Articles by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Italian journalists investigated over books exposing Vatican mismanagement
Journalists Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fitiipaldi are being investigated over their books ‘Avarizia’ and ‘Via Crucis’, which examine Vatican finances.
Journalist arbitrarily detained in U.S. for covering protest
Jack Highberger, an emmy-award winning reporter for Fox 9 (KMSP-TV) in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, was arrested Monday evening while covering a Black Lives Matter protest on the side of highway I-94.
Seven activists, five of whom are journalists, on trial in Morocco
Their trial on charges of “endangering state security and integrity” and receiving “illegal foreign funding” is due to begin on 19 November.
Thai media hounded by junta since 2014 coup
A year and a half after a military coup in Thailand, RWB is releasing a report about the Thai military’s skilfully orchestrated crackdown on freedom of information.
International community calls for the release of VICE fixer Mohammed Ismael Rasool
Members of the IFEX network and other concerned organisations demand justice for wrongful imprisonment of Mohammed Ismael Rasaool
Libyan militias responsible for 31 attacks on journalists in 2015
The Libyan state’s disintegration and the failure to punish those responsible for such crimes has created a climate of violence that is extremely dangerous for the right to information.
Syria must disclose location of arrested activist Bassel Khartabil
Syria’s authorities have yet to disclose the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software developer and defender of freedom of information, one month after his transfer to an undisclosed location, 22 organisations said on 4 November 2015. Syrian authorities should immediately reveal his whereabouts and release him.
Syrian citizen-journalist murdered in Turkey
A contributor to the “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” (RBSS) information network and the Ayn al-Watan website, the 20-year-old Abd al-Qader was found beheaded at the home of a friend, Fares Hammadi, who had also been decapitated.