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8 April 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), NUSOJ - National Union of Somali Journalists (Author)
Somalia

Appeal to authorities not to limit journalists' access to information in the context of the coronavirus pandemic
Somali officials cannot claim Covid-19 information monopoly, RSF and NUSOJ say (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2027797
8 April 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia

Article on harrassment of journalists and attempts to control their reporting in context of the coronavirus pandemic in several European countries (Serbia; Hungary; Poland; Romania; Bulgaria; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Slovenia; Albania; North Macedonia)
Repressive laws, prosecutions, attacks… Europe fails to shield its journalists against the abuse of the COVID-19 crisis (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2027798
8 April 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Bangladesh

Article on attacks orchestrated by local officials on journalists who reported on irregularities in distribution of government food aid
Bangladesh: Surge in violence against reporters orchestrated by local officials (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2027801
7 April 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
India

Uttar Pradesh state: Authorities attempt to censor newspaper for reporting on disadvantaged community experiencing hunger due to Covid-19 lockdown
Indian newspaper accused of “fake news” about lockdown’s impact on poor (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2027725
6 April 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), IPI – International Press Institute (Author), AccessNow; et al. (Author)
Algeria, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Morocco, Rwanda

Joint NGO statement calling for the release of detained journalists amid Covid-19 outbreak
Covid-19 in Africa: RSF joins a coalition of civil society organizations to demand the release of imprisoned journalists on the continent (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2027723
3 April 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Myanmar

221 news websites blocked as part of government's measures against the spread of false information on the Covid-19 pandemic
In mid-coronavirus crisis, Myanmar blocks 221 sites for “fake news” (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2027637
2 April 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Liberia

Journalist attacked by officials when covering wake that violated Covid-19 measures
Liberia urged to guarantee access to coronavirus information (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2027629
2 April 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Côte d'Ivoire

6 journalists fined for publishing a letter detailing the prison conditions of a detained lawmaker
Six Ivorian journalists heavily fined in March (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2027634
31 March 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Belarus

Editor of news website arrested after criticising the government's approach to the Covid-19 outbreak
Belarusian journalist arrested for criticizing president’s Covid-19 approach (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2027334
31 March 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Turkmenistan

Authorities have banned the use of the word "coronavirus" in public and the media
Coronavirus off limits in Turkmenistan (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2027451

Appeal to authorities not to limit journalists' access to information in the context of the coronavirus pandemic

Article on harrassment of journalists and attempts to control their reporting in context of the coronavirus pandemic in several European countries (Serbia; Hungary; Poland; Romania; Bulgaria; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Slovenia; Albania; North Macedonia)

Article on attacks orchestrated by local officials on journalists who reported on irregularities in distribution of government food aid

Uttar Pradesh state: Authorities attempt to censor newspaper for reporting on disadvantaged community experiencing hunger due to Covid-19 lockdown

Joint NGO statement calling for the release of detained journalists amid Covid-19 outbreak

221 news websites blocked as part of government's measures against the spread of false information on the Covid-19 pandemic

Journalist attacked by officials when covering wake that violated Covid-19 measures

6 journalists fined for publishing a letter detailing the prison conditions of a detained lawmaker

Editor of news website arrested after criticising the government's approach to the Covid-19 outbreak

Authorities have banned the use of the word "coronavirus" in public and the media