Press Freedom and Attacks on Journalists

1+ day, 26+ min ago   (267+ words) October 13, 2026 6:04 AM EDT Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank targeted two journalists documenting the Palestinian olive harvest. On October 8, 2026, a Portuguese correspondent for the independent outlet Fumaça was arrested in Rantis, northwest of Ramallah, and deported the following day....

2+ day, 6+ min ago   (488+ words) BBC Hindi correspondent Dilnawaz Pasha wants everyone to know that he is doing his job. When police stopped him near barricades during the Cockroach party protests, he challenged them. BBC’s own social media handles show that he tried to cross…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1013+ words) On October 12, 2017, journalist Delîşan Îbêş and journalist Hogar Mohammed, correspondents for ANHA agency, were martyred when a car bomb planted by ISIS mercenaries exploded on the Kharafi Road between Hasakah and Deir ez-Zor. The incident occurred during the Syrian Democratic…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (325+ words) The Times of India New Delhi: Several journalists, including those who displayed their identity cards clearly, were detained while they were reporting on Saturday’s protest and security arrangements in the city Saturday.Press cards around their necks and cameras…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (517+ words) Established in 2015, Pratidin Time began as a television news channel delivering comprehensive coverage of issues across Assam and the Northeast. Covering topics from politics, sports, and culture to matters of national and international importance, the channel offers a range of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (432+ words) GAZA,— Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement executed three Palestinians on Thursday convicted of collaborating with Israel, hanging the men during a campaign to persuade any Israeli-recruited agents to come forward in return for more lenient punishment. Hamas leaders and officials, along…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (571+ words) Saturday October 10, 2026 Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has condemned the armed attack and death threats against journalists at Rajshahi University (RU), calling for those responsible to be held accountable regardless of their political affiliation or influence. In a statement issued today…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (154+ words) In response to an Aug. 19 letter, below are names of Al Jazeera “journalists,” identified as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad combatants and confirmed by military and salary records seized in Gaza: Benton County Commissioners Pat Malone and Nancy Wyse made…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (582+ words) The attack on journalists at Rajshahi University by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of the ruling party, once again exposes the kind of pressure and intimidation that journalists in Bangladesh have to work under. On Saturday night, a group…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (380+ words) SEVEN journalists including members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) were among dozens of people arrested under terror laws at a Defend Our Juries protest outside an Elbit drone factory, the activist group has said. Leicestershire Police said that…...