#Iran : RSF is relieved by the release of Ali Tasnimi, cameraman for 🇮🇷 newspaper Farde-e-Eghtesad, on 10/04, more than 2 months after his newsroom was sequestered & he was arrested. This media team must be allowed to continue its work unhindered.👇rsf.org/en/iranian-rep…

#Lebanon : justice must be rendered for Issam Abdallah, killed 6 months ago by an Israeli army targeted shelling on identifiable reporters. RSF calls on the international community to exert pressure for #Israel to answer to its actions.👇
rsf.org/en/justice-mus…

#Serbia : 25 years after the assassination of journalist #SlavkoCuruvija , justice has still not have been served. The February 2024 acquittal of the alleged perpetrators is a hard blow for the fight against impunity of crimes on journalists in Balkans.👇
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#Italy : Agi Agenzia Italia journalists are on strike over potential takeover of the press agency by Lega MP Antonio Angelucci, who already owns three 🇮🇹 dailies. RSF is asking those involved in the deal for guarantees of editorial independence and against political interference.

#Ukraine : 🇺🇦 journalist Anastasia Hlukhovska has been held in secret detention by #Russia ever since her arrest in the Russian occupied territories nearly eight months ago. RSF calls for her release and the release of her colleagues.👇
rsf.org/en/occupied-te…

🔴 Today marks 5 years that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has been detained at the UK’s high security Belmarsh prison - 1,827 days held on remand, convicted of no crime.
We call again for his immediate release and a stop to the endless extradition proceedings.
#FreeAssange

As President Biden responds “we’re considering it” to a media question about Australia’s request to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange, RSF reiterates our long-standing call on the Biden administration to drop these charges, close the case, and #FreeAssange !

We condemn the detention & deportation from #HongKong of my colleague Aleksandra Bielakowska. She was there for RSF to monitor Jimmy Lai’s national security trial. We demand an explanation from HKSAR & a guarantee that we can return to do our jobs safely. rsf.org/en/hong-kong-r…

#Azerbaijan : RSF denounces the 🇦🇿 authorities' refusal to provide treatment for Alasgar Mammadli, director of Toplumtv suffering from a cancerous tumor, even though his condition is deteriorating. He must be urgently released, along with his colleagues!
rsf.org/en/toplum-tv-l…

#Russia : RusNews ⭕️ journalist Igor Kouznetsov, already unjustly sentenced to 6 years in prison, is now on the list of 'extremist or terrorist' individuals. RSF denounces this harassment. This persecution of independent journalists must stop!

#Slovakia : At a meeting with @RTVS DG Lubos Machaj, Pavol Szalai has expressed RSF's solidarity with the public media baselessly accused by the PM of 'illegal political activity'. We urge 🇸🇰 to abandon the plan of political takeover of public broadcaster.
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#NorthernMacedonia : RSF is alarmed by the clear violations of the press freedom constituted by the violent arrest of 3 PortaliX journalists covering clashes between police and football supporters, and by the erasure of their video recordings. (video by in7.tv)

#Ukraine : a🇺🇦journalist threatened with mobilisation for an investigation on a member of СБ України. RSF condemns a serious attempt at intimidation. The investigation opened by @gp_ukraine must ensure that this type of obstruction does not happen again.👇rsf.org/en/ukraine-rsf…

#Jordan : 3 journalists arrested - 1 still detained - & several intimidated while covering demonstrations against the war in #Gaza . RSF calls on 🇯🇴 authorities to stop this unacceptable repression & to release the 7iber | حبر journalist.👇rsf.org/en/reporters-c…

#Greece : 3 years after journalist #GiorgosKaraivaz 's killing, RSF denounces the lack of significant progress in the investigation. We urge the authorities to swiftly bring all perpetrators including the mastermind to justice, in line with 🇬🇷PM's promises.
rsf.org/en/progress-in…

#Germany : in 2023, physical attacks on journalists in 🇩🇪 dropped by half after 3 years of increase, but are still higher than in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read the full report by Reporter ohne Grenzen👇

#Belarus : while independent journalism resists in exile despite Lukashenko’s regime unrelenting persecution, its survival is threatened, according to a report by the JX Fund and The Fix Media. RSF urges European states to step up their support. 👇
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#Uzbekistan : RSF denounces the act of censorship constituted by the banning of the #ArtDecoFest festival because of the documentary 'Eastern Front' by Y. Titarenko & V. Mansky about the war in #Ukraine . The attitude of🇺🇿authorities who seem to be bowing to🇷🇺pressure is worrying.

The Ombudsman of #Kyrgyzstan noted on 6/04 bruises on the body of journalist Makhabat Tazhibek. RSF denounces the recurrent violence she has been subject to for 3 months & calls for the immediate release of all Temirov Live journalists.

#Ukraine : 3 journalists were wounded in Zaporizhzhya today, while filming a Russian missile attack, in a second strike. Ukrinform correspondent Olga Zvonaryova suffers from a broken leg. These despicable attacks on civilians, including journalists, are crime wars and must stop.