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In the three years since the Taliban's return to power on 15 August 2021, when the Islamic fundamentalist group captured Kabul, 141 journalists have been arrested or detained.

Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khyliuk — arrested in March 2022 — is still being held in the Vladimir region of Russia, according to a man that spent a year sharing Khyliuk’s prison cell.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of a reporter held in the Republic of Dagestan, in the Russian Caucasus, ever since his arrest exactly five years ago.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling on the UN special rapporteur on torture, as well as other specialised UN bodies, to intercede in the case of Mohamed Ibrahim Radwan.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of a Burundian journalist who was arrested on 12 April and is facing a possible life sentence.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the international community to step up the pressure on Beijing to restore full freedom of journalist Zhang Zhan, detained since 2020 for covering the Covid-19 epidemic in China.

Hong Kong’s prosecutors are so desperate to convict publisher Jimmy Lai of national security crimes, that they have resorted to testimony from a “witness” who was reportedly tortured and is believed to be forcibly held in a psychiatric institution.

Myat Thu Tun is the fifth Myanmar journalist to be killed by the junta since the coup d'état in February 2021.  His body was recently found buried, riddled with bullets and marked by signs of torture.