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Censored war: the crackdown on journalists is intensifying from the Gulf to Jordan
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (434+ words) Since the start of the US-Israeli offensive against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Iranian strikes against countries in the region, especially Gulf states and Jordan, their governments have stepped up their crackdown on the media and tightened the…...
Assad’s war on journalists: inside Syria’s surveillance machine
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (665+ words) Journalists in Syria during Bashar al-Assad's regime were subjected to'rarely-seen levels of surveillance. A new investigation from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Syrian Investigative Reporting for Accountability Journalism (SIRAJ) delves into the dictatorship's tactics to track news professionals, from daily…...
In Israel, the possible takeover of TV channel Reshet 13 threatens pluralism in the televised news sector
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (490+ words) Patrick Drahi, the Franco-Israeli owner of the Israeli television news channel i24 News, has positioned himself to acquire'Reshet 13, an Israeli general-interest TV channel. But the takeover might violate a provision designed to restrict media concentration. Reshet 13s journalists fear job losses. Reporters…...
The Middle East: caricature in the face of absurd violence
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (982+ words) Le nouveau rapport de Cartooning for peace "Sous pression" se fixe pour objectif de dresser un "tat des lieux de la situation des dessinateurs de presse menac"s au cours des deux derni'res ann"es, tout en formulant des recommandations…...
Profile: Nour Swirki, brave journalist and mother in Gaza
1+ week, 6+ day ago (493+ words) Profile: Nour Swirki, brave journalist and mother in Gaza'RSF.org Profile: Nour Swirki, brave journalist and mother in Gaza Selected for the 2025 RSF Press Freedom Award for Courage in 2025, war reporter Nour Swirki has continued to work in Gaza since…...
What happened to Gaza journalists Nidal al-Wahidi and Haytham Abdel Wahed, missing since 7 October 2023?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (141+ words) At 6:29 am on 7 October 2023, the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip jolted awake to the roar of rockets overhead." Among them were dozens of journalists preparing to cover a new conflict with Israel, the previous one having taken place in May…...
“The shot is on target”: new investigation into the international crime that killed journalists Marie Colvin and Rémi Ochlik in Syria
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (347+ words) Surrounded by the Syrian army, the district was under constant surveillance. Shelling was intense from the outset.We called it "sweeping the area," a former officer of the 64th Regiment told SIRAJ. Later, he said, shots were fired mostly on request,…...
Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms, RSF and CPJ call on 29 MFC states to take action
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (726+ words) A decisive hearing before the Israeli Supreme Court on whether the press will have independent access to Gaza is due to take place on 26 January. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will be participating as'amici…...
In 2025, nearly 750 journalists from 76 countries received RSF aid as conflict and authoritarianism fuelled growing emergency needs
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (225+ words) Over 55% of funds devoted to journalists in exile In 2025, 55% of the journalists supported by RSF were in exile, meaning they were sheltered in a country other than their own. These journalists mainly came from'Afghanistan, Russia, Sudan, Myanmar, Iran, Azerbaijan and…...
At Israeli Supreme Court hearing RSF condemns the ongoing ban on international journalists’ access to Gaza which violates international law
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (961+ words) As the Israeli authorities accept the possibility of a "limited reopening" of the Rafah crossing with Egypt in the "future, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reminds them that the ongoing ban on international journalists" unrestricted" access to the Gaza Strip " which…...