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Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
We fight for #PressFreedom all over the world.
We fight for #PressFreedom all over the world.
RSF strongly condemns the 20-year prison sentence handed to publisher Jimmy Lai on bogus charges. This amounts to a death sentence, as the health of the 78-year old British citizen is gravely deteriorating. RSF calls on the UK and governments worldwide to intervene to secure Lai’s release.
Jimmy Lai sentence exposes collapse of press freedom in Hong Kong
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) strongly condemns the 20-year prison sentence handed to Apple Daily founder and publisher Jimmy Lai on bogus charges. This amounts to a death sentence, as the health of...
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February 9, 2026 at 3:51 AM
RSF strongly condemns the 20-year prison sentence handed to publisher Jimmy Lai on bogus charges. This amounts to a death sentence, as the health of the 78-year old British citizen is gravely deteriorating. RSF calls on the UK and governments worldwide to intervene to secure Lai’s release.
#Uzbekistan: A draft law against publishing insults online is threatening the country's press freedom due to a provision punishing "other actions that undermine the public order," an extremely vaguely-worded category that could lead to media censorship. RSF calls for this provision to be withdrawn.
February 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
#Uzbekistan: A draft law against publishing insults online is threatening the country's press freedom due to a provision punishing "other actions that undermine the public order," an extremely vaguely-worded category that could lead to media censorship. RSF calls for this provision to be withdrawn.
#Türkiye: RSF condemns "national security" being used as a pretext to censor a 19 January report by news site Bianet.org on young unemployed people — including those from Kurdish and Arab minorities.
The right to reliable information from diverse sources must be respected!
The right to reliable information from diverse sources must be respected!
February 6, 2026 at 10:29 AM
#Türkiye: RSF condemns "national security" being used as a pretext to censor a 19 January report by news site Bianet.org on young unemployed people — including those from Kurdish and Arab minorities.
The right to reliable information from diverse sources must be respected!
The right to reliable information from diverse sources must be respected!
#Philippines: On the 6th anniversary of Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s arrest, 92 press groups from around the world, including RSF and the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition, have sent a letter to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., calling for her release after her appalling guilty verdict last month.
Philippines: More than 90 press groups from around the world call on President Marcos to release investigative journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio
Six years ago, on 7 February 2020, Frenchie Mae Cumpio was arrested on trumped-up charges. Now, 92 press groups from around the world, including Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #FreeFrenchieMa...
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February 6, 2026 at 10:14 AM
#Philippines: On the 6th anniversary of Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s arrest, 92 press groups from around the world, including RSF and the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition, have sent a letter to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., calling for her release after her appalling guilty verdict last month.
#Philippines: Ahead of the 6th anniversary of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio's arrest, RSF spoke with her mentor, journalist Raymund Villanueva about her commitment to investigating social justice issues. A strong reminder that she doesn’t belong in jail. #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio
Who is Frenchie Mae Cumpio, the “future of Philippine journalism” held behind bars for six years?
On 7 February 2026, the iconic Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio will have spent six years behind bars. Just years old, she was the executive director of the news website Eastern Vista and rep...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
#Philippines: Ahead of the 6th anniversary of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio's arrest, RSF spoke with her mentor, journalist Raymund Villanueva about her commitment to investigating social justice issues. A strong reminder that she doesn’t belong in jail. #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio
#India: Billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate is trying to silence his critics in the media with SLAPP lawsuits. RSF condemns this trend and calls for an anti-SLAPP law to protect press freedom. rsf.org/en/india-ada...
India: the Adani Group's relentless legal offensive against journalists
For several years, the Adani Group, a vast Indian conglomerate run by billionaire Gautam Adani, has adopted a particularly aggressive stance towards journalists, filing numerous lawsuits, all of which...
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February 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
#India: Billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate is trying to silence his critics in the media with SLAPP lawsuits. RSF condemns this trend and calls for an anti-SLAPP law to protect press freedom. rsf.org/en/india-ada...
#Venezuela: RSF welcomes the release of journalist Rory Branker after almost a year of arbitrary detention. He is the 6th journalist to be freed in the past month. We hope this marks a first step towards broader, long-lasting advances towards press freedom in the country.
