Tag: Freedom of press
“Attacks on press freedom concern us,” deplores a media official
In Niger, an order from the Ministry of the Interior suspends the activities of the Maison de la Presse and announces that the transitional government set up after the coup…
two journalists were spied on by Cotonou “via” Pegasus software, denounces an NGO
The NGO Reporters Without Borders found traces of Pegasus cyber-espionage software in the cell phones of Togolese journalists Loïc Lawson and Anani Sossou. Both are currently being prosecuted in Togo…
In the DRC, the security situation for journalists is still alarming
On the occasion of the elections in the DRC, we return this week to the media coverage of the conflict in North Kivu and the obstacles that journalists on the…
journalist Zied el-Heni arrested again, an example of repression against the press
In Tunisia, journalist Zied el-Heni was arrested after comments made on a private radio station. This journalist, who has distinguished himself on numerous occasions in his criticism of the power…
journalists targeted by Pegasus spyware, says Amnesty International
Is the Indian government using Pegasus software to spy on critical voices? An investigation by Amnesty International and the Washington Post claims that journalists’ phones were targeted by this software.…
legislation to protect journalists and the media
The European Parliament, the Commission and the twenty-seven member states of the European Union (EU) reached an agreement this Friday, December 15, after months of negotiations for legislation that protects…
the best, notes RSF, despite the massacre in the Middle East
The NGO Reporters Without Borders published this Thursday its annual report on journalists killed, detained, hostages and missing around the world. The number of professionals killed while exercising their profession…
controversy after the summoning of an opposition journalist to the criminal brigade
In Madagascar, star journalist Fenosoa Gascar of the private opposition television channel Real TV spent his day Monday, December 11 in the criminal research section of the national gendarmerie, summoned…
the note for which journalist Stanis Bujakera is being tried comes from the intelligence services, for RSF
For Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a note attributed to the Congolese National Intelligence Agency (ANR) concerning the assassination of the opponent Chérubin Okende is “ perfectly authentic ” even if…
the Journalists in Danger organization draws up a negative assessment for the press under Félix Tshisekedi
On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Committed against Journalists, a date chosen in memory of Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, RFI journalists murdered in…