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‘They killed civilians in their beds’: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher Thousands have fled the Sudanese city in terror with stories of the Rapid Support Forces attacking and killing civilians

🚨#𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧🚨 ‘They killed civilians in their beds’: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher

MCJN member Zeinab Mohammed Salih's latest updates for @theguardian.com cover the fall of El Fasher and the massacres against civilians committed by #RSF forces.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Last few hours in case anyone feels motivated to help us reach our stretch target of £15k! The needs are huge!

📢 Final call to support our @biggive.bsky.social campaign “Building resilience among Arab women journalists.” We’ve smashed our match-funding goal but are eager to raise another £1,065 to support even more members.

Your support is invaluable to our mission!

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We are now only £1500 off reaching £15k! Can we reach £15k by 15th Oct?! Can you help us?
As journalists and wider populations now begin to process the last traumatic two years of relentless war, the opportunity to provide potentially transformative support is greater than ever... shorturl.at/EdwEp

We smashed our target in just two days of the
@biggive.bsky.social campaign! 💫🌟

Thank you all for your incredible support; whether you donated generously, shared our message, or championed our mission, we’re truly grateful. 💙

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£10k crowdfunder launched to support Arab women journalists' mental health The Marie Colvin Journalists' Network wants to provide mentorship, trauma counselling and professional development for women in the Middle East and North Africa, as global funding for media faces intense cutbacks

£10k crowdfunder launched to support Arab women journalists' mental health: The Marie Colvin Journalists' Network wants to provide mentorship, trauma counselling and professional development for women in the Middle East and North Africa, as global funding for media faces intense cutbacks

And we're away! Please watch / like / share / support us at this critical time. Thank you.

Our #BigGive fundraising campaign kicks off in less than 5 days! We will have ONE WEEK ONLY to raise £5k from the public and unlock a match-funded £5k. To receive our email reminders to help us reach that target, please sign up at www.shorturl.at/6ynxQ today! Our members are counting on us all🙏

MCJN’s Big Give campaign to raise £10k in 1 week!

🎉 @mariecolvinnet.bsky.social has been selected to participate in the @biggive.bsky.social’s 𝒲𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃 & 𝒢𝒾𝓇𝓁𝓈 𝑀𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽 𝐹𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟧.

This means that every donation made to our campaign during the week of 8-15 October will be DOUBLED.

𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄!

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡

In this powerful piece for Dazed MENA, 𝐌𝐂𝐉𝐍 member from Palestine, @mariambarghouti.bsky.social, profiles brave journalists risking their lives to tell the truth, featuring 𝐌𝐂𝐉𝐍 members from #Gaza, Hind Khoudary & Nour Swirki.

🔗 www.dazed.me/feature/the-...

Brothers, cousins, sons: the human stories behind four of the war’s fallen journalists Six Palestinian media workers, four of them Al Jazeera journalists, were killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on their tent by Gaza City’s al-Shifa hospital on 10 August. Here, their families pay tr...

''Brothers, cousins, sons: the human stories behind four of the war’s fallen journalists''.

Check out MCJN member Aseel Mousa’s latest piece for @theguardian.com.

#Gaza #journalists #NotATarget

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

@rsf.org and @avaaz.org launch international media operation: “At the rate journalists are being killed in #Gaza🇵🇸 by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed”.

➡️ Full statement + list of participating media outlets here:

🔗 rsf.org/en/rsf-and-a...

Some urgent and new ideas for defending press freedom in Gaza, including contributions from MCJN members such as @youmnaelsayed.bsky.social, @arwadamon.bsky.social, Hind Hassan & Laila Al-Arian, as well as representatives from HRW, Avaaz, RSF & others. #JournalismIsNotACrime #NotATarget

Syria aid workers abducted en route to Sweida | The National Attacks on convoys threaten last lifeline for tens of thousands trapped in southern Syrian province

''Syria aid workers abducted en route to #Sweida : Attacks on convoys threaten last lifeline for tens of thousands trapped in southern Syrian province''.

