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This Friday, 8 November, Article 3 of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) will come into force. Adopted by the European Union (EU) last April, this Regulation recognises European citizens’ right to access to diverse sources of reliable information. 

Detained in provisional custody for the past four years, Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio is scheduled to appear in court on 11 November. RSF is urging the Philippine government to immediately drop the trumped-up charges against her.

Between stoned press vehicles, internet blackouts, and the journalists who have been sprayed with tear gas, arrested and threatened online, press freedom has been gravely attacked

RSF — whose staff was present in Addis Ababa — recently launched an appeal to protect local journalism alongside over 500 community radio stations in the Sahel, and invites the region’s authorities to promise to protect the right to information.

Rather than doubling down on the hostility he has espoused towards the media so far, President-elect Trump should take the opportunity to repair the domestic press freedom climate and reposition the U.S. as a global leader in press freedom.

RSF welcomes the conclusion of the federal police’s investigation into the murders of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, which culminated in the indictment of the crime’s alleged mastermind

Where is Alain Traoré? Over three months have passed since the editor of the “‘national languages” desk at Oméga Media, a private press group, was abducted — yet his relatives and colleagues still have no news of him.

As the appeal hearing for Mongolian journalist Unurtsetseg Naran — sentenced to prison earlier this year — approaches, RSF is sounding the alarm about a concerning lack of transparency in these legal proceedings.

As news from northern Gaza is under heavy attack, local journalists told RSF about working under siege.