Press Freedom Status For Women Journalists: January 2022

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Throughout the month of January 2022, the Coalition For Women In Journalism documented 26 cases of violations against women journalists. These included detentions, legal harassment and physical assaults in the field, among other attacks on press freedom and women journalists reporting from different parts of the world.

 

BBC Turkish covered the report.

Europe Cities covered the report.

JSC covered the report.

T24 covered the report.

 
 

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