Prosecutors in Paris have opened an investigation into the possible poisoning of Russian journalist Marina Ovsiannikova.
On Thursday, Ovsiannikova reportedly told police that she felt unwell after finding a powder substance at the door of her Paris apartment. Forensic police were immediately sent to her home.
Paris-based Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire posted on social media saying that Ovsiannikova was feeling better by Thursday afternoon but was still being kept under medical supervision.
Last year, Ovsiannikova and her 12-year-old daughter fled Russia after she appeared behind a news anchor on screen in 2022, holding a sign that said, “Stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here.”
Ovsiannikova’s actions violated a 2022 Russian law, which states that anyone who spreads “false” information about the war on Ukraine may face up to 15 years in prison.
Last week, a court in Moscow sentenced Ovsiannikova to eight-and-a-half years...
On Thursday, Ovsiannikova reportedly told police that she felt unwell after finding a powder substance at the door of her Paris apartment. Forensic police were immediately sent to her home.
Paris-based Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire posted on social media saying that Ovsiannikova was feeling better by Thursday afternoon but was still being kept under medical supervision.
Last year, Ovsiannikova and her 12-year-old daughter fled Russia after she appeared behind a news anchor on screen in 2022, holding a sign that said, “Stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here.”
Ovsiannikova’s actions violated a 2022 Russian law, which states that anyone who spreads “false” information about the war on Ukraine may face up to 15 years in prison.
Last week, a court in Moscow sentenced Ovsiannikova to eight-and-a-half years...
- 10/22/2023
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (Pjs) and Reporters Without Borders have raised the alarm over the number of journalists who have died in Gaza since Israel began its bombardment of the territory in retaliation for Hamas’ deadly terror attacks on October 7.
The Pjs said in a release on Monday that 11 journalists have died and another 20 have been injured in Gaza in the Israeli offensive on the Palestinian territory.
The journalists guild, which has branches in the West Bank and Gaza, said 48 newsrooms had been either destroyed or partially damaged in the Israeli bombing campaign.
According to the Pjs, there are roughly 1,200 registered journalists based in Gaza.
The Pjs statement comes as the overall death toll in the explosion of violence sparked by the Hamas attack continues to rise.
At least 1,300 people died and 3,227 people were injured in Israel, while 199 were taken hostage, in the Hamas attack, according to latest figures from the Israeli authorities.
The Pjs said in a release on Monday that 11 journalists have died and another 20 have been injured in Gaza in the Israeli offensive on the Palestinian territory.
The journalists guild, which has branches in the West Bank and Gaza, said 48 newsrooms had been either destroyed or partially damaged in the Israeli bombing campaign.
According to the Pjs, there are roughly 1,200 registered journalists based in Gaza.
The Pjs statement comes as the overall death toll in the explosion of violence sparked by the Hamas attack continues to rise.
At least 1,300 people died and 3,227 people were injured in Israel, while 199 were taken hostage, in the Hamas attack, according to latest figures from the Israeli authorities.
- 10/16/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Violence against journalists rose 15 percent in 2018, according to the annual survey from Reporters Without Borders (Rsf), and at least 63 professional journalists from around the world were killed doing their jobs this year.
The U.S. is at number five (tied with India) on the list of most dangerous countries for media, with six recorded fatalities.
It is also the only fully developed country among the top 5, behind Afghanistan (which logged 15 deaths), Syria (11) and Yemen (eight). Mexico, currently in the grips of drug cartel violence had nine.
“The world’s five deadliest countries for journalists include three – India, Mexico, and for the first time the United States where journalists were killed in cold blood although these countries were not at war or in conflict,” the report noted.
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The U.S. is at number five (tied with India) on the list of most dangerous countries for media, with six recorded fatalities.
It is also the only fully developed country among the top 5, behind Afghanistan (which logged 15 deaths), Syria (11) and Yemen (eight). Mexico, currently in the grips of drug cartel violence had nine.
“The world’s five deadliest countries for journalists include three – India, Mexico, and for the first time the United States where journalists were killed in cold blood although these countries were not at war or in conflict,” the report noted.
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- 12/18/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
A Palestinian cameraman who worked on Ai Weiwei’s Venice 2017 documentary Human Flow has died after being shot while covering clashes between protesters in Gaza and the Israeli military.
According to local health officials, Yasser Murtaja, 30, was shot in the side of his stomach on Friday by the Israeli military while covering demonstrations along the Israel-Gaza border and died later in hospital. The Ain Media journalist was the 29th Palestinian killed in the week-long protests, according to Reuters.
Murtaja was a known figure in the local film and media community. He worked on Participant Media and Amazon Studio-backed Human Flow, which captures the tragedy of the global migration crisis, and he had worked on Basma Alsharif’s 2017 feature Ouroboros, which played at Locarno and London, as well as with the BBC.
Filmmaker Ai Weiwei retweeted a number of posts relating to the incident, including multiple in which artists and mainstream...
According to local health officials, Yasser Murtaja, 30, was shot in the side of his stomach on Friday by the Israeli military while covering demonstrations along the Israel-Gaza border and died later in hospital. The Ain Media journalist was the 29th Palestinian killed in the week-long protests, according to Reuters.
Murtaja was a known figure in the local film and media community. He worked on Participant Media and Amazon Studio-backed Human Flow, which captures the tragedy of the global migration crisis, and he had worked on Basma Alsharif’s 2017 feature Ouroboros, which played at Locarno and London, as well as with the BBC.
Filmmaker Ai Weiwei retweeted a number of posts relating to the incident, including multiple in which artists and mainstream...
- 4/9/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Peter Price, Chairman of Reporters Without Borders (Rsf USA), joined Rsf President, Christophe Deloire, to welcome Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep to the Paris premiere of The Post.
Meryl Streep, Peter Price, Stephen Spielberg, Christophe Deloire and Tom Hanks attend the Reporters Without Borders (Rsf) premiere of The Post in Paris
Credit/Copyright: L'Agence France-Presse
The film celebrates Rsf’s global mission to protect press freedom through its correspondents in 130 countries. These prominent leaders in the film industry thanked Rsf for its commitment to protecting against what they feels is a deeply critical challenge to press freedom now re-occurring today.
Find out more here.
From: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/17505-stars-of-the-post-join-reporters-without-borders-chairman-for-paris-premiere
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Meryl Streep, Peter Price, Stephen Spielberg, Christophe Deloire and Tom Hanks attend the Reporters Without Borders (Rsf) premiere of The Post in Paris
Credit/Copyright: L'Agence France-Presse
The film celebrates Rsf’s global mission to protect press freedom through its correspondents in 130 countries. These prominent leaders in the film industry thanked Rsf for its commitment to protecting against what they feels is a deeply critical challenge to press freedom now re-occurring today.
Find out more here.
From: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/17505-stars-of-the-post-join-reporters-without-borders-chairman-for-paris-premiere
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- 1/17/2018
- Look to the Stars
More journalists were killed on the job in 2012 than at any point since Reporters Without Borders began keeping a tally 17 years ago. The Paris-based nonprofit said Wednesday that eighty-eight reporters were killed, a third more than last year, as several countries underwent rebellion and revolution that endangered the journalists covering the hot spots. "The high number of journalists killed in 2012 is mainly due to the conflict in Syria, the chaos in Somalia and to violence by the Taliban in Pakistan," Christophe Deloire, the head of the organization, said in...
- 12/19/2012
- by Alexander C. Kaufman
- The Wrap
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