News

Our 2019 Annual Report has been designed in the style of our new branding which will be launched soon. The report includes words from across our team, case studies, interviews, stats and infographics, reflections and learnings. We discuss the general global climate for media freedom as well as specific issues and cases we’ve worked on in regions from Eastern Europe to Eastern Africa.

Journalists are key to protecting and overseeing the scarce resources used to address the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America as they hold the authorities to account. Their duty is not easy, as journalists covering sensitive issues like corruption are constantly facing threats, harassment and violence.

In many respects, Elena Popa is a typical Romanian domestic carer working in Austria. She’s a caregiver of an 87-year-old grandmother, a mother of three, and a former cook. Yet to tens of thousands of domestic carers across Austria and Germany, she is also a symbol of justice.

A raíz del temor por el contagio de COVID-19 en las estrechas y antihigiénicas prisiones, ha habido llamados urgentes para la liberación inmediata de periodistas en detención. No obstante, los periodistas siguen siendo detenidos y arrestados de forma arbitraria a causa de su trabajo.