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Reporters Sans Frontières

Type: Organization

Name: Reporters Sans Frontières (Reporters Sans Frontieres, Reporters Without Borders, RWB, RSF)

Web Address: http://www.rsf.fr/

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Reporters Sans Frontieres

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Indonesia - Two journalists badly injured by shots fired by riot police

Shots fired by riot police using rubber bullets and teargas injured two reporters covering protests against fuel prize hikes on 17 June. Anton Nugroho of Jakarta-based Trans 7 TV , was hit in the left eye by a rubber bullet at a protest in the ... [Published Reporters Without Borders - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Indonesia, Protest, Reporters Sans Frontières, teargas, Jambi

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Congo-Kinshasa: Street Renamed "Media Freedom Street" By City's Mayor

Reporters Without Borders hails last weekend's decision by the mayor of Butembo, a city in the troubled eastern province of Nord-Kivu, to rename one of the city's streets "Media Freedom Street.""We welcome this gesture by Butembo's mayor," Reporters Without ... [Published AllAfrica.com - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Butembo (Congo (Dem. Rep.)), Reporters Sans Frontières, Democratic Republic of the Congo

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Chile - Chile urged to enact new media laws

recommendations on Chile to the UN Human Rights Council, which is due to discuss the country during the 18th Universal Periodic Review in January and February 2014, shortly after the November presidential election. This process consists of a review of ... [Published Big News Network - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Chile, New Media, Reporters Sans Frontières, UN Human Rights Council

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 reports

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran - Is there hope for free expression in Iran post-election

The presidential and municipal elections held in Iran on 14 June lacked objective media coverage. The more than 50 million Iranian voters were denied freely reported and independent information when making their choice. Nonetheless, although the media ... [Published Big News Network - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Elections, Reporters Sans Frontières

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Reporters Sans Frontières

Who pays puppets without borders to slander Russia

Reporters Without Borders Calls Putin a Predator and Control Freak - Mikhail Doubik, Publisher at Vedomosti is the director of the Moscow Times. Vedomosti was conceived by Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal, the One Percent. The "news" outlet ... [Published Big News Network - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Slander, Russia, Reporters Sans Frontières

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

UN Human Rights Council

PRESS RELEASE: YEMEN - RWB sends observations on Yemen to UN Human Rights Council

Reporters Without Borders, which has consultative status with the United Nations, has submitted its observations and recommendations on freedom of Information in Yemen to the UN Human Rights Council ahead of Yemen’s Universal Periodic Review by the council ... [Published Yemen Post - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Yemen, UN Human Rights Council, Reporters Sans Frontières

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Voices in Danger Police in Taksim Square target journalists in violent crackdown

Erdem Gunduz, now dubbed 'standing man', has taken to holding eight hour long silent vigils in Taksim Square, Istanbul, a course of action now copied by hundreds around him.In Turkey too, voices are in danger. At least eight journalists were briefly arrested ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Taksim Square, Police, Reporters Sans Frontières

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 2 reports

Niger: Al-Jazeera Crew Released After Being Held for Three Days

Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that three Al-Jazeera journalists and their driver were released yesterday, two days after being arrested near the eastern city of Zinder for "travelling without accreditation"."We were worried about these ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Niger, Reporters Sans Frontières, Zinder (Niger)

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Jordan - Letter to King Abdullah about blocking of 300 news websites

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders has written to King Abdallah of Jordan voicing deep concern about the 2 June administrative decision to block access to some 300 news websites from within Jordan. The letter urges the Jordanian ... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Jordan, Reporters Sans Frontières, Royal Decree, Blocking, HM King Abdullah II of Jordan

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Turkey - Mounting police violence against journalists covering “Occupy Gezi”

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the continuing arbitrary arrests and escalating violence against journalists covering anti-government demonstrations in Turkey. At least seven journalists were briefly arrested yesterday in Istanbul. Violence ... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Reporters Sans Frontières, Occupy Gezi, Taksim Square, Police

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Chile - RWB urges Chile to enact new media laws in submission to Human Rights Council

Reporters Without Borders today submitted recommendations on Chile to the UN Human Rights Council (see document below), which is due to discuss the country during the 18th Universal Periodic Review in January and February 2014, shortly after the November ... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Chile, Reporters Sans Frontières, Human Rights Council, New Media

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Yemen - RWB sends observations on Yemen to UN Human Rights Council

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders, which has consultative status with the United Nations, has submitted its observations and recommendations on freedom of Information in Yemen to the UN Human Rights Council ahead of Yemen's Universal ... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Yemen, UN Human Rights Council, Reporters Sans Frontières

Quotes

The subject for debate at the meetings was "Speaking without fear and guaranteeing press freedom in all the media." The meetings also provided an opportunity for dialogue with the authorities, who were invited to attend

Congo-Kinshasa: Street Renamed "Media Freedom Street" By City's Mayor [Published AllAfrica.com - 6 hours ago]

...for change in June 2009 was stolen by Iran's two predators of press freedom, Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad," Reporters Without Borders said. "The two have been respo..."

