Ukraine: Calls for Changes to Criminal Code
Current body of law cannot cope with the scope or scale of offences being committed.
Tuesday, 23 January ‘24
This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading.
Torture in Vasylivka
Local men were subjected to electric shocks, beatings and mock executions during interrogation.
“Reporting War Crimes Trials Was Not My Plan. Then Russia Invaded.”
How a journalist from Kherson dedicated herself to the arduous but essential task of covering court cases.
Russian Tankers Accused of Shelling Residential Houses
According to the investigation, they wanted to "teach" villagers a lesson by targeting homes.
Tuesday, 16 January ‘24
This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading.
Along the Frontline in Ukraine’s Unforgiving Winter
Fighting continues, but the gruelling cold takes a toll on soldiers in the trenches and civilians in destroyed villages.
Tuesday, 9 January ‘24
This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading.
A Long Way Home; Ukraine’s Child Deportees
Those investigating potential war crimes must gather evidence while reducing trauma for vulnerable minors.
World Press Freedom Day 2024
On World Press Freedom Day we focus on local journalists facing myriad challenges in the tireless pursuit of truth and their enduring efforts to bring meaningful change.
Highlights from IWPR’s Consortium to Support Independent Journalism in Latin America (CAPIR).
An investigation by ContraCorriente, one of the investigative units IWPR supports in Honduras, revealed abuses including robbery, torture and kidnappings allegedly inflicted on citizens by police officers. The investigation also addressed how the state of emergency, in place since 2022, has allowed these abuses to occur with impunity. The authorities deny responsibility, claiming that organised criminal groups are using replica uniforms to pose as police officers.
A transnational publication by the investigative units of Plaza Pública and Criterio media revealed the huge extent of Asian cigarette smuggling in northern Central America. In addition to the health problems and millions of dollars lost to tax evasion, this also finances organised crime trafficking of drugs, weapons and humans. The investigation highlighted the failure of institutional efforts to stop this problem, aggravated by the complicity of officials who help falsify documents.
A story by the IWPR beneficiaries Guardiana and La Nube media outlets revealed the unauthorised sale of "medical preparations" to treat mental illnesses such as depression in a market in Cochabamba, one of Bolivia's largest cities. The story showed how products were marketed without information about their ingredients, including unlicensed natural remedies from Peru and Brazil. In response, the Cochabamba department of health announced it would increase the number of police operatives in the market where these products are sold.
Central Asia: Saving Our Cities
Highlighting how citizen activism can protect the region’s housing and heritage.
IWPR Central Asia Director Addresses Regional Forum
Event hears how cooperation between civil society and media is both possible and beneficial.
Myanmar: Filming the Coup
Participants in story-telling project empowered to alert outside world and fellow citizens to the country’s plight.
Libya’s MediaLab Generation
Scheme has produced professionally trained journalists and developed public and private partnerships across the country.
Podcasts Boom in Central Asia
Format leaves presenters at liberty to cover areas often suppressed in other types of media.
Iraq: Radio Stations Fear for Future
Hard-won freedoms may be at risk if outlets attempt to hold politicians and officials to account.
IWPR Holds First-Ever Turkmenistan Training
Workshops included digital journalism, media literacy and fact checking.
Voices for Change for Independent Media in Libya
Libyan media outlets train to produce higher quality and more balanced journalism.
Georgia: Journalist Wins Peace Prize With First-Ever Article
Winner hopes to encourage more constructive dialogue around a sensitive issue.
Ukraine Justice Report
Countering Disinformation in Moldova
Ukraine War Diary by Anthony Borden
Democratic accountability comes from journalists investigating their own societies – IWPR provides a much needed platform and support for those reporting from some of the most dangerous and difficult places in the world.
Disinformation is a major global threat , especially in conflict and post-conflict areas. IWPR performs a vital mission, building up local voices as a bulwark against this challenge.
IWPR fills a critical gap by helping local journalists to focus on human rights and justice issues. In the process, it contributes to democratic transitions, and demonstrates that the best war reporting is not about military conflict, but human consequences.