Tag: Reporters Without Borders
RSF condemns ‘unacceptable political meddling’ over PNG news chief suspension
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the "unacceptable political meddling" behind Sincha Dimara’s suspension as head of news and current affairs...
Hong Kong indy Stand News shuts down in face of Chinese...
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Hong Kong independent media Stand News has announced it has shut down following the arrest last week of six current and...
Global jailed journalists surge by 20% to 488 – 60 of...
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The Paris-based global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned three "dictatorial regimes" -- Belarus, China and Myanmar -- for their...
#HoldTheLine coalition demands charges against Maria Ressa be dropped before Nobel...
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One week ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, the #HoldtheLine Coalition has called on the government of the Philippines to...
Assumptions vs facts – how the Julian Assange case confronts our...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning in Auckland
The dilemma facing whistleblowers, journalists and publishers who risk it all to help the world’s people to become...
Rappler’s Maria Ressa, Russia’s Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 announced in Oslo today. Video: Rappler livestream
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Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines and...
Taliban ‘journalism rules’ open way to censorship, persecution, warns RSF
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it is very disturbed by the “11 journalism rules” that the Taliban announced at a meeting...
Fewer than 100 of Kabul’s 700 women journalists still working, says...
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Taliban to provide immediate guarantees for the freedom and safety of women journalists...
New (unofficial) oppressive rules imposed on journalists in Afghanistan
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Publicly, the Taliban have undertaken to protect journalists and respect press freedom but the reality in Afghanistan is completely different, says...
RSF, Moroccan-French journalists file complaint over Pegasus spy saga
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In the wake of this week's revelations about the Pegasus spyware, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and two journalists with French and...
RSF’s 2021 ‘Press freedom predators’ gallery includes old tyrants, 2 women
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published a gallery of grim portraits -- those of 37 heads of state or government who...
RSF’s Apple Daily ‘funeral protests’ mark risk of death of free...
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has staged parallel protests outside the Chinese embassies in Paris and Berlin, holding funeral-style processions to denounce...
AJF, RSF and other media freedom watchdogs condemn China’s ‘suffocation’ of...
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Apple Daily has announced its imminent closure in a dark day for Hong Kong’s press freedom and democracy, sparking condemnation by...
RSF condemns Hong Kong police storming of Apple Daily – 5...
Hundreds of police officers search the Apple Daily group’s headquarters after five senior staff were arrested under the National Security Law, accused of "collusion...
#HoldTheLine – hundreds of Maria Ressa supporters post ‘pressure’ videos
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On World Press Freedom Day 2021, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #HoldTheLine coalition launched an innovative campaign of solidarity with...
Fiji drops three places in RSF press freedom index over gagging...
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Fiji has dropped three places in the latest Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index and been condemned for its treatment...
RSF 2021 Index: Censorship and the disinformation virus hits Asia-Pacific
Reporters Without Borders
The Asia-Pacific region’s authoritarian regimes have used the covid-19 pandemic to perfect their methods of totalitarian control of information, while the “dictatorial...
RSF condemns Facebook news ban in Australia – block reported to...
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned Facebook for carrying out its threat to block the sharing of its journalistic news content in...
RSF condemns Google for dropping Australian media searches in ‘tests’
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the arbitrary and opaque experiments that Google is conducting with its search engine in Australia,...
RSF calls for ‘democratic obligations’ on leading digital players over Trump
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In the wake of Twitter’s decision to shut down President Donald Trump’s accounts for good, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has proposed...
RSF hails UK court blocking of US bid to extradite Julian...
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is relieved by the January 4 ruling of UK District Judge Vanessa Baraitser to block the United...
RSF’s 2020 Round-up: 50 journalists killed, two-thirds in countries ‘at peace’
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A total of 50 journalists were killed worldwide in 2020, according to the second part of the annual round-up of abusive...