Journalists

A letter to Ciham Ali, in an Eritrean jail on her birthday

Africa Vanessa Tsehaye - 3 Apr 2020

Ciham Ali was born in the United States and moved to Eritrea with her family. When Ciham tried to leave, she was arrested at the border. After eight years, Human Rights Watch have called for her release

Shaun Johnson: Charm without the smarm

Analysis Irwin Manoim - 6 Mar 2020

The Weekly Mail hired him to get the training project off the ground; he did much, much more than that, writes Irwin Manoim

Myanmar grants jailed Reuters journalists amnesty

Article Richard Sargent - 7 May 2019

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were mobbed by media as they stepped out of Yangon's notorious Insein prison after their lengthy detention

Free press development impeded by crackdowns

Article Josh Friedman - 3 May 2019

Governments and civil societies need to be vigilant in supporting a free press, even while it is still developing

SA drops in World Press Freedom rankings

Article Aaisha Dadi Patel - 23 Apr 2019

South Africa has dropped three places in the Press Freedom Index

Little difference between politicians and journalists

Article bogdan TagDiv - 1 Feb 2019

'The relationship between politicians and journalists is, or rather ought to be, adversarial'

Sanef seeks legal advice to protect journalists

Article Agency - 28 Nov 2018

The decision was taken after the forum's council meeting following the EFF's decline of a request to meet with the editors

Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova murdered

Article Gemma Ritchie - 8 Oct 2018

Viktoria Marinova is the third high-profile journalist to be killed in the European Union in the past year, and the fourth since the start of 2017

South African phones targeted by notorious ‘governments only’ spyware

Article Simon Allison - 2 Oct 2018

Journalists warned to be extra-vigilant with their digital security

Turkey acquits top journalist in ‘espionage’ case

Article Agency - 16 Jul 2018

Erdem Gul, the Ankara bureau chief of the opposition Cumhuriyet daily, was acquitted by the Istanbul criminal court

Shivambu apologises for scuffle with journalist

Article Raeesa Pather - 20 Mar 2018

Video evidence shows Netwerk 24's Adrian de Kock being cornered by the EFF's deputy president and a man who appeared to be his bodyguard.

SA journos have more pals than enemies

Article Simon Allison - 7 Jul 2017

Speaking up is well and good, but politicians must also act to halt the assault on media freedom

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