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RSF calls for the release of Zhou Yuanzhi, a political commentator who served 4 years in prison until 2022, and was recently detained again under undisclosed accusations.

Detained in China for “espionage” since January 2019, Yang Hengjun is denied medical care despite significant health deterioration. RSF urges for the release of Chinese-born Australian political commentator.

On International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, 30 August, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), sounds the alarm about a journalist held without access to a lawyer in an unknown location in northeastern Syria

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns actions designed to intimidate and silence Chad’s most popular news website, Alwihda Info, including an apparent attempt to abduct its publisher and an eight-day suspension by the media regulator.

Somali TV journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Bulbul was arrested by police in Mogadishu on 17 August and has been arbitrarily detained for more than ten days. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns his arrest and calls for his immediate release.

RSF calls for the release of Lü Hua, the manager of Chinese news website Hubei New Perspective, who went missing four months ago after publishing an investigation on corruption, and whose detention was recently revealed.

Against the background of growing repression of the LGBT community in Lebanon, two draft laws targeting the media threaten to criminalise the “promotion of sexual deviance”.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) formally triggered the United Nations (UN) about the situation of Indian journalist Swati Chaturvedi, requiring immediate action to guarantee her safety and protection.

One month after the coup in Niger, breaches of press freedom are causing grave concern. African news professionals, mobilized by RSF, are publishing an appeal to Niger’s CNSP calling for respect for press freedom in the country.