Annex: Criminal Cases Pending against Journalists and Talk Show Hosts

Number of journalists summoned or charged since 2005: 39

Number of charges since 2005: 43

• Sedition: 14
• Promoting Sectarianism: 4
• Criminal Libel: 14
• Incitement to violence: 2
• Incitement to commit an offence: 6
• Forgeries: 2
• Criminal trespass: 1

Number of official police summons not resulting in charges: 18

Note: This information was collected based on news reports and interviews with journalists’ lawyers. It is not necessarily exhaustive. It also does not include charges pending against others, such as opposition parliamentarians, for comments made during radio broadcasts. There are at least eight opposition parliamentarians with pending criminal charges including sedition, promoting sectarianism, and inciting violence.