Topic: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

India became one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists trying to do their job properly, according to a World Press Freedom Index 2021 published by the international journalism not-for profit body, Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Jammu and Kashmir administration evicted journalists from the office of the English-language Kashmir Times newspaper on Tuesday in Srinagar, and then sealed the premises. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international journalists's body said it is appalled by this reprisal against a leading regional daily.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international body of journalists has called for the immediate release of Prashant Kanojia, Delhi based Bahujan journalist who is to appear in court this week and is facing the possibility of 28 years in prison for a retweet he quickly deleted after realizing the original had been faked.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is disturbed by the Malaysian government’s growing harassment of media outlets that don’t toe the official line, including a raid on the Kuala Lumpur bureau of the Qatari TV news broadcaster Al Jazeera on 4 August and a decision to expel two Australian journalists employed by the bureau two days later.

Reporters Without Borders, on Thursday condemned the FIR filed by the Uttar Pradesh Police against Scroll.in Executive Editor Supriya Sharma, for a report on the effects of the pandemic controlled lockdown in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency of Varanasi.

In the run-up to World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published an exclusive interview by Indian journalist Rana Ayyub on the subject of “Journalism in crisis: a decisive decade.”