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Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 01.09.2023 China: RSF urges for release of ailing detained Covid-19 journalist, hospitalised again RSF urges for the release of Chinese journalist and RSF Press Freedom laureate Zhang Zhan, detained since 2020 for covering the Covid-19 outbreak, who was recently hospitalised again and is at high risk of dying if kept in detention. Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 31.08.2023 China: Political commentator, previously jailed for 4 years, detained again RSF calls for the release of Zhou Yuanzhi, a political commentator who served 4 years in prison until 2022, and was recently detained again under undisclosed accusations. Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 30.08.2023 China: RSF urges for release of ailing Australian political commentator denied medical treatment Detained in China for “espionage” since January 2019, Yang Hengjun is denied medical care despite significant health deterioration. RSF urges for the release of Chinese-born Australian political commentator. Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 28.08.2023 Somali TV journalist held for reporting suspected police corruption Somali TV journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Bulbul was arrested by police in Mogadishu on 17 August and has been arbitrarily detained for more than ten days. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns his arrest and calls for his immediate release. Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 25.08.2023 China: RSF calls for release of news website publisher RSF calls for the release of Lü Hua, the manager of Chinese news website Hubei New Perspective, who went missing four months ago after publishing an investigation on corruption, and whose detention was recently revealed. Legal framework and justice systemInternational laws and governanceViolence against journalistsNews 23.08.2023 Call for release of Narges Mohammadi, jailed Iranian journalist committed to exposing violence against fellow female detainees Following the publication of a new letter by imprisoned Iranian journalist Narges Mohammadi about violence against women detained in Iran, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Iranian authorities to put a stop to this violence Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 21.08.2023 Belarus puts jailed TUT.BY director and editor-in-chief on “extremist” list Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces the persecution of these prominent figures and the absurdity of this decision by a government that treats independent journalists as terrorists. Legal framework and justice systemInternational laws and governanceIndependence and pluralismMedia sustainabilityViolence against journalistsNews 18.08.2023 Ethiopia clamps down on reporting in Amhara region At least 11 journalists have been arrested by the authorities in a crackdown on coverage of the current tension in northern Ethiopia’s Amhara region. Pagination Précédent Précédent First page 1 … Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Current page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 … Page 33 Next Next Subjects All subjects Actions RSF Legal framework and justice system Technological censorship and surveillance Disinformation and propaganda Arbitrary detention and proceedings International laws and governance Digital space and democracy Independence and pluralism Models and good practices Media sustainability Violence against journalists
Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsIndependence and pluralismNews 06.09.2023 Iran: journalist Elaheh Mohammadi held for past 11 months for giving a voice to women Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release Elaheh Mohammadi, an Iranian journalist held for the past 11 months for covering the cause of women in Iran.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 01.09.2023 China: RSF urges for release of ailing detained Covid-19 journalist, hospitalised again RSF urges for the release of Chinese journalist and RSF Press Freedom laureate Zhang Zhan, detained since 2020 for covering the Covid-19 outbreak, who was recently hospitalised again and is at high risk of dying if kept in detention.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 31.08.2023 China: Political commentator, previously jailed for 4 years, detained again RSF calls for the release of Zhou Yuanzhi, a political commentator who served 4 years in prison until 2022, and was recently detained again under undisclosed accusations.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 30.08.2023 China: RSF urges for release of ailing Australian political commentator denied medical treatment Detained in China for “espionage” since January 2019, Yang Hengjun is denied medical care despite significant health deterioration. RSF urges for the release of Chinese-born Australian political commentator.
Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 28.08.2023 Somali TV journalist held for reporting suspected police corruption Somali TV journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Bulbul was arrested by police in Mogadishu on 17 August and has been arbitrarily detained for more than ten days. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns his arrest and calls for his immediate release.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 25.08.2023 China: RSF calls for release of news website publisher RSF calls for the release of Lü Hua, the manager of Chinese news website Hubei New Perspective, who went missing four months ago after publishing an investigation on corruption, and whose detention was recently revealed.
Legal framework and justice systemInternational laws and governanceViolence against journalistsNews 23.08.2023 Call for release of Narges Mohammadi, jailed Iranian journalist committed to exposing violence against fellow female detainees Following the publication of a new letter by imprisoned Iranian journalist Narges Mohammadi about violence against women detained in Iran, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Iranian authorities to put a stop to this violence
Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 21.08.2023 Belarus puts jailed TUT.BY director and editor-in-chief on “extremist” list Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces the persecution of these prominent figures and the absurdity of this decision by a government that treats independent journalists as terrorists.
Legal framework and justice systemInternational laws and governanceIndependence and pluralismMedia sustainabilityViolence against journalistsNews 18.08.2023 Ethiopia clamps down on reporting in Amhara region At least 11 journalists have been arrested by the authorities in a crackdown on coverage of the current tension in northern Ethiopia’s Amhara region.