RSF publishes list of press freedom 'predators': 'Dictators want to silence journalists'

Home Europe To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 09:09 Issued on: 02/11/2026 - 10:06 Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Thibaut Bruttin, Director General and Secretary-General of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), who says, “When a journalist is killed, it is everyone's right to know what is being endangered.” His warning captures the central democratic dilemma explored in this interview marking the United Nations' International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. As journalists confront lethal violence, imprisonment, political intimidation and increasingly hostile working environments, the struggle for press freedom has become inseparable from a more fundamental question: who controls the public's access to truth? Keywords for this article Video content Video Europe Video content Video Europe Video content Video Europe Video content Video Europe Video content Video France Video content Video Europe Video content Video Europe Video cont...