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  • JHR and Lisa LaFlamme return to Greenland Girls School as it transforms more lives

    By Mercy Njoroge On February 23, 2025, the JHR Canada and Kenya teams visited Greenland Girls School in Kajiado County, ahead of the African Media Festival. The visit was part of a follow-up interview for the JHR podcast with the school’s founders, conducted by JHR Ambassador and podcast host Lisa LaFlamme. Lisa first visited the

  • JHR-trained journalists win top prizes in Mali for stories on women’s rights and inclusion

    Three JHR-trained journalists in Mali have won all three prizes in the Print Media category at the 2nd edition of the Media Inclusion Awards, recognizing their commitment to inclusive and credible journalism. Organized by the Haute Autorité de la Communication (HAC) with support from Search for Common Ground Mali, the competition honored 12 journalists as

  • JHR holiday campaign giveaway: Win a rare piece of history when you donate before year-end

    Journalists for Human Rights is thrilled to offer a unique opportunity to our supporters this holiday season: two limited-edition photographs of Andrei Sakharov and Mikhail Gorbachev, taken by renowned photographer Yuri Rost. These rare pieces of history were generously donated to JHR by Russian journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov during his visit

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    Introducing the 2024 cohort of the BIPOC Youth Journalism Fellowship

    JHR is thrilled to recognize the 2024 cohort of fellows in the BIPOC Youth Journalism Training Fellowship Program, funded by the Government of Canada and the RBC Foundation in support of RBC Future Launch. The initiative focuses on addressing the lack of diversity in the Canadian media landscape through paid work placements and training opportunities.

  • New program Growing Indigenous Storytellers Fellowship featured on CBC North Radio 1

    On October 15, the Growing Indigenous Storytellers Fellowship (GISF) – JHR’s newly launched program in partnership with the Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA) and APTN News, funded by the Google News Initiative – was featured on CBC North Radio 1.  On the morning show Qulliq with Teresa Qiatsuq, our partner Francine Compton (Associate Director at IJA)

  • JHR and Robina Aryubwal honoured with PEN Canada’s Marie-Ange Garrigue Award

    On October 16, Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) and our colleague Robina Aryubwal were awarded PEN Canada’s prestigious Marie-Ange Garrigue Award. This recognition celebrates our work to relocate and resettle over 500 at-risk Afghan journalists and their families following the Taliban’s return to power. When the crisis unfolded, JHR mobilized to evacuate hundreds of families,