Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Journalists fear they could lose their accreditation in the coming weeks after the Puntland information minister announced that privately-owned media will have to register with his ministry by 15 October so that it can “monitor their daily activity.”

Mukhtarli was sentenced to six years in prison on an absurd charge after being abducted and brought back by force from neighbouring Georgia in May 2017. His hunger strike is in protest against the arbitrary treatment that both he and his lawyer are receiving from the prison authorities.

Until it reaches the reader’s hands, a newspaper is vulnerable. A new report by RSF shows how governments, state institutions, powerful oligarchs and corporations obstruct print media distribution for their own ends.

The Afghan government and the Taliban are asked to resume peace talks ahead of the 28 September presidential election in Afghanistan.

Önderoğlu and two fellow defendants, Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Ahmet Nesin, were acquitted on 17 July of “terrorist propaganda,” “justifying crime” and “inciting crime”. It is not yet known when the Prosecutors’ appeal will be heard.

Melanio Nkogo and Ruben Bacale from Equatorial Guinea’s only privately-owned TV channel, were arbitrarily detained, after interviewing a recently-fired judge.

Valov, who was participating in the hearing via videoconferencing from jail, was prevented from taking part in much of the proceedings when judges disconnected him on the grounds that he was defending himself in an “aggressive” manner.

The owner of the recently closed ‘Yenigün’ newspaper, Uysal was shot in the leg by two motorcyclists who were waiting for him outside his home.