Data on the killing of journalists since 1992 shows Mexico has seen "the highest number of journalist killings in a single year," says the non-profit Committee to Protect Journalists.
Moby Group, the media company that owns TOLO TV, said the detentions of its employees were the result of the station reporting “the banning of foreign drama series."
Indian authorities have arrested Sajad Gul, a 28-year-old journalist and media student, on charges of criminal conspiracy and working against national integration.
Mohammad Mosaed, an award-winning journalist whose work, including his reporting on the coronavirus, led Iran to sentence him to nearly five years in prison, won’t be deported.
China has incarcerated the most journalists this year. Meanwhile, women journalists across the world have reported increasing instances of online harassment, ranging from threats of violence to sexual abuse.
The arrest of Mohamed Monir comes as Egypt steps up a press crackdown that it has been waging since Abdel Fattah el Sisi became president in 2014.
Mexico is considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists and the Committee to Protect Journalists says that authorities must break the culture of impunity prevalent in the country.
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