2005-2014

Muheeb Al-Nawathy, a Palestinian journalist, has gone missing for two weeks in Syria. His family has had no word from him since January 5, nine days after he arrived in Damascus to do research for a book he is writing about Hamas, according to Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF). Nawathy was due to have returned on January 9 to Norway, where he has resided as a...

A leading journalist and writer in Afghanistan was the victim of an acid attack Tuesday as he left his home in the Afghan capital Kabul. Razaq Mamoon, who works for several media outlets and presents a programme on the independent station Tolo TV, was taken to the military hospital in the capital. Doctors say though he is suffering from first-degree burns his injuries are not life-threatening and...

A sentence of five years in prison followed by two years of house arrest has been passed by a Sana'a court specialising in terrorism cases passed on Ilah Haydar Shae, a reporter employed by the Saba news agency, for allegedly collaborating with Al-Qaeda, according to Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF). “The Yemeni authorities have used the pretext of combating...

Threats from local authorities and security forces, which tried to take over its management, forced a local radio station in Honduras temporarily to stop broadcasting on January 14, according to Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF). The station, Radio Faluma Bimetu – Radio Coco Dulce in Spanish - belongs to the Honduran community of African origin (Garifuna) of Triunfo...

Lucas Mebrouk Dolega, a young French photographer working for the European Press Photo Agency (EPA), has died in Tunis’ Rabta hospital from the head injury he suffered when the police are said to have deliberately fired a tear gas grenade at him on January 14. “Our thoughts are with his family, his partner, and his friends,” Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) said....

Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has expressed concern over the decision of French authorities on the second stage of enforcement of the controversial HADOPI law, under which Internet users suspected of illegal file-sharing could end up having their Internet connection suspended. After starting to send warning emails on October 5, the authorities have announced that...

Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has launched an ad campaign in support of independent media that provide North Koreans with news and information. A campaign graphic with the image of a crumpled photo of Kim Jong-il is being carried by the Korean news portal http://kr.yahoo.com/. It will be visible for the next two weeks to millions of Korean Internet users. Recent...

Authorities in Belarus have closed down a radio station, arrested a journalist and searched the homes of others in the latest chapter of repression of the media in the country, according to Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF). These reprisals follow the inquiry launched by the KGB into the demonstration that took place in the center of Minsk on December 19 after it had...

Vietnam has issued a new decree regulating the activities of journalists and bloggers that includes provision for fines of up to 40 million dong (2,000 dollars) in a country in which the average salary is 126 dollars. “The government is demonstrating its determination to tighten its grip on news and information just as the ruling Communist Party is holding its congress,” Paris-based press freedom...

State security agents on Thursday last ransacked Teranga FM, a community radio station located outside the capital, and ordered its closure, Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has learned from various sources. “We condemn such brutal methods and urge the government to explain this incident at once,” RSF said. “We also call for the station to be reopened. Independent...