journalists

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Latin America and Caribbean region deadliest for journalists in 2019

20 January 2020
Peace and Security

Twenty-two journalists were reported killed in the Latin America and Caribbean region in 2019, making it the deadliest part of the world for the press, followed by 15 in Asia-Pacific, and 10 in Arab States.

UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

Friday's Daily Brief: When journalists are targets, landslides in Cameroon, UN Female Police Officer of the Year award

1 November 2019
Human Rights

A recap of stories in brief this Friday: Societies 'pay a price' when journalists are killed; Guterres saddened by Cameroon landslide deaths; Senegalese woman officer receives top UN award; IOM urges release of volunteers held captive in South Sudan; 'All actors' must support Haiti amidst crisis; UN expert warning over health of Julian Assange.

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‘When journalists are targeted, societies as a whole, pay a price’: UN chief

1 November 2019
Human Rights

“Without journalists able to do their jobs in safety, we face the prospect of a world of confusion and disinformation”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned in a statement released ahead of the International Day to End Impunity Against Journalists, which falls on 2 November.

UNESCO

Killing of journalists ‘outrageous’ and should not be ‘new normal’

1 November 2018
Peace and Security

The killing of journalists around the world for doing their job is “outrageous” and should not become the “new normal” according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

UN Photo/ Jean-Marc Ferré

New In Brief 03 September 2018

3 September 2018
News in Brief
  • Jailed journalists in Myanmar must be freed ‘immediately’, says UN right chief Bachelet
  • Mediterranean crossings deadlier than ever, new UNHCR report shows
  • Facebook’s definition of terrorism potentially “discriminatory“: UN human rights expert
  • Tsunami tests to go ahead in 24 Indian Ocean nations
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News in Brief 01 August 2018

1 August 2018
News in Brief
  • Attacks on Yemen’s water facilities, infrastructure, breach ‘basic laws of war’, says UNICEF
  • FAO seeks urgent humanitarian response to “severely underfunded” crises
  • Bodies of three Russian journalists killed in Central African Republic recovered by UN Mission
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UN Photo/Kim Haughton

News In Brief 11 July 2018

11 July 2018
News in Brief
  • Myanmar: UN experts gravely concerned by court charges against Reuters journalists
  • World Population Day: ‘A matter of human rights’ says UN
  • Climate change proceeds at a ‘relentless pace,’ UN deputy chief tells Security Council
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UNAMA Fardin Waezi

‘Standing up for our right to truth,’ UN celebrates press freedom

3 May 2018
Human Rights

With journalism under increasing attack worldwide, top United Nations officials on Thursday joined a growing chorus of calls for the better protection of media workers.

UN News/Daniel Dickinson

‘Fake news’ challenges audiences to tell fact from fiction

1 May 2018
Interviews

The emergence of so-called “fake news” has created “competing versions of information and the truth,” a situation which is challenging for audiences across the world; that’s according to a senior journalist who is joining a panel of

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UN Photo/Violaine Martin

Imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist to receive UN press freedom prize

23 April 2018
Human Rights

A photojournalist who has been in jail for nearly five years after being arrested for covering a demonstration in Cairo has been selected to receive this year’s press freedom prize from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).