Violence against journalists

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the harassment and acts of violence by political activists and members of the security forces against journalists who covered Lebanon’s parliamentary elections.

As 23 May marks the anniversary of the hijacking of a plane by Alexander Lukashenko's regime to arrest journalist Raman Pratasevich, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reminds the world that 27 media professionals are locked up in Belarusian prisons.

After more serious press freedom violations in Ghana in the past two weeks, including a physical attack on a radio station, a physical attack on a news agency reporter and the arrest of two TV journalists...

A local newspaper editor was the victim of a stabbing attack by gang members last weekend in Bangladesh, two days after publishing an article about a clash between rival gangs.

Somalia’s new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud – elected on Sunday 15 May by 54 senators and 275 lower house members from among 39 candidates – must make journalists’ safety a priority in a country were political violence and corruption have long prevaile

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Chile’s new government to reinforce mechanisms for protecting journalists

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the arbitrary detention of Irina Danilovich, a journalist who was abducted in Russian-annexed Crimea on 29 April

Today’s fatal shooting of leading Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh as she covered clashes in the West Bank city of Jenin is a serious violation of the Geneva Conventions and UN Security Council Resolution 2222 on the protection of journalists

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the murders of three more reporters in less than a week in Mexico