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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of Kenan Wakkaf, a journalist who was arrested in Tartus, a government-controlled city on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, shortly after posting an alarming video on 5 February reporting that the security forces were looking for him and had just raided his home. “This is a testament for my […]

Tallinn, Estonia – Two of the most ambitious international initiatives set up to confront potential “media extinction” and support the Right to Information round the world have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate more closely. The International Fund for Public Interest Media (the Fund) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Forum on Information and Democracy (the Forum), have agreed

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by an attack by masked gunmen on Capital FM, a radio station in Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, in which seven people including three of its journalists were injured. The authorities must quickly identify those responsible, RSF says. One of the journalists, Maimuna Bari, is still in a serious condition

On the occasion of the third Global Conference for Media Freedom held in Estonia on February 9 and 10, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is proposing an innovative reciprocity mechanism based on universal principles for protecting journalism and democracies. As the Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) meets in Tallinn, Estonia on February 9-10 for the third Global

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China denounces, in its annual report, the regime’s policy of weaponising foreign journalists’ visas which, alongside systematic harassment, makes covering the country an increasingly difficult exercise. In its annual report published on 31st January 2022, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) denounced the regime’s increasingly systematic weaponisation of foreign journalists’ visas.

After providing the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya with a detailed report on press freedom violations in Libya, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the UN’s experts to investigate the very disturbing situation of journalists and media outlets in this North African country. The report provided on 28 January documents violations of press freedom

A week after announcing it will become harder for foreign reporters to obtain press accreditation, the Malian authorities have expelled a French journalist within 24 hours of his arrival in the country. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the unprecedented expulsion and the use of an administrative pretext to prevent this journalist from working. Benjamin Roger,

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the editor of the leading investigative media outlet in Indian-administered Kashmir, who is facing the possibility of life imprisonment on a sedition charge although he is widely respected abroad for the quality of his reporting. The police used a tweet on 5 February to announce

Facebook’s owner Meta Platforms saw its stock market value slump by more than $230bn (£169bn) on Thursday, in a record daily loss for a US firm. Its shares fell 26.4% after quarterly figures disappointed investors. Meta also said that Facebook’s daily active users (DAUs) had dropped for the first time in its 18-year history. The

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Russia’s ban on the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle in retaliation for a German decision to stop the Russian state broadcaster RT DE from broadcasting without a licence in Germany. The case is an urgent reminder of the need to close potential regulatory gaps and harmonise licensing at the European