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Mediapart salutes the memory of press freedom campaigner Christophe Deloire

Christophe Deloire, the secretary general of press freedom NGO Reporters sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders), has died at the age of 53, it was announced on Saturday. Mediapart salutes the importance of the battles he fought for the cause of a free, independent and pluralist press and, as Mediapart’s publishing editor Carine Fouteau writes here, we keep in mind our common combat over issues of major importance for the media.

Carine Fouteau

It is with great sadness that Mediapart learnt of the death on June 8th of Christophe Deloire, secretary general of Reporters sans Frontières (RSF, also known as Reporters Without Borders), following a brief battle with cancer. He was 53-years-old.

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