RSF hails Paris court decision quashing order censoring Mediapart
Using a civil law procedure never used in press law, this decision amounted to prior censorship of public interest information.
Egyptian authorities arrest journalist Ahmed Fayez for reporting on Alaa Abdelfattah
Human rights groups and local activists pressured the Egyptian government to improve the state of human rights.
The Algerian police have released a dissident writer
Labter, a prolific journalist, editor and poet, is known for penning the "18 commandments" of the 2019 protests.
Report on Trolls, Propaganda and Fear Stoke Bukele's Media Machine in El Salvador
Bukele's communications secretary did not respond to requests for comment about the troll operations.
RSF deplores online harassment of four Mauritian journalists
Relations between the authorities and the media have become quite tense.
“We’re ready to help The Gambia do more to promote journalism,” RSF tells Barrow
RSF’s secretary-general urged The Gambia to join the Partnership on Information and Democracy.
The Shanghai police detain foreign journalists covering anti-lockdown protests, beating BBC correspondent Edward Lawrence
Separately on Sunday evening, Shanghai police detained Michael Peuker, China correspondent for Swiss public broadcaster Radio Télévision.
China: RSF urges for release of ailing investigative journalist Huang Qi on the sixth anniversary of his arrest
China is the world's largest captor of journalists with at least 110 detained, including 11 in Hong Kong.
In response to protests at COVID, China arrests a BBC journalist
Hundreds of people took to the streets in China's major cities on Sunday in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state.
Media outlets urge the US to end its prosecution of Julian Assange
Monday marked 12 years since those media outlets collaborated to release excerpts from over 250,000 documents obtained by Assange in the "Cablegate" leak.
Defamation complaint leads to jail time for DRC journalist Olivier Makambu
At least one other journalist remains in detention in the DRC.
Fact Focus website censored for investigating Pakistan’s army chief
The Fact Focus site remained completely inaccessible for more that 20 hours on 21 November.
Kyrgyzstan: RSF condemns the deportation of Bolot Temirov to Russia
After his heavy-handed arrest in the court, Temirov disappeared without being allowed access to his lawyers for more than three hours.
RSF files a lawsuit after French regulator claimed it cannot stop Eutelsat’s Russian propaganda
RSF has also asked an administrative judge to issue an urgent ruling that ARCOM’s decision is legally incorrect.
Adani defends India's media bid after press freedom concerns
Adani, 60, is the world's third-richest person, with an estimated net worth of $134 billion.
A Myanmar court sentences a VOA contributor to two years of hard labor
He has been a contributor to VOA since 2014, providing weekly news analysis.
Syria: third journalist killed in 2022 and another injured in Turkish airstrikes
A total of 66 journalists have been killed in Syria since 2016 and at least 58 journalists are still classified as imprisoned.
Slovenia: Media freedom groups back legislative efforts to depoliticise public media
We hope that the referendum on this amendment will pave the way to the long process of depoliticisation.
Militant 'Traitor' Kashmiri Journalists Quit
The pressure on journalists in the disputed region has only increased since India revoked Kashmir’s special status granting it autonomy in 2019.
In light of the death of Hawar News Agency reporter by airstrikes, CPJ calls on the Turkish authorities to investigate
ANHA is a news agency affiliated with the Kurdish administration of northeast Syria.