Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

While taking footage of an altercation between council officers and church members, Zambian journalist Eric Chiyuka was assaulted and subsequently arrested.

Founder and editor of the Terera Network outlet, Temerat Negara, who was arrested under Ethiopia’s state of emergency and detained for months without being charged, is released on US$980 bail.

On 5 July 2021, hundreds of anti-LGBTQI+ protesters attacked more than 50 journalists covering a pride march in Tbilisi. Twenty-five of those attackers were handed prison sentences on 4 April 2022; another was fined.

Russian forces have repeatedly detained members of the press since invading Ukraine in February; at least two other journalists – Oleksandr Gunko and Iryna Dubchenko – remain in Russian custody.

“The State’s blatant attempts to suppress Rappler’s election-related fact-checking services is an unacceptable attempt to cheat the public of their right to accurate information, which is critical during elections,” said the Hold the Line Coalition Steering Committee.

Choc said police officers shoved him and confiscated his phone and microphone while he was attempting to cover the protests against mining. Guatemalan authorities should immediately drop criminal charges and stop using the country’s justice system to harass and silence the press.

“The press must be able to report freely and safely in regions like the Izabal department, which has become an increasingly dangerous place for journalists covering environmental and social issues in recent years” – CPJ.

Journalist Malcom Bernabé Paho was arrested for defaming a religious leader in a story, even though Cameroon’s communications regulator found nothing amiss with the offending article.