LATITUDES had an exclusive interview with Dr. Mai Sato, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, to examine the state of human rights in the country, in the months following the conflict.
On October 20, Burkina Faso held the 27th National Press Freedom Day. Only a few years ago, the country was often cited as a model for press freedom in Africa. That is no longer the case.
While leaders trade threats, ordinary people continue to stand together choosing peace. Iranians and international supporters unite against the Israel-Iran war with the slogan ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’.
In two years, the International Federation of Journalists has recorded 223 journalists’ deaths in Gaza. And calls for an international UN convention that would oblige states to protect them and punish their killers.
Two members of the Ensemble Groupe d’Aide aux Journalistes Exilés (En-GAJE) in Belgium, are receiving the fifth Profiles in Journalistic Courage award from Texas University on 28 March 2025.
Like other AFP photojournalists, the Gazan is at the heart of the exhibition “In the Hell of Gaza” at Géopolis. Through this exhibition, he hopes to raise public awareness about the devastating realities of the conflict.
In the series of interviews with female journalists from Afghanistan, we listen to the story of Somaya Walizada. She undertook a dangerous migration journey, finally reaching Germany. From afar, she continues her fight.
Wahida fled Afghanistan to escape forced marriage. She worked for the government before the Taliban takeover. In 2022, while collecting her salary, a Taliban fighter demanded she marry him. An exclusive interview.
In Turkey, women journalists—particularly Kurdish journalists opposed to the government—are creating an alternative by adopting a language that challenges the sexism of the pro-government press.
In this fourth exclusive interview with journalists, Lailuma Sadid interviews women who are surviving every day, as well as trying to provide news for citizens. Manigha’s story is one of resilience and courage.
I want their voices must be heard and the truths must reach the world!
In this second exclusive interview with journalists from Afghanistan, we speak with journalists who have overcome enormous hurdles. Among them is Sohila Gulistani, a young woman from Ghazni province.
— A collaborative media of exiled journalists, and journalism students from the ULB and the VUB —
