Independence and pluralism

RSF is encouraged by this outcome, stands ready to proceed with the case on its merits and calls on the government to immediately unfreeze funding for VOA and reinstate its employees.

Rather than holding hearings that jeopardize the media’s editorial independence, RSF encourages Congress to investigate ways to bolster public media’s strengths in order to foster more resilient communities and a better informed citizenry.

RSF joined VOA employees and their unions in filing a legal complaint against the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) — the federal agency that oversees VOA.

RSF joined a coalition of 27 organizations dedicated to press freedom, journalism, and free expression to express support for the US Agency for Global Media as it faces elimination by the Trump administration.

These “confidentiality,” “loyalty” and “non-disparagement” clauses prevent hundreds of journalists from publicly criticising, testifying against and potentially reporting on media conglomerates and their affiliated companies.

Independent photojournalist Pablo Grillo was seriously injured by a tear gas grenade fired by police while he was covering a protest in Buenos Aires.

His defense immediately filed a constitutional appeal, which RSF urges the court to review as a matter of urgency. Jose Rubén Zamora must be freed.

It has been one year since the launch of the Svoboda satellite and countering Russian propaganda has never been more important. The Svoboda project, launched by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) currently offers 12 independent television channels

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urgently calls on the international community to intervene and demands Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo’s regime end their persecution of the press.