Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

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.

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’s President and the ruling party have initiated several actions and “discriminatory measures” that undermine the independence and work of journalists.

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.

The Forum on Information and Democracy (initiated by RSF) makes ten recommendations to social media platforms with a view to defending journalism, the right to information and users’ rights.

Press freedom delegation to Kosovo finds that significant progress has been made in strengthening media freedom. However, journalists still find themselves the targets of SLAPPs and smear campaigns that could increase the risk to their safety.

RSF noted that the Chinese authorities’ policy of visa weaponisation has obstructed journalists from reporting.

By signing the ten undertakings and calling on colleagues to join them, the eight prosecutors are proclaiming their determination to preserve the independence and impartiality of their investigations, to protect journalists and to cooperate with their international counterparts.