Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

More than 170 organizations from over 60 countries that make up the #KeepitOn Coalition reacted to a reported internet shutdown in Zimbabwe.

Amir Hamed was abducted by gunmen from his home in Derbasiyah, North-Eastern Syria, on 11 January 2014. His whereabouts are still a mystery.

RSF is asking Gabonese authorities to allow for the free flow of news and information and to give journalists the freedom to work amid the turmoil following a coup attempt earlier this week.

Numerous journalists have reported being attacked and threatened by riot police during the ongoing demonstrations sweeping France; others have been forcibly ejected from meetings by protesters and physically intimidated.

Claiming they want to “preserve public order”, authorities in the DRC have disconnected the Internet, withdrawn the accreditation of Radio France Internationale’s correspondent, disconnected the radio broadcaster’s main transmitters and ordered the suspension of access to the Internet, social networks and mobile phone texting services.

Hisham Gaafar has been held arbitrarily since October 2015. RSF is concerned for his health and reiterates its call for his immediate release.

The crackdown on the Sudanese media, which has included arrests, attacks on journalists, publication bans and Internet cuts, was prompted by a nine-day-old wave of anti-government protests that were triggered by food and fuel price hikes.

Attacks against journalists marred the final week of election campaigning in Bangladesh.