Violence against journalists

During a meeting with RSF on October 21, Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez acknowledged delays in implementing these commitments and reaffirmed the government’s determination to accelerate their implementation.

Rubber bullets fired from police launchers, sting-ball grenades, beatings, threats, damaged and confiscated equipment…

At least 12 journalists and media workers were physically attacked while covering protests in Albania between 13 and 19 October.

Fewer than 1% of these crimes have been fully solved. In 168 of the 169 cases recorded over the past 20 years, neither the person who ordered the killing nor the motive for the murder has been identified.

RSF welcomes the commitment of the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to support the establishment of a national mechanism to protect journalists, a long-standing demand of RSF and its local partner JED.

RSF, le SNJ, la FIJ et la FEJ ont lancé un appel à la libération immédiate de Christophe Gleizes, journaliste français détenu en Algérie.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Philippine authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the murder of journalist Adrian Loterte.

Around 40 journalists covering protests in New Delhi and other Indian cities against the controversial electoral roll revision were detained by the police for several hours.

Nearly three years after Reuters photojournalist Issam Abdallah was killed in southern Lebanon by an Israeli army strike that also injured six of his colleagues, the government of Benjamin Netanyahu continues to impose increasing restrictions on reporters