PARIS

By AFP
June 09, 2024
Secretary general of International press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders Christophe Deloire (late) at the groups headquarters in Paris on October 9, 2020. — AFP
Secretary general of International press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders Christophe Deloire (late) at the group's headquarters in Paris on October 9, 2020. — AFP

PARIS: Christophe Deloire, head of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based press freedom group, died on Saturday aged 53, the organisation said. Deloire died as a result of cancer, Reporters Without Borders said in a statement to AFP. A former newspaper and television reporter, he had been at the helm of the media watchdog since 2012, transforming RSF “into a global champion for the defence of journalism,” the statement said.