CPJ emailed Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs for comment, but did not receive a reply.

CPJ’s email to the Diyarbakır chief prosecutor’s office did not receive a response.

CPJ’s calls and text messages to the prosecutor, Samuel Mayowa, received no response.

CPJ emailed Iran’s mission to the United Nations for comment but did not receive any response

On April 13, Thai, an independent journalist who posts political commentary on YouTube and has about 119,000 followers, went missing in Bangkok, Thailand, according to multiple news reports.

Serenje police referred all queries to spokesperson Danny Mwale, who did not return CPJ’s phone calls or messages.

Previously, in 2012, hospital workers in Lagos beat Uwalaka with their fists and hit him with bottles and sticks while he covered the aftermath of a plane crash, as CPJ documented at the time. Uwalaka took his attackers to court, but the case was dismissed in September 2019, he told CPJ.

In July 2022, Taliban intelligence officers forced Australian journalist Lynne O’Donnell to tweet apologies for her previous coverage on Afghan women and girls and threatened her with jail time.

CPJ called Erbil Asayish spokesperson Ashti Majeed for comment on the status of the investigation into the attack but did not receive any reply.

China is the world’s second-worst jailer of journalists, with 43 behind bars as of CPJ’s December 1, 2022, prison census. Dong was not included in that figure because CPJ was not aware of his case at the time.

CPJ emailed Iran’s mission to the United Nations for comment but did not receive any response.

In 2019, China arrested Australian blogger Yang Hengjun on espionage charges. He is still detained and alleged during a May 2022 court trial that he was subjected to severe physical abuse while being questioned.

Regardless of the risks, Dubois said he plans to resume his journalism career and may one day return to Mali, which, despite everything, he still loves.

Overall, at least 21 journalists were killed from 2000 to 2022 in Haiti, the organization said.

Turkey is among the top five jailers of journalists.

In Aslanov's case, the journalist's wife told VOA she hoped that he would soon be freed and that their family life would return to normal.

“Journalism is not a crime. Evan and Austin should be released immediately along with every other American detained abroad,” Biden said. “I promise you, I am working like hell to get them home.”