Technological censorship and surveillance

Despite a revision of the law in spring 2021 both organisations hold that journalists are inadequately protected from surveillance by the BND, especially in their confidential communications with sources.

An Algerian court confirmed media director Ihsane El Kadi’s provisional detention at a hearing on 15 January without his lawyers being present, thereby violating his defence rights and providing yet further evidence that he is being subjected to judicial

The Turkish authorities must end this judicial persecution and must stop obstructing the freedom to report the facts, RSF says.

By jailing Ihsane El Kadi, the director of Radio M and the Maghreb Émergent news website, on new charges that carry long prison sentences, the Algerian authorities are clearly making him pay for his critical reporting and for the independence of the media

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed about two old bills, one on cybercrime and the other on freedom of the expression and the right to protest peacefully, that have been resubmitted to the Iraqi parliament.

RSF deeply regrets the inexplicable decision by Latvia’s electronic media regulator to rescind the licence of the Riga-based independent Russian TV channel Dozhd. The regulator must clarify its reasons for this censorship.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges Greece’s parliamentarians to use RSF’s recommendations to amend a proposed law on surveillance that they are due to vote on this week, amid a continuing outcry about the use of Predator spyware against journalists.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the decision by Burkina Faso’s government to suspend broadcasting by Radio France Internationale (RFI) throughout the country until further notice.

RSF urges the Taliban to immediately reverse this decision and to stop repressing independent media and arbitrarily arresting journalists in Afghanistan.