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  1. Israeli strike that killed journalist in Lebanon was war crime, say rights groups
    By William Christou

    Investigation by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty and Legal Agenda shows Israel deliberately attacked Amal Khalil and colleague Zeinab Faraj knowing they were civilians

    theguardian.com/world/2026/aug

    #Israel #Warcrimes #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #Lebanon #Journalistsafety #Law #Media #Humanrights #AmnestyInternational #TheGuardian #WilliamChristou

  2. A third of UK journalists have changed how or what they report over fears for safety, study finds
    By Michael Savage Media editor

    Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’

    theguardian.com/media/2026/jul

    #Journalistsafety #Media #UKnews #Pressfreedom #Newspapersmagazines #TheGuardian #MichaelSavageMediaeditor

  3. ‘Give us his body to bury’: a mother’s six-year fight for justice for son killed in Nigeria’s anti-police protests
    By Pelumi Salako in Lagos

    Pelumi Onifade, a young journalist, was allegedly shot while covering the #EndSars demonstrations in 2020. His body has never been released and no one has been held responsible

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #Nigeria #Journalistsafety #Africa #Humanrights #TheGuardian #PelumiSalakoinLagos

  4. Media freedom is ‘under sustained attack’ across the EU as public trust drops, a report finds.

    Journalists in the EU face increasing levels of harassment, threats and violence, while news outlets are owned by a shrinking number of proprietors, and public trust in the media has plummeted, a report by the Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) has found.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260428

    #JournalistSafety #PressFreedom #Media #InvestigativeJournalism #CivilLiberties #EU #Europe

  5. #violence against reporters!
    by Eric Berger, the Guardian

    “The US #press have suffered about as many #assaults this year as in the previous three years combined, the Freedom of the Press Foundation states in a new report.”

    “When the president models ridicule and #delegitimization it signals to [his] supporters that journalists are fair #targets,” said Lars Willnat, a Syracuse University professor who has studied the impact of political #polarization on perceptions of #journalists. “That shift matters because violence becomes easier to justify once journalists are seen as political #combatants rather than neutral observers.”
    #Journalistsafety