Eight months to the day after the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is providing an update on the terror to which reporters in the field are being subjected, along with video testimony by one of the heroic reporters who, despite all the danger, is still covering this story. In […]
“The courage and struggle of Myanmar’s reporters must not be forgotten” Read More »
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the sham justice to which a local reporter in southwestern Cambodia’s Koh Kong province was subjected at the ruling party’s behest in a blatant political reprisal after he reported that the authorities were seizing land from people who had farmed it for years. It is hard to imagine a more
Cambodian reporter sentenced to a year in prison two days after being arrested Read More »
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Tunisia’s newly appointed prime minister, Najla Bouden, to implement Tunisia’s undertakings as regard journalistic freedom, independence and pluralism, on the basis of Chapter 2 of Tunisia’s constitution and the country’s international obligations. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Tunisia’s newly appointed prime minister, Najla Bouden, to implement Tunisia’s undertakings
Tunisia’s new prime minister asked to prioritise safeguards for press freedom Read More »
2021-09-30. Amedia, Norway’s largest publisher of local news titles, reaches about 2 million daily readers, of which 660,000 are paying subscribers.The company launched its new and improved digital multi-subscription offering, +Alt, in May 2020 with the goal of acquiring 50,000 paying users. Within eight months of the launch, Amedia had surpassed its target and acquired
Norway’s Amedia drives subscriber growth, strengthens local news offering through +Alt Read More »
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on local and federal authorities to conduct an exemplary investigation into this week’s murder of a journalist in Cuernavaca, in the central Mexican state of Morelos, and to ensure that those who ordered this apparent contract killing are brought to justice. Manuel González Reyes had just finished having lunch in the
Another Mexican journalist murdered, sixth this year Read More »
Recognizing the significance of access to information the UNESCO declared 28 September of every year as International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). The 2021 theme for the IDUAI highlights the role of access to information laws and their implementation to build back strong institutions for the public good and sustainable development, as well
As a court in Rabat prepares to resume hearing Maati Monjib’s appeal tomorrow, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Moroccan authorities to end the years of judicial persecution of this journalist and historian with French and Moroccan dual nationality. Granted a conditional release on 23 March, Monjib is still being subjected to a great deal
Morocco’s Maati Monjib back in court tomorrow Read More »
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has denied any involvement in the attempted murder of Mahammad Mirzali, a dissident Azerbaijani blogger who found a refuge in France, or in the harassment of other critics of his government who are now based abroad, and has instead accused Reporters Without Borders (RSF) of bias. In an interview yesterday for the French
Azerbaijan’s President offers placating words in response to RSF’s criticism Read More »
RSF calls on the Turkish authorities to drop all charges against RSF Turkey representative Erol Onderoglu, who is facing the possibility of 14 and a half years in prison for supporting a Kurdish opposition newspaper in a retrial that resumes tomorrow. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Turkish authorities to drop all charges against
RSF Turkey representative’s retrial: “time to end five years of judicial incoherence” Read More »
In an unprecedented effort to achieve justice in the killing of journalists, three leading press freedom groups have established a People’s Tribunal to investigate their murders and hold governments accountable. The Tribunal, a form of grassroots justice, relies on investigations and high quality legal analysis involving specific cases in three countries. An opening hearing will
