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Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
We fight for #PressFreedom all over the world.
We fight for #PressFreedom all over the world.
#Philippines: The verdicts in the cases against journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio will be decided on 22 Jan (for “illegal possession of a firearm”) and 9 Feb (for “financing terrorism”). We repeat our call for her release — these are false charges, as our investigations show: rsf.org/en/frenchie-...
Frenchie Mae Cumpio: investigation into a fabricated case designed to convict a Philippine journalist
While investigating the elements that led to the arrest—now lasting over five years—of Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) discovered a file riddled with inconsi...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
#Philippines: The verdicts in the cases against journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio will be decided on 22 Jan (for “illegal possession of a firearm”) and 9 Feb (for “financing terrorism”). We repeat our call for her release — these are false charges, as our investigations show: rsf.org/en/frenchie-...
#China: Today, the Beijing High Court upheld a 7 year prison sentence against prominent journalist Dong Yuyu on trumped-up spying charges. His only "crime" was maintaining contact with foreign diplomats. RSF is appalled by this decision and calls for his immediate release. #FreeDongYuyu
China: prominent journalist Dong Yuyu sentenced to prison on bogus espionage charges
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of Dong Yuyu, a prominent Chinese journalist sentenced to seven years in prison on trumped-up accusations of espionage. He is one of 123 journalis...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#China: Today, the Beijing High Court upheld a 7 year prison sentence against prominent journalist Dong Yuyu on trumped-up spying charges. His only "crime" was maintaining contact with foreign diplomats. RSF is appalled by this decision and calls for his immediate release. #FreeDongYuyu
#Israel: RSF is alarmed that the "Al-Jazeera law" passed its first reading in the Knesset on Monday. The text allows the government to ban the broadcasting of foreign channels in the country, and we condemned it in June.
Israël : sur fond de guerre avec l'Iran, la coalition au pouvoir accroît la pression sur les médias étrangers
Après des déclarations menaçant les médias étrangers, les ministres des Communications et de la Sécurité nationale veulent imposer, dans un contexte de conflit avec l’Iran, un contrôle accru des autor...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
#Israel: RSF is alarmed that the "Al-Jazeera law" passed its first reading in the Knesset on Monday. The text allows the government to ban the broadcasting of foreign channels in the country, and we condemned it in June.
#Czechia: the incoming government’s plan threatens the independence of public and private-sector media. RSF calls on 🇨🇿 lawmakers to reject measures that endanger media freedom and urges the European Commission to treat Czechia as a country at risk for #pressfreedom.
Czechia: new ruling majority’s programme threatens press freedom
The programme of the incoming government led by future Prime Minister Andrej Babis risks undermining the independence of public service media and facilitating political attacks on private-sector and P...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#Czechia: the incoming government’s plan threatens the independence of public and private-sector media. RSF calls on 🇨🇿 lawmakers to reject measures that endanger media freedom and urges the European Commission to treat Czechia as a country at risk for #pressfreedom.
🇲🇲 #Myanmar: In one year, more than 300 journalists have been supported by RSF’s Myanmar Press Freedom Project. Based in Thailand, the project continues expanding its training and essential equipment programme to those who keep reporting despite the junta’s ongoing repression.
Amid civil war, RSF Myanmar Press Freedom Project aids over 300 journalists in one year
More than three hundred journalists have benefited from the Myanmar Press Freedom Project, opened one year ago by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The project, which operates out of Thailand, will con...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🇲🇲 #Myanmar: In one year, more than 300 journalists have been supported by RSF’s Myanmar Press Freedom Project. Based in Thailand, the project continues expanding its training and essential equipment programme to those who keep reporting despite the junta’s ongoing repression.
#UK: The Government's response to an enquiry into transnational repression lacks a clear plan of action for engagement with those targeted by TNR. RSF has joined the Tackling Transnational Repression in the UK Working Group in writing to the Home Secretary asking for more robust action.
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#UK: The Government's response to an enquiry into transnational repression lacks a clear plan of action for engagement with those targeted by TNR. RSF has joined the Tackling Transnational Repression in the UK Working Group in writing to the Home Secretary asking for more robust action.
