Mexico: Journalist, Jorge Celestino Ruíz Vázquez killed, 11th murder since December
Journalist Jorge Celestino Ruíz Vázquez , a collaborator with the Graphic newspaper of Xalapa, was killed in Veracruz, Mexico, according to a Telesur TV report (computer translated). photo/Alan Cleaver Ruiz is More...
Egypt: Blogger, ‘Mohamed Oxygen’ released from prison
Mohamed Ibrahim Radwan, aka “Mohamed Oxygen” was released from Tora prison in Egypt this week after spending more than a year in detention. photo by Carrie Z. via pixabay The blogger, Radwan has been More...
Belarus: Minsk courts fines Maryna Zolatava for keeping BelTA an independent media outlet
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the heavy fine that a court in Minsk imposed today on Maryna Zolatava, the editor of the leading news website Tut.by. The fine is just one more attempt to intimidate the More...
Egypt: Mahmoud Abou Zeid, Shawkan, released after spending over 5 years in prison
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hails today’s release of Mahmoud Abou Zeid, the Egyptian photojournalist also known as Shawkan, after more than five and a half years in prison, but deplores that the fact that More...
Egypt: NY Times David Kirkpatrick refused entry into Cairo, Ahmed Gamal Zyada arrested over social media remarks
Two journalists have been detained on landing at Cairo airport in the past few weeks. One, a US reporter, was denied entry and put on a flight back to Europe. The other, an Egyptian photojournalist, was imprisoned. More...
2018 was a deadly year for journalists, 80 killed, nearly 350 in prison, 60 more are hostages
A total of 80 journalists were killed this year, 348 are currently in prison, and 60 are being held hostage, according to the annual worldwide round-up of deadly violence and abusive treatment of journalists released More...
Reporters Without Borders: Radio host Ricardo Welch, aka The Gladiator, murder at his home
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is disturbed to learn Ricardo “The Gladiator” Welch, a former radio show host in Trinidad and Tobago, was shot and killed outside his home on October 19. Ricardo Welch The More...
Ethiopia: New Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed Ali trying to bring Democracy to Maxist African nation
(International Christian Concern) –Despite positive changes instituted by the new Prime Minister in Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali, political and ethnic tensions continue to grow. PM Ahmed believes that democracy More...
Austria’s censorship of the free press attacked by Reporters Without Borders
After this week’s explosive leak of an email in which Austria’s far right-led interior ministry told the country’s police forces to limit communication with critical media to the minimum, Reporters Without More...
Afghanistan: Kabul blasts leave 25 dead, 9 identified as reporters
According to the information obtained by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), at least nine journalists were killed and six others were badly injured in a double suicide bombing this morning in Kabul, in which the second More...
Egyptian journalist Ismail Alexandrani, Ismail Al Sayed Mohamed Omar Toufic, jailed two years, still no trial
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its call for the immediate and unconditional release of Ismail Al Sayed Mohamed Omar Toufic, a respected Egyptian journalist and researcher who was arrested by the Egyptian More...
The Past, Present, and Future of Trump’s Troubling Attitude Toward the Press
After a whirlwind first weekend containing both the historic inauguration of Donald Trump and a global, record-breaking protest led by women, it is perhaps surprising that one of the most important news developments More...
Al-Jazeera reporter Mahmoud Hussein questioned, arrested in Egypt for ‘inciting sedition’ and ‘fake news’
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns an Al-Jazeera journalist’s arrest last week while visiting Egypt. Mahmoud Hussein, an Egyptian news producer at Al-Jazeera headquarters in Doha, was arrested at his Cairo More...
Obama administration cuts border security budget, releases illegals
At Thursday’s congressional hearing, it was revealed that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is planning to cut 50 percent of the budget for aerial surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border while U.S. More...
Former CBS reporter details ‘aggressive’ Obama administration pressure, ‘chilling effect’ on media
Former CBS News investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson discussed her former employer Sunday and the “chilling effect” she says the Obama administration has on their reporting. photo Charles Fettinger via More...
The Philippines, India ranked in Top 5 ‘deadliest countries for the media’
Reporters without Borders (RSF) has recently released it’s year-end round-up of freedom of information violations and the Philippines and India can now claim the dubious distinction of joining Syria, Somalia More...