MCJN member @nadahomsi.bsky.social latest for @thenationalnews.com.

www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

Stripped of dignity: Gaza’s disabled women in crammed shelters Disabled women in Gaza face dire conditions in overcrowded shelters, lacking privacy, hygiene, medical care, and dignity amid ongoing war and displacement

MCJN member Warda Al Shanti, from #Gaza, sheds light on the overlooked struggles of 🇵🇸Palestinian #women with disabilities, surviving #displacement and stigma in Gaza’s overcrowded camps.

Full story via @thenewarab.bsky.social:

🔗 www.newarab.com/features/str...

Read as Al Jazeera journalist @youmnaelsid17.bsky.social honours her colleagues killed in an Israeli strike on #Gaza on Sunday and exposes how silencing Palestinian journalists is an attack on press freedom everywhere: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/08/isra... #Israel #AnasalSharif

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.

Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.

#NotATarget

Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

We are starving My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid.

''My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid.''

MCJN's member Ruwaida Amer on the #starvation and despair in #Gaza.

www.972mag.com/hunger-gaza-...

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4) Please follow @mariecolvinnet.bsky.social for more #MCJN news and **DONATE** if you can so we may continue supporting these formidable women journalists as they report on incredible tough stories from across the Arab region. Thank you 🙏
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3)🎥Press Freedom Winner was Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) (arijnetwork.bsky.social‬) recognising ARIJ's bold, collaborative approach to investigative reporting and fact-checking across the Arab world. Award was collected by MCJN trustee & mentor Zahera Harb 🎉🎉🎉

Kill Zone: Inside Gaza: Dispatches Through the eyes of kids, journalists and doctors, the story of the assault on Gaza

2)🎥Current Affairs Winner was 'Kill Zone: Inside Gaza', in which two MCJN members in #Gaza contributed (Hind Khoudary & Ruwaida Amer) 🎉🎉🎉
📺 Watch it on www.channel4.com/programmes/k...
#Gaza

YouTube video by BBC World Service One year of war in Gaza: Life, death, and hope - BBC World Service Documentaries

ALF MABROUK to the #MCJN members who collected awards at the #OWMAwards2025 last week!
1)🎥Feature Documentary Winner was 'Life and Death in Gaza', whose producers Lara El Gibaly & Haya El Badarneh are members of MCJN 🎉🎉 🎉
📺Watch it on youtu.be/IOEapxExQ84?...
#Gaza
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The @mariecolvinnet.bsky.social is hiring!
Role: Admin & Logistics Officer
Key requirements: Organised, proactive team-player ideally bilingual (Ar/Eng) & based in greater London area but happy to work remotely
Deadline: 6 July
To apply: CV + letter to jobs@mcjn.org
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

RORY PECK AWARDS 2025🏆
Call for entries now open!

We proudly invite entries for the 2025 Awards, taking place at the BFI London on Wednesday 26 November.

Categories & Enter here 🔗https://rorypecktrust.org/awards/categories-and-criteria/…

Entries close at midnight (BST) on Thursday 10th July.

The @mariecolvinnet.bsky.social is hiring!
Role: Admin & Logistics Officer (bilingual Arabic/English, part-time, 6 mth contract)
Location: Greater London Area (remote)
Deadline: 6 July
Details: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
Apply: CV + cover letter to jobs@mcjn.org

TONIGHT: Screening of 'Life & Death in Gaza' at The Frontline Club in London with two @mariecolvinnet.bsky.social
members on the panel ready to answer audience's questions :)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-...

The omnipresent danger facing Gaza’s journalists In this conversation, Maha takes us inside the day-to-day reality of working and surviving amidst unimaginable violence, destruction, and deprivation. She de...

Maha Hussaini says Palestinian journalists like her – living under Israeli assault and siege in the Gaza Strip – feel they need to rush to document as much as possible “before you get killed”. ⬇️
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🚨CPJ and 135+ media and press freedom organizations call for immediate, independent, and unrestricted international media access to Gaza and for full protection of journalists who continue to report under siege.

Read the open letter: cpj.org?p=484868

The Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network mourns the loss of Hajar Harb

We are deeply saddened over the passing of our beloved member, Hajar Harb, who died in London after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

mariecolvinnetwork.org/en/home-page...