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Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
We fight for #PressFreedom all over the world.
We fight for #PressFreedom all over the world.
#Pakistan: Investigative journalist Ahmad Noorani is being pursued by a Pakistani court into exile with an arrest warrant issued against him for his reporting on the army. RSF demands the immediate withdrawal of these false charges and an end to the harassment of him and his family.
Pakistan continues to persecute journalist in exile, issuing new arrest warrant
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Pakistani authorities to drop spurious new charges against a journalist in exile and to stop harassing both him and his family. For alleged “propaganda” ag...
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December 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#Pakistan: Investigative journalist Ahmad Noorani is being pursued by a Pakistani court into exile with an arrest warrant issued against him for his reporting on the army. RSF demands the immediate withdrawal of these false charges and an end to the harassment of him and his family.
#Ukraine: The #Russian judiciary has rejected the appeal in cassation lodged by Crimean Solidarity journalist Seyran Saliev, confirming his 15-year prison sentence issued in 2021. RSF condemns this arbitrary decision. The reporter, like his 25 colleagues behind bars, must be released.
Ukraine: the media professionals arbitrarily detained by Russia
Three years after Russia organised sham annexation referendums in southern and eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin is still hunting down independent journalists in the occupied territories. Arrested, torture...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
#Philippines: journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio is spending her sixth Christmas in prison, even though she has not been convicted of any crime. On January 22, the Tacloban Regional Court is set to rule on her case of illegal possession of firearms. It's high time to #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio!
Philippines: More than 250 prominent journalists from around the world call for Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s immediate release
Prominent journalists from around the world have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition in signing an unprecedented joint letter to Philippine President Ferdin...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
#Philippines: journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio is spending her sixth Christmas in prison, even though she has not been convicted of any crime. On January 22, the Tacloban Regional Court is set to rule on her case of illegal possession of firearms. It's high time to #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio!
#Russia: despite a hostile environment, independent 🇷🇺 media outlets in exile are resisting and continuing to inform millions of citizens, according to a report by the JX Fund and The Fix. RSF urges European states to support these outlets whose work is vital to the European information space.
New JX Fund report: Europe must urgently support exiled Russian media, a fragile bastion against foreign influence
How do independent Russian media in exile manage to resist and adapt in the face of Moscow’s ferocious attempts to impose its narrative? A new report by the JX fund and The Fix delves into the questio...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
#Russia: despite a hostile environment, independent 🇷🇺 media outlets in exile are resisting and continuing to inform millions of citizens, according to a report by the JX Fund and The Fix. RSF urges European states to support these outlets whose work is vital to the European information space.
#USA Under Brendan Carr, it is clear that the FCC is not an independent agency, but an instrument of Trump's political agenda, as RSF USA's Executive Director Clayton Weimers and @freedom.press Director of Advocacy @seth-stern.bsky.social argue in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brendan Carr admits his FCC is Trump’s journalism police | Seth Stern and Clayton Weimers
It is clear that the FCC is not an independent agency, but an instrument of the president’s political agenda
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December 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#USA Under Brendan Carr, it is clear that the FCC is not an independent agency, but an instrument of Trump's political agenda, as RSF USA's Executive Director Clayton Weimers and @freedom.press Director of Advocacy @seth-stern.bsky.social argue in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#India : the OpIndia site is a big part of the trend of smearing journalists — it has published 300+ articles attacking news workers in just 2 years which fueled cases of cyberharassment. RSF calls for the Indian judiciary to investigate the site — and regulate online platforms.
RSF investigation: OpIndia, the media machine targeting journalists in India with hundreds of disparaging articles
Known for its repeated attacks on the independent press, OpIndia plays a central role in the widespread trend of discrediting reliable news media in India. Between 2023 and 2025, more than 300 publica...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#India : the OpIndia site is a big part of the trend of smearing journalists — it has published 300+ articles attacking news workers in just 2 years which fueled cases of cyberharassment. RSF calls for the Indian judiciary to investigate the site — and regulate online platforms.
#Ukraine: RSF welcomes the law restoring journalists' access to parliamentary committees, enacted yesterday. This means municipal councils will also be more transparent, which is crucial for citizens' right to information.