Israel’s Communications Minister, Shlomo Karhi, is continuing his offensive against editorial independence in #Israel, a pillar of democracy. RSF repeats the warning it issued a year ago: if these reforms go ahead, they will have lasting negative consequences on the media landscape.
First reading of Israel's audiovisual media bill, “a nail in the coffin of editorial independence”
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is sounding the alarm following the first reading of a bill sponsored by Israel’s Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi that would strengthen the executive branch’s cont...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Israel’s Communications Minister, Shlomo Karhi, is continuing his offensive against editorial independence in #Israel, a pillar of democracy. RSF repeats the warning it issued a year ago: if these reforms go ahead, they will have lasting negative consequences on the media landscape.
#Philippines: RSF and the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition welcome the decision by a regional court’ to dismiss the baseless murder charges filed against community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, and called for all other charges to be dropped and for the journalist to be released from detention.
Philippines: RSF and coalition of NGOs welcome dismissal of trumped-up case against Frenchie Mae Cumpio
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), along with an international coalition of press freedom NGOs, welcomed the decision of a Philippine regional court to dismiss the baseless murder charges filed against ...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#Philippines: RSF and the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition welcome the decision by a regional court’ to dismiss the baseless murder charges filed against community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, and called for all other charges to be dropped and for the journalist to be released from detention.
Last night, RSF organised a tribute to Antoni Lallican, the #French photojournalist killed in October by a Russian drone in #Ukraine, alongside his relatives & colleagues in Paris. The 🇫🇷 & 🇺🇦 investigations into his death must bring those responsible to justice.
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“He was a photographer of souls”: a tribute to Antoni Lallican, French photojournalist killed in Ukraine
In Paris, on Wednesday, 5 November, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) held a tribute to Antoni Lallican, the French freelance photojournalist killed in Ukraine on 3 October during a targeted Russian dro...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Last night, RSF organised a tribute to Antoni Lallican, the #French photojournalist killed in October by a Russian drone in #Ukraine, alongside his relatives & colleagues in Paris. The 🇫🇷 & 🇺🇦 investigations into his death must bring those responsible to justice.
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#Czechia: RSF calls on the ODS party to publicly condemn the serious threats one of its members made against 2 journalists. He first targeted Bretislav Turecek, who had given a talk on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, then went after Vojtech Berger, who wrote about the threats against Turecek.
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
#Czechia: RSF calls on the ODS party to publicly condemn the serious threats one of its members made against 2 journalists. He first targeted Bretislav Turecek, who had given a talk on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, then went after Vojtech Berger, who wrote about the threats against Turecek.
#Myanmar: The junta has announced the media will be “authorised” to cover the general elections — widely condemned as fraudulent — scheduled for the end of the year. The military has been crushing journalists’ rights since its coup and this is yet another attempt to control news coverage.
Myanmar: junta feigns openness, tightens control of election coverage
The Myanmar military regime has announced that the media – which it continues to relentlessly stifle – will be “authorised” to cover the general elections scheduled to take place between December 2025...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#Myanmar: The junta has announced the media will be “authorised” to cover the general elections — widely condemned as fraudulent — scheduled for the end of the year. The military has been crushing journalists’ rights since its coup and this is yet another attempt to control news coverage.
#Türkiye: RSF urges the 🇹🇷 authorities to release Tele1 journalist Merdan Yanardag, detained for 10 days on charges of “espionage”. Prosecuted 4 times in 5 years, the Constitutional Court ruled his last detention as unjust & Tele1 has been targeted with fines... This legal harassment must stop!
Türkiye: the detention and judicial harassment of journalist Merdan Yanardag must end now
Tele1 editor-in-chief Merdan Yanardag has been detained for ten days on charges of “espionage”. Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court of Türkiye has confirmed that his previous detention, in May 2023, f...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#Türkiye: RSF urges the 🇹🇷 authorities to release Tele1 journalist Merdan Yanardag, detained for 10 days on charges of “espionage”. Prosecuted 4 times in 5 years, the Constitutional Court ruled his last detention as unjust & Tele1 has been targeted with fines... This legal harassment must stop!
