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The Brazilian Supreme Court's decision to block access to the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is a radical reminder that no one is above the law.

On 13 August, former Radio Azatlyk correspondent Khudayberdy Allashov succumbed after eight years of torture and harassment, all because he spent three months working for an independent media.

Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, previously imprisoned for four years for her independent reporting on  the Covid 19 outbreak, is missing again and was reportedly recently taken to a detention facility in Shanghai for unclear reasons.

On August 29, no fewer than 25 journalists were charged with crimes against humanity for the death of a protester in July.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Venezuelan government’s crackdown on the media since the start of the campaign for the disputed presidential election held in July.

Almost two years after being sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for “embezzlement of public funds” – and having already been arbitrarily detained for eight years – Amadou Vamoulké has just been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for a similar offence.

RSF calls for the immediate release of two Myanmar journalists, whose heavy sentences on trumped-up terrorism charges were only recently made public.

RSF welcomes the conviction of former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles for the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.

On 29 August, Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, editors-in-chief of the now-defunct independent news outlet Stand News, were found guilty of conspiracy to publish seditious materials by a Hong Kong court.