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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and its partner, Freedom Network (FN), hail the adoption of a law protecting journalists by the legislative assembly in Sindh province, in southern Pakistan, but they propose essential improvements that should be incorporated into the law during its initial implementation phase. The essence of the new law, passed unanimously by the […]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the arrests of a total a dozen of journalists in the space of two days in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, and calls for their immediate and unconditional release. Most of the arrests took place on 30 June, when a total of 10 employees of the Awlo Media Center news

Nasri Abu Jaish says Palestinian PM Mohammad Shtayyeh twice refused to accept his resignation, leading him to continue in government. The Palestinian Authority labour minister who declared he would resign amid protests over the death of an activist in custody will ultimately remain in office, he said on Sunday. Nasri Abu Jaish, who is also

2021-07-08. WAN-IFRA is launching the third round of Table Stakes Europe in partnership with the Google News Initiative Digital Growth Programme. The one-year transformation and coaching programme for regional and local news publishers, a collaboration with Table Stakes architect Doug Smith, will once again welcome twenty-four participating news enterprises. Applications are now open and will

Switching to a subscription model in the middle of a pandemic was not an easy decision for the publisher. But El País made it work. “A crazy story in the middle of a pandemic,” is how Borja Echevarría, Managing Editor of El País, describes their shift to a subscription model last year. But as crazy

Google is being sued by 37 US states over policies on its Android app store, Google Play. The lawsuit claims that the tech giant has used “monopolistic leverage” to generate large profits from purchases made within its own store. It also claimed Google had bought off its competitors. Google said that there are rival app

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Mai Phan Loi, a Vietnamese journalist who once ran an official law magazine but who, for the past five years, has provided his fellow citizens with reliable, independent information about economic, social and environmental issues. All charges against him must be dropped, RSF said. Hanoi

After the assault of an exiled and critical Turkish journalist in Berlin, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) requests a full investigation and safety guarantees for the journalist. The Turkish dissident journalist Erk Acarer in Berlin was attacked and injured on Wednesday 7 July evening by three men in the courtyard of the apartment building where he

In an urgent resolution adopted on 8th of July, the European Parliament condemned the forced closure of Apple Daily newspaper and urged for the immediate release of all detained journalists in Hong Kong. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) commends this much-needed resolution addressing the escalating crackdown on press freedom in the territory. On the 8th of