The health of Nguyen Van Ly has deteriorated drastically during his detention in Ba Sao prison in the north of the country.

Palestinian journalists are under attack from Israeli forces and are also subjected to raids and arrests as a result of political rivalry between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, report the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedom (MADA) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Meanwhile, Israel continues to target and detain scores of Palestinians involved in protests against the separation barrier in the West Bank with freedom of movement and expression violations, reports Human Rights Watch.

In Mexico, information can be fatal. Eight journalists were abducted in separate episodes between 18 February and 3 March, report the Center for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET), Inter American Press Association (IAPA), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Three journalists were later released; one of them died as a result of being tortured. Mexican journalists in newsrooms remain silent about the kidnappings for fear of reprisals from drug traffickers. And in another part of the country also caught in the terror of drug cartels, another journalist was slain on 12 March.

Three Honduran journalists have been killed in deadly attacks this month. A radio journalist was shot and killed driving home on 11 March, report the Committee for Free Expression (C-Libre), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). And on 16 March the news editor of a television station was riddled with bullets while driving, reports C-Libre, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and other IFEX members. The recent assassinations come after a journalist was murdered on 1 March.

A Nigerian radio journalist covering the mass funeral of victims of a 7 March massacre in villages in central Nigeria was brutally assaulted by mourners, report the Nigeria-based Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Journalists have also been harassed and intimidated by soldiers in the region, reports the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

The Ethiopian government is settling political scores against journalists by slamming four newspaper publishing companies with crippling fines in reprisal for their coverage of the disputed 2005 elections, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Press Institute (IPI) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The state is threatening to freeze their assets if the fines are not paid.

A Turkish newspaper editor accused of spreading propaganda for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was hit with a prison sentence on 2 March that is close to 11 years, reports the IPS Communication Foundation (BIANET). He and another journalist were also charged for writing critically about public officials. Meanwhile, another editor is facing a 525-year prison sentence for publishing information about the PKK, reports the International Press Institute (IPI). And even outside its borders, Turkish authorities wield influence in curbing press freedom, says BIANET.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) celebrated World Day Against Cyber Censorship on 11 March to rally the international community in support of a free Internet, accessible to everyone. Regimes worldwide are attempting to control the flow of information online, but resilient netizens are mobilising to circumvent Internet restrictions. RSF launched a report listing countries considered to be enemies of the Internet as well as those under surveillance for clamping down on Internet users.

IPI calls for an end to Al Shabab suppression of the media.

CMFR is looking into whether the death of Chito Abuzo is work-related.

Haldun Açıksözlu has been charged with "insulting the prime minister" in his play "Laz Marks".

The IFJ welcomes the Afghan Ministry of Information's efforts to ensure the views of the Afghan journalist community are heard.

Michael Dickinson was originally sentenced to 425 days in jail before his sentence was converted to a fine.

The corruption allegations involve the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company and several leading national figures, according to CPJ.

CPJ has written to Cameroonian President Paul Biya expressing alarm over a number of recent cases targeting local journalists.

The mayor was charged along with press owner Ersen Korkmaz for "praising crime and criminals".

Security forces raided the Sana'a offices of the satellite news channels after they broadcast clashes between police and protesters in the south.

CPJ is investigating whether Evaristo Pacheco Solís's slaying was linked to his journalism.

Nahúm Palacios Artiaga is the third journalist to be killed in two weeks.

IFJ urges China to honour open media promise.