Legal framework and justice system

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi was released exactly a year ago, on 11 March 2022, after 10 years in prison, but he is still not permitted to travel or express himself freely.

The French TV news channel France 24’s former correspondent in Algeria, its former producer and two other persons are finally due to go on trial tomorrow (8 March) in the Algiers district of Bir Mourad Raïs in a case dating back to 2019 that highlights th

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Georgia’s parliamentarians to reject a proposed “foreign agents” law that is closely based on the one used to gag journalists and civil society in recent years in Russia.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all proceedings against three women reporters for Mada Masr, one of Egypt’s last independent news websites, who could face up to two years in prison

The UK Court of Appeal has delivered a disappointing verdict in the defamation case against RSF Press Freedom Prize laureate Carole Cadwalladr.

Reporter Pablo González, accused of espionage for Russia, has been in custody for 12 months in the prison of Radom without being indicted. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the court’s order to extend his detention by another three months.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Iranian authorities to rescind their decision to shut down the reformist daily Sazandegi

The National Security Bill, currently going through parliament, needs more robust amendments if it is to protect journalists.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has formally referred the case of Mortaza Behboudi, a Franco-Afghan journalist detained without justification in Kabul, to two United Nations special rapporteurs and has asked the UN to seek his immediate release.