Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Yemeni reporters are caught in the crossfire between three forces.

On August 23, the “Washington Post” revealed that Twitter’s former chief security officer is accusing his former employer, with supporting documents, of not protecting its users from hacking and manipulation of information.

While covering a major news event, Somalian journalist Ahmed Omar Nur is shot at point blank range by elite police deployed at a hotel under siege.

Reporters Without Borders describes the summoning of a journalist by the military in Guinea as “indefensible”, especially since “the media regulator and courts are functioning normally”.

Dima Sadek and Hasan Shaaban are being subjected to a new wave of threats and intimidation.

The new head of Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK is the former HK representative to the European Union, known for signing dozens of letters accusing major European media outlets of “unfounded allegations” on Hong Kong policies.

With less than a year to go to presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey, media and journalists are being threatened by ultra-nationalist politicians.

The calculated paralysis of Burkina Faso’s media regulator, the Superior Council for Communication (CSC), is a contributing factor to increasing attacks on the media and the continuing decline in quality journalism.