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Aside from a former intelligence chief detained provisionally a year and a half ago, all of the suspects “wanted” in connection with a Malian reporter Birama Touré’s disappearance eight years ago are still at large.

Since the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022, the daily work of Ukrainian journalists has been transformed. In order to contribute to local and international legal proceedings, media outlets are investigating Russian war crimes in real time.

RSF calls for the release of Myanmar former journalist and documentary filmmaker Shin Daewe, who was recently sentenced to life in prison, the harshest term given to a journalist in since the military junta regained by force its power almost three years.

RSF condemns the sentencing of Shangguan Yunkai to 15 years in prison on trumped-up charges.

Israel has arrested a total of 38 Palestinian journalists since the start of its war with Hamas on 7 October and is currently holding 31, most of them without any charge.

Following the two last complaints filed by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) with the International Criminal Court (ICC), the office of prosecutor Karim Khan has assured the organisation that crimes against journalists are included in its investigation.

After blocking access to social media and jamming several radio stations for several weeks, the Guinean authorities have suspended the broadcasting of three TV channels without warning on “national security” grounds.

Investigations by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Reuters into an Israeli army attack that killed a Reuters reporter in southern Lebanon on 13 October concur with the findings of RSF's investigation.

RSF looks at the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of these journalists.