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Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
We fight for #PressFreedom all over the world.
We fight for #PressFreedom all over the world.
#Philippines: Victory! RSF welcomes today’s court decision to restore access to the independent media sites #Bulatlat and #PinoyWeekly. The judge overturned a 2022 ban that falsely accused the outlets of being "linked" to terrorist groups. A win against state censorship in the 🇵🇭!
Another attempt to censor online media in Philippines
The news website Rappler announced on 29 June that it had received a shutdown order. This is a new attack on the independent media after the Philippine government ordered the blocking of the websites ...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
#Philippines: Victory! RSF welcomes today’s court decision to restore access to the independent media sites #Bulatlat and #PinoyWeekly. The judge overturned a 2022 ban that falsely accused the outlets of being "linked" to terrorist groups. A win against state censorship in the 🇵🇭!
#Fiji: Apenisa Waqairadovu, a reporter for the public broadcaster #FBC, was physically assaulted today by a convicted individual after a court hearing — a recurring problem in the country. We call on the authorities to strengthen protection measures for journalists at courthouses.
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
#USA: Today, @apnews.com's appeal against its ban from the White House is being heard in court. RSF joined @knightcolumbia.org in filing an amicus brief supporting the news agency because its ejection is a dangerous and unconstitutional threat to press freedom. knightcolumbia.org/documents/ae...
Knight Institute's Amicus Brief (in support of Plaintiff)
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November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#USA: Today, @apnews.com's appeal against its ban from the White House is being heard in court. RSF joined @knightcolumbia.org in filing an amicus brief supporting the news agency because its ejection is a dangerous and unconstitutional threat to press freedom. knightcolumbia.org/documents/ae...
🇬🇪 Georgia’s unprecedented crackdown: 600 attacks against the press in a year. All documented by the CMIS and illustrated by RSF graphs. Assaults, abusive fines & laws, threats... The ruling Georgian Dream party is stepping up its offensive and it’s straight out of the Russian playbook. 👇
Unprecedented crackdown in Georgia: 600 attacks against the press in one year
Over the past year, press freedom violations in Georgia have reached unprecedented levels, according to data from the Center for Media, Information and Social Studies (CMIS), released in partnership w...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🇬🇪 Georgia’s unprecedented crackdown: 600 attacks against the press in a year. All documented by the CMIS and illustrated by RSF graphs. Assaults, abusive fines & laws, threats... The ruling Georgian Dream party is stepping up its offensive and it’s straight out of the Russian playbook. 👇
#HongKong: 3 days after its opening, the Press Photographers Association #HKPPA exhibition was forced to cancel due to so-called "urgent works" at the venue. RSF condemns this obstruction to journalistic events, which have become commonplace since #Beijing's media crackdown in the territory.
Hong Kong: At least 900 journalism jobs lost, media in exile after four years of draconian National Security Law
Four years after the enactment of a draconian national security law – a turning point in the decline of press freedom in Hong Kong – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) takes a closer look at the plight o...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
#HongKong: 3 days after its opening, the Press Photographers Association #HKPPA exhibition was forced to cancel due to so-called "urgent works" at the venue. RSF condemns this obstruction to journalistic events, which have become commonplace since #Beijing's media crackdown in the territory.
#India: In #Jammu-and-Kashmir, the SIA raided the closed offices of the Kashmir Times and seized equipment on 20 November. RSF condemns the targeting of one of the last independent media outlets covering the region and demands the immediate withdrawal of the baseless charges.
India: raid on Kashmir Times, an unacceptable attack on one of the few independent media outlets covering the region
Even though the Kashmir Times' editorial offices in Jammu have been closed for four years, the Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) raided them and seized professional equipment. Reporte...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#India: In #Jammu-and-Kashmir, the SIA raided the closed offices of the Kashmir Times and seized equipment on 20 November. RSF condemns the targeting of one of the last independent media outlets covering the region and demands the immediate withdrawal of the baseless charges.
