Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

An investigative reporter for the independent newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, Tomasz Piatek is facing a possible two to three-year jail sentence in a case that is being prepared by military prosecutors and could be heard by a military court.

The need for all content to be treated equally and without discrimination remains an essential condition for online freedom of information.

Ali Soumana, publisher of the weekly “Le Courrier”, has been held for publishing the public prosecutor’s summing-up in a five-year-old legal dispute between Niger and a Lebanese company called Africard.

On the eve of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s official visit to Paris, RSF wrote to him to voice concern about the very alarming situation for the media in his country, where at least seven journalists have been killed since the start of the year.

RSF urges the Duma to reject two bills that have been approved on first reading and, if adopted, would eliminate much of what remains of Internet freedom in Russia.

In an unprecedented wave of censorship, the Egyptian government has so far blocked over 118 news websites inside Egypt.

On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.

ARTICLE 19 and 82 other organisations urge “Five Eyes” to support the development and use of secure communications tools and technologies and reject policies that would prevent or undermine the use of strong encryption.