Technological censorship and surveillance

Attacks on press freedom are increasing at an alarming rate in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is outraged by the harassment campaign unfolding on multiple fronts against the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) and its members in the lead-up to the election of its executive committee.

As the Gulf kingdom finds itself at the centre of a regional conflict, its press is only allowed to relay official government statements.

On 4 June 2026, several hundred copies of the regional weekly L’Essor Savoyard were bought from retail outlets across the French city of Annecy by mystery customers.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns an unprecedented attack on the press. The media outlets of Nation Media Group (NMG), Uganda’s leading independent media network, were shut down by the military the night of 27 June on the orders of General Muhoozi.

In June, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) served the German federal government with two complaints filed by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Germany and RSF International.

A video news report produced by The Environmental Reporting Collective (ERC), an international network of journalists investigating environmental crimes, has been removed from Instagram.

The Kremlin has partially or completely blocked non-Russian social media platforms and messaging services in Russian-occupied territories of eastern and southeastern Ukraine.

More than a month after its launch, the Iranian authorities are now interfering with the frequency, preventing its reception in several regions of the country.