Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

The charges against Yevloyeva stem from a June post on her news website’s Telegram channel, which allegedly contained false information about the Russian armed forces. Yevloyeva, who is currently located outside Russia, was put on the country’s wanted list.

A person identifying himself as a “general” with the Patriotic Force and Integrationist of Congo (FPIC) armed group, sent a message to Jean Christian Bafwa Kabaseke, threatening him over his recent coverage of the group.

Journalist Henry Hererimana Serushago is forced to go into hiding, as the threat posed by the armed rebel M23, in DRC’s restive province of North Kivu, continues intensifying.

CPJ: “Land rights are an issue of fundamental concern to Indigenous and rural communities in Honduras and across the region, and community journalists must be able to cover these stories without being treated like criminals.”

“Guatemalan authorities should immediately release and drop any criminal charges against journalist José Rubén Zamora, president of ‘elPeriódico’. Judicial persecution against journalists is a mechanism of intimidation.”

“If passed, the legislation would expand the regulator’s power, allowing it to invalidate online news outlets’ registrations, issue fines against them, and shut them down pursuant to court rulings” – CPJ

Journalist Raimundos Oki is under investigation for violating judicial secrecy laws over his reporting on alleged police abuses.

The June murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous issues expert Bruno Pereira, whom police suspect were killed by people with ties to illegal fishing in the Amazon, amounted to a “nightmare” come true, Brazilian journalist Daniel Camargos, who often covers the Amazon, told CPJ.