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Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +7
Nigerian journalist Tobore Ovuorie shared her experiences of being harassed, including abduction threats and psychological trauma. She revealed the horrifying reality of being targeted for exposing sensitive issues like human trafficking. Such incidents often lead to depression, PTSD, and social stigma, making their w…
3 Mar 2022 · Nigeria · Verified
Physical violence
Nomthantazo Maseko, a reporter for privately-owned outlet Swati Newsweek was physically assaulted by about 20 prison officials while covering a pro-democracy outside a prison in Matsapha town, located near the capital Mbabane. Correctional services officers pulled her out of her car, viciously beat her and threatened …
9 Feb 2022 · eSwatini · Verified
Intimidation and threatsDigital threats
Broadcast journalist and radio station manager Asmaa Kamara James, was 'showered' with a two-minute-long invective by rapper Alhaji Amadu Bah, in a Facebook live video. Best known by his stage name LAJ, the rapper claimed the journalist had laughed at him the previous day, but then attempted to get a story about him t…
11 Dec 2021 · Sierra Leone · Verified
Physical violence
Fatou Diop was physically assaulted in the Senegalese capital Dakar by police officers while covering a demonstration by the Collective for the Release of Political Prisoners (Collectif pour la libération des prisonniers politiques – COLIDEP) on November 5, 2022. The group was holding a series of demonstrations for th…
5 Nov 2021 · Senegal · Verified
Arrest and Detention
Yvonne Idamange, a 42-year-old YouTube commentator and a survivor of the 1994 genocide, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday, September 30, 2021. She was accused of inciting violence after she posted critical videos on the performance of President Paul Kagame on her YouTube channel. Yvonne was arrested on F…
30 Sep 2021 · Rwanda · Verified
Physical violenceHarassment and surveillance +1
Liberian authorities should investigate the threats received by journalist Aryee Davis and ensure that she can work safely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. In mid-June, a Facebook user named “Gedeh Eagleeyes” sent multiple threatening messages to Davis, founder of the Facebook-based news outlet Grain…
1 Jul 2021 · Liberia · Verified
Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillance +2
The trolling started after Reem Abdellatif, a prominent Egyptian-American journalist now based in The Netherlands, published her first column in December for the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz. Titled “How I escaped Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom that terrorizes women,” it described the challenges she faced as a female jo…
21 Mar 2021 · Egypt · Verified
Physical violence
In Busia, Uganda, a female journalist was assaulted by officers of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) while covering events at a taxi park. This attack is part of a broader pattern of state actors targeting journalists, with women often facing compounded risks due to their gender.
10 Feb 2021 · Uganda · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats
Armed intruders physically attacked and threatened an Ethiopian freelance journalist in her Addis Ababa home with the clear aim of intimidating her in connection with her reporting. “Next time we’ll hit you harder," Lucy Kassa was told by the three armed men in civilian clothes who forced their way into her home on 8 …
8 Feb 2021 · Ethiopia · Verified
Physical violenceHarassment and surveillance
Dozens of Liberian journalists gathered outside a courthouse near the capital Monrovia on January 21, 2021 to support a female colleague who was allegedly assaulted on a politician's orders. Investigative journalist Bettie Mbayo told AFP that Marvin Cole, an elected representative in the West African nation, had orde…
21 Jan 2021 · Liberia · Verified
Online disinformation and propaganda
Serwaa Amihere remained one of the most abused journalists in Ghana.Three months after she announced that she had developed a tougher skin for cyberbullying; she tweeted in a now-deleted post last December: “I’m done,” followed by another post, “If I ever come back to life I’ll never do this job.” This was in response…
13 Jan 2021 · Ghana · Verified
Physical violenceHarassment and surveillance
Esther Kirabo has been involved in reporting on protests and police harassment in Uganda, particularly during periods of political unrest. One notable incident occurred during Uganda's general elections in January 2021, when security forces harassed journalists and shut down media outlets. Kirabo’s coverage of such ev…
7 Jan 2021 · Uganda · Verified
Physical violence
On November 18, Journalist Abeer was stabbed and her car crushed by the owners of a criminal Facebook page that blackmails minors. The journalist was hospitalized, needing 18 stitches in her leg. This assault followed another attack on the journalist the day before, where she was beaten by the same group. This is the …
20 Nov 2020 · Algeria · Verified
Digital threatsOnline disinformation and propaganda
A medical examination reportedly concluded that Benrabah was suffering from internal bleeding due to high blood pressure An Algerian journalist was hospitalised at the weekend after receiving numerous online threats over her work. Abir Benrabah was transferred to intensive care on Sunday after feeling unwell. Her il…
11 Nov 2020 · Algeria · Verified
Physical violenceHarassment and surveillance +1
On February 13, police arrested Methuselah Gaye, a journalist with the privately owned Fabric Radio broadcaster, at his home in Yarpah Town, in south-central Liberia’s Rivercess County, and detained him for 12 hours, the journalist told CPJ in a phone interview. Police detained him for about five hours in Yarpah Town…
18 Mar 2020 · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +4
Prolific gendered disinformation, homophobic abuse, racist hate speech, and threats of extreme sexual violence characterise the online violence experienced by veteran South African journalists Ferial Haffajee, Pauli van Wyk, and Rebecca Davis, also Rebecca Davis, a prominent journalist, has expressed concerns about t…
6 Mar 2020 · South Africa · Verified
Harassment and surveillanceOnline disinformation and propaganda
Laura Otieno, who is currently a reporter at Citizen TV, equally faced online harassment from a source who had insisted on having his story published yet it did not meet the editorial threshold. Laura decided to take a break from social media and when she decided to rejoin, she was still being trolled. “I decided thi…
1 Feb 2020 · Kenya · Verified
Physical violenceArrest and Detention
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is shocked to learn that a woman reporter was badly beaten by police and detained for several hours when she covered a protest in a provincial town in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The police officers responsible must be immediately identified and punished, RSF says. Bondeko commun…
20 Jan 2020 · Dem. Rep. Congo · Verified
Harassment and surveillanceDenial of access +1
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its call for the release of Solafa Magdy, a detained Egyptian journalist who is being subjected to psychological pressure during interrogation and repeatedly harassed by prison staff, and whose health has worsened significantly. She needs urgent medical treatment that is unav…
26 Nov 2019 · Egypt · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats
Esther Marie Samura and Frances Bernard Bundoh were on the presidential stand at the national stadium, covering the FIFA return leg of the qualifying match for the 2023 World Cup, when presidential guards threatened and brutally beat them. Both journalists sustained injuries; one was hospitalised over a fortnight wit…
8 Sep 2019 · Sierra Leone · Verified
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