Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 09.01.2024 China: investigative journalist Shangguan Yunkai sentenced to 15 years in prison on trumped-up charges RSF condemns the sentencing of Shangguan Yunkai to 15 years in prison on trumped-up charges.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsNews 09.01.2024 31 Palestinian journalists currently held in Israeli prisons in record wave of detentions 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.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 03.01.2024 Hong Kong: As Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty, evidence brought against him highlights arbitrary nature of his national security trial On 2 January, Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty to all charges brought against him in a national security trial that opened in December.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 03.01.2024 Gui Minhai, the Swedish publisher deprived of his freedom for 3,000 days Abducted by Chinese authorities in Thailand in October 2015, this week, 3 January, marks 3,000 days since Swedish publisher and writer Gui Minhai lost his freedom.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsDatas 31.12.2023 779 journalists were jailed in 2023, 547 will spend New Year’s Eve in prison Arbitrary imprisonment of journalists is widely used in many countries to suppress the right to news and information.
Disinformation and propagandaArbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsNews 22.12.2023 Pakistan: RSF and Freedom Network launch a programme to support Afghan journalists in exile Freedom Network, a partner of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in Pakistan, has launched the "Advocacy Hub for Afghan Journalists" initiative
Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsNews 19.12.2023 Two journalists detained in latest crackdown in Afghanistan Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of two journalists who were arrested within a week of each other in Afghanistan
Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsInvestigation 18.12.2023 Investigation file on Stanis Bujakera exposes arbitrary nature of Congolese journalist’s detention Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has seen the file of the police investigation into Stanis Bujakera, a journalist in the Democratic Republic of Congo who is currently being subjected to a trial at which no evidence has been produced to support the charge t
Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsNews 16.12.2023 Myanmar: Two more journalists arrested as junta's crusade against the right to information continues Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the recent arrest of two journalists by the Myanmar military junta.
Violence against journalistsReport 14.12.2023 RSF’s 2023 Round-up: 45 journalists killed in the line of duty worldwide – a drop despite the tragedy in Gaza According to the annual round-up compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the number of journalists killed worldwide in connection with their work (45 as of 1 December 2023) is the lowest since 2002, despite the war in the Middle East.