Legal framework and justice system

Seven employees of Arezo TV, the latest station to be silenced, are currently detained in Kabul. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities to release these journalists immediately and condemns these unacceptable closures.

A UK tribunal has found that police services in Northern Ireland and England unlawfully spied on two investigative journalists in order to get to their sources. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the landmark ruling.

The upcoming EU-Western Balkans summit in Brussels on 18 December will be the first high-level meeting of the new European Commission with the heads of state of Balkan countries.

Arnaud Froger, head of the investigations desk at Reporters Without Borders (RSF), will appear on Tuesday, 17 December, before the 17th chamber of the Paris judicial court, accused of defamation by Karim Keïta, the son of Mali’s former president.

In a new report, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) analysed journalist protection programs in Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Peru.

Au cours de leurs 13 années au pouvoir, Bachar al-Assad et ses alliés ont tué plus de 181 journalistes en raison de leur métier.

As Ghana’s citizens have just elected John Dramani Mahama as president, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has issued five recommendations to him to help improve press freedom in his country.

Cambodian journalist Chhoeung Chheng died from his wounds on 7 December, after being shot while investigating illegal deforestation in the country’s northwest.

The approved report on Brazil’s AI bill completely excluded artificial intelligence (AI) systems used to moderate and recommend content on social networks from the scope of the law.