Africa: World Press Freedom Day 2025 - Global Press Freedom Index Falls to Critical Low

China, Hong Kong Drop in World Press Freedom Ranking

On Friday—right before World Press Freedom Day—Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published its 2025 World Press Freedom Index, which showed a notable drop in the rankings of China (from 172 to 178 out of 180) and Hong Kong (from 135 to 140 out of 180) compared to last year. The results reveal that for the first time in the history of the RSF index, the global average state of press freedom has deteriorated to a “difficult situation”: Although phy…

Africa: World Press Freedom Day 2025 - Global Press Freedom Index Falls to Critical Low

Bratislava -- Global press freedom across the world is at a "critical moment," campaigners have warned, as a major index mapping the state of global press freedom hits an unprecedented low.

Hong Kong falls to 140th in global press freedom index with historic low score

Hong Kong has faced unprecedented deterioration in its press freedom recordOriginally published on Global VoicesThe 2025 Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index. Photo: via RSF. Used with permission. This report was written by Tom Grundy and published in Hong Kong Free Press on May 2, 2025. The following edited version is published as part of a content partnership agreement with Global Voices. Hong Kong has tumbled five places in the annua…

Global Press Freedom Indicator Slips – altnews.org

This year’s World Press Freedom Index highlights the economic situation of journalists and media organizations being a major risk to press freedom, as “today’s

Press freedom pillar of human, workers’ rights

On 3 May, Kenya joined the international community in marking World Press Freedom Day, just two days after International Workers Day, commonly known as Labour Day. These two commemorative days are intimately linked to Human Rights Day, observed annually around the world on 10 December. Press freedom, human rights and workers’ rights are intertwined. In […]

The Union of the Comoros fell four places this year and remains at the level of the Indian Ocean region, behind the Seychelles and Mauritius. The president of the Comorian National Journalists' Union called for an end to the intimidation of journalists. The world celebrated World Press Freedom Day this Saturday, May 3, 2025, with this year's theme: the impact of artificial intelligence on press and media freedom. As always, Reporters Without Bor…