Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

South Korean journalist and political commentator Woo Jong-chang was sentenced on charges of defamation to eight-months imprisonment for refusing to disclose the identity of a source he quoted in a YouTube video.

In the absence of an impartial and independent investigation, Reporters Without Borders is appealing to 3 UN Special Rapporteurs to look into the death of Cameroonian journalist Samuel Wazizi.

In addition to illegally detaining him, Djiboutian authorities searched journalist Charmarke Saïd Darar’s home and hacked into his Facebook account.

Human rights defenders, journalists, and critics have been targeted by the police, intelligence agencies, and pro-government media since the presidential election in 2019.

The prosecution represents an attempt to use tax law and foreign ownership regulations as another weapon to criminalise journalism and silence Ressa and “Rappler” as threats to press freedom and democracy escalate in the Philippines.

Djibouti authorities sent 20 men to search for and arrest journalist Charmarke Saïd Darar during the recent crackdown on media.

The Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority has suspended Kwanza Online TV for 11 months for what it considers “generating and disseminating biased, misleading and disruptive content”.

As four Yemeni journalists and an Iranian editor await execution of their death sentences, Reporters Without Borders takes a look at how this barbaric tool of repression is still being used against critical journalists around the world.