Arbitrary detention and proceedings

Around twenty armed men abducted the two brothers of exiled journalist Ahmad Noorani shortly after the publication of his investigation.

RSF condemns the police’s raid on the newsroom of the independent digital outlet Noorog, overnight questioning of Noorog’s staff and confiscation of their professional equipment.

The repression of reporters in the West Bank and East Jerusalem has intensified in recent months despite the recent ceasefire in Gaza, which collapsed when Israel resumed its strikes on the Western Palestinian strip.

At least 18 journalists were violently attacked by security forces while covering the legislative by-elections in Kawempe North, a northern neighbourhood in the capital Kampala. RSF strongly condemns these aggressive assaults.

Following the Trump administration’s orders to dismantle the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is sounding the alarm over the risks facing USAGM staffers around the world, including nine journalists currently imprisoned.

Bashdar Bazyani and Sherwan Sherwan, two reporters in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, have been thrown behind bars for their investigative journalism.

Lutfiye Zudiyeva, journaliste tatar de Crimée, est l’une des dernières voix indépendantes à documenter les effets de l’occupation russe depuis la péninsule, envahie par Moscou en 2014.

Azerbaijani authorities have recently revoked the accreditation of several journalists from foreign outlets, citing a false argument of "reciprocity."

As the appeal hearing for journalist Sandra Muhoza has just been postponed under a false pretext, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has contacted the African Commission’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information...