Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

An urgent resolution by the European Parliament calls on Moroccan authorities to respect freedom of expression and media freedom.

The body of radio journalist Martinez Zogo showing signs that he was tortured, was found near the capital, Yaoundé, five days after he was reported missing.

The charges against 4 journalists range from “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” to “gathering a crowd to disrupt public order”; for the second charge they can be sentenced up to life imprisonment.

The Hold the Line Coalition welcomes the court decision as it calls for an end to the “constant persecution” against journalist Maria Ressa and the news company she founded, “Rappler”.

This episode is typical of the climate of terror for #Mexican journalists who work in the most remote places, in small and medium-sized towns where criminal groups are ubiquitous.

Imprisonment of Radio M and Maghreb Émergent director poses a grave threat to the right to information, say media leaders.

Broadcast journalist Floriane Irangabiye is sentenced to 10 years in prison on spurious charge of “endangering the integrity of the national territory”.

Citing Senegal’s worthy press freedom record, veteran journalists and established media freedom advocacy organisations from across Africa petition the government to unconditionally release local journalist Pape Alé Niang.