Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres- RSF) activists take part in a protest against the visit in France of Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the Alexandre III Bridge in Paris, on June 1, 2012. Banner reads : 'PUTIN NO VETO ON HUMAN RIGHTS'.
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Reporters Without Borders condemns the furious pace of physical attacks on news providers ... With crackdowns on protest in Arab countries, and suppression of political opposition, criticism and reporting in other parts of the world, the first four months of 2012 were especially violent.
Mohammadi's husband, fellow journalist Taghi Rahmani, told Reporters Without Borders he is very worried about her deteriorating health ... Rahmani, who has worked for many media since 1981, has also been constantly harassed by the security services and has spent a total of 14 years in Iranian prisons. He finally fled the country earlier this year.
has throttled access to foreign web servers previously at politically sensitive times. The free-expression activist group Reporters Without Borders has branded Iran as an 'enemy of the Internet.' (.pdf)More quotes »
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NGO urges probe of Honduras journalist killings
was killed by machete blows, bringing to 19 the number of media employees slain over the past two years.Reporters Without Borders said Fausto Hernandez Arteaga, 54, of Radio Alegre de Colon was killed Sunday in Saba in the Colon province in northern Honduras. Read more »
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Global media watchdog names enemies of Internet
Arab Spring is changing the face of Internet freedom, according to Reporters Without Borders, which released its latest "Enemies of the Internet" list Monday.The annual report classifies as "enemies" countries that severely curtail freedom of expression on Read more »
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Syria - Paris visit by international predator Vladimir Putin
In anticipation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to France today, Reporters Without Borders activists joined with Russian, Syrian and Iranian activists in staging a demonstration in Paris at midday against the crackdowns under way in Russia, S 10:23 AM from Humanitarian News Read more »
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Pakistan - TV reporter gunned down in Balochistan, sixth journalist slain this year
Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by the rate at which journalists are being killed in Pakistan and offers its condolences to the family and colleagues of the latest victim, Vsh TV reporter Abdul Qadir Hajizai, who was gunned down in the southwestern from Humanitarian News Read more »
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Israel - Journalist could face seven-year sentence for having secret documents
Reporters Without Borders is highly disturbed by the Israeli attorney general's announcement that the Haaretz journalist Uri Blau will be indicted for “holding classified information without authorisation and without intention to harm the security of the from Humanitarian News Read more »
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Bangladesh - Journalists repeatedly attacked in police reprisals against media
Reporters Without Borders calls on the government of Bangladesh to take action against members of the police who assaulted three journalists yesterday in the presence of witnesses in the premises of the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, and to from Humanitarian News Read more »
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Russia - Radio journalist wounded in knife attack in Moscow
Reporters Without Borders deplores the violent knife attack two nights ago on the radio journalist Sergei Aslanian (Сергей Асланян) in Moscow. “We note that the police quickly opened an investigation and we hope it will lead to the identification of the from Humanitarian News Read more »
