Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Russian authorities have prosecuted, fined, restricted and sought to arrest more than a dozen exiled journalists over the last month.

Authorities systematically use enforced disappearance to target journalists, often mistreating them before charges.

The episode involving journalist Antonio Di Giampaolo typifies how government control of the media and self-censorship has distorted election coverage in Venezuela and deprived voters of vital information about the presidential candidates.

“Russia’s decision to jail Evan Gershkovich for 16 years on sham charges is outrageous. Journalists are not pawns in geopolitical games. It’s time to stop hostage diplomacy and free him immediately” – CPJ

Nieves believes that the threatening message came from agents of Cuban state security because he previously received other threatening messages from individuals with the names used by police officers who interrogated him while he was still in Cuba.

“The nearly year-long prosecution of exiled journalist Masha Gessen, culminating in their conviction and sentencing, is emblematic of Russian authorities’ extreme measures against independent journalists” – CPJ

“Jordanian authorities are stepping up censorship and arrests of journalists instead of allowing them to express themselves freely.”

Kenya’s High Court ruling finds authorities violated Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif’s right to life.