Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

“Prosecuting journalists on charges unrelated to journalism is clear intimidation,” – CPJ

The ten journalists – nine of whom have been under pre-trial arrest since October – face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty under Turkey’s anti-terrorism laws.

Mozambican journalist Rosario Cardoso faces the wrath of police officers after he questioned them about soliciting kickbacks during an evening patrol.

On February 14, an unidentified attacker on a motorcycle shot Álvarez while he was in his car at a stoplight in Pedro Juan Caballero, a city near Paraguay’s border with Brazil.

Mendoza was among 222 political prisoners unexpectedly released by Nicaraguan authorities and deported to the US. All of the group, which included ‘La Prensa’ publisher Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro and five other journalists and media workers who asked not to be named to protect the safety of their families, were stripped of their Nicaraguan citizenship.

Along with other journalists and media workers, Holmann was among the 222 political prisoners unexpectedly released and deported by Nicaraguan authorities on February 9. He spoke to CPJ about his experience in prison, and commitment to freedom of expression.

More than half of detained Iranian journalists had devices seized since protests began.

The raid took place a week after the government blocked social media links to the BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots.