Articles - France
9 November 2011
France
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
Afghanistan / France
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.
17 October 2008
France
AGISSEZ ! EXIGEZ LA REMISE EN LIBERTÉ D'UN JOURNALISTE INNOCENT INCARCÉRÉ EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE
5 September 2008
France
SARKOZY DEBE UTILIZAR SU VISITA A SIRIA PARA HABLAR DE DERECHOS HUMANOS, DICEN MIEMBROS DE IFEX
5 September 2008
France
SARKOZY DEVRAIT PROFITER DE SA VISITE EN SYRIE POUR SOULEVER LA QUESTION DES DROITS, DISENT LES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX
3 September 2008
France
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.
16 July 2008
France
IFEX MEMBERS URGE MEDITERRANEAN LEADERS TO CONSIDER RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Eight Reporters Without Borders (RSF) activists who used the occasion of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's launch of the Union for the Mediterranean were arrested for protesting against Syria's dire free expression record.
23 May 2008
France
PROYECTO DE LEY SOBRE PROTECCIÓN DE FUENTES DE PERIODISTAS NO VA LO SUFICIENTEMENTE LEJOS, DICE RSF
23 May 2008
France
UN PROJET DE LOI SUR LA PROTECTION DES SOURCES DES JOURNALISTES NE VA PAS ASSEZ LOIN, DIT RSF
20 May 2008
France
BILL ON PROTECTING JOURNALISTS' SOURCES DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH, SAYS RSF
The French government introduced a bill last week that says reporters may have to reveal their sources when "a pressing imperative requires it" - wording that Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and other press freedom organisations say is too vague.
16 October 2007
France
RESTRICTIVE COURT RULING SPURS DEMAND FOR RIGHT TO PUBLISH PHOTOGRAPHS
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), an International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) affiliate, is supporting a petition for the right to information through pictures and the right to publish news photographs.
8 November 2006
France
L'ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE ADOPTE UN AVANT-PROJET DE LOI QUI CRIMINALISE LA NÉGATION DU GÉNOCIDE ARMÉNIEN
8 November 2006
France
ASAMBLEA NACIONAL APRUEBA LEY QUE PENALIZA LA NEGACIÓN DEL GENOCIDIO ARMENIO
18 October 2006
France
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES LAW CRIMINALISING DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
France's National Assembly has approved on first reading a draft law that would make it a crime to deny the 1915 Armenian genocide. Both Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and ARTICLE 19 called on the French Senate to reject the proposal as an unjustified limit on free expression.
20 December 2003
France
RSF OUVRE UN REFUGE POUR JOURNALISTES EXILÉS
19 December 2003
France
RSF ABRE REFUGIO PARA PERIODISTAS EXILIADOS
19 December 2003
France
RSF OPENS REFUGE FOR EXILED JOURNALISTS
Journalists forced into exile in France because of their work now have a temporary refuge upon arrival in Paris, thanks to Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and 20 media companies and organisations.
6 August 2002
France
RSF CRAINT QU?UN NOUVEAU PROJET DE LOI NE MENACE LES LIBERTÉS SUR INTERNET
6 August 2002
France
RSF TEME QUE NUEVO PROYECTO DE LEY AMENACE LIBERTADES EN INTERNET
6 August 2002
France
RSF FEARS NEW BILL THREATENS INTERNET FREEDOMS
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) is voicing fears that a new bill on internal security passed by the French Senate gives police officers powers to access computer files and seize information stored on internet service providers' (ISP) computer servers. Adopted by the Senate on 31 July, the Loi d'orientation et de programmation sur la sécurité intérieure (LOPSI) sets out the government's new security policies.
19 February 2002
France
L?UNITÉ ANTITERRORISTE MET DES JOURNALISTES SUR ÉCOUTE ÉLECTRONIQUE
19 February 2002
France
UNIDAD ANTITERRORISMO INTERVIENE TELÉFONOS DE PERIODISTAS
19 February 2002
France
ANTI-TERRORISM UNIT BUGS JOURNALISTS' PHONES
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) is calling on France's Justice Minister to amend the Criminal Law Procedure rules following revelations that a French judge ordered the government's anti-terrorist unit to monitor the phone conversations of six journalists as part of an investigation into the activities of a militant separatist leader in Corsica. The French daily "Le Monde" reported on 30 January that the French National Anti-Terrorist Service (DNAT) has been tapping the phones of Gamma reporter Jean-Pierre Rey, France 2 editor Michèle Fines, "Paris Match" reporter Delphine Byrka, Jean-Michel Verne of "France-Soir" and "Le Figaro" and freelance journalists Guy Benhamou and Roger Auque since 2000.
2 October 2001
France
RSF CRÉE UN RÉSEAU INTERNATIONAL
2 October 2001
France
RSF CREA RED INTERNACIONAL
2 October 2001
France
RSF LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Reporters sans frontières (RSF) has announced the formation of an international network of affiliated press freedom organizations, aimed at strengthening information exchange, battling impunity and focusing wider attention on countries where repressive laws and regimes infringe on journalists.
18 September 2001
France
PERIODISTAS OBLIGADOS A REVELAR INFORMACIÓN CONFIDENCIAL
18 September 2001
France
DES JOURNALISTES SONT CONTRAINTS DE DIVULGUER DES RENSEIGNEMENTS CONFIDENTIELS
18 September 2001
France
JOURNALISTS COMPELLED TO DISCLOSE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
Reporters sans frontières (RSF) has expressed alarm at the increasing number of cases in France in which journalists have been arrested by justice officials and compelled to disclose confidential information and sources. According to RSF, five journalists have been detained and questioned in the past 20 months.
15 February 2000
France
JURIDIQUES QUI PÈSENT SUR LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE
15 February 2000
France
RSF EXHORTA AL GOBIERNO A EVALUAR AMENAZAS LEGALES A LIBERTAD DE PRENSA
15 February 2000
France
RSF URGES GOVERNMENT TO ASSESS LEGAL THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM
Clauses in the presumption of innocence bill may threaten freedom of information in France, says Reporters sans frontiPres (RSF) in a recent press release. While RSF reports that certain aspects of the bill are positive, it cautions that other clauses in the new legislation call for "sanctions in the form of fines of up to 100,000 francs (15,244 Euros) for the publication of photographs showing handcuffed or shackled individuals or the publication of images of victims of attacks or crimes." Stating that those clauses "run counter" to the European Convention on Human Rights and European Court case law, RSF urges Members of parliament to oppose all clauses in this bill that could restrict the right to inform and be informed. The legislation was to go before the National Assembly for a second reading on 9 and 10 February.
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