http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Reporters_Without_BordersFind stories, videos, and photos about Reporters Without Borders from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:01:11 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Reporters_Without_Borders14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Reporters Without Borders from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/philippines.emergency.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/philippines.emergency.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTextBodies lie scattered in a rural field in the southern Philippines, some unearthed from a shallow grave hastily dug by the gunmen who seized the group of men and women just a day earlier.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/philippines.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/philippines.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Philippines government has increased security in the southern region of Maguindanao after gunmen kidnapped and killed at least 22 people, according to military officials and the country's national news agency.Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/china.blogger.prison/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/china.blogger.prison/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Chinese blogger who helped victims of a devastating earthquake has been sentenced to three years in prison, his attorney said Monday.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:53:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/18/zambia.newspaper.editor.acquitted/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/18/zambia.newspaper.editor.acquitted/index.html#cnnSTCTextA court in Zambia has acquitted a newspaper editor who was tried on obscenity charges for mailing photographs of a woman giving birth.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/01/sri.lanka.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/01/sri.lanka.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo journalism groups have announced plans to honor a Sri Lankan reporter who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for articles that criticized the military.Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/05/zambia.porn.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/05/zambia.porn.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe news editor of the Zambian newspaper The Post has gone on trial for allegedly circulating obscene material to politicians, the newspaper states on its Web site.Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/01/venezuela.radio.stations/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/01/venezuela.radio.stations/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 34 private radio stations in Venezuela were closed indefinitely Friday, and 206 more were at risk of being shut down, a government official said.Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/16/somalia.french.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/16/somalia.french.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's interim prime minister said Thursday that he has spoken to one of two French hostages seized earlier this week by gunmen who stormed their hotel in Mogadishu.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/05/china.journalists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/05/china.journalists/index.html#cnnSTCTextChinese paramilitary police beat two Japanese journalists Monday night in the border city of Kashgar, where a deadly attack targeting police officers had occurred hours earlier, journalist groups said.Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/01/iran.newsweek/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/01/iran.newsweek/index.html#cnnSTCTextA reporter for Newsweek magazine who was arrested in Tehran has confessed to doing the bidding of Western governments, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported Wednesday.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/15/iran.election.media/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/15/iran.election.media/index.html#cnnSTCTextMedia rights group Reporters Without Borders is urging nations to not recognize the results of Iran's presidential election, citing censorship and a crackdown on journalists.Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/05/21/venezuela.globovision/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/05/21/venezuela.globovision/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe head of an independent Venezuelan TV station that has criticized President Hugo Chavez said Friday officials were trying to frighten him when they raided one of his homes in what authorities called a car-smuggling investigation.Sun, 24 May 2009 00:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/21/azerbaijan.journalists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/21/azerbaijan.journalists/index.html#cnnSTCTextA European security organization expressed hope Tuesday that the recent release of three journalists in Azerbaijan signals positive change in the former Soviet republic.Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/10/moldova.journalists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/10/moldova.journalists/index.html#cnnSTCTextAlina Radu's newsroom in Moldova has turned into an impromptu safehouse for local journalists, as their attempts to cover massive anti-government protests this week have put them in danger in the former Soviet state.Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/14/madagascar.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/14/madagascar.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextMadagascar's president, Marc Ravalomanana, is still in power despite "rumors" from political opponents that he has been removed, the besieged government said Saturday.Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/15/sri.lanka.journalist.death/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/15/sri.lanka.journalist.death/index.html#cnnSTCTextA crusading Sri Lankan journalist shot dead last week knew he would be killed -- he said so in a dramatic, posthumously published column touching a raw nerve in his war-torn island nation.Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/04/iraq.journalists.detained/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/04/iraq.journalists.detained/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo Iraqi cameramen remain in U.S. military custody amid a media watchdog group's warning of "an upsurge" in the arrest of journalists working in Iraq.Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1838533,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1838533,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn Iraqi freelance photographer working for Reuters has been detained by U.S. and Iraqi forces south of Baghdad, the news agency said WednesdayWed, 03 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/03/russia.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/03/russia.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Russian journalist died Wednesday from gunshot wounds sustained the night before -- the second Russian journalist fatally gunned down this week.Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/01/russia.critic.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/01/russia.critic.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextA leading critic of Kremlin-backed leaders in the Russian republic of Ingushetia was fatally shot Sunday while being taken to a police precinct by officers, Reporters without Borders said.Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:03:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826472,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826472,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Chinese organizers have set aside three areas for demonstrations during the Games. But they're out of the way. And you'll likely need a permitFri, 25 Jul 2008 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/23/farc.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/23/farc.