; (3) Eritrea, which is one of the world’s most censored nations, and where at least 16 journalists, including editors Dawit Isaak and Amanuel Asrat, are detained, with most of these detentions commencing during a 2001 crackdown on the independent press, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists; (4) Cameroon, where— (A) 5 journalists were imprisoned as of December 2022; (B) at least 2 journalists have died in government custody under suspicious circumstances since 2010; and (C) journalist Martinez Zogo was abducted, tortured, and killed in January 2023; (5) Rwanda, where— (A) at least 4 journalists were imprisoned as of December 1, 2022, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists; and (B) journalist John Williams Ntwali, who, after reporting on cases of torture, disappearances, and forced government evictions, was killed under suspicious circumstances; (6) Somalia, where recent violations include the months-long legal harassment of the freelance journalist and press freedom advocate Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, who was detained several times and convicted of disobeying government orders in connection to his objection to government plans to censor media coverage of security issues and was released on March 26, 2023, after more than 1 month in prison; (7) Burundi, where journalist Floriane Irangabiye is serving a 10-year prison sentence, following a January 2023 conviction in connection to her critical commentary on governance issues in the country; (8) in Mali and Burkina Faso, where foreign journalists have been expelled and French media outlets have been banned; and (9) in Zimbabwe, where the country’s overly broad cybercrime legislation has been used to detain journalists and silence the press; Whereas, in Turkey, where the Erdogan government maintains one of the world’s most repressive environments for journalists and continues to imprison at least 40 journalists in retaliation for their professional work, including 15 Kurdish journalists who were arrested in June 2022, but were never publicly charged