Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Articles by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Jordanian reporter gets one year in prison under draconian new cybercrime law

Jordan has seen a surge in harassment of journalists, including arrests, censorship and intimidation since December 2023.

Iran: International coalition launches to demand immediate release of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi

“The Free Narges Campaign is not just about one woman’s freedom; it is a fight for the dignity, rights, and future of all political prisoners in Iran.”

Netherlands: Three convicted of murdering journalist Peter R. de Vries

The Court convicted the two men who conducted the murder to 28 years in prison and the middleman – dubbed by the Prosecution as the ‘homicide broker’ – to 26 years.

Mongolia: Journalist faces eight years in prison for exposing suspected embezzlement by deputy prime minister

The journalist has published a series of investigative articles on suspected embezzlement involving the deputy prime minister.

UK High Court grants Julian Assange right to appeal US extradition

Assange will be allowed to appeal on two of nine grounds his legal team put forward at a hearing in February, both related to the possibility that, as an Australian citizen, he could be denied free speech protections afforded by the First Amendment.

Another escalation in Tunisia’s persecution of journalists

“The detention of the two reporters and attack on the France 24 crew are signs of a very disturbing escalation in the crackdown in Tunisia.”

USA: Police must respect rights of journalists to cover protests

“These arrests are reminiscent of the wave of press freedom violations that swept across the country in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter protests, suggesting that police departments failed to learn the proper lessons about the First Amendment from those protests.”

World Press Freedom Index finds states are failing to protect journalism

In its annual survey, RSF highlights the failure of political authorities to protect the press, and the challenge that disinformation presents to journalism in a “super election year”.