Impact

Tag: press freedom

  • Journalists for Human Rights blog post

    Syrians share hopes for a free press in their homeland’s future

    Following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria on December 8, 2024, JHR’s team in Gaziantep conducted street interviews with Syrians, asking about their expectations for the media in a dictator-free Syria. They called for a press that reports the truth, reflects the people’s real experiences, and fosters mutual respect among Syria’s diverse communities.

  • MALI: Missing journalists remembered at World Press Freedom Day conference

      To mark World Press Freedom Day, JHR partner Maison de la Presse du Mali held a conference on the state of press freedom during the ongoing transition period in Mali. The event was chaired by the High Authority for Communication (HAC) and the Ministry of Communication and was attended by journalists, schools of journalism,

  • 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 founder of Rappler, Irwin Cotler, former Canadian justice minister and chair of Montreal’s Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, and