Pineda Birto, 38, was the editor of the newspaper La Voz de Tierra Caliente, and stringer for El Universal and other local media. He covered local police actions and reported on social media that he had received threats from organized crime groups. Source: MEDIA FEED

Abdel Fattah has been in isolation since the beginning of 2015. Because of restrictions on his right to read, to receive information, and to correspond with family and friends, he is severely limited in his ability to communicate with the outside world. Source: MEDIA FEED

We were motivated by this year's Music Freedom Day to share some songs that became unofficial anthems of some of the biggest protests in the last seven years. Click through to watch the videos. Source: MEDIA FEED

Spanish rappers convicted of “glorifying terrorism”, legislative threats to free expression in the UK and across the EU; persecution of journalists in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Ukraine; Kazakhstan targets the independent press; OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media due to leave post, and more. Source: MEDIA FEED

Algerian security forces arrested Marzoug Touati, an editor of the news website Al-Hogra, on 18 January and have since held him in administrative detention on treason and incitement charges. Source: MEDIA FEED

On 31 January 2017, anti-corruption activist Abdul Fatoma was arrested without a warrant, shortly after speaking on the radio about a national corruption scandal. Police confiscated Fatoma's passport the following day. Source: MEDIA FEED