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Ukraine: RSF calls for greater media access to Parliament to improve transparency for citizens
The Ukrainian Parliament has adopted amendments that, for the first time since the large-scale Russian invasion on 24 February 2022, open parliamentary committee meetings to the media. Reporters Witho...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#Ukraine: RSF welcomes the law restoring journalists' access to parliamentary committees, enacted yesterday. This means municipal councils will also be more transparent, which is crucial for citizens' right to information.
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#Venezuela: RSF condemns the enforced disappearance of journalist Rory Branker, transferred to an unknown location with no prior notification. His case symbolizes the repression of independent journalism. RSF demands his whereabouts be disclosed and the release of five other detained journalists.
Venezuela: RSF condemns the enforced disappearance of Rory Branker and demands the release of all six detained news professionals
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the enforced disappearance of journalist Rory Branker, who was transferred on 8 December from his place of detention to a location that remains unknown, with n...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#Venezuela: RSF condemns the enforced disappearance of journalist Rory Branker, transferred to an unknown location with no prior notification. His case symbolizes the repression of independent journalism. RSF demands his whereabouts be disclosed and the release of five other detained journalists.
#Belarus: RSF reveals the existence of a previously unknown spyware tool, used since at least 2021 by the KGB against journalists. Installed after the physical confiscation of phones, #ResidentBat constitutes a grave violation of press freedom. RSF calls for a ban on these surveillance technologies.
Exclusive: RSF uncovers new spyware from Belarus
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s Digital Security Lab (DSL), working with the Eastern European organisation RESIDENT.NGO, has uncovered a previously unknown spyware tool used by the State Security Co...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
#Belarus: RSF reveals the existence of a previously unknown spyware tool, used since at least 2021 by the KGB against journalists. Installed after the physical confiscation of phones, #ResidentBat constitutes a grave violation of press freedom. RSF calls for a ban on these surveillance technologies.
RSF joins @hongkongwatch.bsky.social & other NGOs in urging the #UK Prime Minister to condition any future economic agreement with #China on Jimmy Lai’s release. Detained for nearly 5 years in #HongKong, the publisher was recently convicted under the national security law & now faces life in prison.
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
RSF joins @hongkongwatch.bsky.social & other NGOs in urging the #UK Prime Minister to condition any future economic agreement with #China on Jimmy Lai’s release. Detained for nearly 5 years in #HongKong, the publisher was recently convicted under the national security law & now faces life in prison.
#HongKong: RSF is outraged that a Hong Kong court has delivered a guilty verdict in the sham #NSL trial of British publisher Jimmy Lai.The Apple Daily founder has been held in solitary confinement for almost 5 years in appalling conditions. Democracies must act before he dies in jail. #FreeJimmyLai
Hong Kong: RSF slams guilty verdict in sham trial of British publisher Jimmy Lai
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is outraged that a court in Hong Kong has delivered a guilty verdict in the sham trial of British publisher Jimmy Lai, who has already been arbitrarily detained in appa...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
#HongKong: RSF is outraged that a Hong Kong court has delivered a guilty verdict in the sham #NSL trial of British publisher Jimmy Lai.The Apple Daily founder has been held in solitary confinement for almost 5 years in appalling conditions. Democracies must act before he dies in jail. #FreeJimmyLai
#Vietnam: Ahead of the 4th anniversary of the sentencing of prominent Vietnamese journalist, Pham Doan Trang, RSF and an international coalition of NGOs is calling on the international community to intensify pressure on the Vietnamese authorities to secure her release.
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Vietnam: Four years after Pham Doan Trang was sentenced, RSF and a coalition of NGOs call for her release
Ahead of the fourth anniversary of the sentencing of prominent Vietnamese journalist, Pham Doan Trang, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and an international coalition of NGOs call on the international ...
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December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#Vietnam: Ahead of the 4th anniversary of the sentencing of prominent Vietnamese journalist, Pham Doan Trang, RSF and an international coalition of NGOs is calling on the international community to intensify pressure on the Vietnamese authorities to secure her release.
