South Sudanese Journalists Report on Covid-19
Siyabulela Mandela, Team Leader South Sudan, provides journalists with PPE South Sudanese journalists have produced many Covid-19 related stories, providing the population with accurate information, through radio, and in print. A number of [...]
On World Press Freedom Day, Governments Need To Ensure Journalists Can Do Their Work Safely
Rachel Pulfer, JHR Executive Director on CTV News. The first wave of covid-19 infections has peaked in industrial nations in Asia, Europe and North America. Now, the virus is starting its deadly sweep through Africa [...]
Pharmacists Facing Coronavirus… Selling Masks, But Cannot Secure Them for Themselves
Pharmacists Facing Coronavirus... Selling Masks, But Cannot Secure Them for Themselves Shifa Qudah Lujain, a pharmacist, heads to self isolation in her room once she is home in an attempt to avoid mingling [...]
In the Face of Unemployment … Jordanians Slide into Poverty due to Coronavirus
In the Face of Unemployment ... Jordanians Slide into Poverty due to Coronavirus Ohoud Mohsen * Adel, a Jordanian in his forties, awaits the press briefing of the Minister of State for Media Affairs, [...]
How Are Medical Personnel Challenging The Coronavirus Crisis? Doctors Tell Their Own Stories
How Are Medical Personnel Challenging The Coronavirus Crisis? Doctors Tell Their Own Stories "White Lab Coats" in the face of the pandemic... psychological and social repercussions imposed by Coronavirus Shifa Al Qudah * Amman [...]
How do Irbid Isolated Villages Live in the Time of Coronavirus?
How do Irbid Isolated Villages Live in the Time of Coronavirus? Ahmed Bani Hani Irbid - On March 26, the government announced a number of additional precautions to stop the outbreak of the Coronavirus [...]
Grassy Narrows community newsroom holds politicians to account
By Elizabeth McSheffrey On Monday, a team of local reporters in Grassy Narrows published four news stories within two hours, using shared laptops in a classroom with intermittent Internet access. I phrase it this way [...]
JHR’s Indigenous Reporters Program wins Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2018 Toronto – Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is proud to receive a 2017 Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation. The Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards, administered [...]
Media entrepreneurs amplify voices in South Africa
The first cohort of JAMLab teams smile after presenting their ideas at "Demo Day'. Teams are joined by Lab Director Indra de Lanerolle and JHR's Rachel Pulfer and Hannah Clifford (back row, far left). [...]
Business women in Juba call for support
By Anna Nimiriano Nunu Cecilia is sitting in the dirt on the ground, trying to sell maize at Konyo-Konyo market. The sun is hot, and a small borrowed umbrella gives her shade. She can’t afford [...]
JHR South Sudan holds several SPLA soldiers accountable for rape
JHR-trained journalists Kidega Livingstone and Maura Ajak hold South Sudanese People’s Liberation Army soldiers accountable for rape as a weapon of war – and get justice for women in South Sudan. Kidega Livingstone of the [...]
Creating a Community News Site And Radio In Eabametoong
In Eabametoong First Nation, youth Justin Morris uses skills acquired through JHR trainer Leigh Nunan’s mentorship to get hired as a local community reporter. Leigh Nunan is a journalism trainer in Eabametoong First Nation for [...]
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