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Protest in front of the Medicine Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, in solidarity with 22-year-old student and political prisoner Ahmed el-Khatib, 30 March 2017 , Ibrahim Ezzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Life after sentencing for MENA’s political detainees

In December, MENA activists focused on the plight of political detainees serving lengthy and unjust sentences in obscurity.

A banner calling for the release of Austin Tice, an American journalist held captive in Syria, is displayed at the Newseum in Washington, DC, 2 November 2016, ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images

Worldwide round-up of journalists killed, detained, held hostage, or missing in 2017

The 2017 round-up figures compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) include professional journalists, media workers and citizen-journalists, who are playing an increasing role in the production of news and information, especially in countries with oppressive regimes and countries at war, where it is hard for professional journalists to operate.

The headquarters of France Médias Monde (FMM), a group in charge of French international broadcasting services including Radio France International (RFI), in Issy Les Moulineaux, outside Paris, 4 September 2017, LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty Images

Cameroon: RFI reporter Ahmed Abba released from prison

Reporters Without Borders welcomes radio reporter Ahmed Abba’s imminent release after a military appeal court in Yaoundé reduced his jail sentence on terrorism charges from 10 years to 24 months.

Link to: Local Brazilian journalists sued 11 times over municipal corruption coverage

Local Brazilian journalists sued 11 times over municipal corruption coverage

Since launching their website, Fala RN, in December 2014, Francisco Costa and Josi Gonçalves have published a series of stories about embezzlement of public funds, nepotism and election fraud involving local politicians.

European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans addresses a press conference announcing the triggering of the Article 7 procedure to prevent a breach of the rule of law in Poland at the European Union Commission in Brussels, 20 December 2017, EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images

Brussels triggers Article 7 but ignores Poland’s press freedom violations

(RSF) welcomes the European Commission decision to trigger Article 7 of the European Union treaty against Poland, but regrets that the decision only addresses Poland’s moves against judicial independence and ignores its repeated attacks on the media.

Investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova attends a ceremony marking US Independence Day at the US embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, 1 July 2017, Aziz Karimov/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Another wave of trials in Azerbaijan

As Azerbaijan begins trying a journalist who was kidnapped from neighbouring Georgia, RSF urges the international community to take a firm stand to protect the country’s few remaining independent journalists.

European Union (R) and Turkish flags fly at the business and financial district of Levent in Istanbul, Turkey, 4 September 2017, REUTERS/Osman Orsal

EU: Act to end Turkey’s abuse of criminal justice system against journalists

Organisations from around the world call on the EU to “be less deferential” towards Turkey.

People place candles at a memorial for investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was murdered in a car bomb attack, during a vigil in Valletta, Malta, 16 November 2017, REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

RSF reiterates call for independent probe into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder

Caruana Galizia’s family has issued a statement expressing concern about irregularities in the investigation and the fact that “a number of people who could be implicated continue to receive political cover for crimes they are widely reported to have committed.”