Legal framework and justice system

Following Shehbaz Sharif’s installation for a second term as Pakistan’s prime minister on 4 March, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for urgent measures by his government to rebuild press freedom.

On February 26, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments from representatives of NetChoice and the states of Florida and Texas about the role of tech platforms in shaping public discourse.

A London tribunal investigating the alleged surveillance of two journalists in Northern Ireland has heard shocking allegations that police set a trap for the journalists in order to unmask their sources.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Polish judicial authorities to substantiate the evidence against Spanish journalist Pablo González, arrested in February 2022 on the Ukrainian border.

As Hindu nationalist propaganda takes an ever greater hold on India, more and more foreign reporters are steering clear of sensitive subjects for fear of losing their residence permits.

A UK High Court hearing to determine whether Julian Assange will be allowed a final appeal against his extradition to the United States has concluded with no immediate decision

With prison conditions in Russia in the news again after opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death in a penal colony, RSF voices concern about the fate of a Ukrainian journalist held in a completely illegal manner in Russia for the past two years

Myat Thu Tun is the fifth Myanmar journalist to be killed by the junta since the coup d'état in February 2021.  His body was recently found buried, riddled with bullets and marked by signs of torture.

On the sixth anniversary of the brutal killing of investigative reporter Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) renew the call for long-awaited justice for their killings.