2024 World Press Freedom Index – Journalism under political pressure
Press freedom around the world is being threatened by the very people who should be its guarantors – political authorities. This is clear from the latest annual World Press Freedom Index produced by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). This finding is based on the fact that, of the five indicators used to compile the ranking, it […]
Italy: RSF urges the senators to reject an amendment that could prevent journalists from revealing judicial cases
The Senate is due to examine a proposed amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure which would ban the media from publishing a pre-trial detention order until the end of the preliminary hearing. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Italian senators to reject the proposal, which threatens the freedom of journalists working on judicial […]
RSF 2023 World Press Freedom Index. Journalism threatened by fake content industry
The 21st edition of the World Press Freedom Index, compiled annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), sheds light on major and often radical changes linked to political, social and technological upheavals. According to the 2023 World Press Freedom Index – which evaluates the environment for journalism in 180 countries and territories and is published on […]
New record number of journalists jailed worldwide
A record total of 533 journalists are currently detained worldwide, according to the annual round-up of violence and abuses against journalists published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The number of those killed has increased again this year – to 57– while 65 journalists are being held hostage and 49 are missing. Last year’s record has […]
