RSF | Jun 19, 2015
To mark World Refugee Day, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is offering an overview of its activities in support of journalists in difficulty in 2014, when scores of journalists fled abroad to escape violence in countries such as Syria and Libya, or political crackdowns in countries such as Ethiopia and Azerbaijan.
The figures previously published by RSF in its annual round-up showed that twice as many journalists fled abroad in 2014 as in 2013. And the haemorrhaging is continuing in 2015. It is clear that silencing journalists by forcing them to flee into exile is more than ever part of the repressive arsenal used by the media’s enemies.
No continent is being spared by this trend. The causes may vary – armed conflict in Libya and Syria, or targeted persecution by governments in Ethiopia and Azerbaijan – but the result is the same. Crises develop, spread and take root.
More than 300 Syrian professional and citizen-journalists have fled abroad to escape systematic reprisals since the start of the conflict in Syria. At least 43 Libyan journalists fled their country in 2014. Right now, RSF is closely monitoring the situation in Burundi, where journalists have fled abroad to escape the grave acts of violence against the media that have accompanied the political crisis there.
RSF tries to assist all journalists who are forced to flee their country, helping these men and women to find a safe refuge or to cope with their most urgent needs because they are the victims of their commitment to freedom of information.
And because of the scale of this phenomenon, RSF is working with other international and regional NGOs that defend media freedom and support human rights defenders.
Around 80% of the assistance grants allocated by RSF in 2014 went to individuals, many of them journalists who have fled abroad. But RSF also helps independent media and NGOs that continue to provide information despite being exposed to violence and crackdowns. In fact, they received more than 75% of what RSF spent on assistance in 2014.
Find all the figures for RSF’s assistance activity on: 20juin.rsf.org
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June 20, 2015
DISTURBING FLOOD OF JOURNALISTS FLEEING INTO EXILE
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
RSF | Jun 19, 2015
To mark World Refugee Day, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is offering an overview of its activities in support of journalists in difficulty in 2014, when scores of journalists fled abroad to escape violence in countries such as Syria and Libya, or political crackdowns in countries such as Ethiopia and Azerbaijan.
The figures previously published by RSF in its annual round-up showed that twice as many journalists fled abroad in 2014 as in 2013. And the haemorrhaging is continuing in 2015. It is clear that silencing journalists by forcing them to flee into exile is more than ever part of the repressive arsenal used by the media’s enemies.
No continent is being spared by this trend. The causes may vary – armed conflict in Libya and Syria, or targeted persecution by governments in Ethiopia and Azerbaijan – but the result is the same. Crises develop, spread and take root.
More than 300 Syrian professional and citizen-journalists have fled abroad to escape systematic reprisals since the start of the conflict in Syria. At least 43 Libyan journalists fled their country in 2014. Right now, RSF is closely monitoring the situation in Burundi, where journalists have fled abroad to escape the grave acts of violence against the media that have accompanied the political crisis there.
RSF tries to assist all journalists who are forced to flee their country, helping these men and women to find a safe refuge or to cope with their most urgent needs because they are the victims of their commitment to freedom of information.
And because of the scale of this phenomenon, RSF is working with other international and regional NGOs that defend media freedom and support human rights defenders.
Around 80% of the assistance grants allocated by RSF in 2014 went to individuals, many of them journalists who have fled abroad. But RSF also helps independent media and NGOs that continue to provide information despite being exposed to violence and crackdowns. In fact, they received more than 75% of what RSF spent on assistance in 2014.
Find all the figures for RSF’s assistance activity on: 20juin.rsf.org