Yahoo News is a member of the One Free Press Coalition and is publishing the group’s “10 Most Urgent” list to highlight the increasingly dangerous climate for journalism and free expression around the world.
Yahoo News is a member of the One Free Press Coalition and is publishing the group’s third “10 Most Urgent” list below to highlight the increasingly dangerous climate for journalism and free expression around the world in an effort to roll back repressive anti-press policies.
3. Aasif Sultan : Imprisoned for covering conflict. Aasif Sultan, a reporter for Kashmir Narrator, was arrested on “anti-state” charges in August 2018. Sultan, who has health issues, has been repeatedly interrogated by police, demanding that he reveal his sources. 6. Truong Duy Nhat : Blogger denied asylum, now imprisoned. Truong Duy Nhat, a blogger with the U.S. Congress-funded Radio Free Asia, went missing in January in Bangkok, where he had applied for refugee status. The Vietnamese blogger is currently being held without charge in a detention center in Hanoi. In 2013, Nhat was sentenced to two years in prison in connection to his critical reporting on the government.
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