Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association firmly condemn the arrest of blogger and writer Nay Myo Latt yesterday at his home in the Rangoon district of Thingankyun.
Police arrest two TV crews
Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrest of Fiji TV reporter Emily Moli and cameraman Shalendra Datt for „disobeying a police order“ on 23 January, when they went to cover a dispute between the principal and administration of Rishikul Sanatan high…
Nothing left of Damascus spring after 10 pro-democracy activists charged
Two journalists and eight other pro-democracy activists who signed the Damascus Declaration, an appeal for „radical democratic change,“ were brought before a judge in Damascus yesterday, six weeks after the start of a wave of arrests, and were formally charged…
News website reporter arrested during protest
Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrest of Syed Jaymal Zahiid of the news website Malaysiakini while covering a demonstration by the Coalition Against Inflation at the foot of the Petronas towers, Kuala Lumpur’s most famous landmark, on 26 January. A…
Local media continue to be hounded under laws that need to be changed
Constant harassment of the media shows that serious efforts are needed by the authorities to bring Turkey’s laws and judicial practices into line with democratic standards, Reporters Without Borders said today. „Laws under which any comment straying from the standard…
Journalist killed in bombing of Médecins sans Frontières vehicle near southern city
Reporters Without Borders is outraged and saddened by the deaths of a driver, two foreign doctors and Somali journalist Hassan Kafi Hared when a bomb was set off today beside a Médecins sans Frontières vehicle near the port city of…
Newspaper editor sentenced to six months in prison
Reporters Without Borders condemns the six-month prison sentence passed today on Faustin Bambou, the editor of the privately-owned weekly Les Collines de l’Oubangui, on charges of libel, insult and „incitement to revolt“ because of an article accusing two ministers of…
Two newspaper journalists sentenced to forced labour for libelling senior official
Reporters Without Borders condemns the forced labour sentences that a Baku court has passed on Avaz Zeynalli, the editor of the independent weekly Khural, and Vugar Gurdganli, one of his journalists, in two separate cases arising from articles published last…
Mounting criticism of young journalist’s death sentence
Reporters Without Borders appeals to President Hamid Karzai, currently attending the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos, to quickly respond to the many appeals for clemency for Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh, the young journalist who has been sentenced…