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RSF urges for the release of Chinese journalist and RSF Press Freedom laureate Zhang Zhan, detained since 2020 for covering the Covid-19 outbreak, who was recently hospitalised again and is at high risk of dying if kept in detention.

RSF calls for the release of Zhou Yuanzhi, a political commentator who served 4 years in prison until 2022, and was recently detained again under undisclosed accusations.

Detained in China for “espionage” since January 2019, Yang Hengjun is denied medical care despite significant health deterioration. RSF urges for the release of Chinese-born Australian political commentator.

Somali TV journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Bulbul was arrested by police in Mogadishu on 17 August and has been arbitrarily detained for more than ten days. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns his arrest and calls for his immediate release.

RSF calls for the release of Lü Hua, the manager of Chinese news website Hubei New Perspective, who went missing four months ago after publishing an investigation on corruption, and whose detention was recently revealed.

Following the publication of a new letter by imprisoned Iranian journalist Narges Mohammadi about violence against women detained in Iran, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Iranian authorities to put a stop to this violence

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces the persecution of these prominent figures and the absurdity of this decision by a government that treats independent journalists as terrorists.

At least 11 journalists have been arrested by the authorities in a crackdown on coverage of the current tension in northern Ethiopia’s Amhara region.

Nine journalists have been arbitrarily arrested by Taliban security forces in the past ten days in Afghanistan in a crackdown without precedent this year.