The bureau chief and assistant editor for The Mirror Midlands, Elizabeth Mashiri, was detained by police in Gweru on August 17. The journalist was recording a scuffle between the police and vendors when she was apprehended for allegations of disorderly conduct. Elizabeth was taken into custody even after producing her press credentials issued by the Zimbabwe Media Commission. After intervention from her lawyer, the police released Elizabeth after four hours in detention.

Since the beginning of the year, the Belarusian Association of Journalists has recorded more than 400 cases of harassment of journalists for their professional activities. Unlawful acts against journalists hiked with the elections nearing and the protests that followed afterwards.

Freelance journalist Laura Jedeed was tear-gassed and shoved to the ground while covering a protest. Laura was at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office (ICE) in Oregon to cover a demonstration on Friday, September 18. The protest outside the ICE facility was one of the several demonstrations held after the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. The journalist was targeted with munitions and later pushed to the ground by federal security agents. CFWIJ condemns the violence and demands authorities end their unwarranted interference with journalists at work.

Al Jazeera Balkans reporter Milka Smilevska was attacked by an unknown man along with her crew member while covering the protests organized by the political party VMRO DPMNE on September 9.

With anti-government protests continuing for two months in Bulgaria, tensions intensified between protesters and security forces during a rally in Sofia on September 2.

Belarus has been grabbing the world’s attention in a notorious way for the past month as citizens rejected the suspicious election results and took to the streets. The country has been on the headlines for torture and mistreatment of protestors, including journalists.

Aleksandr Lukashenko’s early announcement of “victory” brought crowds into the streets on the night of August 9 with journalists getting the brunt of police violence. The Coalition For Women In Journalism documented at least 15 threats and attacks against women journalists working on the ground for the past two weeks.

Journalist Alena Scharbinskaya has been hospitalized due to the brutal beatings she experienced while kept in a Belarussian detention center. Scharbinskaya was held for three days at the now-infamous detention center known among locals as “Akrestsin”. She was one of hundreds of journalists detained in Belarus last week, following the escalation of protests disputing the results of the August 9 presidential election.

As the unrest in and around the United States continue over the murder of George Floyd, police’s violent response remain to be targeting journalists.

Aleksandr Lukashenko, who has ruled the country with an iron fist for 26 years, declared an early victory in the presidential elections held on August 9 in Belarus. The Election Commission, accused of acting in favor of Lukashenko, reported that the 65-year-old current president received 80.23 percent of the votes.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism stands with the right to peaceful assembly and right to information of Belarussian citizens. The protests that sparked after the rigged election which Alexander Lukashenko announced his victory before the polls were closed is in it’s fifth day.

Mevcut hükümet ve bazı çevrelerin kadına yönelik şiddet ve ev içi şiddeti insan hakları ihlali olarak tanımlayan Avrupa Konseyi sözleşmesi “İstanbul Sözleşmesi”nden çekilme tartışmaları sürerken, Türkiyeli kadınlar haklarından vazgeçmeyeceklerini hergün alanlardan haykırıyor.

Women all around Turkey join hands to protest the discussions to withdraw from “Istanbul Convention” -- The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence -- despite facing police induced violence and detentions the last of which happened last night which also impeded the work of Mesopotamia Agency reporter Eylem Akdağ and Evrensel Ekmek ve Gül reporter Burcu Yıldırım.

Journalist Rasha Mounir of Daarb News, along with her photographer colleague, was detained and kept in custody for over 12 hours on August 11. The two were not interrogated throughout their detention period and they were later released after an intervention by the press syndicate.

Aleksandr Lukashenko, who has ruled the country with an iron fist for 26 years, declared an early victory in the presidential elections held yesterday in Belarus.