Technological censorship and surveillance

RSF is concerned for Greek journalists in the wake of the abusive lawsuits that the Greek prime minister’s nephew brought against two media outlets amid tension resulting from the EYP's admission that it spied on journalists and opposition politicians.

RSf welcomes the release of 5 journalists in recent months in Egypt but points out that the entire country is an open prison and that 21 journalists are still jailed, including Alaa Abdel Fattah, who completed his fourth month on hunger strike.

A year after the Pegasus Project revealed that at least 200 journalists had been targeted by NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, the judicial investigation launched in France in response to criminal complaints filed by RSF offers the only possibility of justice.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Russian prosecutor’s office to withdraw the 350-page complaint it has brought against the Journalists’ and Media Workers’ Union (JMWU), which could result in this independent union being disbanded.

On 18 July Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will present its newly founded Digital Security Lab: a digital forensic laboratory created to help counter the threats of online surveillance.

As a member of the Hold The Line (HTL) Coalition Steering Committee, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Philippine Court of Appeals’ decision to uphold the conviction of Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher Rey Santos Jr.

In much of Kherson oblast, in southern Ukraine, the  Internet is being diverted towards Russian installations and is being subjected to Kremlin censorship. RSF condemns this digital colonialism and calls for the liberation of Ukraine’s Internet.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Egyptian government to unblock news websites and release imprisoned journalists in the “national dialogue” it says it is beginning today with civil society representatives and members of the opposition

The Hold the Line Coalition condemns the historic shutdown order against Rappler approved by the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week.