Chinese Ambassador to Paris, Lu Shaye, once again lashes out at French journalists he accuses of “lying” about his country. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) insists that a diplomat has no right to give journalism lessons, especially when representing one of the worst regimes in the world when it comes to press freedom. In a statement in […]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the leaders of the Awami League, the party that has ruled Bangladesh since 2009, to end all intimidation of journalists who dare to continue criticising Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s policies after fleeing the country. Pressure on family members, judicial harassment and even physical violence have been used by Awami
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the violent smear and hate campaign that members of Pakistan’s ruling party are waging on social media at the government’s instigation against a well-known columnist with the BBC’s Urdu-language service. This campaign is an unacceptable violation of press freedom, RSF’s says. The week-old campaign against Asma Shirazi, who writes
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From 27 to 28 October, the UK High Court will consider the US government’s appeal against the court decision opposing the extradition of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange. Despite continued barriers to access, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will again be attempting to monitor the proceedings, and calls again for the case to be closed and Assange
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“I’ve seen more images of dead people in the past three weeks than I’ve seen in my entire life,” a Facebook researcher in India wrote in 2019 after following recommendations by the social network’s algorithms for three weeks. The researcher’s report was part of a cache of internal documents called The Facebook Papers, recently obtained
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hails the progress in the investigation into journalist Romano dos Anjos’s abduction and torture in October 2020 in Roraima state, in northern Brazil, which has led to the arrest of Roraima state assembly representative Jalser Renier. The judicial system must now clearly identify everyone involved in this shocking case, and issue
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Twitter amplifies tweets from right-leaning political parties and news outlets more than from the left, its own research suggests. The social-media giant said it made the discovery while exploring how its algorithm recommends political content to users. But it admitted it did not know why, saying that was a “more difficult question to answer”. Twitter
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2021-10-22. There are many ways to support journalists who suffer harassment and gendered abuse while doing their jobs. Hannah Storm offers some suggestions. It’s been almost 10 years since the publication of “No Woman’s Land: On the Frontlines with Female Reporters,” the first book dedicated to the safety of women journalists and one that has become a
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Two women freelance journalists and a jailed photojournalist’s mother have been ordered to begin serving prison sentences in the past month in Iran. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the systematic use of imprisonment to harass all those associated with the provision of independent news and information, including women. Farangis Mazloom, the mother of Soheil Arabi, a
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is issuing an alert about three journalists imprisoned in Egypt who are being denied proper medical attention for serious ailments. They must be released so that they can receive the medical care they urgently need, RSF says. The authorities have so far ignored the desperate requests for their release that have
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