Clearance and Discharge Documents: Instructions without Legal Basis Undermine Egyptian Workers’ Rights
Photo credit: Zainab Abu Sitta. Reporter: Farah Radi Al-Darawi. August 9, 2020 Egyptian Abu Alaa* (40s) was unable to obtain a new permit for his current work, after the original employer who had brought him [...]
Malicious Absconding Reports Deprive Egyptian Workers from Rights
Photo credit: Zainab Abu Sitta. Reporter: Zainab Al Faqeer July 27th, 2020 In February 2018, Egyptian worker Fuad* went to Jordan to seek a livelihood, and his brothers Alaa and Salim accompanied him on this [...]
Farmer and Consumer: Who Benefits from High Vegetable Prices?
Ammar Al Shuqairi Friday, June 12, 2020 During the early days of the curfew imposed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, retail and vegetable markets witnessed an increase in prices. Citizens complained about these prices through [...]
Threats to media freedom. Democracy under assault.
Maria Ressa for the Webinar "Growing threats to media freedom. Democracy under assault." By the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom, Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Watch the webinar with Maria Ressa, Filipino- American journalist and [...]
My Experience with JHR – Ahmed Bani Hani
July 9 Ahmed Bani Hani At the end of August 2019, my first human rights experience started after I submitted a proposal to cooperate with Journalists for Human Rights “JHR” and it was about the [...]
Irbid Health Centers Poor Service Harms Beneficiaries
July 9 - Ahmed Bani Hani Umm Muhammad visits the Ibn Sina Primary Health Center, in the city of Irbid, to prescribe the monthly treatment of her 60-year-old father, who suffers from heart disease, but [...]
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 [...]
A Vocational Training School inspired by JHR’s Approach to Training Gets Accredited!
Two and a half years after launching, a technical journalism training school led by JHR journalist Prince Murhula and inspired by JHR’s approach to vocational training gets accredited to grant degrees in journalism education in [...]
Nov 28 2020: Celebrate The Disruptors This Holiday Season
This week's highlights How YOUR support will make a real difference this #GivingTuesday Watch ‘Fighting Misinformation’: and check out the new JHR Truth Matters microsite Sign up to ‘Half the Story is Never Enough’ Webinar [...]
Nov 21 2020: Join Craig Silverman, Aphrodite Salas, Geoff Leo and Marcus Kolga to Discuss Fighting Disinformation on Covid-19 In Canada
This week's highlights November 27 - Tune in to JHR’s next webinar: Fighting Disinformation in Canada with Craig Silverman, Aphrodite Salas, Geoff Leo and Marcus Kolga November 20: This World Children’s Day, listen to this [...]
Nov 14 2020: “Since 2017, no journalist has died in the line of duty in South Sudan as a result of @jhrnews’ work.” Find out how YOU are helping to strengthen media in South Sudan
This week's highlights Find Out How YOU Are Helping to Strengthen Media in South Sudan Half the Story is Never Enough: JHR partners with CCUNESCO and World Press Freedom Canada to Spotlight Challenges Women Journalists [...]
Nov 7 2020: Half the Story is Never Enough: Challenges Facing Women Journalists Worldwide
This week's highlights Half the Story is Never Enough: JHR partners with CCUNESCO and World Press Freedom Canada to Spotlight Challenges Facing Women Journalists Worldwide Gender-based violence: A scourge to be eradicated in Mali Watch [...]
