Tag: Freedom of press
[Appel à candidatures] “Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Scholarship” 2024
RFI is organizing the eleventh edition of the Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Scholarship, in tribute to the two reporters murdered in northern Mali on November 2, 2013. This Scholarship,…
After the conviction of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, exchange as a last hope?
Evan Gershkovich’s trial has been called completely biased by his employer Wall Street Journal but also by the NGO Reporters Without Borders which describes it as ” hostage-taking ” the…
Max Lagarrigue, French journalist targeted by a breeder from Tarn-et-Garonne
In our summer series “Threats to Information”, we decipher the pressures that journalists are subjected to in different countries around the world. In France, these pressures are most often of…
International condemnation after the arrest of activists Foniké Menguè and Billo Bah
In Guinea, there has been no news of Foniké Menguè and Mamadou Billo Bah for a week. The two activists of the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution…
Election campaign in Tunisia: journalists under pressure
In Tunisia, while the electoral authority kicked off the electoral period on Sunday, July 14, the climate around the media is becoming increasingly harsh. The Tunisian Journalists’ Union published a…
“The Event” wins its case, the Higher Council of Communication will pay a fine
In Burkina Faso, the newspaper “l’Evènement” won its legal action against the Higher Council of Communication. On June 19, the CSC had ordered the suspension of the newspaper for a…
Russia announces ban on English- and Russian-language media outlet ‘Moscow Times’
Russian media The Moscow Times has been classified as “ undesirable ” in Russia, and therefore banned, the country’s prosecutor general’s office said on Wednesday, July 10. Launched in 1992…
the prestigious daily Washington Post shaken by a deep crisis with its management
An editor-in-chief who abruptly resigns, her successor who throws in the towel and a boss targeted in the columns of his newspaper: the prestigious American daily Washington Post, owned by…
Journalist Yeri Bocoum has been released
In Mali, Yeri Bocoum is free. This journalist was kidnapped in Bamako almost three weeks ago, on June 8, by men in civilian clothes, after covering an opposition demonstration. According…
trial of American journalist Evan Gershkovich opens
An unprecedented trial opens this June 26 for a case never seen before in the history of modern Russia: a Western correspondent arrested then thrown in prison before being accused…