Digital space and democracyIndependence and pluralismModels and good practicesNews 06.02.2024 Ukraine: RSF calls on government to put an end to telemarathon Created the day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 to counter the wave of Russian disinformation that swept through the country at the start of the war, the "United News Telemarathon" is now being heavily criticised in Ukraine.
Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsIndependence and pluralismMedia sustainabilityNews 05.02.2024 Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev jails independent journalists to secure his dynasty The reelection of President Ilham Aliyev, who silences all dissent, is assured without much suspense on 7 February 2024. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the wave of arrests of journalists that started on 20 November.
Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsInternational laws and governanceViolence against journalistsNews 05.02.2024 Australian political commentator sentenced to death: China's relentless crackdown on journalism reaches new heights The suspended death sentence handed down to Australian political commentator Yang Hengjun, author of several articles critical of the Chinese regime in the magazine The Diplomat, is staggering.
Legal framework and justice systemTechnological censorship and surveillanceArbitrary detention and proceedingsDigital space and democracyIndependence and pluralismNews 19.01.2024 House of Press besieged, journalists arrested, radio stations pirated and website closed in latest escalation against Guinea’s media Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for an immediate end to the climate of terror that Guinea’s authorities have imposed on the media in the past 48 hours.
Legal framework and justice systemDigital space and democracyNews 16.01.2024 Friend or foe to the media? RSF examines the US presidential candidates’ press freedom records RSF examines the US presidential candidates’ press freedom records to understand what impact they could have as president.
Legal framework and justice systemTechnological censorship and surveillanceArbitrary detention and proceedingsDigital space and democracyViolence against journalistsNews 11.01.2024 Three journalists held incommunicado and tortured in Somaliland Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the illegal detention and reported torture of three journalists arrested in a raid on a TV channel in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland.
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.
Legal framework and justice systemTechnological censorship and surveillanceNews 27.12.2023 South Sudan: arbitrary suspension of the daily Al-Watan after publication of president’s letter of condolence to Israel South Sudanese authorities have indefinitely banned access to the independent Arabic-language daily Al-Watan offices, after the newspaper published a letter of condolence that they have sent to Israel.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 22.12.2023 Mongolia: RSF urges for the release of Zarig.mn news site chief editor RSF calls on Mongolian authorities to release journalist Unurtsetseg Naran. Kept in pre-trial detention since early December, she has been charged with spreading false information after she posted comments critical of the judiciary on social media.