Basma Mostafa is just one of many Egyptian journalists who have been persecuted, insulted and threatened for years on German soil. She lives in Berlin, where she had to flee years ago, but still has not found safety there. Several UN special rapporteurs have already drawn attention to the transnational repression – persecution beyond national borders – that this investigative journalist has endured. Last April, the former German Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights, Luise Amt...| rsf.org
Hundreds of media outlets, brought together by the campaigning platform Avaaz and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), are waging a campaign calling for the protection of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, the emergency evacuation of reporters seeking to leave the Strip, an end to impunity for Israeli crimes against Gaza’s reporters and that foreign press be granted independent access to the territory.| rsf.org
On Sunday, 10 August, an Israeli strike killed six media professionals in Gaza, five of whom currently work or formerly worked for the Qatari media outlet Al Jazeera and one freelance journalist. The strike, which has been claimed by the Israeli army, targeted Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif, whom it accuses, without providing solid evidence, of “terrorist affiliation.” Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this disgraceful tactic, which is repeatedly used against journalists to c...| rsf.org
In the wake of yesterday’s revelations about the Pegasus spyware, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and two journalists with French and Moroccan dual nationality, Omar Brouksy and Maati Monjib, filed a joint complaint with prosecutors in Paris today calling on them to “identify those responsible, and their accomplices,” for targeted harassment of the journalists.| rsf.org
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) fiercely condemns the killing of four Palestinian journalists by Israeli army strikes in Gaza on Monday, 25 August. The slain news professionals are Hossam al-Masri, a freelance photographer for the Reuters news agency; Mariam Abu Daqqa, freelance journalist for The Independent and the Associated Press (AP); Moaz Abu Taha, correspondent for the American broadcasting network NBC; and Mohamad Salama, press photographer for Al Jazeera. This comes after the murder ...| rsf.org
On 6 August, Georgian journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli, co-founder of the independent media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, was sentenced to two years in prison following an unfair trial marked by numerous procedural irregularities. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this arbitrary decision, which reflects the authorities' authoritarian drift. The reporter must be released.| rsf.org
Reporters sans frontières assure la promotion et la défense de la liberté d'informer et d'être informé partout dans le monde. L'organisation, basée à Paris, compte des bureaux à l'international (Berlin, Bruxelles, Genève, Madrid, Stockholm, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienne et Washington DC) et plus de 150 correspondants répartis sur les cinq continents.| rsf.org
Reporters sans frontières assure la promotion et la défense de la liberté d'informer et d'être informé partout dans le monde. L'organisation, basée à Paris, compte des bureaux à l'international (Berlin, Bruxelles, Genève, Madrid, Stockholm, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienne et Washington DC) et plus de 150 correspondants répartis sur les cinq continents.| rsf.org
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Slovakia’s culture minister to withdraw a bill that would enable the government to control public media content although the European Commission has asked the government to reinforce public media independence in order to safeguard the rule of law.| rsf.org
Reporteros Sin Fronteras (RSF) condena enérgicamente el asesinato de Raúl Celis López, periodista local en Iquitos, en el corazón de la Amazonía peruana. Conocido por sus posturas críticas sobre la inseguridad, la corrupción y la criminalidad en la región, fue asesinado a tiros el 7 de mayo de 2025 mientras se dirigía a grabar su programa para la radio Karibeña. RSF solicita una investigación independiente para identificar a los responsables de este crimen y exhorta a las autoridad...| rsf.org
Perú ha sido escenario recientemente de una serie de alarmantes iniciativas legislativas, hostigamiento judicial y campañas de desprestigio dirigidas contra medios independientes. Estos acontecimientos marcan un grave deterioro del entorno democrático del país y representan una amenaza sin precedentes para la libertad de prensa. Reporteros Sin Fronteras (RSF) insta a las autoridades peruanas a poner fin a la hostilidad hacia la prensa, derogar la legislación represiva y reforzar la prote...| rsf.org
La Fiscalía de Perú ha abierto una investigación contra el periodista de investigación más conocido del país, Gustavo Gorriti, por presunta corrupción. Reporteros Sin Fronteras (RSF) exige que se abandone a la mayor brevedad, pues supone un grave atentado contra el periodismo de investigación, crucial en la lucha contra la corrupción.| rsf.org
Although physical attacks against journalists are the most visible violations of press freedom, economic pressure is also a major, more insidious problem. The economic indicator on the RSF World Press Freedom Index now stands at an unprecedented, critical low as its decline continued in 2025. As a result, the global state of press freedom is now classified as a “difficult situation” for the first time in the history of the Index.| rsf.org
Reporters sans frontières assure la promotion et la défense de la liberté d'informer et d'être informé partout dans le monde. L'organisation, basée à Paris, compte des bureaux à l'international (Berlin, Bruxelles, Genève, Madrid, Stockholm, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienne et Washington DC) et plus de 150 correspondants répartis sur les cinq continents.| rsf.org
Reporters sans frontières assure la promotion et la défense de la liberté d'informer et d'être informé partout dans le monde. L'organisation, basée à Paris, compte des bureaux à l'international (Berlin, Bruxelles, Genève, Madrid, Stockholm, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienne et Washington DC) et plus de 150 correspondants répartis sur les cinq continents.| rsf.org
Reporters sans frontières assure la promotion et la défense de la liberté d'informer et d'être informé partout dans le monde. L'organisation, basée à Paris, compte des bureaux à l'international (Berlin, Bruxelles, Genève, Madrid, Stockholm, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienne et Washington DC) et plus de 150 correspondants répartis sur les cinq continents.| rsf.org
Reporters sans frontières assure la promotion et la défense de la liberté d'informer et d'être informé partout dans le monde. L'organisation, basée à Paris, compte des bureaux à l'international (Berlin, Bruxelles, Genève, Madrid, Stockholm, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienne et Washington DC) et plus de 150 correspondants répartis sur les cinq continents.| rsf.org
The 21st edition of the World Press Freedom Index, compiled annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), sheds light on major and often radical changes linked to political, social and technological upheavals.| rsf.org
Reporters sans frontières assure la promotion et la défense de la liberté d'informer et d'être informé partout dans le monde. L'organisation, basée à Paris, compte des bureaux à l'international (Berlin, Bruxelles, Genève, Madrid, Stockholm, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienne et Washington DC) et plus de 150 correspondants répartis sur les cinq continents.| rsf.org
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released a video reconstruction of the tragedy that resulted in the death of one journalist and the injury of several others. The initial findings of the investigation show that the reporters were not collateral victims of the shooting. One of their vehicles, marked "press", was targeted, and it was also clear that the group stationed next to it was journalists.| rsf.org
The first of its kind, the Paris Charter on AI and Journalism defines ethics and principles that journalists, newsrooms and media outlets around the world will be able to appropriate and apply in their work with artificial intelligence. It was created by a commission initiated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and chaired by journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa.| rsf.org
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RSF's World Press Freedom Index aims to compare the level of press freedom enjoyed by journalists and media in 180 countries and territories.| rsf.org
