Legal framework and justice system

Bashdar Bazyani and Sherwan Sherwan, two reporters in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, have been thrown behind bars for their investigative journalism.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Syrian government to guarantee the safety of reporters and their right to inform the public about the violent massacres that have taken place on the Mediterranean coast.

As the appeal hearing for journalist Sandra Muhoza has just been postponed under a false pretext, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has contacted the African Commission’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF) - The Society of Civil Rights -  have filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against Germany for its Federal Intelligence Service Act (BND Act).

His defense immediately filed a constitutional appeal, which RSF urges the court to review as a matter of urgency. Jose Rubén Zamora must be freed.

Targeted by the ruthless repression of journalists in Kashmir, journalist Majid Hyderi was released on 23 February after a year and a half in prison.

The first hearing in Sandra Muhoza's appeal was due to take place on 4 March, but has been postponed without justification. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) repeats its call for the immediate release of the Burundian journalist.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published its 2024 Activity Report. It highlights the scale of the NGO's activities to protect reliable, independent information at a time when press freedom suffered dramatic setbacks worldwide.

The Taliban authorities are tightening their grip on the dissemination of information in Afghanistan.