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#HongKong: With short notice, 2 years after his sham trial began, the verdict in Jimmy Lai’s trial is set for Monday, 15/12. Given his age, prison conditions, and deteriorating health, every day he stays in jail risks his life. It’s time for democracies, especially 🇬🇧 and 🇺🇸, to act for his release.
December 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
#HongKong: With short notice, 2 years after his sham trial began, the verdict in Jimmy Lai’s trial is set for Monday, 15/12. Given his age, prison conditions, and deteriorating health, every day he stays in jail risks his life. It’s time for democracies, especially 🇬🇧 and 🇺🇸, to act for his release.
#Nicaragua: RSF and HRF call on the #UN to investigate journalist Fabiola Tercero’s case, who disappeared following a police raid in July 2024. Amid intense repression by the Ortega regime, it is urgent that authorities shed light on what happened to her. rsf.org/en/rsf-and-h...
RSF and Human Rights Foundation urge UN to investigate enforced disappearance of Nicaraguan journalist Fabiola Tercero
This week, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) have referred the case of Fabiola Tercero — a Nicaraguan journalist who disappeared after a police raid on her home in ...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#Nicaragua: RSF and HRF call on the #UN to investigate journalist Fabiola Tercero’s case, who disappeared following a police raid in July 2024. Amid intense repression by the Ortega regime, it is urgent that authorities shed light on what happened to her. rsf.org/en/rsf-and-h...
RSF condemns the latest clampdown on the press in #Vietnam: two reforms now force journalists to disclose their sources and arbitrarily broaden the definition of state secrets. The international community must act to ensure that 🇻🇳 authorities end their policy of total control over information.
RSF condemns Vietnam’s latest legal crackdown on independent journalism
The Vietnamese regime has just adopted two legislative measures forcing journalists to disclose their sources to authorities and broadening the definition of state secrets arbitrarily. Reporters Witho...
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December 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
RSF condemns the latest clampdown on the press in #Vietnam: two reforms now force journalists to disclose their sources and arbitrarily broaden the definition of state secrets. The international community must act to ensure that 🇻🇳 authorities end their policy of total control over information.
#China: Today — 7 years after RSF filed its initial submission on Gui Minhai — the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that the regime is arbitrarily detaining the Swedish publisher. RSF welcomes this major decision & calls on the international community to pressure 🇨🇳 for his release.
China: United Nations experts recognise detention of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai as arbitrary — and demand his release
Seven years after Reporters Without Borders (RSF) filed its initial submission, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that the Chinese regime is arbitrarily deta...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#China: Today — 7 years after RSF filed its initial submission on Gui Minhai — the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that the regime is arbitrarily detaining the Swedish publisher. RSF welcomes this major decision & calls on the international community to pressure 🇨🇳 for his release.
#RSFRoundUp 2025: Journalists don't die, they are killed. In 2025, the number of journalists killed rose once more.
Let's continue to count, name, denounce, investigate, and ensure that justice is done. Impunity must never prevail.
Watch our #RSFRoundUp2025 ⬇️
Let's continue to count, name, denounce, investigate, and ensure that justice is done. Impunity must never prevail.
Watch our #RSFRoundUp2025 ⬇️
#RSFRoundUp 2025: Journalists don't die, they are killed.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
#RSFRoundUp 2025: Journalists don't die, they are killed. In 2025, the number of journalists killed rose once more.
Let's continue to count, name, denounce, investigate, and ensure that justice is done. Impunity must never prevail.
Watch our #RSFRoundUp2025 ⬇️
Let's continue to count, name, denounce, investigate, and ensure that justice is done. Impunity must never prevail.
Watch our #RSFRoundUp2025 ⬇️
#Azerbaijan: arrested on 5/12 - one year after the Meydan TV journalists - Tazahan Miralamli, a reporter for Azadliq, was released the same evening after having his equipment confiscated & being ordered to stop his work. RSF condemns this coercion. The 25 reporters detained must be released.
