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Agitation to break away from a nation is not uncommon — it happens across the world. In Nigeria and elsewhere in West Africa, escalating conflicts resulting from separatist groups who desire independence for their regions or ethnic groups have resulted in violence. In Nigeria, separatists are known to bully, intimidate, harass and make death threats both online and through armed militias associated with […]

Kinshasa, September 21, 2022—Congolese authorities should thoroughly investigate and hold accountable those responsible for the attack on Radio Evangélique Butembo-Oicha, known as REBO, in North Kivu, and ensure the safety of all journalists in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Around 9 p.m. on September 12, four armed men in uniforms resembling

New York, September 21, 2022 – On Wednesday, a court in Kyrgyzstan convicted Next TV director Taalaibek Duishenbiev of inciting interethnic hatred over posts on the broadcaster’s social media accounts covering Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to news reports. Duishenbiev, who was detained for seven months pending trial, was originally handed a five-year prison sentence, his lawyer,

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges Tunisia’s government to quickly repeal an unprecedented new decree criminalising “rumours and fake news” because it threatens press freedom, one of the most important gains of the country’s pro-democracy revolution in 2011. “Using censorship and bans on the provision of news and information to combat disinformation and fake news is

As in life, the only constant in journalism has been change. Technological advances over the years have modified the profile of the journalist. The image of the journalist as a lone wolf with a typewriter and notebook in hand has been left behind. It has given way to the profile of a multifaceted professional who

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