WPF strongly denounces the racist harassment targeting Nassira El Moaddem. Her online comment, taken out of context and amplified by the far-right, was used to justify further harassment based on her minority background.

Women Press Freedom unequivocally condemns the doxxing and subsequent threats directed at Nadia Saboohi, a seasoned journalist of Geo News in Pakistan.

Conservative candidate for Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Poilievre targeted journalist Rachel Gilmore on social media.

Türkiye’de göçmenlere yönelik artan ırkçı tartışmaların ardından en az dört kadın gazeteci ırkçı ve cinsiyetçi saldırılarla hedef gösterildi.

At least four women journalists were targeted after the right-wing party, Zafer (Victory) Party, shared an anti-refugee short film called “Silent Invasion” inciting its supporters.

Investigative journalist Pavla Holcova has been hit with a relentless smear campaign for her work on Pandora Papers.

Digital rights researchers have found that the mobile phones of four Jordanian human rights activists, including journalist Suhair Jaradat and an anonymous female reporter, were hacked for over two years, using Pegasus spyware.

At least six online news portals have reported external interference on their websites, rendering them inaccessible.

Duvar English editor Neşe İdil was targeted by an online harassment campaign and threatened.

The widespread hate campaign against journalists of color escalated on Monday with two more women journalists receiving threatening and abusive emails. At least 17 journalists were targeted after right-wing politician Maxime Bernier tweeted a provocative message inciting his supporters. Freelance sports journalist Shireen Ahmed and CBC host Angela Sterritt were the latest targets of the ongoing hate campaign, weaponized racist and misogynistic language to threaten, intimidate and silence journalists of color. Maxime’s tweet has since been deleted but the organised campaign against journalists has continued unabated, with many of the vile emails sent from the same email account.

At least 18 journalists received vile emails after right-wing politician Maxime Bernier tweeted a provocative message to his followers. Displeased by their coverage of his work, and their line of inquiry, Bernier encouraged his supporters to “play dirty”, thus initiating a violent targeted harassment campaign. He even went so far as to publish the email addresses of some of the journalists online, making them vulnerable to online abuse. Although later taken down by Twitter, the journalists faced hostile digital attacks as a result of his tweets.

Journalist Saba Eitizaz received misogynist, racist and threatening emails as part of a malicious campaign launched against women journalists and women in colour.

At least eight women journalists received vile emails after right-wing politician Maxime Bernier tweeted a provocative message to his followers. Displeased by their coverage of his work, and their line of inquiry, Bernier encouraged his supporters to “play dirty”, thus initiating a violent targeted harassment campaign. He even went so far as to publish the email addresses of some of the journalists online, making them vulnerable to online abuse. Although later taken down by Twitter, the journalists faced hostile digital attacks as a result of his tweets.

Political commentator Reema Omer was targeted with incessant trolling by supporters of the current government after her interaction with Dr. Yuen Yuen Ang. The issue concerned one of the books written by the professor that Reema had earlier referenced on her own account. Dr. Yuen Yuen Ang’s disagreement with her interpretation led to widespread trolling by those who do not appreciate Omer’s critical stance on the current state of affairs in the country.

An attempt was made to hack into the phone of Irina Pankratova, a journalist associated with the publication, The Bell. Irina’s employer organization confirmed the news on their Telegram channel, the attackers tried to access phone and text communication records of the journalist, however remained unsuccessful in doing so. The attacker is yet to be identified. Even though the motive behind the attack is not apparent, Irina is not the first person who has been targeted in this manner in the country, raising concern within civil society.