The news professionals wrongly imprisoned in Azerbaijan
As Ilham Aliyev’s regime sinks deeper into authoritarianism, repression against the independent media is reaching unprecedented levels. Since November 2023, a wave of arrests has targeted journalists ...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#Azerbaijan: arrested on 5/12 - one year after the Meydan TV journalists - Tazahan Miralamli, a reporter for Azadliq, was released the same evening after having his equipment confiscated & being ordered to stop his work. RSF condemns this coercion. The 25 reporters detained must be released.
#HongKong: Jimmy Lai is spending his 78th birthday behind bars today for doing his job as a journalist. The publisher has been held for more than 1800 days in solitary confinement & his health is rapidly deteriorating. RSF once again urges democracies to mobilise to secure his release. #FreeJimmyLai
December 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#HongKong: Jimmy Lai is spending his 78th birthday behind bars today for doing his job as a journalist. The publisher has been held for more than 1800 days in solitary confinement & his health is rapidly deteriorating. RSF once again urges democracies to mobilise to secure his release. #FreeJimmyLai
#HongKong: RSF condemns the threats made against int media outlets that were summoned by China's #NSL office & accused of “spreading false information” following last week’s deadly fire. As the crackdown on the press continues, reporters persist in reporting the facts despite growing red lines.
December 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#Ukraine : RSF joins international and 🇺🇦press freedom organisations in stressing that no peace deal can include amnesty for #Russian crimes against journalists. For lasting peace, the perpetrators must be brought to justice.
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No peace without justice: RSF joins call against amnesty for crimes against journalists in Ukraine
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has joined the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) — a consortium of press freedom organisations — and several Ukrainian and international media organisations in opposi...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#Ukraine : RSF joins international and 🇺🇦press freedom organisations in stressing that no peace deal can include amnesty for #Russian crimes against journalists. For lasting peace, the perpetrators must be brought to justice.
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December 2025 will be decisive for the future of public broadcasting in the central European countries #Poland and #Lithuania, ranked 14th and 31st respectively in the World Press Freedom Index. RSF calls on both countries to comply with the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA).
Public broadcasting under threat: Poland and Lithuania move to defy European rules
The month of December 2025 will be decisive for the future of public broadcasting in two central European countries ranked 14th and 31st respectively in the World Press Freedom Index: Poland and Lithu...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
December 2025 will be decisive for the future of public broadcasting in the central European countries #Poland and #Lithuania, ranked 14th and 31st respectively in the World Press Freedom Index. RSF calls on both countries to comply with the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA).
#Pakistan : in 2025, at least 20 Afghan journalists living in exile were forcibly deported to the country they had fled. As deportations accelerate, others live in constant fear of arrest. RSF calls for an end to these practices and for the opening of safe resettlement channels.
Pakistan: exiled Afghan journalists sent back to Taliban nightmare while the world looks away
At least 20 Afghan journalists in exile in Pakistan were forcibly returned in 2025 to the country they had fled. With the pace of deportations accelerating, dozens of other exiled journalists now live...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#Pakistan : in 2025, at least 20 Afghan journalists living in exile were forcibly deported to the country they had fled. As deportations accelerate, others live in constant fear of arrest. RSF calls for an end to these practices and for the opening of safe resettlement channels.
#Georgia: RSF condemns the authorities' smear campaign against the BBC after an investigation into the alleged use of a World War One-era chemical weapon against protesters. The pressure on sources and legal threats are unacceptable tactics from a government that claims to respect the rule of law.
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#Georgia: RSF condemns the authorities' smear campaign against the BBC after an investigation into the alleged use of a World War One-era chemical weapon against protesters. The pressure on sources and legal threats are unacceptable tactics from a government that claims to respect the rule of law.
#HongKong: Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, has been held for 1,800 days in solitary confinement — and his health has seriously deteriorated. RSF once again urges democracies to mobilise to secure his release, before the publisher - a British citizen - dies in jail.
1,800 days behind bars: democracies cannot let Jimmy Lai die in prison
Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, has been held for 1,800 days in solitary confinement in Hong Kong — and his health has dangerously deteriorated. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) once...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
#HongKong: Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, has been held for 1,800 days in solitary confinement — and his health has seriously deteriorated. RSF once again urges democracies to mobilise to secure his release, before the publisher - a British citizen - dies in jail.