February 5, 2026 at 12:57 PM
#Venezuela: RSF welcomes the release of journalist Rory Branker after almost a year of arbitrary detention. He is the 6th journalist to be freed in the past month. We hope this marks a first step towards broader, long-lasting advances towards press freedom in the country.
#Tajikistan: A year ago today, freelance journalist Rukhshona Khakimova was sentenced to 8 years in prison for “high treason.” Her crime? Conducting interviews on Chinese influence in the country. RSF condemns this arbitrary sentence and calls for her immediate release.
February 5, 2026 at 9:52 AM
#Tajikistan: A year ago today, freelance journalist Rukhshona Khakimova was sentenced to 8 years in prison for “high treason.” Her crime? Conducting interviews on Chinese influence in the country. RSF condemns this arbitrary sentence and calls for her immediate release.
#Chine : RSF appelle le régime à libérer immédiatement les journalistes indépendants Liu Hu et Wu Yingjia, tous deux placés en détention cette semaine par la police après avoir enquêté sur la corruption des autorités locales dans une province du sud-ouest du pays. rsf.org/fr/chine-les...
Chine : les journalistes indépendants Liu Hu et Wu Yingjiao arrêtés pour avoir couvert des affaires de corruption
Reporters sans frontières (RSF) appelle le régime chinois à libérer immédiatement les journalistes indépendants Liu Hu et Wu Yingjiao, interpellés par la police cette semaine après avoir enquêté sur d...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM
#Chine : RSF appelle le régime à libérer immédiatement les journalistes indépendants Liu Hu et Wu Yingjia, tous deux placés en détention cette semaine par la police après avoir enquêté sur la corruption des autorités locales dans une province du sud-ouest du pays. rsf.org/fr/chine-les...
#China: RSF urges the Chinese regime to immediately release independent journalists Liu Hu and Wu Yingjiao, who were apprehended by police this week following their investigation into corruption by local authorities.
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China: independent journalists Liu Hu and Wu Yingjiao arrested for reporting on corruption
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Chinese regime to immediately release independent journalists Liu Hu and Wu Yingjiao, who were apprehended by police this week following their investigation i...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
#China: RSF urges the Chinese regime to immediately release independent journalists Liu Hu and Wu Yingjiao, who were apprehended by police this week following their investigation into corruption by local authorities.
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#USA: RSF stands with journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, who face bogus charges because they reported the news. The 1st Amendment is a cornerstone of democracy, protecting the press from government abuse, not the other way around. Arresting journalists is an act of cowardice.
February 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM
#USA: RSF stands with journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, who face bogus charges because they reported the news. The 1st Amendment is a cornerstone of democracy, protecting the press from government abuse, not the other way around. Arresting journalists is an act of cowardice.
#Kyrgyzstan: On Monday, the Supreme Court will decide whether to re-open the bogus case against investigative journo Makhabat Tajibek kyzy. RSF and 7 other NGOs are calling for her immediate release — in line with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's opinion.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:14 PM
#Kyrgyzstan: On Monday, the Supreme Court will decide whether to re-open the bogus case against investigative journo Makhabat Tajibek kyzy. RSF and 7 other NGOs are calling for her immediate release — in line with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's opinion.
#Afghanistan: Broadcasting images of living beings was banned in Kapisa Province on 16/01. This ban has affected 24 out of the 34 provinces since the 2024 law on "the promotion of virtue and the prevention of vice" and dozens of TV channels have closed or turned into radio stations.
Afghanistan : the disturbing, escalating censorship suffocating the free press
The Taliban authorities are tightening their grip on the dissemination of information in Afghanistan. In the month of February alone, political programmes on television were banned, the women’s statio...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:18 PM
#Afghanistan: Broadcasting images of living beings was banned in Kapisa Province on 16/01. This ban has affected 24 out of the 34 provinces since the 2024 law on "the promotion of virtue and the prevention of vice" and dozens of TV channels have closed or turned into radio stations.
