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Authorities in Belarus have paraded the detained opposition blogger Roman Protasevich at a news conference in Minsk, where they gave their version of the Ryanair plane diversion of 23 May. A BBC reporter who was initially at the media briefing says Mr Protasevich, 26, was clearly appearing under duress. An alleged bomb threat forced the […]

In view of local police incompetence, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on India’s central government to appoint an independent team to investigate journalist Sulabh Srivastava’s death yesterday in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The reporter, who had been threatened and whose body was covered with injuries when found, clearly seems to have been the

In view of local police incompetence, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on India’s central government to appoint an independent team to investigate journalist Sulabh Srivastava’s death yesterday in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The reporter, who had been threatened and whose body was covered with injuries when found, clearly seems to have been the

WhatsApp has launched its first major privacy-focused advertising campaign in the UK. It follows a customer backlash against changes to its terms and conditions, announced earlier this year. The platform also said it is standing firm against pressure from governments, including the UK, to compromise on the way that it encrypts messages. Authorities should “demand

NPR has been a leader in podcasts for the last 15 years. Meanwhile, NPM, NPR’s sponsorship arm, has been successfully implementing plans to monetise the podcasts. From 2015 to 2019 US-based National Public Radio (NPR) saw its podcasting revenue grow ten-fold. Things were tougher last year due to the pandemic, though NPR still managed a

With official campaigning for next week’s presidential election now under way in Iran, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) again condemns the regime’s censorship of the media, its use of threats against journalists and the absence of independent reporting. The fact that the candidates for Iran’s 13th presidential election on 18 June were selected by the Islamic

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Burkina Faso’s Constitutional Council to strike down a newly passed law containing amendments to the criminal code that would criminalize certain kinds of online content, including fake news and terrorism reporting that could have negative consequences. Adopted by Burkina Faso’s national assembly on 21 June, the law provides for

With the number of Indian journalists killed by Covid-19 now more than 500, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is shedding light on the dilemmas facing reporters trying to cover the pandemic’s under-reported impact in India’s rural areas, where they are exposed to many dangers. As of today, a total of 519 journalists have died of Covid-19

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is campaigning for journalist Mratt Kyaw Thu from Myanmar to be allowed to apply for asylum in Germany. The 31-year-old fled Myanmar after the regime there issued an arrest warrant for him on 5 April. Mratt Kyaw Thu is one of the few journalists in Myanmar who is openly critical of