Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Media advocates repeat their request to have Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera released.

“Francisco Ramírez’s murder highlights the tragic plight of local journalists in Honduras. When state protection is not enough to guarantee their safety, the conditions for journalistic freedom are no longer assured” – RSF

The journalist published a series of articles in which he revealed the wrongdoings of several officials in the city of Ezhou.

“The massacre of journalists in Gaza, at least 79 of whom have been killed since 7 October, demands a determined response from the ICC. Only a thorough investigation will establish the immense extent of the war crimes against media professionals” – RSF

Another example of the growing campaign for Zamora’s release, the resolution also calls on the Guatemalan prosecutor’s office not to obstruct the work of journalists.

“Each journalist in prison is by definition a journalist prevented from working. But it’s also a journalist who will be intimidated in the future. And it’s hundreds or even thousands of colleagues feeling a threat hanging over their heads” – RSF

Stanis Bujakera is being subjected to a trial with no evidence to support the charge that he fabricated an intelligence agency memo.

“An explicit reference in the EMFA to a national security exception would have opened the door to surveillance of journalists and violations of the confidentiality of their sources, and so its removal is a victory for journalism” – RSF