#Ukraine: A Russian drone struck an evacuation vehicle near Lyman, in the Donetsk region, where Radio Svoboda journalist Serhiy Horbatenko was reporting. He is suffering from concussion. RSF condemns the increase in drone strikes🇷🇺 targeting civilians and journalists.
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#Ukraine: A Russian drone struck an evacuation vehicle near Lyman, in the Donetsk region, where Radio Svoboda journalist Serhiy Horbatenko was reporting. He is suffering from concussion. RSF condemns the increase in drone strikes🇷🇺 targeting civilians and journalists.
India: 10 NGOs, including RSF, sent a letter to the Navi Mumbai police commissioner on 19 November calling for an official investigation into death threats against journalist Rana Ayyub and demanding immediate protection for her family.
Journalist Rana Ayyub in danger in India: 10 NGOs unite to demand immediate action from police
In an open letter sent on 19 November 2025, to the Navi Mumbai police commissioner, ten NGOs — including Reporters Without Borders (RSF) — called for an official police investigation into the death th...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
India: 10 NGOs, including RSF, sent a letter to the Navi Mumbai police commissioner on 19 November calling for an official investigation into death threats against journalist Rana Ayyub and demanding immediate protection for her family.
#Azerbaijan: RSF condemns the arrest warrant issued against exiled journalist Sevinj Osmanqizi and the public disclosure of her personal data. Threatened and followed, she now fears for her safety in the United States. All countries that defend press freedom must put pressure on Aliyev's regime.
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
#Azerbaijan: RSF condemns the arrest warrant issued against exiled journalist Sevinj Osmanqizi and the public disclosure of her personal data. Threatened and followed, she now fears for her safety in the United States. All countries that defend press freedom must put pressure on Aliyev's regime.
#Samoa: RSF is calling on the Prime Minister to lift the ban preventing the daily #SamoaObserver from attending government press conferences. The measure is totally unacceptable — it comes after one of its journalists filed a complaint over violence committed by the PM’s security officers.
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#Samoa: RSF is calling on the Prime Minister to lift the ban preventing the daily #SamoaObserver from attending government press conferences. The measure is totally unacceptable — it comes after one of its journalists filed a complaint over violence committed by the PM’s security officers.
#Colombia: RSF strongly condemns the explosive attack on the RCN newsrooms in Cali, publicly claimed by the FARC-EP dissidents. We call on the authorities to ensure the ongoing investigation is swift, thorough and finds those responsible — and to strengthen protection measures for the press.
Autoridades ofrecen una recompensa de $ 400 millones por autores de ataque explosivo en Cali
El ataque en donde fue arrojada una granada ocurrió en la noche del domingo 16 de noviembre.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#Colombia: RSF strongly condemns the explosive attack on the RCN newsrooms in Cali, publicly claimed by the FARC-EP dissidents. We call on the authorities to ensure the ongoing investigation is swift, thorough and finds those responsible — and to strengthen protection measures for the press.
#Ukraine: A Russian drone attack in Dnipro has destroyed the premises of the public media outlet Suspilne and the media defence organisation IMI, resulting in the loss of their equipment. The city's TV tower was damaged. These attacks on civilian areas are war crimes.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#Ukraine: A Russian drone attack in Dnipro has destroyed the premises of the public media outlet Suspilne and the media defence organisation IMI, resulting in the loss of their equipment. The city's TV tower was damaged. These attacks on civilian areas are war crimes.
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#China: Today, journalist Zhang Zhan was located in Shanghai Women's Prison, after RSF sounded the alarm over her disappearance yesterday. We call on the international community to ensure the Chinese authorities guarantee her right to meet with her family and her lawyer.
RSF raises alarm over new disappearance of Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is sounding the alarm over the disappearance of Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, who was reportedly transferred by the Chinese regime to an undisclosed facility. The inte...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#China: Today, journalist Zhang Zhan was located in Shanghai Women's Prison, after RSF sounded the alarm over her disappearance yesterday. We call on the international community to ensure the Chinese authorities guarantee her right to meet with her family and her lawyer.
