Sasha Schroeder

Producer @POLITICOEurope. Formerly @CIMA_Media, @globalfreemedia. Views my own.

[POLITICO @politico]

Treasury terminates sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank https://t.co/nzwPZPQIqz

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed to work with Syrian opposition groups “on the basis of fundamental human rights and the protection of ethnic and religious minorities,” Berlin said in a statement.
https://t.co/juN8X0AlHZ

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Israel and Hamas have not engaged in talks over a cease-fire in Gaza for around a month, Qatar's prime minister indicated yesterday after the EU-Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Brussels.
https://t.co/dxZTvqe6g6

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Turkey has been using EU-funded infrastructure to conduct forced deportations of refugees.

Our new investigation in partnership with @LHreports and other media looks under the hood of Ankara’s deportation machine.

🔗 https://t.co/fWmLZOXS2N

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies' natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians in summer 2021.

@PerryAlexJ collected survivors' testimonies and reconstructed an account of the atrocities.

Read the investigation: https://t.co/f3GJm8BJf4

[Lucia Mackenzie @LuciaCMackenzie]

Struggling to untangle who's actually in charge of who in VDL's new commission?

I dug through 26 mission letters to figure it out…

Fully interactive graphic here: https://t.co/i7MeFxejVE

[Damon M. Wilson @DamonMacWilson]

@NEDemocracy will honor Afghan media at #NEDat40. Despite being forced to choose exile or work in secrecy, Afghan journalists keep the news flowing. @CIMA_Media spoke to media leaders about the realities of reporting on the ground @_sashaschroeder
https://t.co/t4vEZV2jlM

[CIMA @CIMA_Media]

From 2011-2022, 78 countries passed 105 laws targeting "fake news." A new @CIMA_Media report by @gabriellelim & @sbradshaww explores how repressive governments weaponize these laws against independent media: https://t.co/6A1DfX4THF #MediaDev

[CIMA @CIMA_Media]

📬 CIMA's new newsletter, "Week in Review," highlights global #MediaDev, #PressFreedom, and #DigitalMedia news & events around the world.

Subscribe here: https://t.co/t8i9w1g07a

Explore this week's stories below ⤵️

[Nicholas Benequista @benequista]

The NY Times' @AGSNYT points out that independent media is the first line of defense against resurgent authoritarianism. He's right, as an analysis from @CIMA_Media shows. #WorldPressFreedomDay https://t.co/AYStm4Tbw7

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

#Russia: As @WSJ reporter Evan #Gershkovich makes his first court appearance since his arrest in March, IPI once again demands his immediate release. Evan's place is reporting on the ground, not locked in a glass booth in a Moscow courtroom. #FreeEvan

https://t.co/mI1OMg1oG8

[Sasha Schroeder @_sashaschroeder]

Important read from @VeyselOkk on our blog today on the devastating impact of Turkey’s censorship of journalists in the aftermath of last month’s earthquakes

[CIMA @CIMA_Media]

"This earthquake has shown once again that journalism is of prime importance not only to ensure the right to expression, but also the right to life."

@VeyselOkk writes about Turkey's censorship of journalists after the earthquakes: https://t.co/ATy5hmnglV #MediaDev

[CIMA @CIMA_Media]

"Journalists across the country are preparing themselves for heightened tensions at the polls due to an electioneering period characterized by violence & nationwide economic instability." Ahead of #Nigeria's elections, read more from @the_senami: https://t.co/0EZBBhgPVc #MediaDev

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

Today IPI joined @AlJazeera, @LinaAbuAkleh & @RSF_inter in The Hague to request the @IntlCrimCourt investigate the killing of Palestinian-American journalist #ShireenAbuAkleh. 🧵 (1/7)

https://t.co/2fL5EF3aGZ

[CIMA @CIMA_Media]

"Media reform can’t occur in a vacuum," says @StateDRL PDAS Lisa Peterson, kicking off CIMA's discussion on media reform during political openings. "Civil society is integral at all stages of media reform." #MediaDev https://t.co/bQ5co4ltFl

[Zoé Titus @zoetitus]

Thank you @_sashaschroeder & @CIMA_Media for this interview; for putting a different spin on the issue & with such thoughtfulness. Hope it impacts our approach & ensures a safer world for journos to do their work. See here: https://t.co/SQKpVk3Qlf

@NamMediaTrust

#EndImpunity

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

Today w/ 4 other #pressfreedom groups we launched a full-page ad in @washingtonpost calling for a U.S. investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

@pressfreedom @RSF_inter @IWMF @PressClubDC
#JusticeforShireen
#EndImpunity

[Sasha Schroeder @_sashaschroeder]

Today is International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. I interviewed @zoetitus about the crisis of impunity and how civil society in Southern Africa is fighting it #JournalismIsNotACrime #IDEI22 #EndImpunity

[CIMA @CIMA_Media]

When authorities themselves are to blame for attacks on journalists, what can be done to prosecute them?

Read @_sashaschroeder's interview with @zoetitus about how civil society in Southern Africa can combat impunity: https://t.co/FgOA2FxQe5 #EndImpunity #IDEI22

[Global Forum for Media Development #MediaDev @MediaGFMD]

📖 Today’s read: via @CIMA_Media:
@_sashaschroeder examines the uneven relationship between Big Tech and news #media as well as how countries in the Global South are trying to rebalance it: https://t.co/iHfjxkD5DA #MediaDev

[Andrea @andreavegaaa]

!! George Clooney agrees that journalists need proper support and legal defense in repressive environments where authoritarian pressure corrupts the judicial system. @ClooneyFDN