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Christophe Deloire, here attending a press conference with Iranian journalist Taaghi Rahmani, in Paris, October 6, 2023.
DEATH – Christophe Deloire, director general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), died at the age of 53. The newspaper The world learned of the death from the NGO this Saturday June 8, information subsequently confirmed to AFP.
The journalist had been hospitalized for several weeks at Saint-Louis hospital in Paris after the late discovery of brain tumors, indicates The world.
He is dead “following a devastating cancer”, RSF then announced in a press release sent to AFP. Within the NGO, he had held his position since 2012 and “transformed the association (…) into a world champion for the defense of journalism, for twelve years”greets RSF.
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