Disinformation and propagandaArbitrary detention and proceedingsDigital space and democracyViolence against journalistsVidéo 03.05.2023 VIDEO - 2023 World Press Freedom Index The 21st edition of the World Press Freedom Index, compiled annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), sheds light on major and often radical changes linked to political, social and technological upheavals.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsAdvocacy 02.05.2023 Detention of Evan Gershkovich in Russia: RSF and CPJ call on the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to act for the journalist’s release Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) call on the UN to intervene with the Russian authorities to secure the release of the Wall Street Journal journalist.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsInvestigation 02.05.2023 “Disappearance” of Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khyliuk in Russia: investigation of a State lie Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has obtained first-hand accounts which confirm that the Independent Ukrainian News Agency (UNIAN) correspondent was taken by Russian forces and remains detained in Russia - official denials notwithstanding.
Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 27.04.2023 Vietnam fails to reveal fate of blogger abducted in Thailand Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Vietnamese government to come clean about the disappearance of a Vietnamese blogger two weeks ago in Thailand. Despite having refugee status in Thailand, he was almost certainly abducted by Vietnamese agents.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 26.04.2023 China: RSF urges for release of prominent journalist accused of espionage RSF calls for the release of state-run Guangming Daily newspaper journalist Dong Yuyu, who has been detained for more than a year and faces a ten-year prison term.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 26.04.2023 China: RSF calls for release of Taiwan-based publisher RSF calls for the immediate release of Li Yanhe, a Chinese national who founded a Taiwanese publishing house specialised in books banned in China.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsIndependence and pluralismNews 25.04.2023 Another wave of arrests of Kurdish journalists in Türkiye Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Turkish authorities to release the at least ten journalists with pro-Kurdish media outlets who were arrested for alleged membership of the PKK
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsIndependence and pluralismNews 24.04.2023 Parliamentary inquiry urges UK government to act urgently to secure release of Apple Daily publisher Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong Reporters Without Borders welcomes a landmark new parliamentary report urging the UK government to treat the case of Apple Daily publisher and British citizen Jimmy Lai as a political priority and to pressure the Hong Kong authorities to release him.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsAdvocacy 21.04.2023 RSF and partners call on Georgian President Zurabishvili to pardon Nika Gvaramia Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and eight other international human rights and press freedom organisations send an open letter to Zurabishvili