CPJ’s email to the Nicaraguan national police did not immediately receive a response.

CPJ contacted Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid for comment via messaging app but did not receive any response.

Samboe said both the soldiers and gendarmerie made him give up the password to one of his phones, which was locked. The gendarmerie also made him give them the password to his Telegram account, he added.

Gorriti said the La Resistencia began targeting IDL-Reporteros in 2018 after the news organization published reports about the alleged involvement of right-wing politicians in corruption scandals.

On Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari said journalists had "unfettered freedom" during his administration.

Iran is among the world’s worst jailers of journalists, according to Reporters Without Borders, with at least 25 journalists currently jailed.

International rights organizations and press freedom commentators have criticized how Poland, a European Union nation, handled the case and demanded that Gonzalez be afforded due process and civil rights.

Myanmar’s coup came nearly 10 years after a period of more political openness, and in those years the country’s media underwent rapid growth.

Under a new director of broadcasting, archived content was removed online, and long-lasting programs were canceled.

Cameroonian journalists say they remain fearful and have reported killings and threats on journalists to the police.

Before the winners were announced, Brown highlighted the plight of Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, who is detained in Russia on espionage charges that he and his paper deny.

This year, Reporters Without Borders ranked Georgia 77 out of 180 countries in the world, where 1 shows the best media environment. In 2022, Georgia ranked 89.

Previously, Pakistan security officials detained Wazir from May 27 to 29, 2019, after he reported on demonstrations of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, which promotes the rights of the Pashtun people, and interviewed PTM leader Mohsin Dawar.

CPJ’s emails to the chief prosecutors’ offices of Ankara and Istanbul didn’t receive a reply.

A group of officers then grabbed Joshi, pulled her hair, and ripped her pants before pushing her into a police bus, according to those sources. She was detained for about an hour and was then released without charge, she said.