During a demonstration at a police station, Haitian journalist Romelson Vilcin was killed
Police detained Dimanche, a journalist for the privately owned broadcaster Radio Téle Zenith.
Russian Court Upholds Ex-Reporter's 22-Year Treason Sentence
His colleagues denounced the verdict as utterly unfounded and pushed for Safronov's release
Reports about Alaa Abdelfattah have led to the arrest of journalist Ahmed Fayez by Egyptian authorities
Human rights groups and local activists pressured the Egyptian government to improve the state of human rights.
As concerns grow over press freedom in South Korea, funding is cut to a broadcaster
The latest move comes as the conservative Yoon government has appeared to restrict press freedoms.
Sixteen media leaders from 14 countries call for Algerian colleague’s release
Algeria is already ranked 134th out of 180 countries in RSF's 2022 World Press Freedom Index.
CPJ calls for release of 2 journalists jailed for covering Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests
China was the world’s second-worst jailer of journalists in 2022.
Person Calling Media Outlets With Censorship Orders Was Not Government Official, Somalia Says
The Associated Press on Friday cited a media association’s concerns about the apparent directive.
US Spending Bill Includes Sanctions for Harassing, Surveilling Iranian Citizens
Foreign financial institutions that knowingly conduct a significant transaction with any of those individuals are also subject to sanctions.
Charlie Hebdo Attack Victims Honored as Iran Rages Over New Cartoons
The day after the Charlie Hebdo attack, another Islamist gunman killed a police officer in Montrouge
A Malian journalist must be protected from death threats
Konaté works as a cameraman for international media outlets.
Media freedom progress in Kosovo is at risk due to political pressure on journalists
“Overall Kosovo continues to have a vibrant and pluralistic media environment.”
El Salvadoran journalists sue the NSO Group in the United States over alleged surveillance by Pegasus
Pegasus was used to breach the phones of at least 22 people associated with El Faro,
Record Number of Journalists Jailed Globally
Criminalization of journalism is on the rise around the globe with a record 363 journalists jailed
Malaysia deports Pakistani journalist with refugee status back to Pakistan
Pakistan is now ranked 157th out of 180 countries in RSF's World Press Freedom Index.
Turkey adds journalist Can Dündar to list of wanted terrorists; at least 14 other journalists also listed
Dündar, who reported on alleged weapon smuggling from Turkey to Syria in 2014, was convicted of aiding Gülen’s organization in 2020.
Bangladeshi environmental journalist Abu Azad abducted, severely beaten
On December 26, Azad filed a police complaint against 10 people.
South Sudan Holding 6 Journalists
Oyet said the union is seeking details on why the journalists were taken by security forces.,
Rafael Emiro Moreno, Colombian journalist under government protection, killed in Córdoba
It was the first time that a Colombian journalist under government protection had been killed.
Congolese journalists face death threats as M23 rebels advance, flee for safety
M23 members threatened to kill them and other journalists that had reported information they viewed as favorable to the DRC military
Algerian authorities arrest journalist Ihsane el-Kadi, shutter outlets Radio M and Maghreb Emergent
Officers confiscated computers and documents, and shuttered the outlets.