disappeared arrested or threaten for their work my office of the united nations will continue to stand up for their rights michelle bachelet united nations high commissioner for human rights there we have this closer look now at some of the journalists were singling out this year for their courageous reporting take a look. threatened attacked arrested press freedom was already a contentious and often dangerous issue in countries governed by repressive leaders such as china russia or venezuela now the current crisis is making it even more difficult for journalists to do their job. in january 2020 these images were secretly shot by chinese citizen journalist pham being inside a hospital in new han the epicenter of the pandemic his reports to 5 vastly from the image of the country portrayed on state television. when i was a while ago i saw 3 corpses here he says on video now there are 8. chain krishi a lawyer was the most prominent citizen journalist a more han. would be the virus is right in front of me china's criminal prosecutors are behind me i'm not afraid of death do you think i'm afraid if you come in his heart your ch

michelle bachelet united nations high commissioner for human rights has paid this tribute to journalists around the world who continue their work just by threats intimidation and worse i'm here to honor the courage of the journalists who despite such attacks speak up a continue to investigate and report critical it without fear i pay tribute to the courage of those who have been disappeared arrested or threatened for their work my office of the united nations will continue to stand up for their rights that was the child bachelor united nations high commissioner for human rights you can read more about details they use freedom of speech award winners on our internet site w dot com forward slash freedom. while campaigning and journalists often find their work obstructed by governments who would rather certain information does not go public we hear from 2 reporters who've fallen foul of the authorities at the very highest level in brazil. to meet the investigative journalist glenn greenwald in rio you need to know someone a middleman his home address is a secret cameras and electric fences

the world who have defied restrictions on press freedom to report on the coronavirus michelle bachelet united nations high commissioner for human rights pay tribute to this year's award winners and all journalists going about their trade without fear or favor. i'm here to honor the courage of the journos who despite such attacks speak up and continue to investigate and report critically without fear i pay tribute to the courage of those who have been disappeared arrested or threaten for their work my office of the united nations will continue to stand up for their rights. the shell bash let you know to nations high commissioner for human rights we have this closer look now at some of the journalists were singling out this year for their courageous reporting. threatened attacked arrested press freedom was already a contentious and often dangerous issue in countries governed by repressive leaders such as china russia or venezuela now the current crisis is making it even more difficult for journalists to do their job. in january 2020 these images were secretly shot by chinese citizen journalist pham bei

michelle bachelet lead united nations high commissioner for human rights has paid this tribute to journalists around the world who continue their work despite threats intimidation and worse i'm here to honor the courage of the journalists who despite such attacks speak up and continue to investigate our report critically without fear i pay tribute to the courage of those who have been disappeared arrested or threaten for their work my office of the united nations will continue to stand up for their rights again michelle bash the lead in noted nations high commissioner for human rights you can read more about the freedom of speech award winners on our website www dot com forward slash freedom now a brief look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world a cruise liner ship carrying almost 3000 people has been put under quarantine in the german port of kooks hofman one person on board tested positive for covert 19 the ship was transporting staff working for the chewie travel company were the pandemic has forced thousands of south africans to queue for food residents of a towns

the world who have defied restrictions on press freedom to report on the coronavirus michelle bachelet the united nations high commissioner for human rights paid tribute to the winners i'm here to honor the courage of the generals who despite such attacks speak up and continue to investigate and report critically without fear i pay tribute to the courage of those who have been disappeared arrested or threaten for their work my office of the united nations will continue to stand up for their rights as the un high commissioner for human rights we have this closer look now at some of the journalists were singling out for their career courage is reporting. threatened attacked arrested press freedom was already a contentious and often dangerous issue in countries governed by repressive leaders the corona crisis is giving autocratic regimes a welcome excuse to clamp down even further. they're using the pandemic also to bring pressure on journalists and we see this in china in russia and turkey in iran you see the around the globe so that these countries which i have a very problematic. edge of to don't press f