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Journalists should be allowed in and out of Gaza, says Reporters Without Borders

French media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Israeli and Egyptian authorities on Thursday to allow journalists to move freely across the Gaza Strip's southern border crossing into Egypt.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 7, 2023

Who will shine a light on the atrocities in Gaza if all the journalists are wiped out?

The mass slaughter of media workers is a horror within a horror. Where is the outcry from the global journalistic community, asks Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023

The ‘unprecedented’ death toll among Gaza’s journalists

Israel’s assault on Hamas has led to the deaths of dozens of journalists in Gaza. Press freedom groups fear ‘reckless’ allegations against reporters covering the crisis will put more at risk, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2023

Reuters journalist was killed in a ‘targeted’ strike in Lebanon, Reporters without Borders investigation finds

RSF revealed in its preliminary findings Issam Abdallah and six other journalists were 'clearly identifiable' as journalists before the attack

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2023

Strikes on journalists in Lebanon were 'targeted', says RSF media watchdog

Strikes in Lebanon that killed a journalist with the Reuters news agency and wounded six others two weeks ago were deliberate and targeted, according to the preliminary findings of a Reporters Without Borders investigation.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 30, 2023

Reuters, Al Jazeera journalists ‘targeted’ in Lebanon strike: Press group

Reporters Without Borders says ‘unlikely’ that Issam Abdallah and six other journalists were mistaken for combatants.

Al Jazeera · Oct 30, 2023

French-Afghan journalist freed in Afghanistan: RSF

French-Afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi, held in detention since January in Afghanistan, was freed after charges against him were dropped, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 19, 2023

French police probe ‘poisoning’ of TV journalist who denounced Putin’s war live on air

Marina Ovsyannikova was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison in Russia

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023

Freed French journalist calls for respect of press freedom after arrest

French journalist Ariane Lavrilleux, who was arrested over her report alleging that French intelligence was used by Egypt to kill civilians, denounced attacks on press freedom on Thursday following her release from custody.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 21, 2023

I returned to Nicaragua, where I was born, and found a country steeped in fear

NPR's Eyder Peralta recently visited Nicaragua for the first time in a decade, gaining rare access to a nation that is hostile to journalists and known as the Western Hemisphere's newest dictatorship.

WEKU · Sep 14, 2023