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“If You Don’t Support Exile Media, It Will Disappear”

  • DW Akademie
  • Alex Bodine

Ivan Kolpakov is the editor-in-chief at Meduza, the largest independent media outlet focusing on Russia. The organization has been in exile since Kolpakov co-founded the organization in 2014 with Galina Timchenko. DW Akademie spoke to the journalist and editor about what it is like to spend more than a decade reporting on his country from abroad.

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Inside the Newsroom Reporting From Sudan’s Civil War

  • Reuters Institute
  • Maurice Oniang’o

When war broke out in Sudan in April 2023, Basma Shams witnessed independent journalism collapse under the weight of violence and repression. Maurice Oniang’o spoke with Shams, fellow Ayin reporter Eiad Husham and the network’s managing editor, Tom Rhodes, to find out how grassroots journalism persists in one of the most dangerous countries for reporters.

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A Syrian Photographer Trapped by The Laws That Saved Her

  • Coda
  • Sara Kontar & Nadia Beard

Syria’s nearly 14-year-long civil war has changed shape. Though there is still fighting and instability, the political transition means many who fled are beginning to return home. Yet for Sara Kontar, a Syrian photographer who has lived in France for nearly a decade, return remains impossible.

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Exiled Journalists Confront Entrenched Authoritarianism

  • LatAm Journalism Review (LJR)
  • Teresa Mioli

Repression forced journalists to flee their countries, but even from exile three journalists remain committed to reporting what’s happening back home. They shared their stories with an online crowd of almost 200 people in a panel held on Nov. 18 by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas.

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Attacked and Silenced: How Journalists Fight for Truth

  • EU NEIGHBOURS east
  • Olga Konsevych

The article describes how journalists across Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Azerbaijan and Belarus face imprisonment, violence, digital surveillance and disinformation while continuing to report on war, corruption and democracy. It also highlights the urgent need for stronger protections, sustainable media models, and cross-border cooperation to safeguard press freedom in the Eastern Partnership region.

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César Batiz Develops Methods to Avoid Censorship in Venezuela

  • ICFJ

César Batiz is the winner of the 2025 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award. Batiz is a Venezuelan investigative journalist and co-founder of El Pitazo, which has pioneered innovative methods to bypass government control in one of the world’s most restrictive media environments.

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2025 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award: César Batiz

  • ICFJ

A Venezuelan journalist in exile, César Batiz is the innovative co-founder of El Pitazo, which continues to deliver news in the face of state censorship. Batiz, who is the winner of the 2025 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award, delivered the following remarks on Nov. 13 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, at the ICFJ Awards Dinner 2025.

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Aliaksandr Klaskouski: “Journalism is Not Just a Craft.”

  • BAJ

The collection tells the story of the laureates of the “Voice of the Freedom Generation” award, founded by the Belarusian PEN in partnership with the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, the Belarusian Association of Journalists, Press Club Belarus and Free Press for Eastern Europe endowment fund.

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Exiled Latin American Journalists Speak on Repression

  • LatAm Journalism Review (LJR)
  • Teresa Mioli

As part of the University of Texas at Austin’s International Education Week, leading journalists from three of the most affected countries will share their experiences of reporting in exile as part of a special virtual panel organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas.

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The Last Bastion of Freedom of Expression in Nicaragua

  • EL PAÍS
  • Wilfredo Miranda Aburto

Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have extended the censorship imposed by their co-presidential regime to the internet. This effectively closes off the last remaining bastion of freedom of expression and of the press in Nicaragua for dissenting voices.

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“After all, we survived.”

  • FAZ
  • Julian Staib

She didn’t want to go into exile, but she had no choice: journalist Mascha Borzunova had to flee Russia. In Hamburg, exiled journalists from Russia, Egypt and Afghanistan describe their situation, pursued even in Germany. “At least we survived and still have readers in Russia,” says Katerina Abramova of Meduza.

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Interpol Rejects Kyrgyzstan’s Request For Arrest of Journalist

  • OCCRP

Interpol has rejected a request from Kyrgyz authorities to issue an international warrant for the co-founder of one of the country’s leading independent media outlets, calling the request politically motivated. OCCRP learned Thursday that Kyrgyzstan had asked Interpol to issue a so-called Red Notice for Rinat Tuhvatshin, the co-founder of Kloop, an award-winning outlet.

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How Georgian Dream Is Drying Out Independent Online Media

  • Civil.ge
  • Lea Eichhorn

While independent online media outlets lost most of their funds due to current legislation, Georgia’s ruling party is said to be spending millions on favorable media organizations. In recent months, dozens of NGOs and media organizations have been subjected to inspections under the new laws, while many others have been forced to scale back or suspend their activities to avoid punitive consequences.

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Attacks on Journalists in Latin America Decline but Exile Rises

  • LatAm Journalism Review (LJR)
  • Silvia Higuera

“In 2024, journalism in Latin America faced one of its most hostile environments in decades.” That’s the conclusion of the annual report from Voces del Sur, a coalition of 17 groups from across Latin America that promote freedom of expression and the protection of journalists.

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IPI General Assembly Resolution: Support for Exiled Journalists

  • International Press Institute

The following resolution was adopted by the members of the International Press Institute (IPI) on October 15, 2025 by unanimous vote of those present at the 74th annual General Assembly, and presented at the IPI World Congress on October 25, 2025 in Vienna, Austria. Democratic states must adopt a comprehensive approach to assisting and protecting exiled journalists so they can continue their critical mission of informing the public and holding power to account.

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Sudanese Exiled Filmmakers Found New Way to Tell the Story

  • Reuters Institute
  • Maurice Oniang’o

When war broke out in Sudan in April 2023, a group of young Sudanese filmmakers were forced into exile. They also had to rethink their film. Khartoum (2025) had started out a year earlier as a collection of quiet observational sketches of ordinary lives in the capital. Now, it had to be reimagined as both the storytellers and their subjects scattered across borders.

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“I feel obligated”: Exiled Russian Woman Fights Against Putin

  • Berliner Morgenpost
  • Hans Cord Hartmann

A mission can mean many things: a diplomatic post, a military assignment, or spreading the gospel to convert nonbelievers. But journalist Ekaterina Fomina also calls her work a mission. The independent Russian reporter fled to Berlin shortly after Vladimir Putin escalated his war in February 2022. Since then, she has been reporting on Russia and Ukraine from exile.

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Authoritarians Silence Press Across Latin America

  • De Último Minuto
  • Carolina Alvarez

On the second day of the 81st General Assembly of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the panel titled “Anatomy of Authoritarian Advance: Handbook of Tactics and Their Effect on the Media” was held, in which the strategies of authoritarian regimes to weaken press freedom in the region were presented.

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