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2 July 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
China

National security law adopted on 30 June 2020 makes "terrorist activities”, “secession”, “subversion” and “collusion with a foreign country” punishable by life imprisonment
Hong Kong: Under the National Security Law, no journalist in the world is free from China’s violent retribution (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2032572
1 July 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Somalia

Somaliland: 2 independent TV stations arbitrarily closed by authorities
Somalia: Somaliland cracks down on media again, closing two TV channels (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2032458
30 June 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Cambodia

Newspaper publisher arrested over 2 Facebook posts critical of Prime Minister Hun Sen
Cambodian journalist jailed for two Facebook posts critical of Hun Sen (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2032337
30 June 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Cameroon

Douala: Journalist arrested in May 2020 has been accused of secessionism and placed in 6-month provisional detention
Cameroon: Journalist accused of secessionism detained for six months | RSF (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2032338
30 June 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Iran

Tehran: Revolutionary court hands down death sentence on editor of AmadNews website
Tehran court sentences AmadNews editor Rouhollah Zam to death (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2032339
26 June 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Brazil, Mexico

Article on RSF project to support journalists (media of marginalised groups in Brazil; crimes against journalists in Mexico)
RSF launches new program to promote the safety of journalists in Brazil and Mexico (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2032271
25 June 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Iran

Article on journalists who are forced by threats and intimidated to online apologize for critical posts on social media and then stop posting new messages
Enforced online repentance, Iran's new method of repression (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2032128
25 June 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Egypt

Cairo: Independent website editor Nora Younis detained and charged with operating without a license
Independent website editor Nora Younis arrested in Cairo (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2032129
25 June 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Azerbaijan

Article on practice of imprisoning critical journalists or of putting them under surveillance on apparently fabricated charges of hooliganism, tax evasion and others
Opposition reporter convicted on trumped-up hooliganism charge (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2032130
25 June 2020 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Morocco

Article on judicial harassment of investigative reporter and human rights defender Omar Radi
Moroccan authorities asked to stop harassing leading investigative reporter (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2032131

National security law adopted on 30 June 2020 makes "terrorist activities”, “secession”, “subversion” and “collusion with a foreign country” punishable by life imprisonment

Somaliland: 2 independent TV stations arbitrarily closed by authorities

Newspaper publisher arrested over 2 Facebook posts critical of Prime Minister Hun Sen

Douala: Journalist arrested in May 2020 has been accused of secessionism and placed in 6-month provisional detention

Tehran: Revolutionary court hands down death sentence on editor of AmadNews website

Article on RSF project to support journalists (media of marginalised groups in Brazil; crimes against journalists in Mexico)

Article on journalists who are forced by threats and intimidated to online apologize for critical posts on social media and then stop posting new messages

Cairo: Independent website editor Nora Younis detained and charged with operating without a license

Article on practice of imprisoning critical journalists or of putting them under surveillance on apparently fabricated charges of hooliganism, tax evasion and others

Article on judicial harassment of investigative reporter and human rights defender Omar Radi