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Yet, at the time of this writing, there was no safe way out; Read the rest Violence against journalistsNews 07.11.2024 Mozambique’s journalists are trapped in post-election violence 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 Arbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsNews 24.10.2024 Burkina Faso: authorities confirm the conscription of three missing media professionals amidst a growing crackdown on the press In front of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), the Burkinabe authorities broke their silence on the fate of three journalists who disappeared in June: they were drafted into the army. Arbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsDatas 10.07.2024 Rwanda: RSF sounds the alarm on President Kagame’s horrific press freedom record as election looms Several candidates have been disqualified from Rwanda’s upcoming presidential elections, which will be held on 15 July. Technological censorship and surveillanceDigital space and democracyIndependence and pluralismMedia sustainabilityNews 27.06.2024 Guinea: RSF stages protest against media censorship in Dakar After demonstrating in support of journalists in Conakry in March, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Sub-Saharan Africa desk protested in Dakar on 27 June, calling on Mamadi Doumbouya’s government to end their completely repressive policies. Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsInternational laws and governanceIndependence and pluralismModels and good practicesNews 06.11.2023 RSF recounts Eritrea’s press freedom failings to African human rights body An Eritrean official told a meeting of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) that his country respects press freedom but Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which attended the meeting, demolished his claim. Arbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsNews 05.07.2023 Sudan’s belligerents are targeting journalists Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the deliberate targeting of journalists by both of the two rival military factions that have been fighting in Sudan for more than three months. Protecting media personnel must become a priority for the parties to t 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
Media sustainabilityViolence against journalistsNews Crisis in the DRC: in North Kivu, the right to information is in grave danger The media professionals that RSF was able to contact all expressed an urgent need to evacuate the area. Yet, at the time of this writing, there was no safe way out; Read the rest
Violence against journalistsNews 07.11.2024 Mozambique’s journalists are trapped in post-election violence 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
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsNews 24.10.2024 Burkina Faso: authorities confirm the conscription of three missing media professionals amidst a growing crackdown on the press In front of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), the Burkinabe authorities broke their silence on the fate of three journalists who disappeared in June: they were drafted into the army.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsDatas 10.07.2024 Rwanda: RSF sounds the alarm on President Kagame’s horrific press freedom record as election looms Several candidates have been disqualified from Rwanda’s upcoming presidential elections, which will be held on 15 July.
Technological censorship and surveillanceDigital space and democracyIndependence and pluralismMedia sustainabilityNews 27.06.2024 Guinea: RSF stages protest against media censorship in Dakar After demonstrating in support of journalists in Conakry in March, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Sub-Saharan Africa desk protested in Dakar on 27 June, calling on Mamadi Doumbouya’s government to end their completely repressive policies.
Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsInternational laws and governanceIndependence and pluralismModels and good practicesNews 06.11.2023 RSF recounts Eritrea’s press freedom failings to African human rights body An Eritrean official told a meeting of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) that his country respects press freedom but Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which attended the meeting, demolished his claim.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsNews 05.07.2023 Sudan’s belligerents are targeting journalists Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the deliberate targeting of journalists by both of the two rival military factions that have been fighting in Sudan for more than three months. Protecting media personnel must become a priority for the parties to t