than 200 journalists had been killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.
www.thejournal.ie
July 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
'I prefer death over this life': The last remaining journalists in Gaza are facing starvation
https://www.thejournal.ie/starvation-in-gaza-journalists-6770911-Jul2025/
https://www.thejournal.ie/starvation-in-gaza-journalists-6770911-Jul2025/
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot today urged Israel to allow journalists access to the Gaza Strip, where there is a “catastrophic” humanitarian situation.
France pushes Israel to let media into Gaza
French foreign minister slams Israeli war tactics.
www.politico.eu
July 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot today urged Israel to allow journalists access to the Gaza Strip, where there is a “catastrophic” humanitarian situation.
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Al Jazeera Media Network urgently calls upon the journalistic community, press freedom organisations, and relevant legal bodies to take decisive action to halt the forced starvation and crimes against journalists and media professionals in Gaza.
July 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Al Jazeera Media Network urgently calls upon the journalistic community, press freedom organisations, and relevant legal bodies to take decisive action to halt the forced starvation and crimes against journalists and media professionals in Gaza.
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As Gaza faces a humanitarian catastrophe, Palestinian journalists are among those being deliberately starved.
CPJ urges global leaders to act now: to protect the Palestinian press, ensure accountability, allow international media access, and finally allow them to eat and rest.
cpj.org?p=499042
CPJ urges global leaders to act now: to protect the Palestinian press, ensure accountability, allow international media access, and finally allow them to eat and rest.
cpj.org?p=499042
July 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
As Gaza faces a humanitarian catastrophe, Palestinian journalists are among those being deliberately starved.
CPJ urges global leaders to act now: to protect the Palestinian press, ensure accountability, allow international media access, and finally allow them to eat and rest.
cpj.org?p=499042
CPJ urges global leaders to act now: to protect the Palestinian press, ensure accountability, allow international media access, and finally allow them to eat and rest.
cpj.org?p=499042
Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can recall seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die,' the French news agency said www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
'We refuse to see them die': AFP addresses about journalists' risk of starvation in Gaza
www.haaretz.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can recall seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die,' the French news agency said www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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More and more, the Trump administration is accusing journalists of inciting violence or lawlessness by simply reporting the news.
These claims are baseless, but they’re not harmless.
These claims are baseless, but they’re not harmless.
No, reporting is not ‘incitement’
The Trump administration is trying to silence reporting about ICE by baselessly accusing journalists of inciting violence or lawlessness
freedom.press
July 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
More and more, the Trump administration is accusing journalists of inciting violence or lawlessness by simply reporting the news.
These claims are baseless, but they’re not harmless.
These claims are baseless, but they’re not harmless.
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For journalists, the most urgent climate disaster is also the trickiest to report on. What Makes Heat So Hard to Cover? by Meg Bernhard. www.cjr.org/feature-2/wh...
What Makes Heat So Hard to Cover?
For journalists, the most urgent climate disaster is also the trickiest to report on.
www.cjr.org
July 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
For journalists, the most urgent climate disaster is also the trickiest to report on. What Makes Heat So Hard to Cover? by Meg Bernhard. www.cjr.org/feature-2/wh...