BBC News, John Cantlie: Ten years since IS kidnap of British journalist in Syria "Today marks 10 years since British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Syria.'

Sunday Times, Terrorised by Iranian spies in Britain: victims reveal ordeal (paywalled article)

"Bahman Kalbasi, BBC Persian’s New York correspondent, also provided details on Iran’s spying regime. Earlier this year the ...

Journalists arrested:

Iran's Judiciary says journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi who'd been arrested after covering the death in custody of Mahsa Amini have been charged with "assembly and collusion to act against national security" and "propaganda activity against ...

David Pratt, The Herald, Why the Islamic Republic is truly rattled by mass uprising in Iran (opinion/analysis) "Women especially have been at the forefront of the protests. Videos that have made their way onto social ...

BBC News, TikTok profits from livestreams of families begging "Displaced families in Syrian camps are begging for donations on TikTok while the company takes up to 70% of the proceeds, a BBC investigation found."

Deutsche Welle, Egypt: Renewed crackdown threatens work of last independent news site "Egyptian authorities have Mada Masr in their sights once again after critical reporting. But the editor of the country's last independent news ...

This is an excellent podcast series from 'Story of our Times'. It provides a level of depth about Cantlie as an individual, and how he dealt with the challenges facing him. The podcast does not pull any punches. There is plenty of detail about the Islamic State and its treatment of captives. The podcast is presented by Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd.

The Islamic Information, Israeli Journalist Secretly Entered Makkah, Climbs Mount Arafat

"The footage came as a surprise to social media users, considering that the two holy cities of Makkah and Medina are traditionally not allowed to be entered by non-Muslims, ...

Al jazeera, India journalist Mohammed Zubair arrested for 2018 Twitter post "Police in New Delhi ...

Appalling scenes in Jerusalem at the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh. As one post says, "a picture says a thousand words."

I have never seen anything like this before. It is truly shocking. https://t.co/V79DWILuLq

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Martin Chulov, The Guardian, Massacre in Tadamon: how two academics hunted ...

Rachel Younger, ITV, The Russian journalists hitting back at Putin's propaganda "... enterprising Russians are still managing to access Meduza’s output. Some get its newsletters sent to their emails. Others use VPN’s, a service which helps ...

Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, The Myth of the 'First TikTok War' "The world is viewing the Russian invasion of Ukraine with startling intimacy on social media. But how or whether this matters remains unclear." The article refers to ...

NYT, Documents Reveal Basic Flaws in Pentagon Dismissals of Civilian Casualty Claims, 31 Dec 2021

"An analysis of confidential Pentagon documents by The Times’s Visual Investigations unit found that a number of allegations of civilian casualties had been ...

Andrew Glazzard, Alastair Reed, ICCT, The Battlefield of the Media: Reporting Terrorism in Conditions of Conflict and Political Repression "This report synthesises the findings of four country case study papers which explored the challenges for journalists in ...

The Guardian, Pandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful "The Pandora papers reveal the inner workings of what is a shadow financial ...

Secunder Kermani, BBC News, Afghanistan: Life under Taliban rule one month on

Recommended: "At Afghanistan's border with Uzbekistan a cargo train rolls over a bridge and into the newly created "Islamic Emirate". The Taliban's white and black flag flutters next to the Uzbek ...

Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 'The Other Afghan Women', 6 September 2021

Brilliant. A must read. "More than seventy per cent of Afghans do not live in cities. In rural areas, life under the U.S.-led coalition and its Afghan allies became pure hazard; even ...

Spare a thought for the local journalists and reporters who continue their work in Afghanistan. Some news channels continue to operate, under pressures and in some cases intimidation, while the Taliban has one eye - at this time - on its social media and international broadcasting profile.

Freedom ...

Andrew Quilty, Harper's Magazine, Letter from Sher Toghi: When the Raids Came

The human dimension of conflict and its implications are explored in this article:

"Nabil agrees that along with ideological and cultural forces, ...

CNN, 4 Iranian nationals charged with alleged kidnapping plot of US journalist, court documents say

"Masih Alinejad, an activist with over 5 million followers on Instagram, said she is the journalist targeted in the plot. Authorities ...

The Local.es, Syrian civil war reporters launch Spain’s first refugee-led news site

"Before ...

New York Times, 5 Reader Comments Just Cost a News Website $124,000

"A seven-judge appeals court panel found Malaysiakini guilty of contempt of court and ordered it to pay a fine of nearly $124,000, more than double the amount sought by prosecutors, ...

Daily Beast, NYT Returns Peabody Award for ‘Caliphate’ Podcast After Admitting Reporting Was Crap

"The New York Times announced late Friday that it was returning a Peabody Award it won in 2018 ...

PA/Evening Express, Islamic State claims responsibility for murder of female reporter in Afghanistan

"The so-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed a female TV ...