Violence against journalists

As Ecuador’s presidential election campaign enters its final stretch ahead of the vote on 9 February, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges all candidates to make enforcing journalists’ safety a chief goal.

Mauritanian journalist Hanefi Ould Dahah was brutally assaulted for reporting on the management of a public contract by a businessman. RSF calls on the authorities to ensure that the perpetrator of this act of intimidation is brought to justice.

Four years after the military coup in Myanmar, the junta’s brutal suppression of press freedom decimated the country’s media landscape. In “Myanmar: the merciless crackdown”, a new documentary by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) three Myanmar journalists

Regularly subjected to physical attacks, journalists have been on the front line of the violence inflicted by police and supporters of President Vučić during the anti-corruption protests that have been shaking Serbia since November.

The media professionals that RSF was able to contact all expressed an urgent need to evacuate the area. Yet, at the time of this writing, there was no safe way out;

RSF has released its 2024 Assistance Report, which highlights how the growing phenomenon of forced exile particularly affects journalists, as risks for information professionals covering conflict zones have increased worldwide.

Reduced visa durations and intensified police raids have aggravated the alarming conditions of Afghan journalists exiled in Pakistan.

Israeli authorities continue to refuse the transferral of Fadi Alwahidi to a hospital abroad, despite repeated appeals from Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) strongly condemns the murder of journalist and owner of  Cadena Sur TV, Gastón Medina Sotomayor and extends its deepest condolences to his family and colleagues.