Impact

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  • JHR-trained journalists shine at Kenya’s 2025 Community Media Awards

    By Mercy Njoroge (Media Trainer, JHR-Kenya) & Benard Ogoi (Project Coordinator, JHR-Kenya) JHR-Kenya is proud to celebrate the achievements of eight of its trained journalists who received multiple awards at the recently concluded Community Media Awards 2025. The awards, organized by the Association of Grassroots Journalists Kenya (AGJK), marked the culmination of a five-day conference

  • JHR-supported documentary screened at Italian Senate

    Yesterday, inside the Italian Senate, lawmakers watched a film the Kremlin never wanted them to see. Prisoners: System of Terror, a documentary by independent Russian media outlet Activatica, exposes a vast and secret Russian prison network holding tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians without charge. Ordinary people disappeared into detention centres, stripped of legal rights

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    JHR launches special support program for recently released Belarusian political prisoner journalists

    On December 13, Belarus released 123 political prisoners. The political prisoners range from civil society activists to journalists,  who were arrested and incarcerated for their opposition to Lukashenko’s authoritarian regime. Released prisoners include Belarusian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava and Viktar Babaryka, Lukashenko’s would-be challenger

  • South Sudan editors take stand for women journalists’ safety with adoption of gender policy

    The National Editors’ Forum (NEF), with support from Journalists for Human Rights (JHR), has taken a historic step to advance gender equality and safety in South Sudan’s media sector by formally adopting the 2021 Gender Policy developed by the Female Journalists Network (FJN). Announcing the decision, NEF Secretary Moris Mogga said, “The National Editors’ Forum

  • Tackling misinformation and hate speech: A campaign for peace in South Sudan

    Behind the scenes of the campaign shoot with the Advance Youth Radio team South Sudan is facing rising political tensions following the prosecution of former First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar, who is currently on trial in the capital city Juba for war crimes. The charges relate to a militia attack in March 2025, reportedly

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    WORK OPPORTUNITY: Project Coordinator, Gaziantep

    Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is looking for a Project Coordinator for its new project “Amplifying Voices of Women and Girls”. This position is based in Gaziantep, Turkey. The successful candidate will report to the Project Regional Manager to coordinate the implementation of the project activities on capacity building, networking and knowledge mobilization in addition