Arbitrary detention and proceedings

More than a year after journalist Duong Van Thai was abducted in Thailand, the Vietnamese regime has sentenced him to 12 years in prison for “propaganda against the state.”

Two Myanmar journalists, held for a month by an armed group opposing the military regime, have recently been freed, although no explanation has been provided regarding the reasons for their abduction.

In front of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), the Burkinabe authorities broke their silence on the fate of three journalists who disappeared in June: they were drafted into the army.

The Free Narges Coalition condemns the additional six-month prison sentence issued against  detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, demands her immediate and unconditional release.

The first legislative elections in a decade in the territory of Jammu and Kashmir have brought the main opposition party to the head of the local government, who ran on the promise of restoring press freedom.

Afghan News Agency journalist Mahdi Ansary is currently being held in a General Intelligence Directorate (GDI) prison in Kabul. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities to do everything in their power to secure his release.

Four Sudanese journalists held in a refugee centre in Egypt face imminent deportation to Sudan, where they could face reprisals for their journalism. RSF urges the Egyptian authorities to release the journalists and ensure their protection.

Provisionally released in January after 17 months in detention, journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi have been summoned by the Iranian judiciary to serve prison sentences.

After more than 800 days behind bars, elPeriódico publisher Jose Rubén Zamora will soon be provisionally released to house arrest following a Guatemalan court decision on 18 October.