RSF welcomes the rejection by a #Philippines court of the seizure of nearly $10,000 in the case of journalist #FrenchieMaeCumpio, highlighting the absence of evidence linking her to terrorist groups. We now call for the dismissal of the financing case and all other trumped-up charges against her.
Frenchie Mae Cumpio: investigation into a fabricated case designed to convict a Philippine journalist
While investigating the elements that led to the arrest—now lasting over five years—of Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) discovered a file riddled with inconsi...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
RSF welcomes the rejection by a #Philippines court of the seizure of nearly $10,000 in the case of journalist #FrenchieMaeCumpio, highlighting the absence of evidence linking her to terrorist groups. We now call for the dismissal of the financing case and all other trumped-up charges against her.
#Afghanistan: Arrested for producing “anti-Taliban propaganda,” journalist Mahdi Ansary was forced to make a confession, which the Taliban broadcast online.
RSF condemns this humiliation tactic and demands the immediate release of Ansary & the 6 other journalists imprisoned by the regime.
RSF condemns this humiliation tactic and demands the immediate release of Ansary & the 6 other journalists imprisoned by the regime.
In Afghanistan, new Taliban tactic to humiliate journalists: forced “confessions” broadcast online
After being arrested for producing “anti-Taliban propaganda”, Afghan News Agency journalist Mahdi Ansary was forced to make a confession that was broadcast on Facebook. Reporters Without Borders (RSF)...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#Afghanistan: Arrested for producing “anti-Taliban propaganda,” journalist Mahdi Ansary was forced to make a confession, which the Taliban broadcast online.
RSF condemns this humiliation tactic and demands the immediate release of Ansary & the 6 other journalists imprisoned by the regime.
RSF condemns this humiliation tactic and demands the immediate release of Ansary & the 6 other journalists imprisoned by the regime.
#India: Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub has received calls and texts with death threats against her and her father from an individual who knows their addresses. RSF demands the authorities guarantee her protection and open an investigation to identify the perpetrator and bring them to justice.
Rana Ayyub, the face of India’s women journalists plagued by cyber-harassment
Rana Ayyub, a columnist for the American media outlet The Washington Post, is regularly the target of violent online smear campaigns. From doxxing to threats and false rumours, the renowned journalist...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
#India: Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub has received calls and texts with death threats against her and her father from an individual who knows their addresses. RSF demands the authorities guarantee her protection and open an investigation to identify the perpetrator and bring them to justice.
#Belarus: RSF condemns the sentencing of Siarhei Chabotska, founder of the independent website s13.ru, to three and a half years in prison for “extremism” and “defamation of the president.” He is among 31 media professionals imprisoned because of their work. RSF calls for their immediate release.
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#Moldova: RSF condemns the death threats against journalist Mariana Rata following her show featuring pro-Russian "Our Party" MP Renato Usatîi. The extremely violent statements made on Facebook are unacceptable. RSF urges the authorities to launch an immediate investigation into the author.
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#Moldova: RSF condemns the death threats against journalist Mariana Rata following her show featuring pro-Russian "Our Party" MP Renato Usatîi. The extremely violent statements made on Facebook are unacceptable. RSF urges the authorities to launch an immediate investigation into the author.
#USA: RSF is alarmed by the suspension of #RadioFreeAsia programmes and the planned dismissal of its staff this week, following a decision by D. Trump. The closure of RFA will deprive millions of people of a unique source of free information – an invaluable gift to authoritarian regimes in Asia.
After 29 years, RFA is on pause
From the executive editor: funding uncertainty is driving RFA’s remaining teams to stop delivering the news for now
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October 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#USA: RSF is alarmed by the suspension of #RadioFreeAsia programmes and the planned dismissal of its staff this week, following a decision by D. Trump. The closure of RFA will deprive millions of people of a unique source of free information – an invaluable gift to authoritarian regimes in Asia.
RSF deplores the announced closure of All About Macau, one of the last independent media outlets in this special administrative region of China, following threats of legal action by the authorities. With its disappearance, press freedom in #Macau sadly edges closer to the situation in the rest of 🇨🇳.
