Arbitrary detention and proceedings

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is relieved by Venezuela’s release in December of five journalists held for covering protests linked to last July’s presidential election but is concerned about the judicial restrictions placed on them.

RSF calls on Egypt to immediately free British citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah, as his mother reaches 100 days of hunger strike.

RSF takes a look at ten prominent cases of journalists who regained their freedom this year. Their newfound liberty is the fruit of a long, tireless struggle and international mobilisation for the right to inform and be informed.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Chinese regime to immediately release Liu Hanbin, a blogger detained for a month after publishing information about a protest by farmers opposing forced land seizures.

On 14 and 15 December, the Israeli army murdered three media professionals in northern Gaza and the central Gaza Strip. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a continuation of the war crimes committed by Israel.

The ruling against Sandra Muhoza, a journalist for the online media La Nova Burundi, to one year and nine months in prison highlights the Burundian authorities' stubborn, indiscriminate repression of press freedom.

The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2024 Round-up reveals an alarming intensification of attacks on journalists — especially in conflict zones, where over half of the news professionals who lost their lives this year perished.

Regime change in Syria presents a fresh opportunity for the Biden administration to free journalist Austin Tice from captivity after 12 long years. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges President Biden to seize the moment to bring Tice home.

Six journalistes de la chaîne d'information indépendante ont été arrêtés vendredi et placés en détention provisoire dimanche 8 décembre.