Press Freedom Defense Fund

We provide support to journalists, news orgs, and whistleblowers who share critical information necessary for a functioning democracy. Part of @firstlookmedia.

[RSF @RSF_inter]

#HongKong media @StandNewsHK has announced its shutdown following the arrest of six members of its team. RSF urges for the release of all journalists detained and calls on democracies to react and defend what is left of the free press in the territory. https://t.co/8aSGc9tTeJ

[Hanna Liubakova @HannaLiubakova]

#Belarus is the most dangerous country in Europe for journalists. 32 of my excellent colleagues are in jail.Many more have been detained or pushed out of the country. We are facing a media blackout in Belarus. It doesn’t mean we’ve given up. Journalists will continue their work

[RSF @RSF_inter]

#Afghanistan: RSF condemns the arrest for 1 hour of the eleven #journalists who were covering the violent repression of the #women's demonstration in #Kabul today. The #Taliban released the journalists after erasing some images from their cameras.

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

Afghan TV station owner Aref Noori detained by Taliban-affiliated militia
https://t.co/rhmHC874Xf

[RSF in English @RSF_en]

[1/3] THREAD @RSF_inter urges #HongKong authorities to end the judicial harassment against the founder of the now-defunct #AppleDaily, Jimmy Lai and six of its staff, who were charged today with additional accusations of “seditious publications”. https://t.co/258aTEv5zt

[Human Rights Foundation (HRF) @HRF]

1/ With our new partnership with @press_fund, we are proud to announce that the Belarus Solidarity Fund has raised over $1,000,000 for the democracy movement in #Belarus!

Thank you to all of our supporters!

#StandwithBelarus

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

HERO OF THE YEAR 👏

LOOK: Esquire Philippines names first Filipino Nobel laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa as Hero of the Year in their annual ‘Man At His Best’ celebration.

📷: Esquire Philippines

[RSF @RSF_inter]

#Belarus : RSF calls for the immediate release of Belarusian bloggers Eduard Palchys & Ihar Losik and condemns the extremely harsh sentences of 13 and 15 years in prison that they have been given after months in provisional detention. https://t.co/eoIqijfQxW

[RSF @RSF_inter]

#Afghanistan : A total of 231 #medias outlets have had to close and more than 6,400 #journalists have lost their jobs since 15 Aug. #women journalists have been hit hardest, with four out of five no longer working.

https://t.co/BdfTu9mlMN

[IFEX @IFEX]

ICYMI - The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) recognised blogger Raman Pratasevich as a victim of arbitrary detention and urged the international community to press #Belarus for his release.

https://t.co/79pUjyC4v3

[Press Freedom Defense Fund @press_fund]

PFDF strongly condemns yesterday's sentencing of Belarusian opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski, whose courage began a worldwide movement.

His voice will not be silenced.

[Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya @Tsihanouskaya]

My husband, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, is sentenced to 18 years in prison. The dictator publicly takes revenge on his strongest opponents. While hiding the political prisoners in closed trials, he hopes to continue repressions in silence. But the whole world watches. We won't stop. ✊

[Rebecca Vincent @rebecca_vincent]

Remembering journalist #DaphneCaruanaGalizia today, 50 months after her horrific assassination in Malta. 50 long months without justice. But we’re still here. We’re still fighting for #JusticeforDaphne. We’re not going anywhere until justice is fully served.

[Press Freedom Defense Fund @press_fund]

PFDF is proud to announce a new partnership with @HRF's Belarus Solidarity Fund to support independent journalists in #Belarus and media outlets who are being persecuted by the #Lukashenko regime.

https://t.co/VJWHu8aQLl

[Human Rights Foundation (HRF) @HRF]

1/ HRF is thrilled to announce a new program with @press_fund to support journalism in #Belarus.

We are providing $100,000 for independent Belarusian journalists and newsrooms who have been forced into exile.
https://t.co/h6dFS1P6i6

[Press Freedom Defense Fund @press_fund]

Today, @mariaressa accepted the #NobelPeacePrize, making her the first working journalist to do so. This, and other news, in this week's #PressFreedomFriday roundup:

[Press Freedom Defense Fund @press_fund]

@GoogleNewsInit has made a $500,000 donation to the Press Freedom Defense Fund in recognition of its work, featured in today's edition of @politico Playbook:

[POLITICO Playbook @playbookdc]

While MITCH MCCONNELL struck a deal with CHUCK SCHUMER that will ultimately force Democrats to vote to increase the debt by a specific number, his method of getting there has left many of his own rank-and-file members unhappy. The latest in Playbook: https://t.co/awsUJkPQkU

[Press Freedom Defense Fund @press_fund]

@GoogleNewsInit has made a $500,000 donation to the Press Freedom Defense Fund in recognition of its work, featured in today's edition of @politico Morning Tech:

[POLITICO Digital Future Daily @DigitalFuture]

Instagram chief makes debut on the Hill https://t.co/INNQ0l0BIV

[Press Freedom Defense Fund @press_fund]

@GoogleNewsInit has made a $500,000 donation to the Press Freedom Defense Fund in recognition of its work. One of PFDF’s defining cases has been providing legal support to @mariaressa, who will be awarded the #NobelPeacePrize this weekend.
https://t.co/uRkQnAkF2M

[First Look Media @firstlookmedia]

First Look Institute’s Press Freedom Defense Fund (
#PFDF) announced today that the @GoogleNewsInit has awarded a $500,000 contribution to the Fund in recognition of its work.

https://t.co/cRl7s1K47j via @press_fund | @firstlookmedia

#PressFreedom #PressFreedomDefenseFund

[IFEX @IFEX]

Thread: As Filipino-American journalist @MariaRessa prepares to receive the #NobelPeacePrize this Friday (🌏 #HumanRightsDay), we @IFEX stand with the #HoldTheLine Coalition in reiterating our call for all remaining charges against her to be dropped: https://t.co/EECkbeXgb2 👇