Arbitrary detention and proceedings

Journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumder has been hit with a wave of reprisals after trying to interview the director of a bank.

Joakim Medin is accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and “belonging to an armed terrorist organisation” because of his presence at a pro-PKK rally in Stockholm in 2023.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching a project to aid journalists and press freedom defenders in Central America.

Accused of collaborating with media outlets deemed hostile by the authorities, journalist Salhine Zerouali has been detained since May 2024. After his hearing was postponed several times, he appeared before a military court in Benghazi for the first time.

Imprisoned for over a year, Abzas Media editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgizi faces a new hearing tomorrow in an unfair and politically motivated trial.

Six months after completing his prison sentence and almost one month into a dangerous hunger strike, British-Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah remains in arbitrary detention in Egypt.

On 27 March, the Turkish authorities expelled British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist Mark Lowen, accusing him of posing a “threat to public order.” The charge reflects the authorities’ opinion of journalists, a stance that has become particular

RSF calls for the immediate release of Li Yanhe, the radio host, book publisher and Chinese national who has been detained incommunicado for two years and whose three-year sentence was confirmed by Beijing officials on 26 March.

Two journalists in Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India, were physically assaulted and humiliated following their reports