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Open letter

Media freedom in Malaysia is far from assured, open letter tells prime minister

Published on 15 May 2012Read

Pakistan

Dark days in Sindh

Two journalists murdered in less than a week

Published on 11 May 2012Read

Philippines

Another journalist gunned down, fourth since start of 2012

Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that Nestor Libaton, a reporter for Catholic Church-run radio dxHM, was gunned down yesterday (...)

Published on 9 May 2012 Read

Malaysia

Major protest prompts attacks on journalists, censorship and missing media replaced by civil society

Reporters Without Borders condemns the use of violence against journalists during a major civil society demonstration in Kuala Lumpur on 28 (...)

Published on 5 May 2012 Read

China

Chen Guangcheng, “in danger”

Reporters Without Borders reiterates its appeal to the US authorities to allow the Chinese dissident human rights activist Chen Guangcheng and (...)

Published on 4 May 2012 Read

Thailand

Call for magazine editor’s release after trial on lèse-majesté charges

Reporters Without Borders again urges the Thai authorities to release Somyos Prueksakasemsuk, the former editor of the banned magazine Voice of (...)

Published on 4 May 2012 Read

Bangladeshi and Tibetan bloggers win “Reporters Without Borders” category awards

Bangladeshi journalist Abu Sufian’s blog about extrajudicial executions and other kinds of injustice is the jury choice in the “Reporters Without (...)

Published on 2 May 2012 Read

Thailand

Judge delays much-awaited verdict

A Bangkok judge today postponed a verdict in the high-profile trial of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, the editor of the news website Prachatai, for a (...)

Published on 30 April 2012 Read

Cambodia

Reporters questioned after environmentalist shot dead in row with police

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the action of the Cambodian military police in detaining two journalists from theCambodia Daily, (...)

Published on 27 April 2012 Read

Bangladesh

Death threats and reprisals against two Bengali-language dailies

Reporters Without Borders condemns the threats that have been made against two Bengali-language dailies in the past three days. An Islamist group (...)

Published on 26 April 2012 Read