Journalists' safety news
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NUJ submits evidence on the safety and surveillance of journalists in Northern Ireland
The NUJ has responded to the Northern Ireland Select Committee’s call for evidence on policing and security in Northern Ireland.
Ukraine: drone attack kills two journalists
October deadliest month for media workers in Ukraine this year.
NUJ to mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
On Monday 3 November at 5.30pm, the NUJ will host an online speaker event to mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (ID...
Family home of investigative journalist vandalised
The NUJ has expressed its concern at the vandalism of a house in Kosovo belonging to the family of investigative journalist Vudi Xhymshiti.
NUJ welcomes introduction of journalist safety officers in every police force
Journalists now have a dedicated safety officer in every UK police force, providing direct access to support when faced with abuse and threats of viol...
Ukraine: Three newspaper buildings hit by Russian drones
Journalists resolve to continue working despite damage.
Palestine: hospital killings by Israeli forces show need for global action
The airstrikes on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in which at least 20 people were killed, including five journalists and media workers, underlines the ...
Solidarity statements in response to killing of Al Jazeera journalists
The NUJ and its branches have expressed condemnation and called for accountability after Israeli forces deliberately killed six media workers and anot...
Afghanistan: Taliban arrests at least seven journalists in July
The plight of Afghan journalists under the Taliban authorities has been highlighted by the International Federation of Journalists, with reports of ha...
Israel: IDF must stop slandering Gaza’s journalists
Attempts to discredit journalists are "war of attrition against the media".
Starving of journalists in Gaza “silences the truth”
Agence France-Presse’s journalists’ union warns its colleagues at serious risk of starvation.
Reporters speak out about ‘climate of fear’ in Northern Ireland amid paramilitary death threats
Journalists in Northern Ireland are facing regular death threats and attacks, with few of the perpetrators prosecuted, according to a new report by Am...
Russia: IFJ and EFJ condemn the escalation of cross-border pressure and intimidation of Russian journalists in exile
Meduza CEO Galina Timchenko faces criminal case in absentia
Support for Palestinian journalists as war in Gaza intensifies
IFJ affiliates organise events in solidarity
NUJ joins IFJ in urging for release of Iranian-American journalist
Reza Valizadeh’s ten-year jail term upheld.
NUJ pledges support for campaign to return detained Yemeni journalists
IFJ condemns "climate of fear" for media workers in the country
NUJ condemns threats to journalists made by Dmitry Medvedev
The NUJ has condemned the remarks by Russian security council deputy head, Dmitry Medvede
Sports journalists facing a “disturbing rise" in online abuse
"Relentless and debilitating” abuse has worsened
NUJ condemns two threats made to Sunday World journalist in Northern Ireland
The Sunday World journalist was twice notified by police, in recent weeks, that dissident republicans planned to attack them. The most recent threat w...
Indonesia: 11 journalists attacked in widespread protest
The journalists were attacked and had their equipment damaged while covering a demonstration at the House of Representatives (DPR) in the Senayan Parl...