Journalists are increasingly being targeted and killings are only the most dramatic expression of a gloomy outlook for media freedom
ON THE MEDIA | Dark week for journalism as four reporters killed around the world
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Issues and Analysis
ON AFGHANISTAN | Central Asia’s fears of rising militancy in Afghanistan as Moscow invades Ukraine
Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the three Central Asian states that border Afghanistan intended to defend their borders through security reinforcement and diplomacy, primarily relying on Russian initiatives.
ON THE MEDIA | Myanmar journalists face grave risks at every turn
Many journalists have gone into hiding or fled abroad with no legal or financial support and only pro-military publications can now work openly in the country.
ON MIGRATION | Utah Once Again Leads by Example on Immigrant Inclusion
As the politics of immigration ramp up, Utah is proving that bipartisan and public-private collaboration is still possible.
ON MIGRATION | A Cuban asylum seeker’s dangerous odyssey
Record numbers are attempting the treacherous continent-crossing route through the Darién Gap to the United States. Here’s one person’s story.
ON AFGHANITAN | Taliban order Afghan women to wear burqa in public
Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada imposed some of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan’s women since they seized power, ordering them to cover fully in public, ideally with the traditional burqa.
ON HAITI, ON THE MEDIA | Haiti: Covering a chaotic nation, with deadly consequences
“‘Haiti is a minefield,’ said Harold Isaac, a journalist based in Port-au-Prince who works for the Associated Press. ‘The minute you start reporting news, there are so many threats, because it casts light on people that don’t necessarily enjoy that.’”
ON AFGHANISTAN | Surge in Violence Against Civilians, Women in 2022
The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project Afghanistan (ACLED) reported that the rate of violence against women and civilians has surged in Afghanistan. The Islamic Emirate denied the report.
ON THE MEDIA | Online violence against women journalists
Online violence against female journalists has become a “silent epidemic.” A 2021 UNESCO global survey indicates that nearly three quarters of female journalists have experienced online harassment.
ON AFGHANISTAN | Locked out of classrooms, Afghan girls are taking drastic measures as country slides into civil war
When Heela came out tops in her 9th grade school grades last year, the 14-year-old girl ran home full of excitement, bursting to tell her family the happy news. … Now, almost eight months into the Taliban take-over, which dramatically changed education for girls, that day seems like a distant dream for Heela’s family. Last week, the young girl attempted to end her life by taking over 20 sleeping pills.
ON MIGRATION | Europe Sweeps Away More Refugees, Asylum Seekers – Part I: UK, Greece
Greek security forces are employing third country nationals … “to force [migrants] onto small boats, take them to the middle of the Evros River, and force them into the frigid water, making them wade to the riverbank on the Turkish side. None are apparently being properly registered in Greece or allowed to lodge asylum claims.”
ON AFGHANISTAN | Where taking the wheel is a protest
Some Afghan women are quietly pushing to keep professional and personal freedoms under Taliban rule.