Legal framework and justice system

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Hold the Line Coalition (HTL) welcome the recent decision by the Philippine Court of Appeal to overturn the order to close Rappler, an online news website founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa.

A third of the victims of Russia’s "foreign agents" law are independent media, which makes them the primary target of this legislation — and highlights their systematic legal persecution.

Journalist Ahmad Hassan al-Zoubi, who was arrested on July 2, is serving a one-year prison sentence for posting a message on social media criticising the government.

While the European Commission’s report on the rule of law in Greece quotes the World Press Freedom Index - where Greece ranks last in the European Union (EU) - it fails to grasp the crisis threatening the right to information in the country.

The two brothers accused of the 2021 assassination of reporter Giorgos Karaivaz have been declared innocent following a trial held under troubling circumstances.

When politicians or businessmen like Abakar Manany are able to circumvent the law by using blatantly deceitful tactics to censor verified information and suspend an online media outlet, a dangerous precedent is set.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) filed a complaint before the Paris public prosecutor on 23 July 2024 concerning a smear campaign against the NGO, which was uncovered by RSF’s journalistic investigation.

Ashraf Omar, a cartoonist for the Egyptian online news site Al-Manassa, was arrested at his home on the night of July 21, blindfolded, and taken to an unknown location.

RSF urges lawmakers to address several weaknesses in the bill to regulate journalistic content by AI developers.