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Dawit Begashaw, co-founder of Arat Kilo Media, was arrested in April 2023 in Bahir Dar, capital of the Amhara region. He was charged with terrorism in June, alongside 50 co-defendants, three of whom were journalists. Dawit, who could face the death penalty if convicted, joined a hunger strike in May to protest what detainees described…
Israeli military forces arrested Palestinian freelance journalist Ibrahim al-Zouhairy, a contributor to Al-Hadath news website, on November 18, 2023. Soldiers broke into his family home in Burham, north of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to al-Zouhairy’s sister, journalist Hala al-Zouhairy, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate. In an interview with CPJ, Hala al-Zouhairy said…
Palestinian journalist Alaa al-Rimawi, the director of the Israeli-banned J-Media agency, has been held in Israeli administrative detention since November 2023. The journalist turned himself in at Ofer Prison on October 19, 2023 after Israeli military forces raided his home in Ramallah while he was undergoing medical examinations at a hospital, arrested his son, and…
The Israel Defense Forces arrested Palestinian journalist Mustafa al-Khawaja, a reporter for the West Bank-based J-Media Network and the Hamas-affiliated channel Al-Aqsa TV, on October 16. He was later placed in administrative detention for six months. The day of his arrest, Israel banned J-Media on security grounds; Al-Aqsa TV has been banned for several years. …
Israel Defense Forces arrested Palestinian journalist Sabri Jibril, a reporter for the West Bank-based J-Media agency, on October 15, 2023, and later placed him in administrative detention for six months in Megiddo Prison in northern Israel. The day after his arrest, Israel banned J-Media on security grounds. Around 25 IDF soldiers raided Jibril’s home in…
Overview Belarusian authorities detained former journalist Andrei Tolchyn in September 2023. He is being held on charges of creating or participating in an extremist group If convicted, he faces up to seven years in prison. Tolchyn was previously a freelance camera operator. Belarusian authorities have jailed an increasing number of journalists for their work since 2020, when…
Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchina was allegedly abducted by Russian forces in Ukraine in early August 2023 and reportedly has been held by Russia ever since. Roshchina is a freelance reporter who has been covering the war in Ukraine for several Ukrainian media outlets, including Kyiv-based independent news website Ukrainska Pravda, regional news website Novosti Donbassa,…
Former journalist Iryna Levchenko was allegedly abducted by Russian forces in Ukraine in early May 2023 and has reportedly been held by Russia ever since. Levchenko worked for years as a reporter for several news outlets but left journalism after Russian forces occupied the southeastern Ukrainian city of Melitopol in late February 2022, according to…
Overview Belarusian journalist Vyacheslau Lazarau is serving a prison sentence of five and a half years after being convicted in September 2023 on charges of participating in an extremist group Belarusian authorities detained Lazarau in February 2023. Lazarau is a freelance camera operator who has covered local news. Belarusian authorities have jailed an increasing number…
Overview Former Belarusian journalist Larysa Shchyrakova is serving a prison sentence of three and a half years after being convicted in August 2023 on charges of discrediting Belarus and facilitating extremism. Authorities detained her in December 2022. Shchyrakova worked as a freelance journalist from 2007 until February 2022, when she announced she was leaving journalism amid continued government harassment…