Legal framework and justice system

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of two Pakistani  journalists who have been detained

Law enforcement targeted several journalists during the recent protests in Armenia against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Some were pushed to the ground, others beaten and one journalist was even hit by a police vehicle.

In a long awaited positive step, the UK High Court has granted Julian Assange the right to appeal his extradition to the US.

RSF supports calls made by the House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee for the UK government to make crucial amendments to an anti-SLAPP bill making its way through parliament.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the withdrawal of all charges against three Indian journalists who were released on bail.

A court in Switzerland has convicted a Gambian former top official for crimes against humanity and has sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

Street protests in Georgia against a “foreign agents” law based on Russian legislation is eliciting more and more violence from the police, including against reporters.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Turkish government to abandon proposed amendment on “agents of influence” under which journalists working for internationally funded media could potentially be jailed.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Taliban Ministry of Information and Culture to rescind a ban on Afghan journalists working for the London-based TV news channel Afghanistan International