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Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillance +1
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.
26 Jul 2024 · Sierra Leone · Verified
Intimidation and threatsDigital threats
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 ‘feminine’ jobs like nursing. She ignored them and proceeded to take a course in journal…
24 Jul 2024 · Kenya · Verified
Intimidation and threats
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 proposals that would have resulted in the prices of basic essentials such as eggs, cook…
24 Jul 2024 · Kenya · Verified
Physical violenceDigital threats
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 Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in Ramotswa. The aggression against at least four jour…
21 Jul 2024 · Botswana · Verified
Physical violence
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 Association condemned the attacks and called for speedy investigations into the incid…
20 Jul 2024 · Uganda · Verified
Intimidation and threats
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 over the coverage of the recent Gen-Z protests in the country. The source of the…
18 Jul 2024 · Kenya · Verified
Physical violenceArrest and Detention
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 struck by teargas canisters as police dispersed a meeting organized by local lea…
17 Jul 2024 · Uganda · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats
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 youth .
16 Jul 2024 · Kenya · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +1
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 included physical, verbal, and cyberbullying attacks. Below is the press release iss…
12 Jul 2024 · Gambia · Verified
Harassment and surveillance
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 expectations often hinder their ability to perform their jobs effectively. The harmfu…
1 Jul 2024 · Verified
Physical violence
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 enforcement. Mureithi was struck by a police water cannon along Cardinal Otunda…
18 Jun 2024 · Kenya · Verified
Intimidation and threats
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 agents of the General Directorate of Migration (DGM), who demanded that she delete al…
17 Jun 2024 · Dem. Rep. Congo · Verified
Physical violence
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 reports and the journalist who spoke to CPJ. Osango told CPJ that the men said…
5 Jun 2024 · Dem. Rep. Congo · Verified
Physical violenceArrest and Detention
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 nonpayment of pensions. She said the officers grabbed her, threw her under the seat of …
4 Jun 2024 · Mozambique · Verified
Physical violence
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, southwest of the city of Johannesburg, according to a statement by the South Af…
18 May 2024 · South Africa · Verified
Physical violence
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 and equipment damage while they were covering an event in Lwengo district. Zainab…
18 May 2024 · Uganda · Verified
Physical violenceHarassment and surveillance +1
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 reporting on contentious issues
18 May 2024 · South Africa · Verified
Physical violence
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 knee, and her camera was broken. Security forces also attempted to confiscate Ge…
18 May 2024 · Uganda · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +7
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, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. On the evening of May 12, in U…
14 May 2024 · Uganda · Verified
Physical violence
A woman Journalist, was assaulted at an election rally organized by former President Jacob Zuma's new political party in May 2024. Men in military fatigues attacked reporters, signal of violence against the press during politically charged events.
13 May 2024 · South Africa · Verified
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