#Reporters Without Borders

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[daniel-nerd]

when everyone is talking about rafah, and israel passing a law allowing them to ban al jazeera, and then immediately enacting on it. here are some numbers, compiled nicely into 2 graphs

the first graph, is the SCORE reporters without borders(RSF) gave to Israel, USA, and Russia, in their world press freedom index. (higher is better)

as you can see. there is a pretty big drop between 2021 and 2022, lets talk about that

In May of 2021 Israel had a military operation in gaza. on top of that, in march of 2021 israel had the 4th election since 2019, where the Likud got 24.19% of the votes, and Naftali bennett managing to form a coalition, making him the prime minister, ending the strike of netanyahu, which was the prime minister since february pf 2009, the coalition survived until November of 2022, where israel had the 5th election since 2019, the election that formed today’s government of israel, with netanyahu back as prime minister, the coalition is also known as the most extreme right wing government israel saw in years, if not in the entire history of Israel.

the next graph shows the POSITION of each country in the RSF world press freedom index(lower is better)

as you can see, israel slowly started to go downwards to a freer place, with better freedom of press, until 2022 when the current government formed. and haven’t shown any signs of slowing down the suppression of the press.

in 2020: 51 journalists were killed worldwide

in 2021: 48 journalists were killed worldwide

in 2022: 57 journalists were killed worldwide

in 2023: 45 journalists were killed worldwide, the lowest since 2002!!

since October 7th over 105 journalists were killed in gaza alone. easily getting us to triple digits, something that we haven’t seen in over a decade.

currently, any website of Al jazeera except ajplus is banned and blocked in israel. (I have no idea why ajplus wasn’t blocked, but I also haven’t looked around the website, i only found out it was a thing thanks to wikipedia)

changing your DNS server to openDNS seems to bypass the ban,

using VPN seems to bypass the ban,

using the tor browser (obviously) seems to bypass the ban.

I haven’t checked google’s DNS servers but it will probably bypass the ban too.

this post is all over the place, but CHANGE YOUR DEFAULT DNS SERVER

it is very easy! i use OpenDNS, they have great tutorials explaining how to change your DNS. and it WILL bypass most of the blocked sites if your country ever try to block a site.

[emvisual]

La biblioteca sin censura (The Uncensored Library)

Como un juego como Minecraft ayuda a eludir la censura en paises donde se controla todo lo que se publica. Esta biblioteca reune articulos y libros a los que sólo se puede acceder a través del juego.

Es una iniciativa de Reporteros Sin Fronteras.

*https://www.uncensoredlibrary.com/

[alanshemper]

[endimpunityday]

Circumventing “Zones of Silence”: Protecting Press Freedom in the Sahel.

Session V: International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists 2024

3:00 - 4:00 pm

- Mr. Ayeda Robert Kotchani, Regional Representative a.i, ONU Droits de l'Homme - Afrique de l'Ouest; Office for West Africa

- Ms. Patience Zanelie Chiradza (TBC), Director, Governance and Conflict Prevention Directorate, AU PAPS

-Ms. Rania Machlab, Head of Delegation and Representative to the African Union, International Committee of the Red Cross

- Mr. Sadibou Marong, Head of Africa Office and Director General’s Representative. Reporters sans frontières / Reporters Without Borders / RSF (RSF)

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Tragic Airstrike in Southern Lebanon Claims Lives of Journalists

Tragic Loss of Journalists in Israeli Airstrike in Southern Lebanon In a heartbreaking incident early Friday, an Israeli airstrike claimed the lives of three media personnel in southern Lebanon, as reported by their respective news organizations and the Lebanese health ministry. The victims were residing in a house in Hasbaya, a town situated near the border with Israel, when the strike occurred.…

[lejournaldupeintre]

Ten years ago : RSF 100 photos for press freedom

“Press freedom is defined as the ability of journalists as individuals and collectives to select, produce, and disseminate news in the public interest independent of political, economic, legal, and social interference and in the absence of threats to their physical and mental safety.” Founded in 1985 in Montpellier by four journalists, Reporters Without Borders is today a leading organization in…

[loudlylovingreview]

Brett Wilkins: New ICC Complaint Over Journalists Killed by Israel in Gaza

Reporters Without Borders says it has “reasonable grounds for thinking that some of these journalists were deliberately killed and that the others were the victims of deliberate IDF attacks against civilians.” Palestinian journalists stage a protest to draw attention to Palestinian press killed while covering the war in the Gaza Strip on February 26, 2024 in Rafah.  (Photo: Ahmad…

[capitalism-is-parasitism]

Free Julian Assange

Once again, Assange was too unwell to attend Monday’s hearing, but his wife and father were both present. One of the many absurdities has been that he is being held in one of our highest security prisons when our whole jail system is bursting at its seams. He could quite easily be granted bail under whatever conditions deemed necessary so that he could be with his wife and two children. This should be a priority for him now. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/20/julian-assange-cruel-folly-right-to-appeal-justice

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Cuba Ranked Last in Press Freedom in Latin America

Reporters without Borders, an international non-governmental and non-profit organization based in Paris, [whose] main objective is to promote and defend freedom of information, ranked Cuba last in the Americas with a score of 168 out of 180. [1] Here is what it said about Cuba: “Year after year, Cuba continues to be the worst country in Latin America in terms of press freedom.” “Media panorama:…

[marktaylor-canfield]

97 Journalists Killed In Gaza - MTC REPORT

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Reporters Without Borders call on Ukraine to end Telemarathon undermining media pluralism

“Reporters Without Borders” (RSF) has called on the Ukrainian government to end the telethon and return to media competition in order to strengthen pluralism, RSF reports.

The international human rights organisation notes that the telethon’s viewership rating has reached a record low of 10 percent, only 20 percent of those surveyed consider it still relevant, it is criticised due to the government’s condescension and self-censorship of journalists. The RSF wrote on their site:

The “United News Telemarathon” was useful and effective in combating the unprecedented wave of Russian disinformation that swept the country in February 2022, but it has become obsolete and, above all, is now undermining media pluralism.

Read more HERE

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Further reading:

HKFP: Stand News sedition trial: Hong Kong should tolerate criticism, even if it is not constructive, ex-editor says, February 17, 2023