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Physical violence
On April 8, a team of journalists from Serenje Radio was violently attacked while reporting on a standoff between supporters of rival political parties UPND and the Socialist Party. Sheila Kalunga, Male Kapema, and Enoch Champo were covering a protest at a police station when approximately 20 UPND supporters attacked…
8 Apr 2023 · Zambia · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +2
Security forces abduct Genet Asmamaw “Why am I being arrested for being a journalist?” you can hear Genet Asmamaw shouting on an audio recording of her unlawful arrest on April 6, 2023. Asmamaw managed to call her family while police dragged her from the office of Yeneta Media. "Don't beat me. Why are you hitting me…
6 Apr 2023 · Ethiopia · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +1
Attacks by unknown assailants against at least 28 journalists prevented them from carrying out their duties during Nigeria’s presidential elections. Bolanle Olabimtan, Ajayi Adebola, Ima Elijah, Henrietta Oke and Nkiru Nwokedi were among the assaulted journalists. The Coalition For Women In Journalism condemns vicious…
29 Mar 2023 · Nigeria · Verified
Physical violenceHarassment and surveillance
https://nairobinews.nation.africa/sheila-kwamboka-how-i-was-sexually-harassed-by-a-female-boss/ Sheila Kwamboka popularly known as Kwambox opened her sexual harassment ordeal by her boss. “This was about four years ago, I had skipped work that day because this was a job I had been looking for. I got there and sat at …
28 Mar 2023 · Kenya · Verified
Physical violenceDenial of access
Ima Elijah, Journalist of Pulse Nigeria covering the ongoing governorship and state house of assembly elections in Ikeja areas of Lagos state were harassed by thugs. Upon arriving at the polling unit, she alongside Pulse media team were harassed by a group of thugs who insisted that the voting process in the area sho…
18 Mar 2023 · Nigeria · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +2
https://cpj.org/2023/03/zambian-police-briefly-detain-2-millennium-tv-journalists-covering-protest/
10 Mar 2023 · Zambia · Verified
Intimidation and threats
https://www.womeninjournalism.org/threats-all/nigeria-cfwij-condemns-attacks-on-journalists-bolanle-olabimtan-and-ajayi-adebola-during-presidential-elections?format=amp
8 Mar 2023 · Nigeria · Verified
Harassment and surveillance
https://institute.aljazeera.net/en/ajr/article/2124
8 Mar 2023 · Sudan · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +2
A small group of Ennahda supporters, no more than 30 people, were surrounded by a large number of security forces in cars and security men dressed in civilian clothes, as well as a drone filming the event,” she added. “They began beating the event participants, so I went live on Facebook to document it. However, one o…
7 Mar 2023 · Tunisia · Verified
Arrest and Detention
Malawi Police Service detained Malawian female journalist Dorica Mtenje, who works for Maravi Post. The police confiscated Mtenje’s phones and filed charges against her for defamation, cyber-related offences, and offensive communication over a story she had not even written or published. According to Mtenje, a senior…
9 Feb 2023 · Verified
Physical violence
Ms Anita was physically assaulted by her manager Nelson Twinamatsiko after she demanded her commission for an advert she brought to the radio station. According to her statement , she was entitled to receive standard rate as commission from an advert she brought the company and upon inquiring about it, Mr. Nelson sl…
26 Jan 2023 · Tanzania · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats
At around 6 p.m. on September 20, two unidentified men whose faces were concealed by surgical masks broke into the Pinto home in Luanda, the capital, according to a statement by Radio Despertar, media reports, and the journalist and his wife, who both spoke to CPJ via messaging app. Claudio Pinto, who hosts the curren…
20 Sep 2022 · Angola · Verified
Intimidation and threatsCensorship and legal action +1
Florianne Irangabiye, a female journalist and co-founder of Radio Igicaniro, faced severe harassment, including alleged sexual assault, following her arrest in August 2022 by intelligence personnel in Bujumbura, Burundi. Irangabiye,who was popular for hosting political debates critical of the Burundian government, was…
30 Aug 2022 · Burundi · Verified
Intimidation and threats
During the 2022 general elections in Kenya, former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa harassed a female journalist at the Mumias Township polling station. The journalist was reportedly attacked after taking photos of youths allegedly sharing money at the polling station. Echesa confronted her, pushed her around, a…
9 Aug 2022 · Kenya · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats
Isabel Makitoko, a journalist with a private news media company TV Maiombe was harassed by a supporter of the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) on July 1. The attacker lunged at her to try to stop her from filming in the area and attempted to slap her. The account was narrated by Antonio Sapalo, a …
29 Jul 2022 · Angola · Verified
Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillance +1
August 2021, while being a reporter at a local community media station, which I had just joined, was when I experienced harassment from the Managing Editor,” Joy recalls the torrent of harassment directed to her. According to her, the managing editor would call her on phone imposing flirtatious conversations, request…
9 Jun 2022 · Kenya · Verified
Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillance +2
Twenty-year-old Shukri Mohamed Abdi was born at the peak of the civil war in the south-West city of Baidoa, and recalls a childhood marked by frequent moves to escape violence. She first trained to be a nurse but, seeing first-hand the effects of war on ordinary people, she decided to become a journalist. When she di…
1 Jun 2022 · Somalia · Verified
Physical violenceHarassment and surveillance +1
Cameroonian authorities must identify and hold to account the policeman who assaulted journalist Eyong Macdella Bessong while she was covering a May 18 football match in Buea, the capital of the Southwest Region, and should hold accountable the stadium official who manhandled her and asked police to remove her from th…
26 May 2022 · Cameroon · Verified
Harassment and surveillanceArrest and Detention
According to reports, a prominent female journalist in Benin who has faced harassment is Flore Nobime; she has been documented as being detained and accused of espionage alongside a Dutch journalist while attempting to interview locals affected by extremist activity in northern Benin
18 May 2022 · Benin · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +1
Ethiopian journalist Meron Hailu faced harassment during her coverage of the national elections. She experienced intimidation from both political actors and citizens, who accused her of bias. Such hostility is common for female journalists covering politically sensitive events, forcing many to self-censor or avoid the…
3 May 2022 · Ethiopia · Verified
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