Beatings, protests, and arrests in Iran

An Iranian newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, whose death in morality police custody triggered mass protests. (West Asia News Agency via Reuters/Majid Asgaripour)

Iranian protesters have adopted new tactics to avoid arrest as they continue to demonstrate over the death in morality-police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in dozens of cities, sources inside the county tell CPJ’s Yeganeh Rezaian. Many now stay in their cars rather than taking to the streets on foot and protests are taking place at night when protesters can better obscure their identities.

Meanwhile, the government crackdown has continued, with dozens dying in clashes between security forces and protesters and at least 32 journalists arrested as of October 3. Authorities have also disrupted internet service to limit coverage of the protests.

CPJ has called on Iran to release all journalists unconditionally and restore full internet access.

Read the names of arrested journalists

Afghanistan’s media crisis

TOLONews presenters work with their faces covered in Kabul on May 22, 2022. (Reuters/Ali Khara)

The Taliban’s August 2021 takeback of power in Afghanistan has devastated the vibrant media landscape that developed after the U.S.-led invasion 20 years earlier. Between censorship, arrests, assaults, restrictions on women journalists, the flight of experienced reporters, and the country’s declining economy, Afghan media are struggling to survive.

Yet in spite of these challenges, a CPJ special report found glimmers of hope amid the difficulties. Afghan journalists are finding ways to keep covering the news–either from inside the country or from their places of exile.

Videos: One year later | Journalists in exile | Women journalists under pressure | Panel discussion on Afghanistan’s media crisis

Russia-Ukraine war

Click here for CPJ’s updates, in-depth reports, and statements on the invasion

An AFP journalist runs as smoke rises behind after a bombardment in Bakhmut, Eastern Ukraine, on July 31, 2022. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

Safety advice for journalists covering war and related unrest

War reporting: English | Ukrainian | Russian
Physical safety: Reporting during flash floods
Arrest and detention: English | Ukrainian | Russian
Civil disorder: English | Ukrainian | Russian
Internet shutdowns: English | Ukrainian | Russian
Risk assessment template: English | Ukrainian | Russia
Guide to understanding Russia’s “fake news” laws

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Deaths in Ukraine

Motive confirmed (12)

Ihor Hudenko, Freelance, killed in Kharkiv on February 26

Yevhenii Sakun, LIVE, killed in Kyiv on March 1

Viktor Dedov, Sigma-TV, killed in Mariupol on March 11

Oksana Haidar, Freelance, killed in Shevchenkove around March 11 – April 7

Brent Renaud, Time, killed in Irpin on March 13

Maks Levin, LB.ua, body found April 1 near Huta-Mezhyhirska, missing on March 13

Pierre Zakrzewski, Fox News, killed in Horenka on March 14

Oleksandra Kuvshynova, Fox News, killed in Horenka on March 14

Oksana Baulina, The Insider, killed in Kyiv on March 23

Mantas Kvedaravicius, Freelance, killed in Mariupol on April 2

Vira Hyrych, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, killed in Kyiv on April 28

Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, BFMTV, killed in Lysychansk on May 30

Motive unconfirmed (3)

Zoreslav Zamoysky, Freelance, killed in Bucha around March 4 – April 12

Roman Nezhyborets, Dytynets, killed in Yahidne around March 5-9

Yevhenii Bal, Freelance, killed in Manhush on April 2

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Journalists Attacked

Jamal Khashoggi

MURDERED

Jamal Khashoggi was killed on October 2, 2018, shortly after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Khashoggi was a former editor-in-chief of the Saudi newspaper Al-Watan, and a columnist for The Washington Post,

While inside, a group of Saudis confronted Khashoggi, killed him, and dismembered his body. A report released by the CIA into the killing of the U.S. resident found that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the journalist’s murder.

Learn more about Khashoggi