Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

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.

“It is outrageous that local law enforcement in Ohio would arrest and charge a journalist for simply doing his job and reporting live from a press conference” – CPJ.

For a journalist facing criminal or civil lawsuits having access to relevant legal advice and resources can mean the difference between a prison sentence and freedom, censorship and the free flow of information.

Police officers assaulted two journalists who were covering protests near the country’s parliament.