Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Following a failed appeal in February against their terrorism-related convictions, cartoonist Musa Kart and 5 administrative staff were sent back to prison.

The bill creates a system that gives the authorities the capacity to extra-judicially block access to parts of the Internet in Russia; the public would not know what has been blocked and why.

Authorities in Benin arrested Casimir Kpédjo, editor of newspaper Nouvelle Economie, from his home in Cotonou over an article on Benin’s debt.

20 expert organizations urge the government to guarantee freedom of expression in the Constitution.

Ali Mahmoud Othman’s family was recently told he died in detention and is seeking official confirmation of his death and the return of his body.

Threats, insults and attacks are now part of the “occupational hazards” for journalists in many countries.

Önderoğlu and fellow defendants, Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Ahmet Nesin, face possible jail sentences on charges of “terrorist propaganda”, “condoning crime” and “inciting crime”.

Hisham Gaafar must spend three hours at a police station twice a week and is banned from traveling abroad.