October 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
RSF deplores the announced closure of All About Macau, one of the last independent media outlets in this special administrative region of China, following threats of legal action by the authorities. With its disappearance, press freedom in #Macau sadly edges closer to the situation in the rest of 🇨🇳.
#Pakistan: Journalist Matiullah Jan faces charges of terrorism and drug trafficking in a fabricated case stemming from his investigation into the crackdown on a protest in 2024. RSF calls for the immediate withdrawal of these false charges aimed at silencing him.
Pakistan: RSF condemns the unfounded charges against Matiullah Jan for his coverage of the crackdown on protests
Journalist Matiullah Jan was arrested on 27 November following his coverage of opposition protests in Islamabad. Released on bail three days later, he is still facing trumped-up charges of violence ag...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#Pakistan: Journalist Matiullah Jan faces charges of terrorism and drug trafficking in a fabricated case stemming from his investigation into the crackdown on a protest in 2024. RSF calls for the immediate withdrawal of these false charges aimed at silencing him.
#China: It has been two years since Minnie Chan, a defence reporter at the #SCMP, disappeared during a trip to Beijing after covering a military conference. As the general indifference surrounding her case raises fears of state repression, RSF urges the Chinese regime to disclose her whereabouts.
Disappearance of Hong Kong journalist in China deeply concerning
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is greatly concerned over the disappearance of Minnie Chan, a reporter for Hong Kong daily South China Morning Post, who went missing in China in late October after she...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#Ukraine: Journalist Daryna Trunova of the Ukrainian TV channel 24 has been the target of numerous online insults and threats after doing her job by reporting the death of a man mobilised in the army. RSF condemns these hateful attacks and calls for the journalist's protection.
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
#Ukraine: Journalist Daryna Trunova of the Ukrainian TV channel 24 has been the target of numerous online insults and threats after doing her job by reporting the death of a man mobilised in the army. RSF condemns these hateful attacks and calls for the journalist's protection.
#Guinea: RSF spoke on 29 Oct. before the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights about the alarming situation of press freedom. 6 media outlets banned, Habib Marouane Camara still missing, the father of an exiled journalist kidnapped... RSF calls for an urgent response from the government.
October 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#Guinea: RSF spoke on 29 Oct. before the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights about the alarming situation of press freedom. 6 media outlets banned, Habib Marouane Camara still missing, the father of an exiled journalist kidnapped... RSF calls for an urgent response from the government.
Ukraine: Journalist Ibrahim Naber and cameraman Viktor Lysenko, from the WELT channel, and their local producer Ivan Zakharenko were injured on 13 October during a Russian drone attack in the Dnipro region. They were all wearing equipment marked ‘PRESS’. RSF condemns the increase in such attacks.
The list of journalists fallen victim to the war in Ukraine grows by the day
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has been documenting attacks directly targeting journalists clearly identified as press workers since Russia began its large-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 20...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Ukraine: Journalist Ibrahim Naber and cameraman Viktor Lysenko, from the WELT channel, and their local producer Ivan Zakharenko were injured on 13 October during a Russian drone attack in the Dnipro region. They were all wearing equipment marked ‘PRESS’. RSF condemns the increase in such attacks.
The fact-checking conference “Unveil the Truth” kicks off Nov 7–8 in Chișinău 🇲🇩, co-organised by @mythdetector.com, RSF, @akademie.dw.com, french MFA, CFI & others. Experts from 13 countries will address disinfo, FIMI & digital threats to democracy. Full info & registration👇
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Unveil the Truth: Eastern Partnership Fact-Checkers Conference |
On November 7-8, 2025, Myth Detector and DW Akademie, in partnership with Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Media Development Foundation (MDF), and StopFals (Moldova) present the Eastern Partnership F...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The fact-checking conference “Unveil the Truth” kicks off Nov 7–8 in Chișinău 🇲🇩, co-organised by @mythdetector.com, RSF, @akademie.dw.com, french MFA, CFI & others. Experts from 13 countries will address disinfo, FIMI & digital threats to democracy. Full info & registration👇
www.unveilthetruth.org
www.unveilthetruth.org