Disturbing revelations of industrial-scale bugging of journalists by @PSNI and other forces. Time for a judge-led inquiry! Trevor Birney barry mccaffrey #achtanois #AnDreamDearg tinyurl.com/j5pfuxcy

Journalists and trades union officials are among the few civilian occupations that face deliberate attempts on their lives. I wish Mohammed Shubaita a full and swift recovery, #yemen : tinyurl.com/yc3rx8uk

#Yemen 🇾🇪: Mohammed Shubaita, SG of the Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate and member of the Federation of Arab Journalists' leadership, was shot at while travelling in a car on 7 May in Sana'a. We condemn this heinous attack and wish a speedy recovery to our dear colleague. الاتحاد الدولي للصحفيين

“People need to be held to account for the death toll among journalists in #Gaza ”, an @IFJglobal perspective on: FRANCE 24 English tinyurl.com/yc2h6j5b

Good #WPFD package from Al Jazeera English featuring an @IFJglobal perspective… youtu.be/feceCon_VOA?si…

#Bangladesh 🇧🇩: The 2023-2024 South Asia Press Freedom Report is out 📣 It has been launched at the #WPFD2024 event in Dhaka attended by #IFJ vicepresident Sabina Inderjit, UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, Transparency International and ARTICLE 19.

➡️ Check it out: ifj.org/media-centre/n…

On #WPFD remember the harm that #Assange ’s prosecution will do #journalism . Any reporter covering US security issues could fall foul of the ‘Espionage’ Act, and be imprisoned for life. Repressive regimes are not the only threat to press freedom. tinyurl.com/5ff75epc

“I can't believe how many colleagues we've lost, no less important is the resilience of those journalists who remain in Gaza.” نقابة الصحفيين Palestinian Journalists Syndicate’ Nasser Abu Baker accepting the UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 press freedom award.

Russian shelling destroyed the editorial office of the Trudova Slava newspaper in the frontline city of Orikhiv. Full solidarity with editor Svitlana Karpenko, with whom I visited the front a year ago and started the revival of her important local newspaper EFJ IFJ

Join me on Friday for World Press Freedom Day, with Tim Dawson (IFJ) Dr Iain Overton Matt Kennard
#WPFD #JournalismIsNotACrime #FreeAssangeNOW #LetHimGoJoe
Frontline Club. Tickets:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/journalism-i…

Warm wishes to all who have downed tools at the #NUJSTVStrike . Quality journalism requires reasonably remunerated reporters – keep up the good fight!

Thanks to huge generosity from Norsk Journalistlag and Unifor, we are able to make a real difference for journalists in #Gaza . We continue to seek funding for a second centre – please help if you can. tinyurl.com/5a7am33p

Happy May Day! Journalists of the world unite – you have nothing to lose but over-concentrated media ownership, free-speech restricting laws, and impunity for murderous regimes that target our colleagues.

#Palestine 🇵🇸: Good news! Journalists in Gaza will soon benefit from a new solidarity centre in Khan Younis where they will be able to access electricity, the internet and other equipment thanks to the support of Unifor and Norsk Journalistlag
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#Afghanistan , six years ago today was among the deadliest ever for journalists. We remember the dead; alas the task of reducing future fatalities is still a work in progress:
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Just imagine #AI deciding who lives and who dies? Oh, wait – its already happening (just ask Gaza's journalists)... ft.com/content/da03f8… via Financial Times

World Press Freedom Day is Friday 3 May.

Join Tim Dawson (IFJ) Dr Iain Overton Matt Kennard and me at the Frontline Club as we discuss what
#FreeAssangeNOW means for a free press.

#WPFD TICKETS:
assange24.eventbrite.co.uk

A beautiful, humane piece by Sherone Lifshitz. It goes without saying that all Hamas’ hostages should be released at once.
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Massive thanks to all who have helped
@IFJglobal’s campaign to support Palestinian journalists including:
Ali Mustafa MEAA International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) Dublin Freelance is @[email protected] UNISON - UK's largest union E tū IWW Freelance Journalists Union @nujofficial tinyurl.com/2zm6fec7

Nearly every time that police snoop on journalists’ communications to discover the source of stories, they are trying to chase down their own leaks. This report into the snooping by Police Service NI should be made public at once. Journalism is not a crime.
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