#Azerbaijan: in Paris, Berlin and Bern, RSF has recreated the filthy detention conditions of imprisoned journalists like Sevinj Vagifgizi, who has been behind bars for 800 days in Azerbaijan. The silence surrounding these repressive measures must be broken. #FreeSevinj #NoAirForReporting
Step inside Sevinj Vagifgizi’s prison cell: RSF recreates detention conditions of journalists detained in Azerbaijan
Imprisoned for 800 days, Sevinj Vagifgizi is paying the price for her investigative work on corruption within the regime, as are the 24 other Azerbaijani journalists currently behind bars in the autho...
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January 28, 2026 at 11:58 AM
#Azerbaijan: in Paris, Berlin and Bern, RSF has recreated the filthy detention conditions of imprisoned journalists like Sevinj Vagifgizi, who has been behind bars for 800 days in Azerbaijan. The silence surrounding these repressive measures must be broken. #FreeSevinj #NoAirForReporting
#Czechia: Denik N has been banned by Foreign Minister Petr Macinka from his press conferences over the daily's reporting on the racist statements of his party's MP. RSF condemns the serious attack on the right to information and urges the minister to lift the ban immediately and unconditionally.
January 28, 2026 at 10:19 AM
#Czechia: Denik N has been banned by Foreign Minister Petr Macinka from his press conferences over the daily's reporting on the racist statements of his party's MP. RSF condemns the serious attack on the right to information and urges the minister to lift the ban immediately and unconditionally.
#Azerbaijan: The ECHR has ruled that the 🇦🇿 state is guilty of misusing legal proceedings in the case brought against investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova in order to silence her. RSF welcomes this landmark decision condemning the use of the justice system as a tool to punish journalists.
January 27, 2026 at 4:58 PM
#Azerbaijan: The ECHR has ruled that the 🇦🇿 state is guilty of misusing legal proceedings in the case brought against investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova in order to silence her. RSF welcomes this landmark decision condemning the use of the justice system as a tool to punish journalists.
#Malaysia: RSF calls on the authorities to drop the sedition investigation against journalist Rex Tan, arrested for simply asking a question at a conference. Instead, the authorities should protect the journalist, who is being subjected to outrageous harassment that forced him to resign.
Suspected of sedition for simply asking a question: The worrying investigation into Malaysian journalist Rex Tan
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Malaysian authorities to put an end to the investigation targeting journalist Rex Tan, arrested on suspicion of “sedition” simply for having asked a questi...
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January 27, 2026 at 10:54 AM
#Malaysia: RSF calls on the authorities to drop the sedition investigation against journalist Rex Tan, arrested for simply asking a question at a conference. Instead, the authorities should protect the journalist, who is being subjected to outrageous harassment that forced him to resign.
#India: More than 8 years after the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh on 5 Sept 2017, the 17 suspects in this heinous crime still have not been tried, and the man accused of supplying the weapons, who is out on bail, has just won a municipal election. Justice must be served without further delay.
India: Prominent woman journalist gunned down in Bangalore
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is deeply shocked by leading Indian journalist and media freedom defender Gauri Lankesh’s murder in Bangalore, in the southern state of Karnataka, and calls on the auth...
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January 27, 2026 at 9:07 AM
#India: More than 8 years after the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh on 5 Sept 2017, the 17 suspects in this heinous crime still have not been tried, and the man accused of supplying the weapons, who is out on bail, has just won a municipal election. Justice must be served without further delay.
RSF has written to the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer urging him to secure the release of publisher Jimmy Lai during his planned visit to #China this week. Lai’s health continues to deteriorate after more than 1,850 days in detention in #HongKong. rsf.org/en/bring-him...
Bring him home: RSF calls for Sir Keir Starmer to demand release of British publisher Jimmy Lai during visit to China
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has written to the British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urging him to secure the release of publisher Jimmy Lai during his planned visit to China this week. Lai’s he...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:26 AM
RSF has written to the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer urging him to secure the release of publisher Jimmy Lai during his planned visit to #China this week. Lai’s health continues to deteriorate after more than 1,850 days in detention in #HongKong. rsf.org/en/bring-him...
#Albania: RSF and its 🇦🇱 & international partners welcome the 1st steps towards decriminalising defamation & protecting journalists at the Parliament of Albania. However, the measures don't go far enough and must be expanded to include the decriminalisation of whistleblowers & insults in particular.
