Violence against journalists

Sentenced by Chinese authorities on 24 February 2024 on bogus espionage charges, publisher Gui Minhai was forcibly disappeared by the Chinese regime.

A Paris judicial court acquitted Arnaud Froger, head of the RSF Investigation Desk in a defamation lawsuit filed by Karim Keïta over coverage of the disappearance of journalist Birama Touré.

Gaza’s remaining journalists, who have survived 15 months of intensive bombardment, continue to face immense challenges despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that came into effect on 19 January 2025.

Nearly three years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 19 Ukrainian journalists remain imprisoned by the Kremlin and freelance journalist Victoria Roshchyna is presumed to have died in Russian detention.

The trial started two months after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.

Policy roadmap consisting of ten key recommendations calls on Lebanon’s new government, led by Nawaf Salam, the former president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), to prioritise the fight against impunity.

Forced disappearances, shootings, executions, hostage-taking —  since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Russia has been targeting both Ukrainian and foreign journalists covering the conflict.

Since the beginning of February, serious attacks on journalists have been on the rise, including baton beatings and attacks by hammer and knife.

The Constitutional Court is due to review the ban on coverage of the trial of Yorgen Fenech, the alleged mastermind of the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.