Violence against journalists

Reduced visa durations and intensified police raids have aggravated the alarming conditions of Afghan journalists exiled in Pakistan.

Israeli authorities continue to refuse the transferral of Fadi Alwahidi to a hospital abroad, despite repeated appeals from Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) strongly condemns the murder of journalist and owner of  Cadena Sur TV, Gastón Medina Sotomayor and extends its deepest condolences to his family and colleagues.

Reporters sans frontières (RSF) l’appelle à mettre urgemment en place le groupe de travail qu'elle s'est engagée à former, afin de mettre en place un plan de protection renforcé pour l'information et les journalistes au Mexique.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the international community to take action so that Cuban media professionals can safely work in their own country.

The ceasefire agreed on 15 January between Israel and Hamas must give journalists access to the Gaza Strip. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) continues to work for justice for all journalists who have been victims of this war.

19 January marks the 18th anniversary of the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, shot outside the Istanbul office of the newspaper Agos, where he was editor-in-chief. Yet after nearly two decades, justice has still not been fully served.

According to RSF’s figures, governments are responsible for 45 per cent of the world’s missing journalists.

Independent journalist Soltan Achilova has revealed an attempted poisoning carried out against her by Turkmen authorities in November 2024.