#China: RSF is sounding the alarm over the disappearance of Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, who was reportedly transferred by the Chinese regime to an undisclosed facility and denied access to family. The international community must increase pressure on Beijing and demand her immediate release.
RSF raises alarm over new disappearance of Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is sounding the alarm over the disappearance of Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, who was reportedly transferred by the Chinese regime to an undisclosed facility. The inte...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
#China: RSF is sounding the alarm over the disappearance of Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, who was reportedly transferred by the Chinese regime to an undisclosed facility and denied access to family. The international community must increase pressure on Beijing and demand her immediate release.
#Ukraine: RSF joined the “Empty Chairs” event organised in Kyiv on 15/11 by the Center for Civil Liberties and PEN Ukraine, which called for the release of Ukrainian civilians arbitrarily detained by #Russia, including 26 journalists. They must be released immediately.
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26 empty chairs in Kyiv for the Ukrainian journalists detained by Russia: RSF calls for their immediate release
On Saturday, 15 November, twenty-six empty chairs were symbolically placed in the heart of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, by PEN Ukraine and the Center for Civil Liberties — in partnership with RSF — to...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#Ukraine: RSF joined the “Empty Chairs” event organised in Kyiv on 15/11 by the Center for Civil Liberties and PEN Ukraine, which called for the release of Ukrainian civilians arbitrarily detained by #Russia, including 26 journalists. They must be released immediately.
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#Philippines: The verdicts in the cases against journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio will be decided on 22 Jan (for “illegal possession of a firearm”) and 9 Feb (for “financing terrorism”). We repeat our call for her release — these are false charges, as our investigations show: rsf.org/en/frenchie-...
Frenchie Mae Cumpio: investigation into a fabricated case designed to convict a Philippine journalist
While investigating the elements that led to the arrest—now lasting over five years—of Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) discovered a file riddled with inconsi...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
#Philippines: The verdicts in the cases against journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio will be decided on 22 Jan (for “illegal possession of a firearm”) and 9 Feb (for “financing terrorism”). We repeat our call for her release — these are false charges, as our investigations show: rsf.org/en/frenchie-...
#China: Today, the Beijing High Court upheld a 7 year prison sentence against prominent journalist Dong Yuyu on trumped-up spying charges. His only "crime" was maintaining contact with foreign diplomats. RSF is appalled by this decision and calls for his immediate release. #FreeDongYuyu
China: prominent journalist Dong Yuyu sentenced to prison on bogus espionage charges
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of Dong Yuyu, a prominent Chinese journalist sentenced to seven years in prison on trumped-up accusations of espionage. He is one of 123 journalis...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#China: Today, the Beijing High Court upheld a 7 year prison sentence against prominent journalist Dong Yuyu on trumped-up spying charges. His only "crime" was maintaining contact with foreign diplomats. RSF is appalled by this decision and calls for his immediate release. #FreeDongYuyu
#Israel: RSF is alarmed that the "Al-Jazeera law" passed its first reading in the Knesset on Monday. The text allows the government to ban the broadcasting of foreign channels in the country, and we condemned it in June.
Israël : sur fond de guerre avec l'Iran, la coalition au pouvoir accroît la pression sur les médias étrangers
Après des déclarations menaçant les médias étrangers, les ministres des Communications et de la Sécurité nationale veulent imposer, dans un contexte de conflit avec l’Iran, un contrôle accru des autor...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
#Israel: RSF is alarmed that the "Al-Jazeera law" passed its first reading in the Knesset on Monday. The text allows the government to ban the broadcasting of foreign channels in the country, and we condemned it in June.
#Czechia: the incoming government’s plan threatens the independence of public and private-sector media. RSF calls on 🇨🇿 lawmakers to reject measures that endanger media freedom and urges the European Commission to treat Czechia as a country at risk for #pressfreedom.
