Committee to Protect Journalists

Press freedom organizations have urged U.S. immigration authorities to immediately release Luis Manuel Chavarría-Galeano and immediately review his pending asylum application, saying he would face persecution if returned to Nicaragua.

Every year, Reporters Without Borders investigates how many journalists were killed, imprisoned or held hostage. In 2018, the group saw an increase in every category.

In June, Mexican freelance reporter Zamira Esther Bautista was gunned down by a group of hit men at her home in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico.Her killing has…