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Women journalists harassed and abused, often by colleagues – survey

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A member of the local media records a fire at the Comayaguela market in Tegucigalpa February 18, 2012. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez   LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It’s not news that women journalists are groped and threatened while covering protests and conflict, but often they face this abuse at work, and when they complain, they are told to “grow up”.… Read More

BBC news chief signs open letter calling for Peter Greste’s release

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Peter Greste: BBC news chief James Harding has called for the Al-Jazeera reporter’s release from jail in Egypt Senior BBC news executives are among seven signatories of an open letter urging the Egyptian authorities to free one of the BBC’s former staff, Peter Greste, from prison. He is due to face trial in Cairo this week with two of his Al-Jazeeracolleagues, Mohamed Fahmy and… Read More