Published reports

234 reports

Search Type All Physical violenceIntimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillanceCensorship and legal actionDigital threatsOnline disinformation and propagandaEconomic pressureDenial of accessArrest and DetentionOnline Violence Country All AlgeriaAngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCameroonChadCongoCôte d'IvoireDem. Rep. CongoEgyptEritreaEthiopiaGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLiberiaLibyaMadagascarMalawiMaliMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRwandaS. SudanSenegalSierra LeoneSingaporeSomaliaSouth AfricaSudanTanzaniaTogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabweeSwatini

Filter

• Journalists attacked during BDP primary elections in Botswana

  30 Jul 2024 · Botswana · Verified

  At least four journalists were attacked on 21 July 2024, and media workers’ equipment was destroyed during the internal elections of the governing Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). The elections, held in Ramotswa ahead of the country’s el…

  Physical violence

• Journalist Fired Over Her TikTok Post

  26 Jul 2024 · Sierra Leone · Verified

  In the TikTok, was an episode depicting a young woman being 'shouted down' by ruling party supporters, before and after asking the President her question during the 23rd July, 2024 Town Hall Meeting with the country's President.

  Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillanceDigital threats

• 'Men switch off radios upon hearing a female voice'; the plight of a Somali female journalist

  24 Jul 2024 · Kenya · Verified

  https://nation.africa/kenya/news/gender/-men-switch-off-radios-upon-hearing-a-female-voice-the-plight-of-a-somali-female-journalist-4683742 Yasin Mohamed’s family was opposed to her career as a journalist and preferred her taking ‘feminin…

  Intimidation and threatsDigital threats

• Kenyan female journalist harassed in Gen Z protests

  24 Jul 2024 · Kenya · Verified

  Kenyan journalist Hanifa Adan faced harassment and attempts to censor her when she covered deadly protests and started fundraising for people injured during the unrest that have left more than 50 people dead in her country. Budget proposa…

  Intimidation and threats

• Botswana: Journalist Manhandled by Political Party Supporters; WPF Demands Respect for Press Covering Political Events

  21 Jul 2024 · Botswana · Verified

  Violence unfolded when journalists were covering the internal party polls of ruling party Women Press Freedom is alarmed by the violent attack on journalists, including a woman journalist, during the internal elections of the ruling Botswa…

  Physical violenceDigital threats

• Vision Media Group Journalist Beaten When Covering FDC Press Conference

  20 Jul 2024 · Uganda · Verified

  Nowamani Ainembabazi , a journalist at Vision Media Group was beaten up by unknown thugs while on duty covering a press conference at Forum for Democratic Change party headquarters in Najjanankumbi.The president of Uganda Journalists Assoc…

  Physical violence

• Media personalities’ contacts shared on social media in an attempt to incite Kenyans to harass them over media coverage of Gen – Z protests

  18 Jul 2024 · Kenya · Verified

  Yvonne Okwara and Mashirima Kapombe were among journalists’ contacts shared online to to provoke public attack against them over the coverage of the protests organized by young people in the country. The media in Kenya faced condemnation …

  Intimidation and threats

• NBS TV's Victoria Bagaya Among Journalists Injured While Covering NEMA'S Evictions

  17 Jul 2024 · Uganda · Verified

  Four journalists in Uganda, including NBS TV's Victoria Bagaya, sustained injuries during protests that emerged against National Environmental Authority (NEMA) evictions in Kasokoso village, Kira Municipality- Uganda. The journalists were …

  Physical violenceArrest and Detention

• Nakuru journalist shot while covering GENZ protests

  16 Jul 2024 · Kenya · Verified

  In a show of excessive force from the policemen ,Kameme FM journalist based in Nakuru, Kenya Ms. Wanjeri Kariuki was left nursing three gunshot wounds after police fired directly at her during coverage of the ongoing protests by Kenyan you…

  Physical violenceIntimidation and threats

• WoJAG Condemns Attacks On Female Journalists

  12 Jul 2024 · Gambia · Verified

  The Woman Journalists Association of The Gambia (WoJAG) has issued a press release for their dismay over attacks meted out to members of female journalists of the Gambia earlier this week. The attacks on these two female journalists includ…

