Arbitrary detention and proceedings

On 14 and 15 December, the Israeli army murdered three media professionals in northern Gaza and the central Gaza Strip. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a continuation of the war crimes committed by Israel.

The ruling against Sandra Muhoza, a journalist for the online media La Nova Burundi, to one year and nine months in prison highlights the Burundian authorities' stubborn, indiscriminate repression of press freedom.

The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2024 Round-up reveals an alarming intensification of attacks on journalists — especially in conflict zones, where over half of the news professionals who lost their lives this year perished.

Regime change in Syria presents a fresh opportunity for the Biden administration to free journalist Austin Tice from captivity after 12 long years. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges President Biden to seize the moment to bring Tice home.

Six journalistes de la chaîne d'information indépendante ont été arrêtés vendredi et placés en détention provisoire dimanche 8 décembre.

RSF calls on the new government to ensure the judicial process is transparent and impartial

The managing director of the news website Le Révélateur 224, Habib Marouane Camara, was arrested by gendarmes on 3 December on unknown grounds, and taken to an unknown destination. His relatives have no news of him.

The Free Narges Coalition welcomes the temporary release of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi from Evin Prison in Iran, after she was granted a 21-day suspension of her sentence and transferred from prison to home in an ambulance on 4 December.

RSF calls for the release of Dong Yuyu, a prominent Chinese journalist sentenced to seven years in prison on trumped-up accusations of espionage.