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Reporters Without Borders launches news platform to counter Russian propaganda

Reporters Without Borders has announced it will launch a digital platform aimed at providing Russian speakers with access to independent news.

Radio France Internationale

Media watchdog asks Pakistan not to deport 200 Afghan journalists in undocumented migrant crackdown

An international media watchdog is urging Pakistan not to deport more than 200 Afghan journalists who fled their homeland after the Taliban regained control in August 2021 as U

The Independent UK

A media freedom group accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes and reports deaths of 34 journalists

An international media freedom group says 34 journalists have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas

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Reuters journalist was killed in a ‘targeted’ strike in Lebanon, Reporters without Borders investigation finds

RSF revealed in its preliminary findings Issam Abdallah and six other journalists were 'clearly identifiable' as journalists before the attack

Evening Standard

Strikes on journalists in Lebanon were 'targeted', says RSF media watchdog

Strikes in Lebanon that killed a journalist with the Reuters news agency and wounded six others two weeks ago were deliberate and targeted, according to the preliminary findings of a Reporters Without Borders investigation.

Radio France Internationale

Reuters, Al Jazeera journalists ‘targeted’ in Lebanon strike: Press group

Reporters Without Borders says ‘unlikely’ that Issam Abdallah and six other journalists were mistaken for combatants.

Al Jazeera

French-Afghan journalist freed in Afghanistan: RSF

French-Afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi, held in detention since January in Afghanistan, was freed after charges against him were dropped, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Wednesday.

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French police probe ‘poisoning’ of TV journalist who denounced Putin’s war live on air

Marina Ovsyannikova was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison in Russia

The Independent UK

Freed French journalist calls for respect of press freedom after arrest

French journalist Ariane Lavrilleux, who was arrested over her report alleging that French intelligence was used by Egypt to kill civilians, denounced attacks on press freedom on Thursday following her release from custody.

Radio France Internationale

I returned to Nicaragua, where I was born, and found a country steeped in fear

NPR's Eyder Peralta recently visited Nicaragua for the first time in a decade, gaining rare access to a nation that is hostile to journalists and known as the Western Hemisphere's newest dictatorship.

WEKU

Journalists from G20 nations discuss press freedom challenges: Collaboration, arrests and business models

Days ahead of the G20 Summit in New Delhi, journalists from several participating countries joined a virtual event to discuss several issues pertaining to the news media, to remind G20 leaders that “press freedom also matters”.

Newslaundry

‘While We Watched’ Exposes Indian Media’s Complicity Through Complacency

Through the eyes of journalist Ravish Kumar, the documentary sheds light on the deplorable situation of Indian journalism.

Zenger

Is The EU’s Shaky Eastern Neighbourhood Ready For Enlargement?

The Ukraine conflict has brought the EU back into focus, and there is now talk of allowing the country to join.

Zenger

French army accused of failing to stop journalist's kidnapping in Mali

French forces tried to use a journalist's visit to northern Mali to track a jihadist leader but failed to prevent the reporter from being kidnapped by the militants, a joint investigation by RFI, newspapers Le Monde and Liberation and broadcaster TV5Monde has found.

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The Independent backs calls for jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai to be released

Editor-in-Chief Geordie Greig supports the ‘fight for press freedom in Hong Kong’

France 24

Iranian journalists remain imprisoned for reporting on Mahsa Amini's death

Iran is one of the most repressive countries in terms of press freedom, according to an annual report released Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders, which ranked it 177th of 180 nations. Since the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Tehran, 72 journalists have been arrested and…

Newslaundry

Press freedom index: Why Afghanistan outperformed India, who measures it, and how accurate is the data

On World Press Day, India slumped by 11 places to rank 161 among 180 nations in the new World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders – an international organisation advocating free and reliable information.

France 24

Journalist Ozgur Ogret: Turkey is 'a press freedom violations museum' under Erdogan

In Reporters Without Borders' 2023 Press Freedom Index, Turkey is ranked 165th out of 180 nations for the environment facing journalists. Among the reasons for the worsening conditions is a crackdown ahead of presidential elections in May, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces his toughest re-election battle yet. Ozgur Ogret,…

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Press freedom 'under attack' in every corner of the globe, UN warns

The United Nations has warned that press freedom is under attack around the globe as nations on Wednesday mark World Press Freedom Day – with Reporters Without Borders (RSF) finding the situation for journalists was satisfactory in only three out of 10 countries.

Bangkok Post

Thailand moves up press freedom table

Thailand has improved its standing in the World Press Freedom Index this year but still ranks 106th out of 180 countries surveyed.

The Hindu

India slips in World Press Freedom Index, ranks 161 out of 180 countries

India’s ranking in the 2023 World Press Freedom Index has slipped to 161 out of 180 countries, according to the latest report released by global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Newslaundry

World Press Freedom Index: India rank slides to 161, 11 spots behind Afghanistan

From the 150th spot in 2022, India’s rank has further dipped to 161 in the 2023 edition of the Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders. This is several spots behind Pakistan and Afghanistan, which have improved their rankings this year to be at positions 150 and 152, respectively.

Al Jazeera

Algeria parliament approves law tightening control over the media

Reporters Without Borders criticises the legislation saying it has ‘negative chapters’ affecting press freedom.

ABC News

High Commissioner Stephen Smith visits Julian Assange in prison as NGO Reporters Without Borders turned away

Australia's High Commissioner to the UK visits Julian Assange inside Belmarsh Prison as the WikiLeaks founder asks what the Albanese government is doing to secure his release.

The Independent UK

Decision to not allow press freedom organisation to visit Assange ‘shameful’

Next week will mark four years since Assange was taken to HMP Belmarsh from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

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