Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

The local police have described Giorno’s death as a premeditated “ambush” and say they are working on the assumption that he was killed in connection with either his political activities or his journalism.

The eight journalists have been working on stories such as French arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the apparent cover-up of alleged offences by former top presidential security aide Alexandre Benalla.

RSF and partner organization JED are urging DRC’s President Tshisekedi to follow through on promises to reform the media landscape and put a stop the closure of radio stations and attacks on journalists.

A directive prohibiting media houses from reporting on corruption, sent out by Sudan’s media regulatory body acting on instructions from the Military Transitional Authority, has been condemned.

RSF has obtained confirmation that the Saudi authorities are holding journalists Marwan Al Muraisi and Abdel Rahman Farhaneh.

Daniel Hale, a former government intelligence analyst, was charged in a federal court under the Espionage Act with five crimes related to the disclosure of classified information.

RSF calls on the authorities in the CAR to complete all necessary investigations into French photojournalist Camille Lepage’s murder, including a reenactment of the crime, in order to establish the facts of the case before it comes to trial.

Around 30 journalists and citizen-journalists have been summoned, questioned or arrested in the past few weeks.