Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Reporters covering abortion in the United States are wary of online harassment and the threat of physical violence after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

In separate incidents Jojo Jibikilayi, Emmanuel Tujibikila and Achède Milantesa are assaulted, and detained by police after being accused of supporting the protest by the opposition party.

The journalists have been charged with spreading false information with the intention of creating a hostile international opinion of Rwanda, publishing unoriginal statements or pictures, and inciting insurrection, according to CPJ.

At least 13 journalists have been killed in Mexico in the first eight months of 2022, the highest number CPJ has ever documented in the country in a single year.

Safronov has been behind bars since July 2020 on treason charges, after authorities accused him of spying for a foreign country. The BBC has reported that he is being prosecuted in retaliation for his 2019 reporting on Russia’s sale of fighter jets to Egypt.

Arjón, the founder and editor of Facebook-based news outlet ‘A Qué Le Temes’, was found dead in Sonora, on the U.S. border.

CPJ: “We are shocked by the brazen killing of journalist Gerardo Delgado in broad daylight in Manta and urge Ecuadorian authorities to fully investigate whether he was targeted for his work.”

Flora Silva was arrested in connection with a criminal investigation into the outlet’s president, José Rubén Zamora, who has been detained since July 29.