Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

“The State’s blatant attempts to suppress Rappler’s election-related fact-checking services is an unacceptable attempt to cheat the public of their right to accurate information, which is critical during elections,” said the Hold the Line Coalition Steering Committee.

“If the future government does not take concrete steps to dismantle this political system which has enabled the concentration of media ownership as well as the deliberate attacks on media independence, Hungary would risk becoming a black hole from which no reliable news and information emerges.”

“Jordanian authorities must not tolerate misuse of defamation or cyber-crime laws that could result in police abuses,” said Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Cambodia’s information ministry withdrew the licenses of three media outlets after they published reports exposing corruption involving the country’s political and economic elites.

A two-year timeline of how enforcement of the National Security Law led to the dismantling of Hong Kong’s once vibrant civic space.

Hope that French journalist Olivier Dubois is alive was renewed after a new video of him recently surfaced on the internet 11 months after his abduction.

Held for nine days, the ‘Radio France’ fixer was beaten with an iron bar, tortured with electricity, and subjected to a mock execution.

Several media crews have come under fire and four reporters have sustained gunshot injuries during the first two weeks of Russia’s assault; four TV broadcast towers have been bombed.