Headlines- In southern Lebanon, the Israeli army claims to have killed two Hezbollah members..
- On Wednesday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards opened fire on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
- According to US President Donald Trump, the United States is extending the cease-fire with Iran until Iran submits a proposal and talks conclude.
- It has been decided to postpone Vice President JD Vance's trip to Islamabad for talks.
- Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, hailed US President Donald Trump for accepting his country's request to extend the ceasefire.
- US President Donald Trump said Iranian ports would remain blocked until Tehran presents a "unified proposal."
- For the first time since a 10-day truce went into effect on Friday, the Iran-backed Hezbollah claimed to have fired rockets and drones at Israeli forces on Tuesday "in response to the blatant and documented violations" by Israel.
Category: Freedom of Press
China: RSF Calls on Beijing to...
The Australian Embassy in Beijing revealed on August 31 the arrest without official cause of the famous economic news presenter, Cheng Lei , an Australian of Chinese origin working for the state audio-visual group China Global Television Network (CGTN). The Chinese authorities have since confirmed that the journalist has been placed, for more than two weeks already, under “residential surveillance in a designated place” (RSDL), a euphemism which refers to incommunicado detention in “black prisons” where the detainees are. deprived of their rights and at risk of being subjected to torture
Belarus: Russian Specialists to Compensate for...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warmly thanked the Russian channel RT (ex- Russia Today ) on Tuesday 1 September for its help. “Russian specialists” indeed came to replace employees of public television in Belarus, the day after their strike movement initiated on August 17
Charlie Hebdo: “the Trial of the...
While 90% of those responsible for crimes against journalists around the world go unpunished, the hearings that are starting in Paris are an important step in the fight against this impunity
Two Journalists Killed in Venezuela in...
A Comando of Faes (Fuerzas de Acciones Especiales), the Venezuelan special action forces, broke into Friday August 21 at Frankie Torres, director of the local channel La Guacamaya TV which hosts the recording studio at his home, located in Cabimas, in the state of Zulia (north-west of the country)
Kyrgyzstan extradites journalist to Uzbekistan amid...
The Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security, or GKNB, said it received assurances from their Uzbek partners that Abdullayev would not be ill-treated. The journalist reported being subjected to physical and torture after his arrest in September 2017
Hong Kong: RSF Denounces Arrest of...
Jimmy Lai , 71, the founder of the Hong Kong pro-democracy daily Apple Daily , was arrested at his home on the morning of August 10, 2020 on charges of “collusion with foreign powers”
Zimbabwe Accused of Stiffling Press Freedom
Security forces thwarted the July 31 protests against corruption and poverty,arresting Chin’ono and an opposition leader. South Africa is sendingenvoys to Zimbabwe to investigate reports of escalating rightsabuses,which the government denies
Zimbabwe: RSF and MISA Concerned About...
Since the onset of the health crisis, which affected more than a million people and caused more than 21,000 deaths in Africa, RSF has already recorded more than a hundred press freedom attacks in connection with the coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic across the entire African continent. Zimbabwe alone has a quarter of the violations recorded, including a dozen arbitrary arrests , and ranks among the most repressive countries in this area
The Issue of Migrants Has a...
Qatari TV has rejected the accusations: but the whole affair is a sign of the conflict that has arisen between the government and journalists. Yet Reporter Sans Frontieres (RSF), the largest organization to defend press freedom, recently wrote that “after the surprise defeat of the party of ex-premier Najib Razak in May 2018, a breath of fresh air began to blow on the freedom of the press; the blacklisted journalists and mass media were able to resume their activity and the general environment in which the journalists operate has significantly eased; self-censorship has shrunk enormously and the country’s publications now present much more balanced views between the opposition and the majority”.
Journalists Face the Archaic Punishment of...
For Yemeni journalists Abdul Khaleq Amran, Akram Al-Walidi, Hareth Hamedand Tawfiq Al-Mansouri , who were tried by a Houthi court for spying, the maximum sentence was imposed on April 11 in Sanaa. Iranian opponent Rouhollah Zam, who ran the Telegram channel AmadNews , learned of his death sentence for “corruption on earth” just a week ago in Tehran