PARIS, France, July 17 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * India: Rupesh Kumar Singh has now spent four years behind bars for exposing the disastrous effects of industrial pollution * 17 July 2026 marks four years behind bars for freelance journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) demands his immediate release and for all the spurious charges against him to be dropped. The nightmare started in 2019, when Rupesh Kumar Singh was arrested after the police allegedly planted expl more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 19 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Italy: sports journalist Luca Esposito has been killed in Eboli * Sports journalist Luca Esposito has been killed in Eboli (southern Italy). His charred body has been identified on a piece of farmland in Cioffi. The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) join their Italian affiliate FNSI in calling for a thorough investigation to determine whether the crime was linked to his work as a journalist. Luca Esposito, 53 more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 17 [Category: Media] -- The Society of Professional Journalists posted the following news: * * * SPJ joins coalition urging Thailand to protect detained Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong * Media Contact: SPJ Communications, communications@spj.org The Society of Professional Journalists joins a coalition of more than 50 press freedom and human rights organizations, led by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Safeguard Defenders (SD), in calling on Thai authorities to refrain from forcibly returning detained Chin more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 18 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * United States: the Trump administration shortens foreign journalist visas * The Trump administration announced on 16 July it will drastically shorten visas for foreign journalists in the United States to 240 days, down from years, and cut those for Chinese journalists to only 90 days, raising concerns over press freedom. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) strongly condemns this drastic restriction, which is clearly intended to ins more PR