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Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, previously imprisoned for four years for her independent reporting on  the Covid 19 outbreak, is missing again and was reportedly recently taken to a detention facility in Shanghai for unclear reasons.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Venezuelan government’s crackdown on the media since the start of the campaign for the disputed presidential election held in July.

Almost two years after being sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for “embezzlement of public funds” – and having already been arbitrarily detained for eight years – Amadou Vamoulké has just been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for a similar offence.

RSF calls for the immediate release of two Myanmar journalists, whose heavy sentences on trumped-up terrorism charges were only recently made public.

On 29 August, Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, editors-in-chief of the now-defunct independent news outlet Stand News, were found guilty of conspiracy to publish seditious materials by a Hong Kong court.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the latest decision, but calls on the courts to proceed with hearings in the two other cases without delay, to allow Zamora to defend himself in freedom.

Since the end of June, against a backdrop of political tensions in Iraqi Kurdistan, one journalist has been killed by an airstrike, at least five have been detained and another sentenced to three years in prison.

Journalist Khaled Mamdouh was taken in custody on July 21, accused of belonging to a terrorist group and spreading false information. He had been abducted from his home on 16 July.