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Hong Kong’s prosecutors are so desperate to convict publisher Jimmy Lai of national security crimes, that they have resorted to testimony from a “witness” who was reportedly tortured and is believed to be forcibly held in a psychiatric institution.

RSF and Jeune Afrique protested outside the Democratic Republic of Congo embassy in Paris Friday 15 March to demand the release of Jeune Afrique’s Kinshasa correspondent, for whom a Congolese prosecutor has requested a 20-year prison sentence.

The final pleadings in the case against former Interior Minister Ousman Sonko are taking place in Switzerland at this beginning of march.

Despite the Iranian government's attempts to show an attitude of reconciliation with the press in the run-up to the 1 March legislative elections, a sinister reality remains, with 15 journalists in prison ahead of election day and many others still active

With prison conditions in Russia in the news again after opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death in a penal colony, RSF voices concern about the fate of a Ukrainian journalist held in a completely illegal manner in Russia for the past two years

The toll of four months of war in Gaza on journalism is nothing short of horrifying: Palestinian journalists killed, wounded, and prevented from working without any possibility of safe refuge.

Just a few days before the Lunar New Year holidays, Beijing strives to intimidate the public with "invitation to drink tea", a common practice of summoning individuals and threatening them with criminal prosecution.

Trois ans après son putsch, la junte birmane intensifie sa répression impitoyable contre les journalistes. L’armée a tué sommairement quatre journalistes, et plus de 150 professionnels de l’information ont été enfermés.

RSF held its first Hundreds of journalists have left Hong Kong since the adoption of the national security law in 2020, many of whom are now based in London. The seminar organised by RSF, which included training events for around twenty journalists.