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People gather in Bratislava to demonstrate against the murder of Jan Kuciak, a journalist who was probing alleged high-level political corruption linked to the Italian mafia. IMAGES
More than 1,000 people march in Marseille, in the south of France, to pay tribute to three Kurdish activists murdered a decade ago in Paris. IMAGES
Marina Ovsyannikova, a journalist who became known after protesting against the Russian military action in Ukraine during a prime-time news broadcast on state television, waits for a Moscow court session inside a defendants' cage over charges of "discrediting" the Russian army fighting in Ukraine. As she waits, Ovsyannikova holds up a paper that reads 'May the dead children haunt you in your dreams'. She is facing up to 10 years in prison, if convicted. IMAGES
Belarus opposition supporters protest in Warsaw against the detention of Roman Protasevich. On 23 May 2021, Belarus scrambled a military jet to divert a Ryanair plane and arrested 26-year-old opposition journalist and activist Roman Protasevich who was onboard, triggering a global outcry. IMAGES
Algerians rally in support of journalist Khaled Drareni, who is jailed for two years on appeal, a defence lawyer says, in a case seen as a barometer of press freedoms in the North African country. Although Drareni's jail time was reduced by a year from an August decision, press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemned the sentence. IMAGES