Mahmoud Abu Hassan

July 30, 2024

Bangladeshi Journalists Face Deadly Crackdown Amid Quota Protests—Multiple Killed, Hundreds Injured

July 30, 2024 – Bangladesh –  Amid the intense quota-reform protests in Bangladesh between June and August 2024, journalists endured a wave of brutal attacks by […]
July 19, 2024

Bangladesh Protests Turn Deadly for Press: RSF Demands Clarity on Journalist Mehedi Hasan’s Death

July 19, 2024 – Bangladesh – Bangladesh witnessed a brutal escalation during protests triggered by a High Court decision reinstating a government job quota system. The […]
July 15, 2024

Pakistani Reporter Malik Hassan Zaib Gunned Down in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Amid Surge in Journalist Killings

July 15, 2024 – Pakistan – Malik Hassan Zaib, a journalist for the Urdu‑language Daily Aaj and a member of the Peshawar Press Club and Khyber […]
July 6, 2024

Indonesian Journalist and Family Killed in Apparent Arson Press Freedom Advocates Demand Justice

July 06, 2024 – Indonesia – Indonesian journalist Rico Sempurna Pasaribu, aged 47, along with his wife, daughter, and grandson, tragically perished in a house fire […]
July 3, 2024

Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon unjustly sentenced to 14 years in Russian prison

July 03, 2024 – Russia – Moscow military court delivered a 14‑year prison sentence, in absentia, to renowned Ukrainian journalist and YouTuber Dmytro (Dmitry) Gordon. The […]
May 30, 2024

Two Years After Frédéric Leclerc‑Imhoff’s Death in Ukraine, RSF and Family Demand Justice

May 30, 2024 – Russia/Ukraine –  Vetérán French journalist Frédéric Leclerc‑Imhoff, a camera operator with BFMTV, was killed by shell shrapnel near Sievierodonetsk while covering a […]