#Slovakia : In solidarity with the public media, RSF urges the 🇸🇰 Parliament to reject the bill adopted yesterday by the government. In violation of the European Media Freedom Act, it would replace RTVS by a propaganda outlet under the control of the ruling majority.

RSF commends a much-needed resolution adopted by European Parliament denouncing the obstructions to trial monitoring by an RSF representative Aleksandra Bielakowska, and urging the #HongKong 🇭🇰 government to #FreeJimmyLai . Reinhard Bütikofer Miriam M. Lexmann Bernard Guetta DE Isabel Santos MEP
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RSF presented the findings of its new report on transnational attacks on Iranian journalists at an event in the #UK parliament tonight hosted by BBC World Service, whose BBC Persian journalists are among those targeted. Read the full report here👇
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“This repeated reliance on diplomatic assurances…really underscores again the political nature of this case” - Rebecca Vincent, Director of Campaigns for @RSF_Inter

The US has issued several non-assurances in the case of Julian Assange. We need you outside the Royal Courts of

Narges Mohammadi, Prix Nobel de la paix 2023 : « L’Iran mène une guerre à grande échelle à l’encontre de toutes les femmes » lemonde.fr/idees/article/…

⚡️ « J’ai tenu jusqu’au bout parce que vous étiez là, je n’étais jamais seul. »

Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala, journaliste congolais libéré en mars dernier après plus de 6 mois de détention arbitraire en #RDC était au siège de RSF pour remercier ses soutiens. Jeune Afrique ACTUALITE.CD

I love this photo taken at #ijf24 …by none other than Maria Ressa!

In case you were wondering, the #HoldtheLine coalition is still alive and kicking. We’ll keep campaigning until the very last charge against Maria is dropped.

Jodie Ginsberg Dr. Julie Posetti

Russia has blocked RSF’s website days before we release this year’s World Press Freedom Index. But one thing I love about RSF is our Collateral Freedom project. We’re now running a mirror for our own site, along with Meduza in English and other news sites. rsf.org/en/russia-s-bl…

Since my colleague Aleksandra Bielakowska was detained & deported from Hong Kong, the Chinese government has doubled down on its claim that press freedom is “fully protected” in the territory. RSF sets the record straight with 10 facts on the grim reality.rsf.org/en/press-freed…

“They're trying to shut down an entire ecosystem.”
Human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC says that going after founder-editor owners of news organisations is a new + worrying tactic from autocratic governments around the world.
Listen in full Tortoise 🎧 tinyurl.com/3ru457n6

'We demand an immediate explanation from (Hong Kong) and a guarantee that our representatives can return to the territory safely to monitor the remainder of (Jimmy) Lai’s trial, which cannot take place in darkness,' said Rebecca Vincent of @rsf_inter ow.ly/5aeX50Rkx9V

If you don’t leave #ijf24 thoroughly inspired but equally exhausted and with barely any voice left, did you even do it right? Thank you journalism festival for another fantastic gathering of so many bright and courageous colleagues from around the world! Until #ijf25 …!

Thank you to all who came along to RSF’s events at #ijf24 ! Another fantastic journalism festival at a crucial moment for journalism and press freedom globally. Looking forward to even more collaboration in the year ahead, and we’ll be back for #ijf25 !

“It’s never been as bad as it is today, & as democracy declines more journalists pay the price for it…The ecosystem changed with big tech…When it comes to a battle for facts, journalists are activists”

Journalist & Nobel Peace Laureate Maria Ressa at RSF event at #ijf24

Thank you to Rebecca Vincent RSF for expert moderating, & to our speakers #ijf24 today:

🗞️Matthew Caruana Galizia Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation
🗞️Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC Doughty Street International 🗞️Samuel Chu 朱牧民 The Campaign for Hong Kong
&
🗞️Sebastien Lai @supportjimmylai (online).

#FreeJimmyLai

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