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10 Most Urgent List for March 2 020
- Chen Qiushi (China): Journalist missing as Chinese authorities stifl e reporting on coronavirus outbreak.
- Daler Sharifov (Tajikistan): Ta jikistan silences journalist and independent media ahead of March 1
elections.
- Patrícia Campos Mello (Brazil): Politicians join in online sexual harassment to undermine journalist’s
integrity.
- Roohollah Zam (Iran): Tr ial underway for anti-government journalist held in undisclosed location.
- Agnès Ndirubusa and the team at Iwacu (Burundi): Court delivers prison sentence and fi nes for
Burundi’s only imprisoned journalists.
- Azimjon Askarov (Kyrgyzstan): Kyrgyz court hears fi nal appeal of journalist’s life sentence.
- Jamal Khashoggi (Saudi Arabia): U.S. executive branch idles while calls persist for Khashoggi’s justice.
- P ham Doan Trang (Vietnam): Journalist in hiding to evade arrest continues reporting.
- Mahmoud Hussein (Egypt): Journalist held in extended pretrial detention for unspecifi ed charges.
- Aasif Sultan (India): Communications blackout further delays imprisoned journalist’s trial.
The 10 most pressing cases of journalists under attack, as identifi ed by the One Free Press Coalition, include: