Burkina Faso expels reporters from two French newspapers
Le Monde and Libération correspondents sent home in junta’s latest move against media from former colonial power Burkina Faso has expelled correspondents from Le Monde...
Category : Press freedom
Press banned from opening session of new Tunisian parliament
Independent media barred from building to avoid ‘disorder’, as president tightens autocratic grip Independent and foreign journalists have been barred from attending the first session...
China should scrap ‘picking quarrels’ crime, says leading lawyer
Suggestion to abolish catch-all offence will be among thousands considered at Chinese Communist party summit China should abolish the catch-all crime of “picking quarrels and...
Rwandan court fines speeding driver $920 over death of campaigning journalist
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter after his car hit motorcycle carrying John Williams Ntwali A Rwandan driver has been fined 1 million Rwandan francs ($920)...
‘Suspicious death’ of Rwandan journalist prompts calls for investigation
Two weeks on from the death of government critic John Williams Ntwali, police have failed to answer questions over the alleged road accident in which...
Hopes rise for press freedom in Tanzania as number of censured journalists falls
Media council reports progress under progressive stance of President Suluhu following years of repression by former regime The number of journalists being censured for their...
UN calls for release of jailed journalist on hunger strike in Senegal
Concerns raised over health of Pape Alé Niang, detained since 20 December on charges of revealing confidential government information Pressure is mounting on authorities in...
BBC says Chinese police assaulted and detained its reporter at Shanghai protest
Journalist Ed Lawrence was beaten after being arrested at a protest against China’s strict Covid restrictions, broadcaster says Chinese police assaulted and detained a BBC...
Journalist under strict bail terms in Somalia after arrest in crackdown
Abdalle Mumin was held after press groups said government edicts on coverage of offensive against al-Shabaab put them at risk Authorities in Somalia have imposed...
Reporter shot to death in Mexico, the 12th journalist killed there this year
Attacks on the press have increased 85% in the three years since president Andrés Manuel López Obrador took power Yet another Mexican reporter has been...
