An Israeli soldier prevents a photojournalist from taking pictures at a protest in Qalqilya, West Bank, Palestine on 11 August 2022. Photographer Victor Cabo says: ‘With no active riots, soldiers were firing tear gas at demonstrators and journalists to cordon off the area and set up a temporary checkpoint.’ Work has become more difficult for journalists in the West Bank as well as Gaza.Photo: Victor Cabo Baro

Working under fire

Attacks on journalists and press freedom are intensifying around the world. These snapshots from Slovakia, Nigeria, Fiji, Palestine and Kashmir take a closer look at media workers’ struggles and successes during this period of heightened hostility against journalism.

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NI 551 - Election year - September, 2024
View from Africa

View from Africa

The assault on journalists is an assault on democracy. Chin’ono’s crime was using Twitter to criticize Zimbabwe’s government, writes Nanjala Nyabola.

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NI 529 - The biodiversity emergency - January, 2021
Media switch off

Media switch off

Update from Kenya by Moses Wasamu.

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NI 511 - Humanitarianism under attack - April, 2018
Turkish riot police crack down on people protesting against the purge of academics, outside Ankara University.Photo: Umit Bektas/Reuters

From lectern to prison

İştar Gözaydın was a professor of law and politics in Turkey. Until her government decided she was a terrorist. She tells her story.

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NI 508 - Clampdown! Criminalizing dissent - December, 2017
In the US, police often decide who has the right to demonstrate and who doesn’t. In this case riot police in Durham, North Carolina form an armed phalanx to control people attempting to protest against a white nationalist rally.Photo: Jason Miczek / Reuters

Whose streets?

The current clampdown on popular rights mirrors a profound malaise with our system of top-down political representation, argues Richard Swift.

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NI 508 - Clampdown! Criminalizing dissent - December, 2017

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Election year September, 2024
The biodiversity emergency January, 2020
Humanitarianism under attack April, 2018
Clampdown! Criminalizing dissent December, 2017
Clampdown! Criminalizing dissent December, 2017
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