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.
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 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.
In these exclusive interviews, we have the chance to speak to Afghanistan’s journalists. These people, including women, have navigated extraordinary challenges in a profession that is vital for truth and transparency.
In 12 months, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has recorded at least 138 journalists’ deaths during the course of the war in Gaza. Of these, 127 were Palestinians.
This legislation, titled the “Law on the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”, imposes severe restrictions on women’s public and private lives. The international community has called for immediate action.
The situation of press freedom and human rights is worrying in Argentina. The closure of some media houses by the president Javier Milei is one of the attempts.
Des illustres artistes ukrainiens contraints de quitter leur pays essaient de reconstruire leur carrière en Belgique même bénévolement, pour ne pas abandonner leur culture, et la partager dans leur pays d’accueil.
À la frontière du Kurdistan iranien, les Kolbars incarnent bien plus que des porteurs. Ils ne transportent pas seulement des marchandises, mais aussi le fardeau des maux socio-économiques et politiques qui les entourent.
— A collaborative media of exiled journalists, and journalism students from the ULB and the VUB —