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo people who helped rescue 15 hostages from Colombian rebels posed as journalists from a real Venezuela-based television news organization, Colombia's defense minister said Wednesday.Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/04/zimbabwe.mediaarrests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/04/zimbabwe.mediaarrests/index.html#cnnSTCTextBritish broadcaster Sky News Wednesday criticized the jail sentences given to three of its drivers in Zimbabwe, where a court found them guilty of possessing broadcast equipment without authorization.Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/07/somalia.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/07/somalia.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCTextA leading Somali reporter was gunned down Saturday in a "targeted assassination," according to the national press union, making him the 10th journalist to be killed in the war-torn African country since last year.Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/12/internet.enemies/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/12/internet.enemies/index.html#cnnSTCTextFifteen countries were named as "Internet enemies" on Wednesday as press freedom campaigners called on Web users to join a 24-hour virtual protest condemning cyber-censorship.Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/23/afghanistan.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/23/afghanistan.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCTextA three-judge panel in northern Afghanistan has sentenced a student journalist to death for distributing a paper he printed off the Internet that allegedly blasphemed Islam, according to international media groups.Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/16/china.blogger/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/16/china.blogger/index.html#cnnSTCTextWei Wenhua was a model communist and is now a bloggers' hero -- a "citizen journalist" turned martyr.Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/11/china.blogger/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/11/china.blogger/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities have fired an official in central China after city inspectors beat to death a man who filmed their confrontation with villagers, China's Xinhua news agency reports.Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/30/chad.france/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/30/chad.france/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities in Chad have charged nine French nationals with kidnapping after they attempted to fly out of Chad with more than 100 children the group claimed were orphans from Sudan.Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/29/darfur.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/29/darfur.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn attempt by a group of French charity workers to spirit away more than 100 children they claimed were orphans from the Darfur crisis could have seriously damaged relief efforts in the region, a senior aid official told CNN Monday.Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/28/ww.burma/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/28/ww.burma/index.html#cnnSTCTextClose the borders, shut down the media, expel dissidents and restrict visitors: The world's most oppressive regimes have developed watertight ways of shielding themselves from the eyes of the world. Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/china.dissident.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/china.dissident.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Chinese cyber-dissident has been sentenced to four years in jail after he was convicted of "inciting the government's overthrow," a press freedom group said Friday.Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/20/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/20/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi insurgents used two children as cover to get through a checkpoint in Baghdad and then blew up the car while the kids were still inside, a U.S. general said Tuesday.Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/30/ime.diary/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/30/ime.diary/index.htmlEvery once in a while, we TV journalists have to admit that we've made a bad choice of stories.Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/24/carroll/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/24/carroll/index.htmlThe rescue of three Western aid workers in Iraq raised hopes among friends and family of kidnapped American journalist Jill Carroll, who has been missing for 11 weeks.Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:21:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/08/technology/yahoo_china_b20/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/08/technology/yahoo_china_b20/index.htmHow many Chinese citizens are now in jail because of information Yahoo provided to the Chinese government? That is the question the not-for-profit Reporters Without Borders is asking. And it's a question which suggests the damage to Yahoo's reputation will be ongoing.Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:23:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/08/technology/yahoo_china/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/08/technology/yahoo_china/index.htmA freedom of speech group has accused Yahoo! of complying with the Chinese government's program of cracking down on dissident political speech on the Internet.Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:54:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/01/news/international/pluggedin_fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/01/news/international/pluggedin_fortune/index.htmMicrosoft, Google, Yahoo! and Cisco came under sharp attack from leaders of Congress and human rights advocates for aiding China's efforts to censor the Internet and punish dissidents.Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.german.hostages/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.german.hostages/index.htmlIraqi insurgents have released a second videotape showing two kidnapped German engineers.Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.main/index.htmlA day after a video of a U.S. journalist held hostage in Iraq aired on Al-Jazeera, a journalists' organization said it plans to work with the Arabic-language media to help gain Jill Carroll's release.Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/22/iraq.journalist/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/22/iraq.journalist/index.htmlThe father of Jill Carroll, the American journalist abducted in Iraq, called on his daughter's captors to release her Sunday night, telling them, "She is not your enemy."Sun, 22 Jan 2006 06:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/05/azerbaijan.election/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/05/azerbaijan.election/index.htmlThe campaign chief of an exiled opposition leader has been detained, his party said Saturday, one day before Azerbaijan's people elect a new parliament amid allegations of electoral fraud and fears that protests could be violently suppressed.Sat, 05 Nov 2005 10:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/29/iraq.constitution/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/29/iraq.constitution/index.htmlUnknown gunmen assassinated the brother of the former governor of Baghdad and an official assigned to the Iraqi Elections Commission in separate incidents Monday.Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/27/media.freedoms/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/27/media.freedoms/index.htmlEast Asian and Middle Eastern nations rank as the worst in the world for press freedom while northern European countries such as Denmark were the best, according to a report released Wednesday by media organization Reporters Without Borders.Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.journalist/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.journalist/index.htmlThe French fiancee of a U.S. journalist kidnapped in Iraq has made an appeal for his release, saying her partner was only doing his job.Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:51:00 EDT