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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hopes that imprisoned newspaper editor Souleiman Raissouni, who is still very weak from a long hunger strike, finally receives fair treatment from the Casablanca court that is due to begin hearing his appeal tomorrow. The editor of the Akhbar al Yaoum daily newspaper (which had to suspend payments to its creditors in March), […]

A separatist armed group in southwestern Pakistan’s Balochistan province has claimed the targeted bombing of a TV reporter in the town of Hub, saying he was “eliminated” for spying. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities identify those responsible and bring them to trial. Shahid Zehri, a reporter for local TV channel Metro One News,

Last week’s testimony from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen was devastating. The documents she took from the company were carefully and methodically explained – a window into the inner workings of Facebook. It was a stunning moment of theatre – her testimony reverberating around the world. But last week could be significant for the future of

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for an independent investigation to establish exactly how TV reporter Raman Kashyap sustained fatal injuries while covering a protest by farmers in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state on 3 October. Those responsible must be brought to justice, RSF says. Raman Kashyap, who often worked for Sadhna Prime News TV, disappeared after

2021-10-08. While retention is extremely important, it cannot be considered as an objective in itself explains Louis Deering, Vice President of Digital Subscriptions of MediaNews Group, publisher of the San José Mercury News, Boston Herald, and The Denver Post. Louis Deering, Vice President of Digital Subscriptions of MediaNews Group (San José Mercury News, Boston Herald, The Denver

2021-10-08. Join us for the latest episode of The Backstory Media Freedom podcast as we explore how African media companies are finding innovative ways of coping – and thriving – in the midst of huge economic uncertainty. In a time of exceptional crisis for newsrooms and media companies everywhere, African media is facing huge financial

Tomorrow, six months will have elapsed since Greek crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz was gunned down outside his Athens home and still no suspect has been identified. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Greek authorities to keep their promise to prioritise the case and to make every possible effort to solve it fast for the

On the initiative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), 12 large and medium-sized French cities are going to join Paris in displaying huge photos of Olivier Dubois, a French journalist who has been held hostage by an armed group in Mali for the past six months. The aim of this “cities campaign” is to show solidarity