American reporter for Buzzfeed News, and member of The Coalition For Women In Journalism, Megha Rajagoapalan has become the latest foreign journalist to be victimised by China, which has a history of retaliating against news organizations and individual journalists for critical coverage.

Hong Kong National TV reporter Nabela Qoser is targeted with legal harassment following complaints against her reporting on questionability of pro-government figures and her tough questioning of the authorities during last year's social unrest.

Finnish journalist Jessika Aro who was awarded the International Women of Courage award was notified earlier this week that at the request of eight Senators, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) decided to revoke her award.

Poverty and homelessness reporter of Jefferson Public Radio, April Ehrlich was arrested while covering the news of dispersing of homeless campers who have been evicted from their “tent city” in Hawthorne Park.

Patricia Devlin, an award-winning crime reporter working for the Sunday World, has been target of vicious online attacks and threats to her family since 2019 for her coverage on crime, drug and criminal gangs, and how their activities are intertwined with certain loyalist paramilitary groups.

In Kyiv, a car accident ended with threats to journalists. The car accident happened on Vadym Hetman Street on September 21 when a drunk driver crashed his car into an electric pole. According to eyewitnesses the driver was also speeding and almost hit a woman with a small child.

Investigative journalist Paola Ugaz is facing legal harassment following her investigation of allegations of sexual abuse by the Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana, an important religious organization in Peru.

تونس،تونس،18 سبتمبر،2020—بعد عامين من التحضير الدؤوب أطلاق مجلس الصحافة التونسي. المجلس هو هيئة مستقلة غير ربحية تهدف إلى حماية حرية الصحافة وحق المواطن في الوصول للمعلومات. تحالف النساء العاملات بالصحافة يرحب بتشكيل المجلس ويعتبره خطوة نحو دعم حرية الصحافة في تونس.

Tunisian Press Council is formed following two years of rigorous preparation. The council is a nonprofit independent entity that aims to protect press freedom and defend citizen's access to right to information. The Coalition For Women In Journalism welcomes the formation of Tunisian Press Council as a right step towards ensuring press freedom.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism congratulates recipients of annual “Washington Women In Journalism Awards”. The event was founded in 2014 to celebrate the remarkable work by women in journalism in the nation’s capital. This year the award ceremony will be conducted online and CEO of Washingtonian will honor four of Washington’s top female political reporters across four categories: “Hall of Fame Award”, “Outstanding Journalist in Broadcast Television”, “Outstanding Journalist in Print” and “Star to Watch”.

Sözcü gazetesi köşe yazarı Çiğdem Toker'in İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi'nden Cumhurbaşkanının ailesine yakın “STK”lara para aktarıldığını belgelediği haberleri dolayısıyla yargılandığı davanın ikinci duruşması bugün İstanbul Küçükçekmece 3. Asliye Hukuk Mahkemesi'nde görüldü.

Second hearing of the trial against Sözcü columnist Çiğdem Toker over her article alleging transfer of funds from Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality to “GONGO”s close to the President’s family was held today in Istanbul Küçükçekmece 3rd Civil Court of First Instance.

BIRN AB Araştırmacı Gazetecilik Ödülü sahibi Zehra Özdilek'e açılan davanın dördüncü duruşması bugün görüldü. Zehra, “işimi geri istiyorum” eylemlerine katılan ve 1.5 yıl cezaevinde kalan KHK’lı bir öğretmen ile yaptığı röportajda geçen ifadeler nedeniyle “terörle mücadelede yer almış kişileri hedef göstermek” suçlamasıyla karşı karşıya olduğu davada bugün son savunmasını verdi.

Fourth hearing of the case against BIRN EU Investigative Journalism Award recipient Zehra Özdilek was held today. Zehra was accused of “identifying a public officer on anti-terrorist duty as a target" because of her news report titled “Onay, who is behind bars for asking for her job back, calls on KESK”. She was charged for disclosing the name of a secret witness in an interview she conducted with a teacher dismissed from duty through a statutory decree.

The tenth hearing of the case where ETHA editor İsminaz Temel and Havva Cuştan along with 21 others are charged with “membership of terror organization” and “propaganda of terror organization” was held today. While the journalists didn’t attend the hearing, the request of their lawyers for lifting of judicial control measures and travel ban was refused. The judge ironically cited journalist Can Dündar who is now in exile, stating “those who will not get acquitted of charges carry the risk of running to exile”, almost admitting that the court did not have any intentions to acquit the journalists of the charges.