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Dozens of journalists throughout Russia have been subjected to police harassment ranging from intimidation to violence for covering protests against the “partial” mobilisation announced on 21 September.

Attacks on the media have been one of the hallmarks of Jair Bolsonaro’s first term as Brazil’s president. Supported by an increasingly virulent base and backed by disinformation campaigns, he has undermined press freedom and the right to information...

Four years after the brutal assasination of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, none of the 26 men implicated in his murder have faced any real punishment. The man accused of leading them, Saud al-Qahtani, never even stood trial.

Condemning the use of SLAPPs, RSF calls for the dropping of criminal defamation charges against Azam Aris, former editor of the Malaysian business weekly The Edge, and his colleague Shanmugam Murugasu, for articles revealing stock market manipulation. 

Albanian prosecutors have banned the media from covering issues of public interest. RSF urges the authorities to avoid disproportionate measures and deplores the fact that journalists have been threatened with imprisonment for violating these bans.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) supports the call by the family of Ahmed Maher, a 25-year-old Yemeni journalist held by the Aden-based Southern Transitional Council since 6 August, for an independent commission to investigate the charges against him.

RSF and nine other NGOs sent a joint letter to the United States Congress urging them to impose sanctions upon Hong Kong individuals and Chinese regime officials involved in the raids and closure of Apple Daily.

On the International Day for Universal Access to Information, RSF calls on the Iranian government to immediately stop the suppression of journalists, to release the ones in detention and to restore the network integrity.

Reporters sans frontières (RSF) demande au gouvernement régional kurde de les libérer immédiatement et de cesser l’arrestation des journalistes dans son territoire.