The Journalism Trust Initiative is making inroads into the Middle East region with Amman-based Community Media Network as the first media outlet to be awarded the JTI Certification, and which Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is pleased to announce. An independent NGO seeking to serve the Jordanian community through an enlightening discourse, Community Media Network (CMN) […]
As Bosnia prepares for parliamentary elections in October amid a surge in tension in the Balkans due to the war in Ukraine, access to reliable and pluralist news and information is being jeopardised by financial threats to the Bosnian public radio and TV broadcaster BHRT. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Bosnia’s central institutions and
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The board of Twitter has agreed to a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from the billionaire Elon Musk. Mr Musk, who made the shock bid less than two weeks ago, said Twitter had “tremendous potential” that he would unlock. He also called for a series of changes from relaxing its content restrictions to eradicating fake accounts.
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CNN’s new owner says it will close the US-based news channel’s streaming service just a month after it launched. Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) says it will issue refunds to subscribers after the service is shut down on 30 April. The head of CNN+ has resigned and hundreds more workers could be at risk of losing
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To avoid offending their Russian neighbour, the authorities in the five Central Asian republics are pressuring their media to provide “neutral” coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or ignore it altogether. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on these governments to allow journalists to cover the war and its consequences as they see fit. Читать на
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Using its Operation Collateral Freedom mirror site technology, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) was able to restore the Russian public’s access to the Radio France Internationale website within hours of its being blocked today at the behest of Rozkomnadzor, the Russian media and telecommunications regulator. Читать на русском / Read in Russian Radio France Internationale (RFI)
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the cold-blooded murder of a Bangladeshi reporter as he was covering drug-trafficking across Bangladesh’s eastern border with India. The police must ensure respect for the law by bringing the suspects to trial, RSF said. Mohiuddin Sarker Nayeem, a reporter for the Dainik Cumillar Dak local newspaper, was gunned down at around 11
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The Russian authorities have begun using arrests, raids and fines to harass journalists accused of publishing “false information” about the Russian army’s actions in Ukraine. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this witchhunt and the growing climate of impunity for attacks on journalists, and calls for the withdrawal of laws establishing censorship. Читать на русском /
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Within the framework of its February 2022’s fact-finding mission to which RSF took part, MFRR confirmed the Netherlands’ pioneering role in providing a safe and enabling environment for the practice of journalism. Some instruments must however be further developed by the authorities to further tackle the increasingly hostile climate against Dutch reporters, and particularly against
RSF joins MFRR and other press freedom organisations in expressing serious concerns about the harassment of Emilia Șercan, in a context of recent pressures against Romanian reporters. In an open letter sent in April 14 to the national authorities, the NGOs call for swift and independent investigations after the publication of Șercan’s private pictures and