  Physical violenceIntimidation and threatsDigital threats

• Harassment of somali frmale journalists

  1 Jul 2024 · Verified

  Women Press Freedom unequivocally stands with Najma Hussein, Ramla Abubakar, and Yasmin Mohamed, and other Somali women journalists in Kenya who face deeply entrenched cultural and gender-based challenges. Cultural norms and societal expec…

  Harassment and surveillance

• Kenya: NTV Cameraperson Maureen Mureithi Hit by Police Water Cannon Protest

  18 Jun 2024 · Kenya · Verified

  On June 18, 2024, Maureen Mureithi, a cameraperson for NTV, was injured while covering protests in Nairobi. The protests, organized under the banner 'Occupy Parliament' against the Finance Bill 2024, escalated into a confrontation with law…

  Physical violence

• DRC: Yvonne Kapinga Threatened During Reporting on School Wall Collapse

  17 Jun 2024 · Dem. Rep. Congo · Verified

  On June 17, 2024, Yvonne Kapinga, a correspondent for ACTUALITE.CD based in Goma, was threatened while covering the aftermath of a school wall collapse in Goma's Mapendo district. Kapinga was approached by three individuals posing as agent…

  Intimidation and threats

• Journalist Tatiana Osango assaulted after interview criticizing DRC president

  5 Jun 2024 · Dem. Rep. Congo · Verified

  Seven men used glass bottles to hit Osango, a reporter who presents a political program on the privately owned YouTube-based news channel Réaco News, on her mouth and leg at a restaurant in the capital, Kinshasa, according to multiple news…

  Physical violence

• Journalist Sheila Wilson violently detained

  4 Jun 2024 · Mozambique · Verified

  Sheila Wilson, a journalist and activist working with the Maputo-based Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, said that on June 4, police arrested her while reporting live from a protest of former secret service agents over alleged nonpaym…

  Physical violenceArrest and Detention

• Amanda Khoza, physically harassed during an uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party political rally on May 18, 2024.

  18 May 2024 · South Africa · Verified

  Men dressed in military fatigues and forming a protective cordon around MK leader Jacob Zuma took aggressive action against a group of journalists among them Amanda Khoza trying to photograph and film Zuma’s arrival at the rally in Soweto,…

  Physical violence

• Two Female Masaka Journalists File Assault, Damage Claims Against Bobi Wine Bodyguards

  18 May 2024 · Uganda · Verified

  On Saturday, 18th May , 2024, two female journalists in the greater Masaka sub-region filed complaints with the police accusing the bodyguards of National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine) of assault a…

  Physical violence

• South Africa: Women Press Freedom Demands Justice for Assaulted Journalist at Political Rally Footage shows journalist pushed, kicked, and abused

  18 May 2024 · South Africa · Verified

  eNCA correspondent Ayesha Ismail and her cameraman were harassed while covering an anti-racism protest in Cape Town. The threats and violence forced them to flee the scene, demonstrating the physical dangers women journalists endure while …

  Physical violenceHarassment and surveillanceArrest and Detention

• WPF Demands Accountability for Bobi Wine’s Bodyguards Assaulting and Harassing 3 Women Journalists in Uganda

  18 May 2024 · Uganda · Verified

  Women Press Freedom condemns the violent attacks by security forces against journalists covering the funeral of opposition leader Bobi Wine. Margaret Kayondo was punched repeatedly and had her phone stolen. Zainab Namusaazi was hit on the …

  Physical violence

• Ugandan journalist Juliet Kyarisiima beaten and robbed while covering land dispute

  14 May 2024 · Uganda · Verified

  Kampala, Uganda, May 14, 2024—Ugandan authorities must credibly investigate an assault on broadcast journalist Juliet Kyarisiima, hold the perpetrators to account, and ensure that journalists covering public events do not face violence, th…

  Physical violenceIntimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillanceCensorship and legal actionDigital threatsOnline disinformation and propagandaEconomic pressureDenial of accessArrest and Detention