Our weekly roundup of press freedom news, highlighting the latest attacks on journalists, their right to publish, and our right to know. Here’s the news for the week of February 22, 2025.
Article 19: Stop attacks on journalists and media freedom in the West Bank
ARTICLE 19 has condemned Israel’s escalating press freedom violations in the West Bank and called on Israel to immediately end its attacks on journalists and protect press freedom.
“Palestinian journalists continue to face increasing restrictions, arbitrary detentions, and physical attacks, particularly in recent weeks, as Israel’s military operations in the West Bank continue and the ceasefire in Gaza remains fragile.”
Ukrainian journalists killed by Russian drone attack
Tetiana Kulyk, a Ukrainian journalist and member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), was killed in a Russian drone attack that hit her home in the Kyiv region.
The International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) condemned the killing called for an investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice.