; (2) Soulaimane Raissouni, a columnist and editor-in-chief of Akhbar al-Youm, who succeeded publisher Taoufik Bouachrine and was arrested on similar retaliatory charges in May 2020 and is serving a 5-year sentence; (3) Ali Anouzla, a journalist and editor of the news website Lakome, who has been repeatedly arrested on retaliatory charges relating to his journalism, including apologism for terrorism and incitement to terrorism ; and (4) Omar Radi, a journalist who was arrested on suspicion of espionage in June 2020 shortly after Amnesty International reported that the Moroccan authorities hacked his phone and monitored his activities; Whereas, in Algeria, the situation of press freedom deteriorated in 2022 and 2023, with several journalists prosecuted for their work, including— (1) Ihsane El Kadi, who was prosecuted several times and sentenced to 3 years in prison in April 2023; and (2) newspapers facing strong pressures against their editorial lines, including the newspaper Liberté, whose owner decided to close after 30 years as a result of the interminable pressure exerted at the highest level in recent months against the paper’s editorial line; Whereas Egypt’s restrictions on the media have accelerated under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi since 2013, with at least 22 journalists imprisoned as of April 6, 2023, according to Reporters Without Borders, including Alaa Abd El Fattah, a blogger who was sentenced to 5 years in prison for broadcasting false news after having already endured torture and a hunger strike during his time in jail; Whereas, in Syria, Austin Tice, a United States journalist who was taken prisoner while reporting on Syria’s civil war more than 10 years ago in August 2012, remains wrongfully detained by the Assad regime