UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities between Sudan’s militaries, stressing that “the conflict will not be resolved on the battlefield [and] war will only bring more death and destruction to the Sudanese people”. “The conflict in Sudan has had shocking consequences,” Ambassador Munir Akram told the UN Security Council, spotlighting … Read more
The paramilitary RSF attacks Wad Madani. Hundreds flee violence; the army launches airstrikes. The humanitarian crisis deepens. Witnesses reported that on Saturday, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces engaged the army outside the central city of Wad Madani, pushing an attack that created a new front in the eight-month-old conflict and drove hundreds of people from … Read more
Reporters Without Borders’ yearly tally of imprisoned journalists reaches a new high. The RSF’s Annual Press Freedom Review showed 533 media professionals were imprisoned in 2022. The number was up from 488 in 2021. Reporters Without Borders’ yearly tally of imprisoned journalists reaches a new high (Reporters Sans Frontieres, or RSF). The RSF’s Annual Press … Read more
RSF urged UN probe into Arshad Sharif’s murder It expressed doubts over inconsistencies in statements of Kenyan police It said Arshad Sharif was clearly targeted PARIS: Global press freedom advocate, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), called for a United Nations investigation into the brutal murder of well-known Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif. “The information currently emerging from … Read more
RSF says Russian soldiers killed Ukrainian photojournalist Maks Levin. They reached their conclusions after sending a team to Ukraine to investigate. His body was found with the body of soldier Oleksiy Chernyshov, on April 1. Russian soldiers killed Ukrainian photojournalist Maks Levin in March, possibly after having tortured him, media rights group Reporters Without Borders … Read more
PARIS: There are currently 488 media professionals imprisoned around the world, the highest number since Reporters Without Borders began counting more than 25 years ago, the NGO announced Thursday. By contrast, the number killed this year — 46 — was the lowest since it began issuing annual tallies due to the relative stabilisation of conflicts … Read more
