Support: Psychosocial Support and Medical Aid

Mental health support

Financial aid for urgent needs, including living expenses, medical treatments, or travel. Assistance for displaced journalists and writers fleeing war zones or persecution. Emergency help for health crises or families in dire situations.

Legal representation and trial monitoring; Humanitarian assistance and dependent support; Equipment replacement if confiscated or damaged; Improving physical security of home or office; Medical expenses, including psycho-social support; Temporary relocation, including for dependents affected by the threat.

Funds for security improvement (for example digital security software); Legal Aid; Humanitarian support; Funds for security improvement (for example specific security improvements like steel doors or security cameras); Psychosocial support; Emergency fund for temporary relocation.

Small grants for psychological and medical care for incidents directly related to threats and crises caused by one’s work as a journalist; Three months of temporary relocation assistance in the event of crisis or threat; Legal aid to counter threats of imprisonment or censorship; Non-financial assistance in the form of information about additional access to resources.

The list of types of activities eligible for emergency financial and material support to Human Rights Defenders at risk includes: Physical security; Digital security; Communications; Capacity building in security; Secure transportation; Legal support; Medical support (including psycho-social support and rehabilitation) Humanitarian assistance (including family support); Urgent relocation; Urgent monitoring, reporting and advocacy; Other

Costs eligible for financial support or direct material support to human rights defenders and organisations include the following: physical security; digital security; communications; medical support (including psycho-social support andr ehabilitation) to defenders who have suffered a medical condition as a result of their peaceful human rights activities; legal support for human rights defenders judicially harassed; humanitarian assistance (including family support); support to temporary relocation where necessary; capacity building in security; secure transportation; urgent monitoring, reporting and advocacy; etc.

Logistical support to journalists when they resettle in exile; Placement in safe havens and short-term emergency; fellowships around the world; Basic living expenses; Funds for psychosocial support and medical aid; Legal support fund.

Agreements with several private hospitals and health clinics for members to have access to their services at discount rates

Partnerships with some health institutions – associates have special rates

Financial support following an emergency resettlement, legal or medical fees, replacement of equipment, etc. Legal fees if you are wrongfully prosecuted; Resolution of most urgent needs if you decide to flee abroad because of threats and persecution; Support to threatened journalists to find a safe refuge; Financial and administrative support for families of journalists to cope with the consequences of the reprisals to which their loved-ones have been exposed; Financial and administrative support for medical care if you are a…

Provide legal representation for arrested journalists. Offer financial emergency assistance, medical or psychological care, and replace destroyed equipment.

Up to 350 euros support per year for psychosocial support in harassment and violence, sexual violence, discrimination matters Up to 350 euros support per year for legal support in harassment and violence, sexual violence, discrimination matters

Replacement of hardware or software which has been taken, lost or stolen. Purchase of more secure hard- and/or software and costs related to installation of the new systems. Technical or non-technical activities to respond to urgent issues such as internet blockages. Measures to improve physical security (related to information management and digital security). Measures to address the psychological and psychosocial impacts of digital threats and risks.

Free selected medical service at Damian Medical Center. Allowance for treatment for retired journalists. Legal support: Legal advice and assistance in court proceedings are free of charge.

Safety measures in the form of temporary national or, if necessary, international relocation of the defender and/or their family members. Subsistence assistance, meeting the most basic needs of the defender and/or family members. Medical assistance when the defender has been attacked or to cover medical needs related to their commitment. Legal aid, covering legal costs when the defender is prosecuted or has taken legal action.

Discounts on medical services just for our members, preventive for all journalists. Psychological support such as workshops, therapies for now for all journalists.

Financial support for general living expenses; Financial support for medical assistance; Financial support for a safe passage

Protection Grants can pay for provisions to improve the security and protection of human rights defenders and their organisations including, but not limited to: improving physical security of an organisation or individual, digital security and communication security; supporting legal fees for HRDs who are being judicially harassed; paying for medical fees for HRDs who have been attacked or who have suffered a medical condition as a result of their peaceful human rights activities; providing family assistance for imprisoned HRDs or family…

Medical assistance: for injuries sustained in the course of the journalists work; Subsistence costs: short term support for journalists who are not able to work, or costs to temporarily flee an unsafe or vulnerable situation; Legal defense support: legal representation for journalists facing prosecution, disputable lawsuits, or any other form of legal intimidation related to their work; cover the costs of judicial proceedings; assist media workers that have been arbitrarily detained or imprisoned (and their families); Psycho-social support: advice, referral,…

Financial support for litigation when help with legal fees is required; Medical expenses if you are injured; Travel costs to cover journeys to a place of safety; Financial support in exile due to threats at home.

Fast and flexible support to respond to unexpected risks and opportunities, protect and care for themselves and one another, and nurture feminist movements

The Fund has contracted crisis therapists who are versed in the area of threats to journalists and with whom consultations can be made at short notice paid for by the Fund. Legal support on 3 levels: 1) Five lawyers at the Union. They help members in all legal matters related to work. 2) Insurance for legal expenses (covers the compensation of such expenses incurred in the course of work. A written consent from the union is needed in order to…

Urgent legal assistance; Urgent medical assistance;  Family support in cases where the journalist has been killed or rendered otherwise incapable of supporting the family; Relocation, safe houses, evacuation out of the country or region.

The Rory Peck Trust’s Therapy Fund covers the cost of treatment for freelance journalists who would benefit from professional psychological support. Financial support for psychological treatment