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Campaigns and Advocacy
26 January 2012
RSF releases press freedom index for 2011/2012
The Arab world was the motor of history in 2011 but the Arab uprisings have had contrasting political outcomes so far, with Tunisia and Bahrain at opposite ends of the scale.
13 September 2011
RSF protests President Kagame's visit to Paris
RSF activists demonstrated outside the Hotel Ritz in Paris, where Kagame was scheduled to have breakfast with a delegation of French businessmen, in protest against his visit to France.See all campaign news: France
From the Communiqué
9 November 2011
Weekly firebombed over edition satirising Islamists
The office of a satirical French weekly was firebombed just before an edition that pokes fun at Islamists was due for release, report IFEX members. At 1am on 2 November, unidentified attackers threw a Molotov cocktail through a window of the "Charlie Hebdo" offices, acting on rumours about the issue.
29 June 2011
French reporters freed after 18 months
Exactly 18 months after they were abducted in northeastern Afghanistan, French journalists Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier and their Afghan interpreter have been released, say Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and news reports.
3 September 2008
SARKOZY SHOULD USE SYRIA VISIT TO RAISE RIGHTS, SAY IFEX MEMBERS
In a joint action, 26 IFEX members appealed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy to demand the release of hundreds of political prisoners and raise the issue of Syria's dire free expression record with President Bashar al-Assad during his visit to Damascus on 3 and 4 September.See all articles: France
Reports
22 January 2009
World Report 2009: France 
16 April 2008
Annual Report 2008: France
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