Articles by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Algeria: Imprisonment of journalist Ihsane El Kadi is “distressing and dangerous”
Journalist’s detention is the culmination of years of judicial harassment designed to silence two of the last Algerian media outlets still providing a free debate and criticism.
Three journalists sentenced, another arrested in Myanmar’s endless terror
With 63 media personnel currently held, according to RSF’s Press Freedom Barometer, Myanmar is the world’s biggest jailer of journalists relative to its population.
Hong Kong: RSF calls for release of freelance journalist sentenced to 15 months for “possessing offensive weapons”
Journalist Tang Cheuk-yu was sentenced to 15 months for possession of alleged “offensive weapons” while covering news for Taiwan’s Public Television Service.
Yemen: Houthis carry out journalists’ death sentences slowly by torturing them
Three of the four journalists sentenced to death by Houthi rebels in 2020 were tortured in custody for at least 45 days.
RSF: A record total of 533 journalists are currently detained worldwide
RSF’s round-up shows that the number of journalist detained in 2022 is 13.4% higher than the figure for last year. Of those currently in detention, 78 are women – a rise of nearly 30% compared to 2021.
Son of Uganda’s President Museveni threatens to crush journalists
General Muhoozi Kainerugaba accuses journalists from Ugandan publication ‘Daily Monitor’ of being “terrorists”, and threatens to deal with them in vituperative tweets, which are later deleted.
South Korea: RSF concerned by president’s hostile moves against public media
South Korea’s President and the ruling party have initiated several actions and “discriminatory measures” that undermine the independence and work of journalists.
RSF Secretary General visits Pape Alé Niang in jail
Reporters Without Borders plans to step up its advocacy work in Senegal so that the country goes back to playing its role as a regional model for a free media.