Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

According to RSF, 32 journalists have gone missing in the last decade; 19 of these were the victims of enforced disappearance by state agents.

Sierra Leonean journalist Chernoh Alpha Bah has faced an onslaught of online harassment and death threats over the last 4 years.

Since the end of July, RSF has recorded at least six cases of attacks on journalists investigating the corruption surrounding the security crisis linked to the rise of organized crime in the country.

“It is very positive that President Petro is directly involving his office in addressing serious attacks against media professionals. This will allow the state to respond quickly to save lives and will send a clear message to assailants across the country about the fight against impunity for violence against journalists.”

Videos and eyewitness accounts indicate that the group of reporters were isolated and identifiable when an Israeli tank opened fire.

Both national and foreign journalists face a climate of hostility and repression, marked by arbitrary arrests, threats, physical attacks, censorship and restrictions on information access. RSF strongly condemns these violations and demands immediate restoration of journalists’ rights.

The brutality inflicted by Kenya’s police force, on journalists covering the anti-government protests, has been carried out with complete impunity.

Five journalists killed, 131 imprisoned, 77 convicted of “insulting the president” and hundreds prosecuted for their work – RSF presents its damning assessment of President Erdogan’s 10 years in office.