These are the 10 ‘cases of threats to press freedom in the world press in July 2020

In mid-June, Maria Ressa, who co-founded the award-winning based Rappler news and critical Philippines website of President Rodrigo Duterte was convicted of cyber defamation. The move against Ressa – called was one of four journalists and a newspaper TIME 2018 Person of the Year for their “search for greater truth” in the face of threats – was the coup de grace for the free press in the country. Ressa was sentenced from six months to six years in prison, but remain in prison during a call on his work so from the higher courts, possibly to the Supreme Court of the Philippines, according Rappler. “The verdict against Maria Ressa emphasizes the ability of the Philippines abusive leaders to manipulate the laws to go critical, renowned media voice what the final cost of the land,” Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement, “the case Rappler will not reverberate, but as long as the country considers a stable environment for freedom of the media only in the Philippines, in many countries.” In the light of belief Ressa is at the top of One Free Press Coalition – organizations of nearly 40 contains messages, including the time – list of the 10 most urgent cases, freedom of the press at risk in the world. Read more about the 10 journalists at the July list here: Maria Ressa (Philippines) Philippine-US. Dual citizenship in cybernetic suit convicted for defamation. On June 15, a court in Manila Maria Ressa, news editor of the privately owned Rappler and sentenced Reynaldo website Santos, a former research output, the Cyber-libel. The offense must pay in fines and moral damages as well as serve a prison sentence of six months to six years every journalist $7,950. Both are free on bail until their appeal. The case arose from a public interest articles Rappler a local businessman alleged links to a former judge published in 2012, which was later accused of corruption, and pretended links to drug trafficking and human trafficking rings. Azimjon Askarov (Kyrgyzstan) award-winning journalist, human rights 10 years in prison. June 15 marked 10 years since the ethnic Uzkek Azimjon Askarov was arrested on trumped-up charges that include inciting ethnic hatred and murder of a police complicity. A Kyrgyz court heard the final authority in his case in May and confirmed his life sentence. His health has deteriorated in prison, with limited access to the part of prison officials and drug abuse. His wife, Khadicha Askarova wrote Kyrgyz President pleads for his release. Nearly four months without updates from journalists imprisoned Solafa Magdy (Egypt) deteriorated in health. No one has received messages from journalists Solafa Free Magdy 9. Since March has been trapped for six months with her husband maintained and immediately deliberate medical negligence, while at high risk of COVID-19 because of overcrowding and inhuman conditions in Egyptian prisons . Officials have even delayed trial on charges of “belonging to an illegal group” and “spreading false news” for their media content on human rights and illegal migration relationship. Abdulkhaleq Amran, Akram al-Waleedi, Hareth Hameed and Tawfiq al-Mansouri (Yemen) Four journalists five years in prison, now sentenced to death. On April 11 Yemeni journalists Abdulkhaleq Amran, Akram al-Waleedi, Hareth Hameed and Tawfiq al-Mansouri, were sentenced to death by the Ansar Allah group, known as Houthis after nearly five years in prison. The journalists were false news spread accused “To support the Saudi aggression crimes and its allies against the Republic of Yemen” In June, the United Nations has joined more than 150 organizations for their release request. His lawyer plans appeal. Jean Bigirimana (Burundi) Four years pass without information on the journalist’s disappearance. July 22 marks four years since journalist Jean Bigirimana went missing in the middle of the day after his home in Bujumbura to leave. He had received a call from a source in the country’s national intelligence service. He worked as a newspaper and online journalists in Iwacu independent Group Press and previously with pro-government Rema FM radio stations. He has not seen me since 2016. Norma Garduza Sarabia (Mexico) Minimum investigative journalists murdered in their home a year ago or heard. June 11 marked a year by unidentified assailants shot journalist Norma Sarabia in their Huimanguillo residence, nor is there was little-known movement in the investigation, it has been on Twitter by the attorney general at the time. Sarabia, 46, was a correspondent in the city of Tabasco, near the border with Guatemala for the newspaper Diario HOY Present and Tabasco. It is a 54 journalists held in Mexico from 1992 to 2020 killed Mohamed Monir (Egypt) journalists in poor health with no date in custody. Plainclothes agents of the Giza Security detained veteran journalist and columnist Mohamed Monir free on June 15 and ordered preventive detention for 15 days, a period that can be renewed or extended application at the court. Egypt’s national security prosecutor accused Monir with a terrorist group to join, spreading false information and misuse of social media. The 65 suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure and serious heart problems. He wrote for Al Jazeera recently and criticized the management of the pandemic 19 COVID-government. Wazizi Samuel (Samuel Ajiekah Abuwe) (Cameroon) officials reveal journalists have died in prison in August of last year. In June, the military announced that news anchors Cameroonian Samuel Wazizi died in August last year, days after being transferred from police to military custody and incommunicado. They denied any torturous treatment and argues that Wazizi died of “severe sepsis.” Lawyers say that has been accused of harboring separatist militants on his farm, a claim dismissed. He was working as a freelance cameraman and photographer and a news anchor for cold privately run broadcaster Muzik and TV (CMVT) of military atrocities. Abdulmumin Gadzhiev (Russia) Additional accusations against authorities editor in custody. Since his arrest on terrorism charge in June 2019, the authorities also have Abdulmumin Gadzhiev accused of involvement in an extremist organization and extended his remand. The new indictment 10 years in prison, could add 20 years to the possible Gadzhiev at original cost stands. He had worked as editor of the religious section of the independent newspaper Chernovik. Jamal Khashoggi (Saudi Arabia) asked the journalist in the hands of the government for further investigation into the death. According to reports, printing works on the new legislation for the release of secret knowledge of the full extent of Saudi Arabia’s role in the killing Jamal Khashoggi Democrats in the US House of Representatives. The Washington Post is dead in the Saudi consulate in the kingdom in 2018 remain asks the executive to publish as well as for independent criminal investigation and the probe in the order of the Crown Prince of the extrajudicial killing of an intelligence report.
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