Articles by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Mongolia: RSF commends presidential veto of a dangerous social media bill
The bill would have given authorities the power to censor any online content they dislike.
Two refugee journalists in Turkey risk deportation to Syria
“Sending them back to Syria is to send them back to imprisonment, disappearance, or even death,” says RSF.
Anti-journalist terror has grown in every way in two years of military rule in Myanmar
Since the military coup on 1 February 2021, four Burmese journalists have been killed, and no fewer than 130 journalists have been arrested and jailed, and 72 are still being held.
After grenade attack on TV station in Lebanon, concerns about a return to violence against media
“This is an attempt to terrorise journalists, satirists and those who work with them,” says RSF.
Kyrgyz Ministry of Culture seeks closure of independent Radio Azattyk
The ministry is seeking to shut down ‘Radio Azattyk’ because of a 2022 video report about clashes on the Kyrgyz/Tajik border in the Batken region. The media outlet’s websites have been blocked since October.
RSF hails end to European Parliament’s silence on decline of press freedom in Morocco
An urgent resolution by the European Parliament calls on Moroccan authorities to respect freedom of expression and media freedom.
Martinez Zogo is 2nd Cameroonian journalist to die in distressing manner in recent years
The body of radio journalist Martinez Zogo showing signs that he was tortured, was found near the capital, Yaoundé, five days after he was reported missing.
RSF condemns the detention of 4 Chinese journalists after last month’s protests
The charges against 4 journalists range from “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” to “gathering a crowd to disrupt public order”; for the second charge they can be sentenced up to life imprisonment.