Articles by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
International warrant issued for Togolese journalists
Following the shocking judgement sentencing Togolese journalists Ferdinand Ayité and Isidoro Kouwonou to 3 years in prison and a US$4,860 fine each, the two have gone into hiding.
RSF denounces judicial harassment of Guatemalan newspaper
“The judicial harassment of the newspaper ‘El Periódico’ must stop and its publisher must be released.”
Iranian authorities arrest reporter who covered schoolgirl poisonings
“The systematic persecution of journalists who still dare to do their job must end,” says RSF.
Saudi Arabia: One year after his release from prison, blogger Raif Badawi is still not free
Badawi remains banned from leaving Saudi Arabia for 10 years and expressing his opinions online.
RSF’s Operation Collateral Freedom provides access to more than 80 blocked sites in 24 countries
Launched in 2015 to combat online media censorship, Operation Collateral Freedom is currently enabling access to blocked sites in 24 countries around the world, including Russia, Belarus, China, Myanmar and several African countries including Togo and Mali.
Covid-19 a widespread excuse to bar foreign correspondents from reporting in China
The 2022 report of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China identified the barriers faced by foreign journalists reporting in the country last year.
Attempt by Ecuador’s government to silence investigative journalism
President Guillermo Lasso’s threat of ‘war’ against journalists doing investigative reporting is a desperate attempt to silence them.
Attempts to renew broadcasting licences thwarted by authorities in Ethiopia’s Somali region
The Ethiopian Media Authority pushes authorities to suspend the services of Somali-language broadcasts by 15 international television broadcasters operating in the country’s southeastern region.