24 February 2021 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
China
Kunchok Jinpa, a key source for news from Tibet dies of ill-treatment after 8 years in detention
China: Key Tibetan news source dies from ill-treatment whilst in detention (Appeal or News Release, English)
23 February 2021 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
India
Uttar Pradesh: Female journalist wrongly accused by police of false reporting on the killing of 2 teenage girls
Indian journalist wrongly accused of “wantonly” inaccurate reporting (Appeal or News Release, English)
23 February 2021 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Libya
Joint call by 3 NGOs to authorities to guarantee press freedom and the safety of journalists
On Libyan revolution’s 10th anniversary, authorities urged to guarantee press freedom (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 February 2021 | CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), Freedom from Torture (formerly: Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture) (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), Redress (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), FORUM ASIA - Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development; et al. (Author)
Sri Lanka
Appeal by international and national NGOs to UN Human Rights Council regarding worsening human rights situation in the country
Sri Lanka: Human Rights Council must break cycle of impunity (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 February 2021 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Russian Federation
Amendments to so-called foreign agent law require journalists to indicate an individual's or organisation's "foreign agent"-status every time they mention it
New changes to Russia’s “foreign agents” law aim to intimidate journalists (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 February 2021 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Malaysia
Court imposed substantial fine on independent news website for comments criticising the judiciary that readers had posted under an article
Record fine for Malaysian news site over readers’ comments (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 February 2021 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Algeria
Journalist Khaled Drareni released after 11 months in prison
RSF’s Algeria correspondent, Khaled Drareni, free at last (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 February 2021 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Bangladesh
Journalist died after being shot while covering a fight between rivalling factions of ruling Awami League party
Bangladeshi reporter fatally shot by ruling party activists (Appeal or News Release, English)
19 February 2021 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Belarus
2 female journalists for Belsat TV sentenced to 2 years in prison for allegedly "organising and preparing actions that grossly violate public order" while they had reported on a peaceful protest
Two-year jail terms signal bid to crush all independent journalism in Belarus (Appeal or News Release, English)
17 February 2021 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
China
National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) bans BBC news channel
RSF condemns BBC broadcast ban as example of Chinese government reprisal (Appeal or News Release, English)