Headlines- Kurdish troops reported that a coalition led by the United States shot down multiple drones over Erbil, the capital of the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq, on Wednesday.
- The potential sale of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems and related equipment to Saudi Arabia for an estimated $1.96 billion was approved by the US State Department on Wednesday.
- In protest of this week's ban on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's foreign ministry summoned Britain's ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, vowing that the move would "not go unanswered".
- U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Wednesday that a U.S. aircraft fired on an oil tanker that "attempted to violate the U.S. blockade" on Iranian ports.
- US President Donald Trump stated that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps cannot be negotiated with and that the United States might have to eliminate it.
Tag: Reporters Without Borders
RSF Condems Killing of Two Spanish...
Two Spanish journalists were killed during an attack in eastern Burkina Faso, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). RSF condemns a new tragedy for journalism, the latest reminder of the grave dangers that those attempting to do their journalistic duties in the Sahel face
Vietnam: Three Officials of the Association...
Two of the three reporters were sentenced to eleven years in prison, while the president of the association was sentenced to a record fifteen years behind bars. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces a purely political judgment, the sole motivation of which is to intimidate all Vietnamese citizens who are fighting to have access to reliable and independent information
Philippines: reporter Ronnie Villamor killed in...
The police account is controversial to say the least. Freelance journalist Ronnie Villamor was killed by soldiers on Saturday, November 14 around 1:30 p.m. in Milagros, a town in the center of the Philippine archipelago, in a “clash” in which the journalist allegedly unsheathed gun
Malta: Three Years After the Assassination...
This Friday, October 16 marked the third anniversary of the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and takes place in a climate still worrying for press freedom, and while the absence of essential reforms is increasingly felt
Iraq: Alert on the Fate of...
The Kurdistan Autonomous Government’s international advocacy coordinator, Dindar Zebari, accused the journalist of having received “foreign funds with the aim of destabilizing the country”, a crime punishable by life imprisonment
Iran: RSF and the Center for...
On the occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Center for Human Rights Defenders in Iran call on the Iranian authorities to put an end to capital executions which target in particular prisoners of opinion, of which journalists
Turkish Journalist Can Dündar Victim of...
Turkish justice imposed on September 17 an unprecedented ultimatum to the famous Turkish journalist Can Dündar . Exiled in Germany since the summer of 2016, the journalist has 15 days, until October 5, 2020, to appear at his trial before the Istanbul Assize Court
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
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
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”