The journalist Nehemiah Joseph was murdered on Thursday, October 10, 2019 in the city of Mirebalais (center of the country). This is the second journalist killed this year in Haiti. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned by the intensification of attacks on the press in this country and calls on the authorities to strengthen the protection of journalists throughout the country
In Hong Kong, journalists covering the increasingly violent pro-democracy demonstrations have been injured by police action and sometimes assaulted by protesters
Journalists say they are arrested for criticizing government, which denies crackdown and argues laws prevent media abuse
In Turkey, new controls regulating internet broadcasting have come into force. The government says all broadcasters need to abide by the same rules, but critics claim the new measures are an attempt to silence the last platform for independent journalism
More than three years after his arrest, and without the prospect of a quick resolution of his situation on the judicial front, Amadou Vamoulké has seen his health deteriorate in recent weeks. Two medical reports, one by the central hospital of Yaounde and the other by the American hospital in Paris, clearly indicate that the journalist must undergo examinations and treatments that can not be carried out on the spot. RSF continues to request medical evacuation
El Nuevo Diario,” one of Nicaragua’s oldest newspapers is shutting down, after close to 40 years of printing and informing Nicaraguans. Newspaper executives reported they closed due to economic circumstances and challenging times for journalists in the Central American country
A journalist lost her sight in the right eye after being hit by a defensive bullet fired by Hong Kong police. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) once again urges the authorities to guarantee the safety of journalists
Three journalists have already appeared and are now in pretrial detention: Nasser Abdel Hafiz , of Akhbar El-Yom newspaper , Sayed Abdellah , who covered the mobilizations in Suez, including Al Jazeera , and published real-time information on his Facebook account ( today disabled), and Khaled Dawoud ( Al-Ahram ). The first was arrested on September 20 while he was in Tahrir Square
Known for her uncompromising interviews and pressing questions at the microphone of the Bulgarian national radio BNR where she has been employed for 26 years, the journalist Silvia Velikova was withdrawn the presentation of her show the next morning and without notice on 12 September latest
The perpetrators of the murder of Mirza Waseem Baig allegedly linked to a mafia group specialized in the extortion of funds from local elected officials, as denounced by the journalist in several reports, always available on his Facebook page