Arbitrary detention and proceedings

The Ukrainian justice system has opened an investigation into obstruction of journalists following revelations that the army tried to mobilise Yevhen Shulhat to prevent the publication of one of his articles.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Jordanian authorities to stop hounding journalists who are just doing their job after three reporters were arrested in the space of 10 days in March.

At least eight journalists were attacked, three others were arrested and another was threatened for covering or referring to post-election protests in eastern Türkiye and Istanbul.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of a prominent Tunisian radio journalist who has been held for the past two weeks for allegedly defaming a religious affairs ministry official by criticising the frequency of her official tri

The almost immediate re-arrest of a reporter after five years in prison has highlighted India’s judicial persecution of independent journalism in the northern territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Appollinaire Mewenemesse is pending trial after more than 72 hours in police custody.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the arrests of five more journalists in Azerbaijan on trumped-up charges of “foreign currency smuggling,” on which they face up to eight years in prison.

Six journalists working for independent media were arrested in Russia in a span of a few hours on 27 and 28 March. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns these arbitrary arrests as a flagrant attempt to silence Russia’s last independent media outlets an

The High Court’s decision to provisionally allow him to appeal his extradition on three grounds represents the final chance for the UK courts to halt his transfer to the US, where he faces life in prison for publishing information in the public interest.