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The Power Plays of the Iranian Secret Service

  • NDR
  • Patrizia Schlosser, Julian Feldmann, Omid Rezaee et. al.

The couple Nasimeh and Amir have apparently fled from the Iranian secret service and built a new life for themselves in Belgium. They campaign against the regime in their home country and go on demonstrations. But in 2018, it emerges that their life in exile is a lie.

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What’s Next for Investigative Journalism in Latin America

  • IJNet
  • Andrea Arzaba, Ana Beatriz Assam

The investigative beat has never been an easy one in Latin America. From reporting under authoritarian regimes to confronting significant security risks in a region that faces the added challenge of impunity, and from the difficulties of reporting amidst persistent financial struggles to handling the backlash that comes with exposing acts of corruption — the circumstances facing reporters have long been challenging.

On the Run

    Thousands of journalists around the world have had to seek exile in other countries in recent years amidst rising political repression, an independent United Nations investigator, Irene Khan, told the global body’s General Assembly in a report last week. Ms Khan’s findings shine a worrying light on the state of the world that all countries, especially democracies, need to reflect on and address.

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    In Kenya, Media Hub Helps Journalists in Exile

    • Voice of America
    • Victoria Amunga

    Journalists living in exile in Kenya are finding support to continue working in their professions, thanks to a fellowship provided by media groups. For Voice of America Victoria Amunga visited the hub in Nairobi.

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    Against All Odds

    • JX Fund

    Exiled journalists are fighting to maintain independent reporting from and in their countries of origin. On this years’ International Press Freedom Day, the JX Fund provides an insight into the exiled media scenes from Afghanistan, Belarus and Russia.

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    A Brief History of Judiciary’s War on Journalism in Russia and Turkey

    • Journalisten und Anwälte für Meinungsfreiheit (JAM) e.V.
    • Asuman Aranca, Evin Barış Altıntaş et al.

    Defenses of independent journalists against authoritarian or malign regimes remain weak across the world. Russia and Turkey – united in not just the increasingly authoritarian way they are ruled but also in their “in-betweenness” have been no exception in this regard.

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    Afghanistan’s Media Crisis

    • JSK Fellows
    • Faisal Karimi

    The journalism landscape in Afghanistan has undergone a significant and distressing transformation following the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan and the return of the Taliban to power in August 2021.

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    Cinthia Membreño on the Global Network for Journalists in Exile

    • Columbia Journalism Review
    • Ayodeji Rotinwa

    The exiled Nicaraguan media outlet Confidencial cofounded the Network of Exiled Media Organizations (NEMO). The members share best practices on how to produce journalism in circumstances where they are cut off from their sources and audience, and offer one another technical advice and moral support.

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    CPJ Shares Three Takeaways on Work With Exiled Journalists

    • Committee to Protect Journalists
    • Lucy Westcott

    Throughout 2022, CPJ provided help 206 times, an increase of 227% over the three-year period. On the occasion of World Refugee Day 2023, the Committee to Protect Journalists shares three lessons learned from CPJ’s work with journalists in exile.

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