Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Algerian authorities to free Rabah Karèche, the newspaper Liberté’s correspondent in Tamanrasset, 900 km south of Algiers, who has been held since 19 April after covering protests by the Ahaggar region’s Tuareg population against new territorial divisions.
After an Associated Press photographer was killed while covering fighting in Tripoli on 19 January, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its appeal to Tripoli’s authorities to protect journalists and calls on journalists to take the maximum security precautions when operating in this dangerous war zone.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Algerian government’s use of delays in renewing press accreditation to put pressure on reporters employed by foreign media, many of whom have been waiting for months for their 2021 accreditation. The accreditation renewal process should be more transparent, RSF says.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its call for the withdrawal of all charges against , Rabah Karèche, the newspaper Liberté’s correspondent in Tamanrasset, a city 2,000 km south of Algiers, after a prosecutor today (5th August) sought a three-year jail sentence for his coverage of a demonstration.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns an Algerian bill criminalizing “fake news” that “undermines public order and security” or “state security and national unity.” This vaguely worded and draconian legislation is designed to tighten the gag on press freedom, RSF said.