Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

The work, credibility and safety of Burkinabé reporters Lamine Traoré, Hyacinthe Sanou and Boukary Ouoba and expelled French journalists is being threatened by a deliberate disinformation strategy advanced by bogus websites.

The editor of ‘Aasan’ newspaper was arrested after blacking out his Facebook profile photo in a discreet comment on a massacre of civilians.

Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Lan Thang was accused of “defaming the party and state” by posting 12 videos about local politics and by giving interviews to the BBC.

Ahead of Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections on 14 May, RSF makes 15 press freedom recommendations for the future president, government ministers and parliamentarians.

Lai, ‘Apple Daily’ founder and RSF Press Freedom Prize laureate, has over the past three decades been an outspoken advocate for the right to information in the territory.

“Everything seems to suggest that this was a planned and coordinated attack with the aim of undermining the work of the national media and sowing fear in newsrooms in general. It ratchets up the climate of insecurity and self-censorship that is becoming part of the life of journalists in Ecuador.”

Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj, who runs Wande Magazine, is facing the possibility of life imprisonment following his arrest by the National Investigation Agency.

Freelance French reporter Olivier Dubois, who was abducted in April 2021, holds the unenviable record of being one of France’s longest-held hostages.