Articles by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Somalia’s new media bill is vague and contains draconian clauses
If Somalia’s newly approved media bill is passed, it will pave the way for criminal prosecutions for ordinary press offences.
Pakistani journalist Azhar-ul Haq Wahid jailed over Facebook posts
A reporter for Channel Five TV and the newspaper “Khabrain”, Azhar-ul Haq Wahid was arrested for posting “anti-state and defamatory material” against government officials on Facebook.
Four media outlets closed down in Sudan
The new Sudanese government has closed down four media outlets that were aligned to former President Al Bashir’s government.
Ukraine: Doubts raised about investigation into murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet
Ukrainian authorities arrested five individuals in December 2019 in connection with Sheremet’s 2016 murder. However, concerns have been raised about inconsistencies in the evidence and also about the actions of the prosecutor’s office.
Chadian journalist Ali Hamata Achène jailed and fined
Chadian radio reporter Ali Hamata Achène has just been sentenced to six months in prison and fined for his Facebook post about the local judicial system’s slowness and cases of alleged corruption.
RSF calls for Julian Assange to be released on humanitarian grounds
Two months before Assange’s extradition hearing, RSF calls on the US to drop its Espionage Act charges against him, and for the Wikileaks publisher to be released on grounds that his health has seriously deteriorated whilst in detention.
Police violence against journalists covering protests in India
Several journalists were attacked while covering protests against India’s new citizenship law.
RSF records a 44% decrease in the killings of journalists in 2019
RSF says that 49 journalists were killed in 2019 – an “historically low” figure compared with an annual average of 80 journalists killed during the past two decades. Fewer journalists were killed in war zones than in countries at peace.