Articles by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Kinshasa TV station raided, ransacked and material seized
Police in Kinshasa raided Kin Lartus, a television current affairs production company. The police ransacked the premises, seized material and arrested 10 journalists.
Mass harassment of journalists online a new threat to press freedom
The perpetrators of online harassment of journalists may be ordinary “haters”, or “troll armies” of online mercenaries created by authoritarian regimes.
RSF refers arbitrary detention in Egypt to UN Working Group
RSF asks UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to formally recognize the arbitrary nature of the detention of Egyptian journalists Hisham Gaafar and Wael Abbas
Three Russian journalists murdered in Central African Republic
The journalists were killed by unknown individuals while preparing to make a documentary about Russian mercenaries.
CNN reporter barred from White House event for “inappropriate questions”
“It is unacceptable that a reporter was barred from attending a White House event as a punitive measure for asking questions of public interest,” said Margaux Ewen, Director of RSF’s North America bureau.
Iraqi authorities obstruct media coverage of protests
With arrests and intimidation of journalists and Internet blocking, coverage of a major wave of protests in Iraq since the start of the July has been difficult and dangerous for the media.
Ukraine: Fears that separatists could charge journalist Stanislav Aseyev with spying
The independent reporter was detained by pro-Russian separatists in Dontesk in June 2017 and has been held without charges since then.
Vietnam suspends state-owned Tuoi Tre news website for “untrue” content
The website was suspended for three months and ordered to issue a public apology