Tag: Reporters Without Borders

Over 110 International Media Executives and Publishers Call for Immediate Release of Apple Daily Founder Jimmy Lai

International nonprofit organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has initiated a joint petition demanding the Hong Kong government immediately release pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying. The signature campaign to #FreeJimmyLai received support from 116 internationally renowned publishers and editors-in-chief in 42 countries, including Maria Ressa, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Philippines online…


Journalist Group Urges China to Free Ailing Citizen Journalist Jailed Over COVID-19 Reporting

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Monday urged Beijing to release a dangerously ill Chinese citizen journalist who was imprisoned over her reporting of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zhang, a 38-year-old former lawyer, began reporting on the ground in Wuhan, the epicenter of China’s outbreak, in early February 2020. She was handed a four-year jail sentence on…


Reporters Without Borders Responds to Chinese Regime Mouthpiece’s Threat

On Oct. 5, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) posted on its official website Secretary-General Christophe Deloire’s response to the accusations and threats against the organization by the editor-in-chief of the Chinese regime media Global Times. On Oct. 2, Hu Xijin “violently attacked” the press freedom organization in his editorial published on Global Times, says RSF. Hu…