2005-2014

Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has written to Google CEO Eric Schmidt and one of Google's founders, Sergey Brin, about a defamation lawsuit that the Indian construction company Gremach brought against Google's Indian subsidiary, Google India Private Ltd, in February 2008. As a result of the action, a Bombay high court ordered Google's subsidiary on August 15 to reveal the identity of a blogger...

Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez called for a criminal investigation of Daniel Coronell on Thursday, alleging that the journalist broke the law by not immediately disclosing a videotaped interview that allegedly links the administration to a bribery scandal. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged Colombian authorities to dismiss Uribe's request. On Thursday...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has welcomed the release of a Reuters cameraman held by US forces in Iraq for three weeks without charge, and it called on the military to charge or release an Associated Press journalist who has been held since June. Ali al-Mashhadani, 39, was freed thursday, Reuters reported. He had been arrested on July 29 in Baghdad by US military forces while he was...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the Colombo high court’s indictment of journalist JS Tissainayagam Monday on terrorism charges for articles he published in 2006. Sri Lanka’s Terrorist Investigation Division arrested Tissainayagam, the editor of news website OutreachSL, and five of his colleagues within a few days in March 2008. Three of the group were released later that...

Australia's second largest press group Fairfax Media announced Tuesday it would slash five percent of its workforce, or 550 jobs, as part of a plan to save 50 million dollars (43 million US). Unions said the redundancies in Australia and New Zealand would affect around 180 journalists in the group that publishes the flagship Sydney Morning Herald and the Age newspapers, Agence France-Presse (AFP)...

Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has called on Indian authorities to put an immediate stop to the censorship and violence against the media in Kashmir that has been prompted by a wave of protests against Indian rule. At least 13 journalists were beaten by police yesterday in Srinagar, local TV stations are being censored and a curfew is making it hard for newspapers to bring out their issues....

The last three years have been incredibly dangerous for media working in Mexico. An international coalition of press freedom organisations' report "Press Freedom: Shadow of Impunity and Violence" highlights the range of risks that they face with attacks against journalists continuing to increase at alarming rates. "Mexico has been one of the most dangerous countries for journalists in recent years

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has condemned the August 23 abduction of Canadian female journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan at KM13, a western suburb of Mogadishu between Afgoye district and the capital city. These two journalists arrived in Mogadishu on August 20. Lindhout, who is a Baghdad-based journalist, is freelancing for French TV...

Fifteen media persons were on Sunday injured when they were allegedly assaulted by security personnel while moving around to report events in curfew-bound Srinagar, Hindustan Times has reported. The Srinagar-based mediapersons working for local, national and international news organisations had to face the wrath of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who refused to "honour" the curfew...

Hamas has allowed a Palestinian newspaper to be distributed in Gaza Strip and kept the ban on two others, according to a Xinhua report. Hassan Abu Hashish, director of the Hamas' governmental press office, said the ban on the Jerusalem-based al-Quds daily was lifted "after the newspaper's directors pledged to remain professional and objective in their coverage of the events in Gaza Strip." Abu...