Kidnappers free two of three journalists taken in Mexico, group says
Silvia Arce and Alberto Sánchez, who were kidnapped on Wednesday, freed unharmed Two of three journalists recently kidnapped in southern Mexico have been freed unharmed,...
Category : Press freedom
Philippines radio journalist shot dead during live broadcast
Killer of Juan Jumalon, 57, pretended to be a listener to enter home studio in Misamis Occidental province A radio anchor in the southern Philippines...
France accused of attack on press freedom after journalist arrest
Ariane Lavrilleux, who reported on leaked documents alleging French intelligence used to target civilians in Egypt, is in custody France has been accused of an...
Life imitates art as El Salvador pressures book fair to bar dissenting writer
Barbers on Strike, author Michelle Recinos’s collection of short stories, has apparently upset strongman president Nayib Bukele First the soldiers came for those with mohawks....
Outrage in Guatemala as crusading journalist given six-year prison term
José Rubén Zamora, 66, convicted and sentenced on money-laundering charges press freedom groups say were trumped up A veteran journalist and founder of one of...
Tunisian journalist given five-year prison term in ‘attack on press freedom’
Union says increased sentence against Khalifa Guesmi under anti-terrorism law represents ‘dangerous authoritarian drift’ A Tunisian appeals court has sentenced a radio journalist to five...
El Salvador news outlet relocates to Costa Rica to avoid Bukele’s crackdown
El Faro moves its headquarters to avoid ‘fabricated accusations’ after 25 years reporting on drug wars, crime and corruption El Faro has survived many pressures...
Burkina Faso expels reporters from two French newspapers
Le Monde and Libération correspondents sent home in junta’s latest move against media from former colonial power Burkina Faso has expelled correspondents from Le Monde...
Press banned from opening session of new Tunisian parliament
Independent media barred from building to avoid ‘disorder’, as president tightens autocratic grip Independent and foreign journalists have been barred from attending the first session...
China should scrap ‘picking quarrels’ crime, says leading lawyer
Suggestion to abolish catch-all offence will be among thousands considered at Chinese Communist party summit China should abolish the catch-all crime of “picking quarrels and...