Journalists Face Threat and Injustice Worldwide. These 10 Cases Are the Most Urgent

Unfortunately, the pursuit of this critical mission puts some reporters in peril.To highlight the dangers some members of the press endure, Fortune is part of the One Free Press Coalition, an organization of more than a dozen leading news organizations—including the Associated Press, Reuters, Financial Times, Forbes, and Time—who vow to use their collective audience to stand up for journalists under attack for doing their work.For the past three months, the One Free Press Coalition has been listing the most urgent press freedom cases in no specific order, but for the fourth list (below), published on Monday, it has ranked the top 10 cases in order of urgency.This month, the coalition also notes a triumph: Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were released from prison in Myanmar shortly after earning the Pulitzer Prize and appearing on the coalition’s list.Following are the 10 most urgent examples of journalists who are or were incarcerated, under threat, or facing injustice for their work. Both journalists have been held for over five months on charges of “inciting hate and violence.” While behind bars both have experienced health issues and been denied access to their lawyers.Truong Duy Nhat, a blogger with the U.S. Congress-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA), went missing in January in Bangkok, where he had applied for refugee status.