Our weekly roundup of press freedom news, highlighting the latest attacks on journalists, their right to publish, and our right to know.
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January 4-10British judge orders prosecutors to come clean on Assange case; Gaza journalists demand end to Israel’s impunity; Article 19 calls on Israel to stop targeting press; Israel kills writer and journalists Mohammad Hijazi and cameraman Saed Abu Nabhan; Journalist Richard Medhurst faces years in prison for refusing to hand over passwords to UK police
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December 28, 2024 – January 3, 2025Israel kills another journalist in Gaza; The Palestinian Authority suspends broadcast of Al Jazeera in the West Bank; Reporter attacked as hostility to journalists rises in the U.S.
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December 21-27, 2024Israel kills five journalists in one attack in Gaza; Israel threatens Al Jazeera correspondent
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December 14-20, 2024U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Journalist arrests surge in 2024; Israel kills three Palestinian journalists in 24 hours; Two Kurdish journalists killed in a reportedly Turkish drone attack; Jesselyn Radack writes about the continued dangers for press freedom posed by the Espionage Act
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December 7-13, 2024IFJ calls 2024 a “particularly deadly” year for journalists; The PRESS Act fails to pass the Senate on unanimous consent; RSF’s 2024 Round-up: journalism suffers exorbitant human cost; Alleged CIA leaker ordered to stay in jail pending trail; RCFP: DOJ’s subpoenas for journalists’ records raise First Amendment concerns
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November 30 – December 6, 202412 Senators write to Sec. Blinken: “prioritize journalists’ immediate access to Gaza”, Trump advisers renew push for pardon of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Israel attacks journalists in Lebanon hours after ceasefire begins
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November 15-22, 2024Attacks on journalists in Gaza continue; Jailed Whistleblower David McBride speaks from prison; Israel has a long history of smearing journalists; Journalists under fire in the U.S.
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November 8-14, 2024Senate Democrats running out of time to pass PRESS Act; IFEX stands in solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese journalists; Two more Palestinian journalists murdered in Gaza City
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November 1-7, 2024Press freedom groups react to Trump’s re-election; Article 19 calls for an end to impunity for crimes against journalists in Palestine and Lebanon
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October 25-31, 2024Haiti and Israel most likely to let journalists’ murders go unpunished CPJ’s 2024 Global Impunity Index shows; Three media workers killed in Israeli attack in southern Lebanon; Three journalists killed in northern Gaza
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October 19-25, 2024Press freedom groups urge DOJ to drop all charges against Indian Time reporter; Outrage over Israel’s threats against six Al Jazeera journalists; Sanders leads call for DOJ to investigate Israeli attack on journalists; 65 House Democrats send letter to Biden urging unimpeded media access to Gaza, 19 press freedom and human rights organizations support it; Freedom of expression threatened more seriously in Gaza than in any recent conflict, says UN expert; IFJ and NUJ condemn the rising use of counter-terrorism legislation against journalists
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October 12-18, 2024Daniel Hale to receive inaugural Ellsberg Whistleblower Award; UK police raid home & seize devices of journalist Asa Winstanley; Rep. Jim McGovern leads letter urging Israel to allow independent press access; Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchina dies in in Russian captivity; Press freedom groups write to US embassy in Israel over detained US journalist Jeremy Loffredo; RCFP urges Congress to pass PRESS Act
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October 5-11, 2024Israel detains US journalist reporting on damage to its military bases; Israel targets Palestinian journalists killing one and wounding three; A crackdown on US photo and video journalists; Gaza journalist Hassan Hamad killed by artillery fire after threats from Israeli officer; Israel responsible for record journalist death toll, says CPJ; RSF: Israeli forces have methodically destroyed the Palestinian territory’s media infrastructure and stifled journalism
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September 29-October 4, 2024Julian Assange testifies before Council of Europe, CoE Parliamentary Assembly recognises Assange as a ‘political prisoner’; Palestinian journalist killed by Israel in her home in Gaza; UN Security Council urged to not turn a blind eye to Israel’s attacks on press freedom; IFJ demands governments stop interfering in the work of journalists; Mohammed R. Mhawish writes about his experience as a journalist in Gaza
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September 22-28, 2024Assange to testify before the Council of Europe; Press freedom groups denounce Israel’s raid and closure of Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah; The Pact for the Future fails to address the issues related to journalism and the global information crisis, says RSF
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September 15-21, 2024Another Palestinian jounralist killed in Gaza; Caitlin Vogus talks about the importance of the PRESS Act; Israeli army raids Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah, issues 45-day closure order
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September 8-14, 2024Palestinian journalist describes conditions for reporters in Gaza; Israel revokes press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists; German journalists demand protection for journalists in Gaza; UN experts urge Israel to stop attacks against journalists in West Bank
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September 1-7, 2024Israeli army injures journalists in the West Bank, IFJ/NUJ condemn UK’s use of anti-terror legislation, and reporters arrested covering DNC protests speak out
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August 25-31, 2024Israel continues targeting journalists, reporters arrested at the DNC, a crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech in the UK, and 60 organizations urge EU action against Israel’s attacks on press freedom