Serbian prosecution has dropped charges against journalist Ana Lalić, who was arrested briefly for her Covid-19 reporting in early April. The Coalition For Women In Journalism welcomes the decision and hopes that the authorities will continue to help flourish press freedom in Serbia.

Kadınları darp eden polisleri görüntülediği için gazeteci Zülal Koçer hakkında soruşturma başlatıldı.

An investigation has been launched against journalist Zülal Koçer. She has come under fire for sharing images of police brutality from this year’s Feminist Night Walk.

Women journalists in Ukraine have been attacked while reporting various developments on Covid-19 in the field. Many of them have been physically assaulted and intimidated by protestors who had been agitated by the ongoing lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Covid-19 has come for the news industry in India, and not in a good way.

Freelance photojournalist Masrat Zahra has been booked under section 13 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) by the Kashmiri police. She has been accused of allegedly “uploading anti-national posts with criminal intention to induce the youth and promote offence against public tranquillity.”

Journalist Meriem Chorfi, along with two male journalists, was arrested and placed under judicial control by Alegrian authorities on April 2 for their reporting on Covid-19. They will all be prosecuted on charges of “attack on national unity " and "dissemination of publications which may harm the national interest" on the basis of article 79 of the Penal Code.

Russian journalist Elena Milashina has been verbally attacked by Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, during a live broadcast on Instagram on April 13. He resorted to personal attacks and threatened Elena for her “provocative” reporting on the state of Covid-19 in Chechnya. The Coalition For Women In Journalism denounces Kadyrov’s attempt to disregard Elena’s reporting at a time when the work of journalists around the world is most needed.

Russian journalist Anastasia Petrova succumbed to Covid-19 on March 31. Even though regional health authorities denied the possibility of the novel coronavirus, the facts in Anastasia case stated otherwise. The Coalition For Women In Journalism extends its condolences to her family and friends during this time of grief.

The Liberty University Police Department has issued arrest warrants against freelance photographer Julia Rendleman and ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis for reporting a critical story about the university's handling of the pandemic.

After receiving death threats for her reporting on sensitive issues for years, journalist Maria Elena Ferral Hernández was shot dead in broad daylight on March 30.

Türkiye'de 27.000'den fazla teyit edilmiş koronavirüs vakası ve bugüne kadar kaydedilen 500'den fazla ölümle birlikte, tutuklu gazetecilerin güvenliği için korkular son birkaç haftada daha da arttı. Türkiye'de uzun süredir cezaevinde olan kadın gazetecilerin yetersiz koşullarda hayatlarını idame ettirmeye çalıştıklarını biliyoruz. Şu an itibariyle hala dört kadın gazeteci yalnızca gazetecilik yaptıkları için cezaevlerinde tutulmaktadır.

With over 27,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in Turkey and more than 500 deaths recorded so far, fears for the safety of imprisoned journalists have increased in the past few weeks. Authorities in Turkey have long been notorious for their treatment of women journalists inside jails and as of now, four women journalists - Ayşenur Parıldak, Hanım Büşra Erdal, Hatice Duman, Hülya Kılınç - have been arbitrarily held for their journalism inside the country’s prisons.