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A policeman stands guard at a stadium in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 27 March 2016, FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR/AFP via Getty Images

Ailing magazine editor Raymond Malonga remains in detention

Despite being seriously ill, Raymond Malonga continues to be held illegally by authorities in Brazzaville.

During an RSF protest, people hold placards depicting imprisoned blogger Raif Badawi (Up L), assassinated journalist Jamal Khashoggi (Bottom L) and other Saudi activists, outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy to Germany in Berlin, 1 October 2019, TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images

RSF files criminal complaint in Germany against Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and others

The complaint details a litany of crimes against humanity committed against 35 journalists in Saudi Arabia, including that of murdered Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

A Somali soldier runs for cover at the scene of two explosions set off near the ministries of public works and labour in Mogadishu, 23 March 2019, in an attack claimed by Al-Shabaab, MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP via Getty Images

Freelance journalist Jamal Farah Adan gunned down in the street in central Somalia

Freelance radio journalist Jamal Farah Adan received numerous threats following his reports on Al-Shabaab prior to being gunned down by unknown assailants.

Guinea's Sports Minister at the time (L) and the then football federation president (R) in a stadium in Conakry, Guinea, during the visit of a Cameroonian football star, 23 February 2013, CELLOU BINANI/AFP via Getty Images

Sports journalist sentenced to 6 months for defaming football head in Guinea

Sports journalist Ibrahima Sadio Bah has been sentenced to 6 months in prison, even though Guinea decriminalised defamation in 2010.

Nanou Kazaku, a reporter for Goma-based Radio UB-FM, Facebook/Merveilles Kiro

Journalist Nanou Kazaku shot while covering protest

Radio journalist Nanou Kazaku undergoes emergency surgery after being shot while covering a protest in Goma in the DRC.

A picture of assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia at the protest memorial dedicated to her on the third anniversary of her murder, in Valletta, Malta, 16 October 2020, Joanna Demarco/Getty Images

Hitman gets 15 years for murdering Daphne Caruana Galizia, three others arrested for supplying the bomb

“These latest developments represent nascent steps towards justice for the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia; however, this progress is long overdue, calling into question why it has taken more than three years to get to this point” – RSF.

A protester is detained by police during a demonstration against police brutality, in Luanda, Angola, 4 February 2021, OSVALDO SILVA/AFP via Getty Images

Journalist attacked by police dog while covering protest

Radio journalist Alfredo Kuito is hospitalised after Angolan police unleash dogs on protesters in Ondijva.

Visitors walk past remains of aircraft bombs displayed at an airbase museum in Quang Tri province, Vietnam, 8 December 2020, NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images

Vietnamese magazine reporter held for “abusing democratic freedoms”

Phan Bui Bao Thy, a state-owned magazine bureau chief in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri, was arrested on a charge of “abusing democratic freedoms” for accusing local leaders of corruption in Facebook posts.