Czechia: new ruling majority’s programme threatens press freedom
The programme of the incoming government led by future Prime Minister Andrej Babis risks undermining the independence of public service media and facilitating political attacks on private-sector and P...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#Czechia: the incoming government’s plan threatens the independence of public and private-sector media. RSF calls on 🇨🇿 lawmakers to reject measures that endanger media freedom and urges the European Commission to treat Czechia as a country at risk for #pressfreedom.
🇲🇲 #Myanmar: In one year, more than 300 journalists have been supported by RSF’s Myanmar Press Freedom Project. Based in Thailand, the project continues expanding its training and essential equipment programme to those who keep reporting despite the junta’s ongoing repression.
Amid civil war, RSF Myanmar Press Freedom Project aids over 300 journalists in one year
More than three hundred journalists have benefited from the Myanmar Press Freedom Project, opened one year ago by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The project, which operates out of Thailand, will con...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🇲🇲 #Myanmar: In one year, more than 300 journalists have been supported by RSF’s Myanmar Press Freedom Project. Based in Thailand, the project continues expanding its training and essential equipment programme to those who keep reporting despite the junta’s ongoing repression.
#UK: The Government's response to an enquiry into transnational repression lacks a clear plan of action for engagement with those targeted by TNR. RSF has joined the Tackling Transnational Repression in the UK Working Group in writing to the Home Secretary asking for more robust action.
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#UK: The Government's response to an enquiry into transnational repression lacks a clear plan of action for engagement with those targeted by TNR. RSF has joined the Tackling Transnational Repression in the UK Working Group in writing to the Home Secretary asking for more robust action.
Israel’s Communications Minister, Shlomo Karhi, is continuing his offensive against editorial independence in #Israel, a pillar of democracy. RSF repeats the warning it issued a year ago: if these reforms go ahead, they will have lasting negative consequences on the media landscape.
First reading of Israel's audiovisual media bill, “a nail in the coffin of editorial independence”
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is sounding the alarm following the first reading of a bill sponsored by Israel’s Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi that would strengthen the executive branch’s cont...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Israel’s Communications Minister, Shlomo Karhi, is continuing his offensive against editorial independence in #Israel, a pillar of democracy. RSF repeats the warning it issued a year ago: if these reforms go ahead, they will have lasting negative consequences on the media landscape.
#Philippines: RSF and the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition welcome the decision by a regional court’ to dismiss the baseless murder charges filed against community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, and called for all other charges to be dropped and for the journalist to be released from detention.
Philippines: RSF and coalition of NGOs welcome dismissal of trumped-up case against Frenchie Mae Cumpio
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), along with an international coalition of press freedom NGOs, welcomed the decision of a Philippine regional court to dismiss the baseless murder charges filed against ...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#Philippines: RSF and the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition welcome the decision by a regional court’ to dismiss the baseless murder charges filed against community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, and called for all other charges to be dropped and for the journalist to be released from detention.
Last night, RSF organised a tribute to Antoni Lallican, the #French photojournalist killed in October by a Russian drone in #Ukraine, alongside his relatives & colleagues in Paris. The 🇫🇷 & 🇺🇦 investigations into his death must bring those responsible to justice.
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“He was a photographer of souls”: a tribute to Antoni Lallican, French photojournalist killed in Ukraine
In Paris, on Wednesday, 5 November, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) held a tribute to Antoni Lallican, the French freelance photojournalist killed in Ukraine on 3 October during a targeted Russian dro...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Last night, RSF organised a tribute to Antoni Lallican, the #French photojournalist killed in October by a Russian drone in #Ukraine, alongside his relatives & colleagues in Paris. The 🇫🇷 & 🇺🇦 investigations into his death must bring those responsible to justice.
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#Czechia: RSF calls on the ODS party to publicly condemn the serious threats one of its members made against 2 journalists. He first targeted Bretislav Turecek, who had given a talk on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, then went after Vojtech Berger, who wrote about the threats against Turecek.
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
#Czechia: RSF calls on the ODS party to publicly condemn the serious threats one of its members made against 2 journalists. He first targeted Bretislav Turecek, who had given a talk on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, then went after Vojtech Berger, who wrote about the threats against Turecek.