Iran - Is there hope for free expression in Iran post-election [Published Big News Network - 7 hours ago]

"Hounding and humiliating journalists has been part of officialdom’s political culture for years"

Is there hope for free expression in Iran post-election? [Published Ifex - 9 hours ago]

Officially, the reason is because the ERT costs "three to seven times as much as other TV stations and four to six times the personnel -- for a very small viewership, about half that of an average private station" government spokesman Simos Kedikolgou said...

Athéna Tacet: Greece: Is Democracy Ending Where It Started? [Published Huffington Post - 20 hours ago]

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Indonesia - Two journalists badly injured by sh... [Published Reporters Without Borders - 3 hours ago]
Congo-Kinshasa: Street Renamed "Media Freedom S... [Published AllAfrica.com - 6 hours ago]
Chile - Chile urged to enact new media laws [Published Big News Network - 6 hours ago]
Iran - Is there hope for free expression in Ira... [Published Big News Network - 7 hours ago]
Is there hope for free expression in Iran post-... [Published Ifex - 9 hours ago]
Who pays puppets without borders to slander Russia [Published Big News Network - 9 hours ago]
Perilous battle to save nature [Published New Delhi Pioneer - 19 hours ago]
Athéna Tacet: Greece: Is Democracy Ending Where... [Published Huffington Post - 20 hours ago]
Mugabe hits back after SADC defeat [Published Legalbrief - 22 hours ago]
Stop press! [Published The Economist - Jun 18 2013]
Stop press! [Published Americas view - The Economist - Jun 18 2013]
PRESS RELEASE: YEMEN - RWB sends observations o... [Published Yemen Post - Jun 18 2013]
DRC - Street renamed “Media Freedom Street” by ... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 18 2013]
Voices in Danger Police in Taksim Square target... [Published Big News Network - Jun 18 2013]
Adieu Ahmadinejad [Published Index on Censorship - Jun 18 2013]
Niger: Al-Jazeera Crew Released After Being Hel... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 18 2013]
France wants concrete gestures from Iran on nuc... [Published Kuwait News Agency - Jun 18 2013]
Niger - Al-Jazeera crew released after being he... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 18 2013]
Jordan - Letter to King Abdullah about blocking... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 18 2013]
Iran - Hope for 54 imprisoned journalists and n... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 18 2013]
The Turkish Media’s Darkest Hour [Published Foreign Affairs - Jun 18 2013]
Fraudulent democracy and urban stasis in Turkey [Published open Democracy News Analysis - - Jun 17 2013]
Chile - RWB urges Chile to enact new media laws... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 17 2013]
Uganda - Kampala-based reporter killed, motive ... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 17 2013]
Turkey - Mounting police violence against journ... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 17 2013]
Yemen - RWB sends observations on Yemen to UN H... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 17 2013]
Greece : A blank screen on the democratic found... [Published Fidh - Jun 17 2013]
Morocco journalist convicted of defaming Islami... [Published NOW News - Jun 17 2013]
G8 nations have patchy record on free expression [Published Index on Censorship - Jun 17 2013]
Vietnam - Blogger and former party official Pha... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 17 2013]

Blogs

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Stop press! [Published Americas view - The Economist - Jun 18 2013] HE WAS a media darling before his inauguration in 2007, but President Rafael Correa’s adversarial relationship with the press has counted among the defining characteristics of his six-year rule. On June 14th a legislature now dominated by his allies ...
Something Is Happening In Iran? [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Jun 13 2013] #Iranelection heating up. Large @ HassanRouhani rally in Mashad youtube.com/watch?feature=… w/ chants "free political prisoners #Iran — Michelle Moghtader (@MMoghtader) June 13, 2013 An Iranian reader writes in with an argument as to why the ...
Syria: 18 Journalists Killed in January [Published Global Voices Online - Jun 13 2013] <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Reporterssansfrontieres"><img class=" wp-image-392574" title="Freedom of the press worldwide in 2013" alt="Freedom-of-the-press-worldwide-in-2013. Source: Reporters without Borders on facebook" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Freedom-of-the-press-worldwide-in-2013.jpg" ...
Oaths, conscience, and honor [Published Errata Security - Jun 11 2013] When does something become so unconscionable that it's worth forswearing your oaths? Some say never, absolutely, and would suffer any evil rather than break their word. Others break their principles whenever they are slightly inconvenient.David BrooksOn ...
Oaths, conscience, and honor [Published Security Bloggers Network - Jun 11 2013] When does something become so unconscionable that it's worth forswearing your oaths? Some say never, absolutely, and would suffer any evil rather than break their word. Others break their principles whenever they are slightly inconvenient.David BrooksOn ...

Audio/Video

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French photographer wounded in Syria dies [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Feb 26 2013]

Press Releases

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Participant Media's Social Action Campaign for ... [Published Business Wire Communications News - Feb 14 2013]
Equatorial Guinea Rejects Suggestion That It Wa... [Published PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media - Jan 09 2013]