Arbitrary detention and proceedings

On 15 April, four Russian journalists were sentenced to five years and six months in prison for “extremism” for covering the activities of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a sham trial in Moscow.

The charges brought against journalist Alfousseini Togo under the cybercrime law and his pre-trial detention are the latest sign of the crackdown on press freedom in Mali.

RSF calls for the immediate release of investigative journalists Timur Soykan and Murat Ağırel, apprehended at their homes on the morning of 10 April by Turkish authorities.

Journalists Clément Girardot and Jérôme Chobeaux were recently denied entry into Georgia without justification.

In an opinion published on 4 April 2025, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention acknowledged that the detention of Algerian journalist Ihsane El Kadi from 24 December to 1 November was arbitrary.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has documented the unpunished crimes committed by the warring parties and calls on the international community to urgently pressure both sides to protect journalists.

Abducted over ten days ago by individuals claiming to be intelligence officers, journalists Guezouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba and Luc Pagbelguem reappeared in an online video released on 2 April.

Journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumder has been hit with a wave of reprisals after trying to interview the director of a bank.

Joakim Medin is accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and “belonging to an armed terrorist organisation” because of his presence at a pro-PKK rally in Stockholm in 2023.