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Emily Wither

@emilywither.bsky.social

Istanbul-based correspondent making documentaries and reporting for BBC, Channel 4 News & others. https://linktr.ee/EmilyWither

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Foreign Media Association@fma-turkey.bsky.social · last mo.

FMA joins IPI and other journalists' and #pressfreedom groups in calling on NATO to address the denial of media accreditation to independent news outlets and journalists in Turkey seeking to cover the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara. turkiye.ipi.media/joint-letter...

Joint Letter to NATO: Accreditation Process Excludes Independent Turkish Journalists from Summit - IPI Turkiye Website

IPI, together with press freedom, freedom of expression, and human rights organisations, has written to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to raise urgent concerns about the denial of accreditation to ...

turkiye.ipi.media

Emily Wither@emilywither.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Protests are growing in Albania over a planned tourism development linked to President Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner - thousands have been demonstrating in the capital. We made a documentary about the plans for the coast - listen to the backstory 🎧 bbc.com/audio/play/p...

BBC Audio | The Documentary Podcast | Albania: Land, money and the sea

Ivanka Trump, a beach full of sheep and the changing landscape of southern Albania

bbc.com

Emily Wither@emilywither.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What does Ivanka Trump want with a Balkan beach and why are locals & environmentalists in court? We went to Albania's coast - where the communist past is still colliding with the present in disputes over land, ownership & corruption. Take a listen to our documentary 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Crossing Continents, Albania: Land, Money and the Sea

Ivanka Trump, a beach full of sheep and the changing landscape of southern Albania.

bbc.co.uk

DW Deutsche Welle@deutschewelle.dw.com · 6mo ago

A DW correspondent was arrested in Turkey yesterday. DW Director General Massing calls for his immediate release: "The fact that a journalist is being treated like a serious criminal, taken away by 30 police officers and brought directly to Istanbul, serves as a deliberate act of intimidation."

DW correspondent arrested in Turkey

A correspondent, who has been with DW in Turkey for several years, was arrested in Ankara on February 19. He was taken to the headquarters of the Istanbul Provincial Police, the highest police authori...

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Emily Wither@emilywither.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Israel has now seized municipal powers over Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque from Palestinians. Palestinian officials say it threatens the historic status of one of Islam’s holiest sites. I recently made a documentary about rising tensions there - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

BBC World Service - Heart and Soul, Prayers through the Checkpoints

We hear from Palestinians striving to reach places of worship amid increased security.

bbc.co.uk

Emily Wither@emilywither.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I went to Hebron & East Jerusalem to investigate the increasing challenges Palestinians face visiting two significant mosques (sites also sacred to Jews). Is the delicate status quo at some of the world's holiest & most contested sites changing? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Emily Wither@emilywither.bsky.social · 8mo ago

What does it cost to call for peace in Israel today? For Jewish & Palestinian activists w/ @standing-together.bsky.social, Standing Together the price includes threats, arrests, & pushback from both sides. Our follow-up doc, two years after Oct 7th, tells their story www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Crossing Continents - The struggle of Israel's peace movement - BBC Sounds

The Israeli and Palestinian activists who defy threats to dare to call for peace.

bbc.co.uk