INSI

The International News Safety Institute (INSI) works with the media industry to improve journalists' physical, digital and psychological safety.

[INSI @INSInews]

Today we publish Killing the Messenger naming all the 168 journalists killed in 2025: mostly locals who died in extraordinary numbers with impunity - from Gaza to Ukraine; Peru to Iran; Mexico to Sudan & all around the world. Read our KTM: https://t.co/U0gfZyh7VU @elenacosentino4

[IFEX @IFEX]

#DRC 🇨🇩 @RSF_inter warns that the March 23 Movement is turning shipping containers into secret prisons for journalists - a chilling signal of how critical reporting is being punished with inhumane detention. https://t.co/0aJBCNy9mv

[INSI @INSInews]

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[CPJ MENA @CPJMENA]

CPJ calls on Israeli authorities to provide immediate and transparent explanations for the deaths in Israeli custody of #Palestinian journalist #Ihab_Diab and media worker #Marwan_Harzallah, return their bodies to their families without delay, and ensure an independent, impartial investigation that leads to accountability.

https://t.co/1Z8dplmQNt

[INSI @INSInews]

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[Gianluca Costantini ★ @channeldraw]

On April 8, 2026, journalist Suzan Khalil, a reporter and presenter for pro-Hezbollah Al-Manar TV and @alnourradio, was killed in an Israeli air strike that targeted a building in the town of #Kaifun, in the Mount #Lebanon Governorate, about 26 kilometers (16 miles) from #Beirut.

The strike came amid an escalation in Israeli bombardment of Lebanon, hours after a ceasefire between Iran, Israel, and the U.S. was announced. Israel said it would continue strikes in Lebanon.

@pressfreedom @CPJMENA

To see all the portraits of journalists killed in Lebanon: https://t.co/p2I0YafqoK

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

“Phone calls, text messages and in-person conversations among friends, colleagues and family members have become key channels for sharing information,” a journalist inside Iran says.

Read CPJ’s report on how Middle East journalists navigate internet blackouts ⤵️
https://t.co/RAzwejbXZN

[INSI @INSInews]

We live in challenging times. In country after country, authoritarian leaders are gaining ground. Democracy is being pushed back and freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted in many places. The erosion often begins with restrictions on media freedom.
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[CPJ MENA @CPJMENA]

#Lebanon: CPJ strongly condemns the killing of Lebanese journalist Ghada Dayekh in an Israeli airstrike on her home in the southern city of Tyre on Tuesday. Dayekh, a presenter and reporter at the privately-owned Sawt Al-Farah radio station.
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[Gianluca Costantini ★ @channeldraw]

Portraits that remember what war tries to erase: the faces of Lebanese journalists killed while reporting, while witnessing, while refusing silence.

From the southern border to targeted strikes, documenting the truth has become a deadly risk.

These drawings are not just images—they are acts of resistance, keeping memory alive where accountability is still absent. #Lebanon

Read more https://t.co/qm4jbYaIsx

[INSI @INSInews]

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[INSI @INSInews]

“Journalists are being killed at a pace and scale that should shock the conscience of the world. These are not isolated tragedies; they reflect a systematic failure to uphold the most basic protections owed to civilian journalists under international law,” said CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah “CPJ has consistently warned that without accountability, these attacks will continue to escalate, emboldening those who seek to silence independent reporting through violence.”

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[INSI @INSInews]

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[Gianluca Costantini ★ @channeldraw]

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[Council of Europe Media Freedom @CoEMediaFreedom]

France: French Journalist @NassiraELM Threatened with Death by Senator
Find out more 👉 https://t.co/PWoARPJOqe
Alert submitted by @efjeurope & @IFJGlobal
#EuropeForFreeMedia
Photo: social media

[INSI @INSInews]

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[Gianluca Costantini ★ @channeldraw]

The abduction of American freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson in #Baghdad brings back into sharp focus an increasingly urgent and uncomfortable truth: in some parts of the world, reporting the story has become almost indistinguishable from the risk of disappearing.

Read more: https://t.co/tKPvaEZKEi

On Tuesday, in the Iraqi capital, @shellykittleson was kidnapped under still unclear circumstances. According to #Iraq’s Interior Ministry, security forces immediately launched an operation based on what it described as “precise intelligence,” intercepting one of the vehicles believed to belong to the kidnappers. The car overturned as it attempted to flee. Kittleson was not inside. Local reports place the abduction near the Baghdad Hotel on Saadoun Street—a central, busy area, crossed daily by civilians, workers, and journalists.

That detail matters. It signals something deeper: nowhere is truly safe.

@AlMonitor @pressfreedom @FreedomofPress @AlArabiya_Eng @haider_mossawy @alexplitsas

[IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media @globalfreemedia]

🇮🇶 #Iraq: One week since the kidnapping of American journalist @shellykittleson in Baghdad, IPI demands her immediate release, urging American authorities to use all diplomatic means at their disposal to secure her safe return.
https://t.co/7v1qFS1PdU

[INSI @INSInews]

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[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

Sharmelí Bustíos Patiño, daughter of slain Peruvian journalist Hugo Bustíos, calls the release of the convicted mastermind “an insult” to justice. “We had been told to prepare ourselves for such a ruling, but it still came as a shock,” she said.

Read @CPJAmericas interview with Sharmelí ⤵️
https://t.co/AqQheM99lR

📷: Cristina Zahar

[IFJ @IFJGlobal]

#Iraq🇮🇶: One week ago, Shelly Kittleson, an American freelance journalist, was abducted in Baghdad and has been detained by a suspected Iraqi paramilitary group ever since. We call on the authorities to do everything in their power to secure her release. https://t.co/Y0ohNRxRr2