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The proposed European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) that was unveiled today represents an important step forward for media freedom and for the preservation of democracy and the rule of law throughout the European Union. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hails this initiative, which incorporates many of its recommendations, and will work to improve it. “This proposed European legislation

Image:Burmese journalist Htet Htet Khine was sentenced to three years in prison on 15 September 2022 by a Yangon court. Photo: Facebook Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Htet Htet Khine, a Burmese freelance journalist and former BBC Media Action presenter who was sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour in a

Image:KN Shanth Kumar Director, The Printers (Mysore) Pvt.Ltd, and Member of the Board at WA 2022-09-16. After a string of online events and conferences, this year’s Indian Printers Summit brought together more than 215 media executives from around 50 organisations for the 30th edition of this WAN-IFRA event. by WAN-IFRA Staff executivenews@wan-ifra.org | September 16, 2022 By

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is shocked and alarmed by the escalating violence against the media in Haiti, where last weekend’s murders of two reporters in the capital, Port-au-Prince, have brought the number of journalists killed in this Caribbean country since the start of the year to four. “The climate of violence for the Haitian media

The Hague, 9 May 2022 – In an unprecedented effort to achieve justice in the killing of journalists, three leading press freedom groups launched a People’s Tribunal in November 2021 to hold governments accountable. The Tribunal, a form of grassroots justice, relies on investigations and high quality legal analysis involving specific cases in three countries. The

The Egyptian government’s systematic persecution of journalists has not let up since it launched its “national strategy for human rights” one year ago, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Though eight journalists have been freed in the past six months – the latest of whom was let go on 14 September –  22 others remain behind bars. Unless they toe

On 14 September 2022, a Belfast court convicted a man, Niall Sheerin, of possessing the gun used to kill journalist Lyra McKee and sentenced him to seven years in prison. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the development, but emphasises the urgent need for justice for the killing itself. Delayed justice for McKee will only worsen the

After the recent parliamentary election, the Swedish Democrats blocked access of several journalists to their election night and threatened the media in general. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warns of the link between political and physical attacks. His words sounded chilling. When a journalist of the Swedish public broadcaster, SVT, asked on September 12th the chief of

An EU court has largely upheld a record fine against Google for using the Android platform to cement its search engine’s dominance. The €4.125bn (£3.5bn) penalty is the largest anti-trust fine ever handed down by the European Commission. It said Google had breached its laws by forcing Android phone-makers to carry its search and web

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the time being taken by Hungary’s Media Council to issue a new licence to Tilos Rádió, a Budapest-based independent community radio station whose broadcasting permit expired on 3 September. The Media Council – Hungary’s media regulator – must reach a duly justified decision as soon as possible, RSF says. “Ever since