Amendments to Albania’s Criminal Code must be strengthened to ensure full decriminalisation of defamation - SafeJournalists
The undersigned organisations of the SafeJournalists Network, partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) today stress that recent amendments to Albania’s Crim...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:39 PM
#Albania: RSF and its 🇦🇱 & international partners welcome the 1st steps towards decriminalising defamation & protecting journalists at the Parliament of Albania. However, the measures don't go far enough and must be expanded to include the decriminalisation of whistleblowers & insults in particular.
On the 15th anniversary of the assassination of Gerry Ortega, who specialised in environmental issues, RSF pays tribute to a leading figure in investigative journalism in the #Philippines & calls on the authorities to end a culture of impunity that has persisted for far too long.
Philippines: For the family of Gerry Ortega, environmental journalist assassinated 15 years ago, the fight for justice continues
On the fifteenth anniversary of the assassination of Filipino radio broadcaster Gerry Ortega, who specialised in environmental issues, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) pays tribute to a leading figure ...
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January 23, 2026 at 4:48 PM
On the 15th anniversary of the assassination of Gerry Ortega, who specialised in environmental issues, RSF pays tribute to a leading figure in investigative journalism in the #Philippines & calls on the authorities to end a culture of impunity that has persisted for far too long.
#Russia: The Kremlin plans to invest $29 million in a digital censorship system based on machine learning to tighten its firm control over the internet. RSF condemns this investment in censoring the Runet, another attack on the population’s right to information.
RSF is concerned about Russia’s media regulator experiments with AI use in censorship
Concerned by reports that Roskomnadzor, the Russian telecommunications and mass media regulator, is experimenting with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in controlling and censoring online infor...
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January 23, 2026 at 1:29 PM
#Russia: The Kremlin plans to invest $29 million in a digital censorship system based on machine learning to tighten its firm control over the internet. RSF condemns this investment in censoring the Runet, another attack on the population’s right to information.
#Ukraine: Russian strikes on energy infrastructure have plunged Ukrainian newsrooms into darkness. RSF commends their courage and urges the international community to provide economic support via IFRUM so they can continue their vital work.
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Russia’s large-scale strikes in Ukraine leave newsrooms working in the dark and the cold
Ukrainian media outlets are fighting extreme winter weather conditions, Russian strikes and power cuts, to keep the public informed. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which has spoken with several news...
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January 23, 2026 at 12:21 PM
#Ukraine: Russian strikes on energy infrastructure have plunged Ukrainian newsrooms into darkness. RSF commends their courage and urges the international community to provide economic support via IFRUM so they can continue their vital work.
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#Slovakia: On 26 January, the Special Criminal Court will deliberate for the 3rd time on businessman Marian Kocner's role in the 2018 assassination of journalist Jan Kuciak. RSF calls on the court to thoroughly examine all evidence in the case file, in line with the appeals court’s decision.
Slovakia: as retrial of alleged mastermind behind journalist Jan Kuciak’s assassination approaches, RSF urges court not to repeat mistakes
On 26 January, Slovakia’s Special Criminal Court will begin deliberations for the third time on the role of businessman Marian Kocner and his associate Alena Zsuzsova in the 2018 double murder of jour...
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January 23, 2026 at 7:45 AM
#Slovakia: On 26 January, the Special Criminal Court will deliberate for the 3rd time on businessman Marian Kocner's role in the 2018 assassination of journalist Jan Kuciak. RSF calls on the court to thoroughly examine all evidence in the case file, in line with the appeals court’s decision.
#Gaza: RSF condemns the Israeli strike that killed Mohammad Salah Qashta, Anas Ghneim, and Abdul Raouf Shaat yesterday just south of Gaza City. This isolated strike on clearly identifiable reporters who worked with international news agencies south of Gaza City may constitute a war crime.
January 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM
#Gaza: RSF condemns the Israeli strike that killed Mohammad Salah Qashta, Anas Ghneim, and Abdul Raouf Shaat yesterday just south of Gaza City. This isolated strike on clearly identifiable reporters who worked with international news agencies south of Gaza City may constitute a war crime.