Legal framework and justice system

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Athens Court of Appeal, which will hear this case on 27 March, to acquit the reporter, who has been prosecuted based on an almost empty case file.

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

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.

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

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Syrian government to guarantee the safety of reporters and their right to inform the public about the violent massacres that have taken place on the Mediterranean coast.

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...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF) - The Society of Civil Rights -  have filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against Germany for its Federal Intelligence Service Act (BND Act).

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.

Targeted by the ruthless repression of journalists in Kashmir, journalist Majid Hyderi was released on 23 February after a year and a half in prison.