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Prosecution’s case against imprisoned Algerian journalist is empty

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Algerian authorities to drop all the charges against imprisoned Algerian journalist Ihsane El Kadi and to free him at once because the prosecution has absolutely no case against him. El Kadi and his lawyers hav

Legal framework and justice system Arbitrary detention and proceedings News

24.02.2023

UN asked to seek release of Franco-Afghan reporter held by Taliban for 50 days

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has formally referred the case of Mortaza Behboudi, a Franco-Afghan journalist detained without justification in Kabul, to two United Nations special rapporteurs and has asked the UN to seek his immediate release.

Legal framework and justice system Violence against journalists Advocacy

04.01.2023

RSF refers Algerian journalist’s imprisonment to United Nations

RSF has referred persecution of the director of Radio M and Maghreb Émergent in Algeria to the UN. Subjected to judicial harassment, Ihsane El Kadi was arrested on 24 December in a final attempt to silence Algeria’s last independent media outlets.

Violence against journalists News

21.12.2022

After an increase in attacks on journalists in Kosovo, police and international forces asked to provide better protection

RSF calls on the police and international security forces in Kosovo to provide journalists with better protection and to safeguard the right to information in the north of the country, where journalist are increasingly targeted.

Arbitrary detention and proceedings News

22.11.2022

Freelance reporter sentenced to two years in prison in Myanmar

Ah Hla Lay Thuzar, a Burmese journalist better known by the pseudonym of Ma Thuzar, received a two-year jail sentence today

Legal framework and justice system Violence against journalists News

08.11.2022

RSF calls for independent UN probe into Pakistani journalist’s murder in Kenya

Two weeks after well-known Pakistani TV news anchor Arshad Sharif was shot dead in a car near Nairobi, Reporters Without

Legal framework and justice system Violence against journalists Advocacy

27.10.2022

RSF activates nine UN mechanisms in complaint about crackdown on journalists in Iran

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the UN to make every effort to obtain the immediate release of journalists who have been detained arbitrarily since 16 September.

Legal framework and justice system Arbitrary detention and proceedings News

12.10.2022

Moroccan journalist must be freed at once, says UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention’s call for Moroccan journalist Souleiman Raissouni’s immediate release on the grounds that his detention for the past two and a half years has been accompanied by major h

Legal framework and justice system Arbitrary detention and proceedings International laws and governance Violence against journalists News

16.09.2022

Myanmar court sentences woman journalist to three years with hard labour

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Htet Htet Khine, a Burmese freelance journalist and former BBC Media Action presenter who was sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour.

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