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RSF investigation: the confidentiality clauses silencing French journalists

Mar 18, 2025 | rsf.org | Haïfa Mzalouat

The expanding news empire of French billionaire Vincent Bolloré and the exodus of employees protesting his controversial media policies have exposed a troubling practice in the journalism industry: to obtain severance packages, French journalists must sign agreements that prohibit them from speaking freely about their employers for an indefinite period.
Voices heard but repressed: RSF’s new report “Journalism in The #MeToo Era” calls for increased support for journalists covering gender violence and women’s rights | RSF

Oct 22, 2024 | rsf.org

Seven years after an international wave of public debate was triggered by the first journalistic investigation into the Weinstein affair in the United States, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released a new report: “Journalism in the #MeToo Era.” This movement to empower women’s voices — which has acquired many different slogans in numerous countries — spurred the creation of new media outlets, revisions to newsroom policies, and the development of new journalist networks. Yet investigating women's rights remains dangerous. To accompany the report, RSF has published recommendations to support journalists working on women's rights and gender violence.
France: RSF welcomes ARCOM's decision to strengthen media pluralism | RSF

Jul 18, 2024 | rsf.org

France's broadcasting regulator, ARCOM, has issued a decision likely to increase the diversity of thoughts and opinions in French media – a direct result of the "Reporters Without Borders" ruling by France's highest court on 13 February 2024. Reporters Witout Borders (RSF) welcomes this decision, albeit belated and imperfect.
The journalist who sparked the #MeToo movement in China sentenced to 5 years for subversion | RSF

Jun 14, 2024 | rsf.org

Huang Xueqin, a Chinese investigative journalist known for her involvement in the #MeToo movement was sentenced today to 5 years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power” after nearly 1000 days of detention. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for her immediate release.
RSF decries expulsion of two British TV journalists from Somalia’s Puntland region | RSF

Feb 26, 2024 | rsf.org

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the expulsion of a British TV news reporter and his producer from Puntland, an autonomous region in northeastern Somalia, to which they had gone to cover the crisis affecting shipping in the Red Sea.
Chine : le journaliste d’investigation Shangguan Yunkai condamné à 15 ans de prison pour des charges fallacieuses

Jan 9, 2024 | rsf.org | Melina Froidure

Reporters sans frontières (RSF) dénonce la condamnation de Shangguan Yunkai à 15 ans de prison sur la base d'accusations montées de toutes pièces. Le journaliste d'investigation reconnu pour ses enquêtes sur la corruption des autorités chinoises doit être libéré immédiatement. Quinze ans de prison et une amende de 380 000 yuans chinois (environ 50 000 euros).
Beaten to death by state security: RSF shocked by gruesome murder of independent journalist in China

Nov 21, 2023 | rsf.org | Melina Froidure

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is horrified by the murder of Chinese independent journalist Sun Lin, reportedly beaten to death by police officers at his home. This crime comes as a direct consequence of the regime’s decade-long crusade against press freedom. On Friday 17 November 2023, Chinese state security police officers burst into the home of freelance journalist Sun Lin in the city of Nanjing and severely beat him up, news website Weiquanwang reported.
RSF urges for release of Chinese political commentator on hunger strike, at risk of dying in detention

Oct 26, 2023 | rsf.org | Melina Froidure

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of political commentator Guo Feixiong. Detained in a Chinese prison since December 2021, he has been on a hunger strike for several months to protest against his detention conditions. Chinese political commentator and human rights lawyer Yang Maodong – better known under the pen name Guo Feixiong – has spent almost three years in detention for publishing articles critical to the Chinese regime.
China: Australian journalist released after 3 years arbitrary detention

Oct 12, 2023 | rsf.org | Melina Froidure

On 11 October 2023, Chinese-born Australian journalist Cheng Lei, a high-profile business news anchor working for state media group CGTN (China Global Television),was released and sent back home to Australia after over three years of arbitrary detention on alleged espionage charges. Cheng Lei was arrested on 13 August 2020 under suspicion of “illegally supplying state secrets overseas", a crime carrying a life sentence in China.
RSF urged US senators to address press freedom during their visit to China

Oct 9, 2023 | rsf.org | Melina Froidure

Although press freedom is enshrined in Article 35 of China’s Constitution, the regime, led by general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping has stepped up its crackdown on journalists in recent years.