International laws and governance

Two journalists in Burkina Faso have been conscripted into its army for three months to participate in the country’s fight against terrorism. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this new way to silence reporters critical of the government.

36 among them are Palestinian reporters killed by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the protection of those still there.

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.

More than 200 Afghan journalists are threatened with deportation from Pakistan following the expiry of interior minister Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti’s ultimatum calling on undocumented Afghan citizens to leave by 1 November

After meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov in Brussels on 26 October, RSF hails his willingness and commitment to strengthen media freedom and the right to information.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the European Union to strengthen safeguards for the right to reliable news and information in its future Artificial Intelligence Act (or AI Act), now in the final stage of being negotiated.

In a joint submission to a United Nations human rights panel, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to release all journalists and press freedom defenders it detains.

At a press conference held by RSF on 6 October, the husband and one of the children of imprisoned Iranian journalist and women’s rights defender Narges Mohammadi expressed their pride at the news that she has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.

Narges Mohammadi, the jailed Iranian journalist who has just been awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her “fight against the oppression of women in Iran