Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is one of the signatories of an op-ed piece published in Benin on World Press Freedom Day calling for an overhaul of the country’s Digital Law, which has been used to throttle free speech and press freedom. Headlined “Digital Law, Trojan horse for press freedom in Benin?” and co-signed by three […]
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The Swedish section of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has awarded its 2021 Press Freedom Prize to the new Hungarian news site telex.hu. The prize was presented during a webinar in Stockholm yesterday, World Press Freedom Day. RSF Sweden’s prize singles out journalists who show courage and independence, qualities that embody the journalistic ideal that RSF
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Illegally incarcerated for the past three months, an editor has been sentenced to spend three more months in prison for simple defamation. Reporters Without Borders condemns this unjust action, which is an affront to all Congolese journalists. The sentence handed down to Raymond Malonga shows the level of respect for law and press freedom in
On World Press Freedom Day 2021, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #HoldTheLine coalition have launched an innovative campaign of solidarity with journalist Maria Ressa, who faces a possible lifetime in prison in the Philippines. A new website (www.holdthelineformariaressa.com) features hundreds of videos from prominent supporters around the world – with a call for public
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On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Centre for the Protection of Afghan Women Journalists (CPAWJ) sound the alarm about the plight of the media and the future for journalism in Afghanistan. The press freedom situation is disastrous in Afghanistan 14 months after the Taliban and
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities in Madagascar not to suppress media coverage of a second wave of coronavirus cases after they suspended nine radio and TV programmes last week and made several broadcasters give a written undertaking not to cause trouble in order to get their programmes back on the air. The
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Thirty years ago today, journalists, editors and publishers from across Africa gathered to draft a call for press freedom, the “Declaration of Windhoek on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press”. This landmark Declaration aimed to make the free flow of information a public good – a goal which still resonates today.Since 1991, the information
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Algerian authorities to free Rabah Karèche, the newspaper Liberté’s correspondent in Tamanrasset, 900 km south of Algiers, who has been held since 19 April after covering protests by the Ahaggar region’s Tuareg population against new territorial divisions. A Tamanrasset criminal court today denied a request for Karèche’s release
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In the wake of a crime reporter’s execution-style murder in Athens on 9 April and last weekend’s report of death threats against another journalist, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Greek police to take concrete steps to improve the safety of journalists and show them that they can rely on the police to protect
Hong Kong Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, has been hosting a daily talk show on public broadcaster RTHK since 28th April. This parody of journalism enables her to promote unpopular policies without exposing herself to questions from journalists. We are our own best advocates. On 28th April, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam sprung a surprise
