Russia's Remaining Independent Journalists Suffer for Their Work Journalists often do their best work in places that offer the least welcoming environment. Reason · Apr 20, 2022
Video emerges showing kidnapped French journalist Olivier Dubois A video has emerged of the French journalist Olivier Dubois who has been held hostage since April 2021. Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders on Monday appealed for his release. Radio France Internationale · Mar 14, 2022
Turkey 'Silences Critics' with Presidential Insult Law Turkish journalist Sedef Kabas begins her second month in detention on Tuesday for "insulting the president", an increasingly common offence which observers believe is stifling critical voices 16 months before the presidential election. The 52-year-old has already spent longer in jail than any other journalist for this alleged offence, according… Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 21, 2022
Don’t subscribe to rankings of press freedom index published by foreign NGO: Government in Lok Sabha The union home ministry said that it does not agree with the views and rankings of the World Press Freedom Index published by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, describing the latter as a “foreign NGO”. The group publishes the rankings every year; India ranked 142nd out of 180 countries in… Newslaundry · Feb 9, 2022
#WorldPressFreedomDay: How free is India’s ‘free press’? Every year, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international non-profit, publishes a report on freedom of the press around the world. And for the second consecutive year, India has slipped in the rankings. Newslaundry · May 3, 2018