Violence against journalists

RSF urges the Venezuelan government to release the imprisoned journalists immediately, and calls on the international community to prioritise efforts to restore journalism in Venezuela.

Emprisonné, harcelé, contraint à l’exil, Kianoosh Sanjari a passé une grande partie de sa vie à payer le prix de son engagement pour le journalisme iranien. Il a été retrouvé mort à Téhéran mercredi 13 octobre.

As China recently marked its “National Journalists Day”, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling attention to the Chinese regime’s extreme crackdown on press freedom, which threatens the existence of independent journalism.

The press in the DRC has suffered a terrible loss. Journalist Yoshua Kambere Machozi, presenter on the Mpety community radio station, located 180 kilometres west of the city of Goma in the province of North Kivu, was found dead on 6 November.

The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference opens in Baku, Azerbaijan, a resource-rich country notorious for its violent crackdown on free and independent press.

Widespread protests and road blockades have been causing turmoil in Bolivia since October, and journalists attempting to cover the situation have been attacked with shocking aggression.

At least four media crews have recently been attacked while reporting on anti-government protests in Serbia.

Between stoned press vehicles, internet blackouts, and the journalists who have been sprayed with tear gas, arrested and threatened online, press freedom has been gravely attacked

RSF welcomes the conclusion of the federal police’s investigation into the murders of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, which culminated in the indictment of the crime’s alleged mastermind