Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 09.01.2024 China: investigative journalist Shangguan Yunkai sentenced to 15 years in prison on trumped-up charges RSF condemns the sentencing of Shangguan Yunkai to 15 years in prison on trumped-up charges.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsNews 09.01.2024 31 Palestinian journalists currently held in Israeli prisons in record wave of detentions Israel has arrested a total of 38 Palestinian journalists since the start of its war with Hamas on 7 October and is currently holding 31, most of them without any charge.
Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsNews 08.01.2024 A photojournalist released in Myanmar: RSF urges the junta to free the 64 other reporters still detained Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is relieved by the release of Myanmar photojournalist Kaung Sett Lin, but insists that he should never have been arrested.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 03.01.2024 Hong Kong: As Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty, evidence brought against him highlights arbitrary nature of his national security trial On 2 January, Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty to all charges brought against him in a national security trial that opened in December.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 03.01.2024 Gui Minhai, the Swedish publisher deprived of his freedom for 3,000 days Abducted by Chinese authorities in Thailand in October 2015, this week, 3 January, marks 3,000 days since Swedish publisher and writer Gui Minhai lost his freedom.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsDatas 31.12.2023 779 journalists were jailed in 2023, 547 will spend New Year’s Eve in prison Arbitrary imprisonment of journalists is widely used in many countries to suppress the right to news and information.
Legal framework and justice systemArbitrary detention and proceedingsViolence against journalistsNews 29.12.2023 Vietnam: RSF calls for the release of ailing journalist deprived of medical care Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Vietnamese regime to release independent journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan who has been in a critical condition as recently stated by his family member.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 22.12.2023 Mongolia: RSF urges for the release of Zarig.mn news site chief editor RSF calls on Mongolian authorities to release journalist Unurtsetseg Naran. Kept in pre-trial detention since early December, she has been charged with spreading false information after she posted comments critical of the judiciary on social media.
Arbitrary detention and proceedingsNews 22.12.2023 RSF hails European Parliament call for Guatemalan newspaper editor’s release RSF hails a European Parliament resolution’s call for the immediate and unconditional release of José Rubén Zamora, the editor of the newspaper elPeriódico, and all other persons detained arbitrarily in Guatemala.