This is the latest installment of our press freedom round-up, recapping the latest attacks on journalists, their right to publish, and our right to know. Here’s the news for the week of November 1, 2024.
Press freedom groups react to Trump’s re-election
Donald Trump is poised to return to the White House as the 47th president of the United States, and press freedom groups – Committee to Protect Journalists, Freedom of the Press Foundation, Defending Rights & Dissent and others – are sounding the alarm early about what his election means for the state of journalism in the U.S. and around the world.
Courage Foundation joins these groups in standing up for truthtellers, for journalists’ right to publish, and for your right to know, regardless of which party is in power.
Article 19 calls for an end to impunity for crimes against journalists in Palestine and Lebanon
To mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists on 2 November, ARTICLE 19 calls for an end to the persistent pattern of impunity for crimes committed against journalists in Palestine and Lebanon, including at least 134 killings to date.
In demanding accountability for all crimes against journalists targeted for their work, Article 19 calls for Israel to ensure the safety of all journalists, refrain from targeting them or media infrastructure in Gaza, grant foreign media full access to Gaza and investigate all attacks on journalists in Palestine and Lebanon; the ICC to to prioritise its investigation into the deliberate targeting and killing of journalists in Palestine and Lebanon; and International courts and accountability mechanisms, including the ICC and the ICJ, to consider that Israel’s killing of journalists enables the commission of atrocities during this conflict.