Legal framework and justice system

During an event that Agence France-Presse organised on 15 May in the Ukrainian capital, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) announced that it is about to file its eighth complaint about Russian war crimes against journalists.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on European Union member states and MEPs to amend the proposed European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) so that it effectively safeguards the right to reliable news and information

One year after opening Press Freedom Centres in Lviv and Kyiv, RSF will visit the Ukrainian capital from 15 to 19 May to launch “Year 2” of its support for journalists and media in Ukraine and to meet with governmental and judicial officials.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of Guo Feixiong, a Chinese political commentator who was recently sentenced to eight years in prison and who already served over twelve years in the past.

One year after Al Jazeera’s well known Palestine correspondent was fatally shot while reporting in the West Bank on 11 May 2022, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the lack of progress in the official investigations into her death.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for an end to the systematic intimidation of Turkish journalists based abroad who dare to criticise Turkiye’s government.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has coordinated an open letter by 30 human rights organisations, journalists’ organizations and media outlets calling to end a wave of press freedom violations.

RSF denounces a recent wave of false bomb threats made by anonymous individuals under the name of two journalists based in Germany and the Netherlands.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Vietnamese government to come clean about the disappearance of a Vietnamese blogger two weeks ago in Thailand. Despite having refugee status in Thailand, he was almost certainly abducted by Vietnamese agents.