Tag: Freedom of press
two journalists including an American arrested by the intelligence services
Two journalists, an American and a Congolese, were arrested on Wednesday July 13 in Lubumbashi by the intelligence services. After meetings with members and relatives of a local armed militia,…
the repression of any critical voice intensifies
New illustration of the repression of any critical voice in Nicaragua two journalists from the country’s main daily have been remanded in custody for 90 days. At the same time,…
Elena Voloshin dissects Russian television propaganda
The media workshop receives the Franco-Russian journalist Elena Volochine, who for ten years was a correspondent in Moscow, to draw up an inventory of the Russian information landscape and better…
is journalist Hamadoun Nialibouly still alive?
In Mali, Hamadoun Nialibouly has not been heard from for a year and eight months. This Malian journalist was kidnapped on September 27, 2020 in central Mali by armed men…
demonstration of journalists against the decline of freedoms
In Tunisia, dozens of journalists demonstrated Thursday, May 5 in Tunis at the call of their union and other associations. Many denounce the regression of press freedom in the country,…
“Journalism is completely destroyed”
Since March 5, after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, journalists accused of broadcasting “ false information about the army can be sentenced to 15 years in prison. Tuesday,…
Freedom of the press, collateral victim of wars
World Press Freedom Day, adopted by the United Nations, is an opportunity every May 3 to look into the conditions for exercising this profession. For journalists, documenting wars remains one…
Press freedom and whistleblowers: ungag the truth!
On Wednesday April 27, a draft European directive was presented to the European Commission to fight against abusive prosecutions aimed at silencing journalists and whistleblowers. They are called “gag procedures”…
the Maison de la presse welcomes the modification of the law on cybercrime
The Nigerien government announced, at the end of a Council of Ministers on Wednesday April 27, its decision to modify the law on cybercrime. The offenses of defamation and insult…
The UN “deeply dismayed” by the permanent suspension of RFI and France 24 in Mali
The United Nations said to itself deeply dismayed by the definitive suspension of RFI and France 24 by the transitional authority in Mali. She asks the junta to cancel this…