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Burkina Faso: where is missing journalist Alain Traoré?

Where is Alain Traoré? Over three months have passed since the editor of the “‘national languages” desk at Oméga Media, a private press group, was abducted — yet his relatives and colleagues still have no news of him.

Arbitrary detention and proceedings Violence against journalists News

31.10.2024

Vietnam: RSF appalled by 12-year prison sentence handed on journalist kidnapped in Thailand

More than a year after journalist Duong Van Thai was abducted in Thailand, the Vietnamese regime has sentenced him to 12 years in prison for “propaganda against the state.”

Arbitrary detention and proceedings Violence against journalists News

30.10.2024

Myanmar: RSF welcomes the release of journalists Ta Lin Maung and Naung Yoe

Two Myanmar journalists, held for a month by an armed group opposing the military regime, have recently been freed, although no explanation has been provided regarding the reasons for their abduction.

Arbitrary detention and proceedings Violence against journalists News

24.10.2024

Burkina Faso: authorities confirm the conscription of three missing media professionals amidst a growing crackdown on the press

In front of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), the Burkinabe authorities broke their silence on the fate of three journalists who disappeared in June: they were drafted into the army.

Violence against journalists News

22.10.2024

Ghana: RSF condemns the assault of three environmental journalists reporting on a mining site

Erastus Asare Donkor, Majid Alidu and Nicholas Suantah, journalists for Multimedia Group Limited, were violently assaulted by a group of armed men while reporting on a mining site in the south of the country.

Disinformation and propaganda Arbitrary detention and proceedings Investigation

30.09.2024

RSF investigation: tracking the missing journalists of Melitopol

One year ago, multiple journalists and media workers were arrested by occupying Russian forces during a roundup of the inhabitants of the city of Melitopol in Southern Ukraine.

Arbitrary detention and proceedings Violence against journalists News

27.08.2024

Syria: RSF calls on authorities in al-Bab to release journalist Bakr al-Qassem

Les journalistes indépendants Bakr al-Qassem et Nabiha Taha ont été arrêtés le 26 août, alors qu'ils rentraient chez eux après avoir réalisé un reportage dans le nord-ouest de la Syrie.

Arbitrary detention and proceedings Violence against journalists News

14.08.2024

Three years of Taliban rule: the violent persecution of 141 journalists detained and arrested in Afghanistan

In the three years since the Taliban's return to power on 15 August 2021, when the Islamic fundamentalist group captured Kabul, 141 journalists have been arrested or detained.

Arbitrary detention and proceedings Violence against journalists News

12.08.2024

USA: Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva are free, but where is Austin Tice?

In the wake of the long-awaited return of two American journalists wrongly detained in Russia, the American government and people must not forget about Austin Tice, the journalist held captive in Syria since 2012.

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