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Moldova blocked access to more than 20 Russian media websites in October of last year, including Russia Today, saying they had been used as part of an information war against the country. © Misha Friedman/Getty Images

World Press Freedom Day 2024

Moldova Struggles to Balance Security and Free Speech

Opinion remains divided on how effective bans on pro-Kremlin outlets have been in protecting country’s information space.

A Guatemalan journalist protests against the arrest of Jose Ruben Zamora, president of the newspaper El Periodico, outside the Justice Palace in Guatemala City, on July 30, 2022. © JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images

World Press Freedom Day 2024 / Comment

Latin America: Journalism Continues to Hold Power to Account

Despite coming under constant attack, independent media are achieving remarkable impact.

In this picture taken on September 8, 2021, Afghan newspaper Etilaat Roz journalists Nematullah Naqdi (R) and Taqi Daryabi sit in their office after being released from Taliban custody in Kabul. - Two Afghan journalists have shown off ugly welts and bruises after being beaten and detained for hours by Taliban fighters for covering a protest in the Afghan capital. © WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images

World Press Freedom Day 2024

Afghanistan: Journalism Amid the Darkness

Despite brutal repression, independent outlets continue to provide a rare and precious source of information.

Emergency personnel clear rubble in search for victims in the heavily damaged apartment building that was hit by a downed Russian missile on June 24, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

Interview

Ukraine Needs Justice, Not Charity

Expert calls for international agreement on the legal basis and conditions under which Russian assets can be used for reconstruction and reparations.

Ukraine Justice Briefing

Tuesday, 30 April ‘24

This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading.

Russian forces occupied Snihurivka, a village in the southern region of Mykolaiv, in early March 2022. Residents reported regular detentions and arbitrary arrests in the nearly eight month of occupation. The settlement returned under Ukrainian control in November 2022. © Valentina Hurova/Mykolaiv Society

Courtside

Russian Captain to be Tried for Detention and Torture

Civilians were illegally detained and brutally treated during the occupation of strategic town.

Two Russian servicemen were sentenced in absentia to life in prison for killing four civilians in Chernihiv region in March 2022. They also robbed the victims of their mobile phones, which were used by the investigators to identify the military. © Ed Ram/Getty Images

Courtside

Two Russians Sentenced to Life for Murder and Looting

The servicemen killed four civilians and took their mobile phones which helped investigators identify them.

In late February 2022, Russian troops repeatedly shelled the court building of Borodyanka, a town in the Kyiv oblast, destroying much of its contents. © Irina Domashchenko

Interview

Reviving Wartime Justice

“Everyone wanted to go to work as soon as possible.”

Ukraine Justice Briefing

Tuesday, 23 April ‘24

This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading.

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A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

Interview

Ukraine Justice: “Reporting the Story is Just the Start”

Journalists need training and support to properly cover war crimes trials.

Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

International Migrants Day

Ugandan Women Pay the Price of Exploitation

Activists warn that vulnerable domestic workers risk abuse, often returning with serious health conditions.

Ukraine War Diary by A. Borden

Harsh Victory at Position X

Commitment, sacrifice and luck secured a vital early win in the south-eastern campaign, but can Ukrainian forces press on?

Sevim Kaya has been a bus driver for 16 years.

Behind the Wheel in a Macho City

Some women face Adana's male-dominated traffic chaos for a living.

Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist. © Anahit Zakaryan

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Recent murder highlights widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

The Israel-Hamas Conflict

Interview: The War on Disinformation

Open source intelligence (OSINT) can provide facts – but impatient, angry audiences often prefer opinions.

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Moldova Struggles to Balance Security and Free Speech

Latin America: Journalism Continues to Hold Power to Account

Afghanistan: Journalism Amid the Darkness

Ukraine Needs Justice, Not Charity

Tuesday, 30 April ‘24

Russian Captain to be Tried for Detention and Torture

Two Russians Sentenced to Life for Murder and Looting

Reviving Wartime Justice

Tuesday, 23 April ‘24

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Ukraine Justice: “Reporting the Story is Just the Start”

Ugandan Women Pay the Price of Exploitation

Harsh Victory at Position X

Behind the Wheel in a Macho City

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Interview: The War on Disinformation

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