Nedim Turfent, already imprisoned for six years, lost more privileges this year
The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
Hong Kong journalists and activists fear China’s retaliation, even abroad
Vague China-imposed national security law wiped out protests and independent reporting.
Imprisoned journalist Katerina Andreeva charged with treason just months ahead of release
“The situation itself is frightening,” Igor Ilyash, Katerina Andreeva’s husband and a journalist, told Capital News Service recently. “She is, apparently, too bright and famous of a journalist to let her go now.”
Ethiopian journalist faces death penalty for his social media-based news outlet
Charges a dramatic example of Abiy’s reversal of openness after Nobel Peace Prize
Inside Egypt’s Stranglehold on Press Freedom
Khaled Ghoneim, host of a talk show in the city of Alexandria, Egypt, had been reporting on the coronavirus pandemic in April 2020 when he used his Facebook page to criticize a news blackout concerning local doctors and nurses who had contracted the virus.
The next day Egyptian authorities, who had imposed a blackout on non-governmental news about COVID-19, showed up at his home and arrested him.
Jailed local reporter becomes national case of media supression in India
In the flood of travelers following a gang rape and secret cremation, one little-known journalist from the opposite end of the country was arrested and accused of orchestrating a massive protest effort.
More than a year and a half later, Siddique Kappan sits in a Lucknow jail awaiting a trial.
