Andrea Sahouri was arrested ìn May 2020 while covering a Black Lives Matter protest. Police officials physically assaulted her during the process, even though she was perfectly cooperative during the process. Despite her employer publication registering a protest, and terming this repression of the press, the charges against her have not been culled.

Katie G. Nelson, a freelance journalist, was covering the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis when her colleague Mike Shum was struck by two projectiles launched by law enforcement. Though the journalist was not seriously injured, the attack left Mike with bruising on his foot. Despite the injuries and direct police assaults on journalists, both Nelson and Mike persisted with their coverage of the demonstrations. CFWIJ is utterly dismayed by the hostile treatment journalists must endure while performing their job.

Chief reporter for the Mail in Barrow, Amy Fenton was put under police protection after repeated threats targeting her and her daughter. Over the past few months Amy had received rape and death threats in person as well as online due to the nature of her work. The situation has continually gotten worse, raising serious concerns regarding her and her family's safety.

CFWIJ is saddened to hear the news of talented BBC journalist Natasha Bateman’s death on May 24.

Radio broadcaster Tehreem Muneeba was harassed while at work in a studio at Samaa FM in 2018. Tehreem had to quit her job after being subjected to harassment in her workplace. After almost two long years of fighting the case, the court finally made a decision in her favor on May 22. CFWIJ welcomes the verdict which prevents encouraging tendencies to similar cases.

Manmeet Kaur has been nominated for a prestigious award by the Sikh group in the United Kingdom. Kaur has been named among '100 most influential Sikh personalities under 30 years of age' in the world by a UK-based global Sikh organization, one of the top UK honors.

In a statement issued on May 14th, NWAOJ expressed concern over rape cases in Bayelsa State including sexual assault of minors.

Twenty-eight years old journalist Rizwana Tabassum killed herself by hanging on the morning of May 4. Samajwadi Party leader Shamim Nomani has been arrested after Rizwana’s suicide note which blades him recovered from her room.

Lawyer Charles Mercieca has left the AG’s Office and joined Yorgen Fenech’s legal team. Daphne’s case has been dragging on since her death, and this development just goes to show how much impunity culprits like Yorgen really enjoy.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that authorities have failed to protect journalist Khadija Ismayilova’s right to privacy. CFWIJ denounces the alleged campaign of intimidation against her because of her journalistic activity.

Chinenye Iwuoha, reporter of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Pacesetter FM, was abducted by armed bandits while going home after work on Monday. The Commissioner of the Police stated that the journalist has regained her freedom on Wednesday through the efforts of the police forces.

Winners of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize were announced on May 4 via a livestream because of the coronavirus pandemic. We are delighted that this year the prize was also awarded to four women journalists.

Ocak-Nisan 2020 arasında kadın gazetecilerin içeren 145 vakayı belgeledik, bunlardan 77’si pandeminin birçok gazetecinin çalışma dinamiklerini değiştirdiği Mart-Nisan arasında gerçekleşti. Gazetecilikte Kadın Koalisyonu tarafından belgelenen tüm vakaların yaklaşık %32.4'ü Covid-19 ile bağlantılı oldu.

We documented 145 cases between January 2020 and April 2020, out of which 77 cases took place between March-April, when the pandemic changed the working dynamics of many journalists. Around 32.4% of all cases documented by The Coalition For Women In Journalism involved Covid-19.

Vivian Ottih, lawyer and senior editor with the government-owned IBC Orient FM radio station was “suspended indefinitely” from her job after messaging a government official on Facebook about her three months of unpaid salary on May 4th.