Afghanistan: Taliban free detained journalists held in Kabul while working for UNHCR
Afghans working with the journalists have also been released. The Taliban has imposed strict measures on media and free expression since taking power last August.
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Mexico saves more than 120 media personnel from Afghanistan
The Mexican government has welcomed 124 media workers and their family members from Afghanistan, as people continue to flee the country after the Taliban takeover.
German media urge 'emergency' visas for Afghan journalists
DW and other major German news outlets have made an urgent appeal to Chancellor Angela Merkel to quickly evacuate Afghan journalists who put their lives at risk to report from the conflict zone.
Dutch journalist could face charges in Greece for housing asylum seeker
Journalist Ingeborg Beugel was arrested on the small Greek island of Hydra earlier this month for sheltering a young Afghan man. If charged and convicted, she could face up to a year in prison. She says the accusations against her are unjustified, and that the young man she housed should be considered a refugee, not an illegal migrant.
Syrian reporters start Spain's first refugee-led news site
Baynana, Spain's self-proclaimed first refugee-run media outlet, focuses on "the good face of migrants in Spain". The new online news magazine was founded by four Syrian journalists who fled to Spain in 2019.
Two Italian photojournalists detained in France
Two Italian photojournalists were detained in the night between April 5 and 6 by French Gendarmerie officials while reporting a story on a group of migrants who were trying to reach France from Claviere, near Turin. French authorities accused the pair of being migrant smugglers.
Italy: Wiretapped journalists, justice minister orders assessment
A complaint filed by an Italian daily has set off controversy. It said several journalists who worked on migration issues ranging from Libya to NGO activities were illegally wiretapped by the Trapani prosecutor's office starting in 2016. Italian Justice Minister Marta Cartabia has ordered an assessment.
Maher's story: Stuck in a German bureaucratic maze
Maher is a journalist. He and his family are originally from Iraq. Maher has waited nearly 16 months for his asylum case to be decided. With no permission to work and no access to education for his four daughters, he is currently on hunger strike in a reception center in Germany. He hopes that this will speed up a transfer and a decision.
Report: Attention to migration in Italian media drops in 2020
There has been a reduction in news and headlines on migration in the Italian media in 2020, while on a lexical level the derogatory and legally incorrect term "illegal" has made a return. That's according to the 8th annual report on media and migration in Italy, "News in Transit", by the Carta Association of Rome.
Navigating worlds: Isabel Schayani's journey in diversity
From Teheran to Cologne to New York and back: Isabel Schayani's career inspires many young journalists in Germany. Many consider her a role model --especially those who also have a diverse background.
Syrian filmmaker Waad Al Kateab: 'I don't want your tears. I want action'
Waad Al Kateab is an award winning filmmaker. In her documentary 'For Sama', she explains to her daughter why she and her husband Hamza decided to stay in Eastern Aleppo even after the siege. Now Al Kateab is using the film's momentum to raise awareness of the current situation in Syria.
Sajid Baloch: Fears grow for Pakistani journalist missing in Sweden
Activists and journalists worldwide have criticized the Swedish government for its failure to find Sajid Baloch. The exiled journalist, who reported on Pakistan's human rights violations, had sought asylum in Sweden.