Authorities accuse the journalists of organizing protests and publishing articles advocating separatism, and prosecutors have requested they each receive seven-year prison terms, those reports said.

Authorities accuse the journalists of organizing protests and publishing articles advocating separatism, and prosecutors have requested they each receive seven-year prison terms, those reports said.

CPJ called the phone number listed for Biswas in his legal notice, but received an error message. CPJ was unable to immediately find other contact information for him.

Tokowa told CPJ on April 5 that he continued to experience pain in his back, head, and neck and was scheduled for further X-rays on April 13.

Vietnam was holding 21 journalists behind bars when CPJ conducted its annual prison census on December 1, 2022. That figure did not include Thang, as CPJ could not confirm whether his arrest was related to his journalism at the time.

Previously, in March, parliament suspended the accreditation of Natia Amiranashvili, editor of the independent news website Publika, for one month, Gogosashvili said.

CPJ is also investigating the death of Haitian journalist Ricot Jean, who was killed in unclear circumstances on April 25.

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

The founder of the Telegram channel, Stepan Putilo, and another editor of the channel, Yan Rudik, were sentenced in absentia to 20 and 19 years in prison respectfully. Both remain in exile.

Sullivan and Spayd agreed that journalists have a duty to draw attention to cases like Gershkovich’s and advocate for a free press.

In a statement Wednesday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed the importance of press freedom and shared his concerns about threats facing journalists around the world.