More than 70 women journalists from all over the world resist from prison to this 8M

The day of struggle within the framework of the International Women’s Day is not only present in streets. over 70 women journalists of different nationalities spend this 8 March In prisonconsequence of the repression who lives in his country of residence.

According to the organization Reporters Without Bordersafter 2022, during which 59 journalists – men and women – were killed and 451 imprisoned, currently the imprisonment of 550 communicators and media workers, including the 13% are women.

The organization’s Barometer, which generated a real-time attack record, highlighted the countries in which the attack is most recurrent. journalists’ seat that they are “more and more numerous on the ground and more and more more visible in newsrooms”.

Son 73 journalists have been detained in recent years and who spend this March 8 in jail in 14 countries around the world. The organization’s report noted that the most significant cases occurred in China and Iranwho together accumulated 33 imprisoned communicators.

In the case of China it has been pointed out that it keeps 21 female journalists imprisoned.

highlighted the case of Sophie Huangwho was arrested on September 19, 2021 and whose abuse in prison and alleged acts of torture have already been denounced, since they caused him a deterioration of your healthwhich included weight loss, calcium deficiency, hypoglycemia, low blood pressure and missed periods.

About her, who stood out because she took part in the #MeToo movement and covered the protests in Hong Kong in 2019Reporters Without Borders reports that during the first months of her detention, she was placed in isolation and was subjected to interrogations.

Whereas in case of Iranthe business of 12 journalists11 of whom were arrested following the protests that resulted from the death of Mahsa Aminiwomen’s rights activist.

documented cases of Nilufar Hammedi and Elahe Mahammadi, the first covered what happened in his country from the hospital where Mahsa Amini was hospitalized; the second covered the funeral of the activist. Both were charged with propaganda against the system and conspiracy to act against national security.

In Myanmar, the journalist Htet Htet Khine received a double sentence of three years in prison and hard labor for “incitement to hatred and violence against the armyin August 2021, after the military coup that led to the imprisonment of more than 100 communicators.

The international organization also gave special mention to belarusa country that has 10 female journalists in prison for covering protests against the government of Alexander Lukashenko in 2020. In this context, journalists Daria Choultsova and Katsiarina Andreyevain a trial that Reporters Without Borders considered a simulation.

The other countries that appeared on Reporters Without Borders’ balance sheet are Vietnam and Turkey, with four journalists each detained. There are also countries like Saudi Arabia, with two and Egypt with three, the same as Russia.

The violence that exists in our country and the systematic attack on the work of journalists have made Mexico a very dangerous place for practice journalism. In this sense, the report of the organization Section 19 on the Murder of Journalists in Mexico documented that from the year 2000 to date, 157 journalists have been murdered, including 12 women.

Among the most recent cases of murders of female journalists are those of heavy maldonado, which occurred on January 23, 2022 in Baja California. Before her, they murdered the journalists Maria Elena Ferralin March 2020 already Norma Sarabiain June 2019.

When reviewing information from previous six-year terms, the report highlighted instances of Regina Martinezassassinated in Veracruz in 2012 and that of Miroslav’s Breachoccurred in Chihuahua in March 2017.