2005-2014

Two journalists were reported killed, at least eight were injured, and two have gone missing since fighting erupted between Georgian, Russian, and local forces in the disputed region of South Ossetia, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). No press-related casualties have been immediately reported in the conflict in another breakaway Georgian region, Abkhazia. The...

The Labour Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) to reinstate immediately, without loss of salary or benefits, six journalists who were suspended in June 2008, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has reported. The six - Lawrence Maphosa (television production manager), Patrice Makova (news editor), Sibonginkosi Mlilo (executive producer, Nhau/Indaba), Monica...

There was little violence directed against the press during the August 10 recall referendum on the mandates of Bolivian President Evo Morales and eight regional governors, although there was a series of physical attacks on journalists during the preceding days. "We are relieved by the relative calm in which the voting took place, especially as the political tension had led us to fear the worst,"...

Security service agents in Egypt recently confiscated copies of the independent newspapers Al-Dustour and Al Badil from stores, following the newspapers' publication of a story about an Egyptian businessman's connection to the murder of the well-known Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has reported. The seizure of...

A prominent Iranian journalist of Arab ethnicity has been sentenced to five years in jail, according to ADN Kronos International (AKI). Yousuf Ben Azizi, was found guilty of 'subversive activities' after he published several articles three years ago after protests in the city of Ahwaz and other southern Iranian cities inhabited by Arabs. "My client was found guilty of subversive activities with...

Unidentified individuals shot and killed Dominican journalist Normando García Thursday evening in the city of Santiago, 102 miles (163 km) north of the capital, Santo Domingo. The Nw York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is investigating whether García's murder is linked to his journalistic work. At around 6:40 p.m., García, a cameraman for the daily news program "Detrás de la Noticia"...

With new allegations of the beating of a journalist by soldiers, the Mexican military must develop procedures to ensure that the press can cover its operations, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has insisted. Mexican reporter Jorge Inzunza Bustillos was harassed and beaten by members of the Mexican army while covering a shooting in the western city of Culiacán on Monday...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Monday called on Russian, Georgian and any other combat forces involved in the conflict in the region to respect the rights of media workers and protect their safety after it received reports that two journalists were killed and at least two others wounded in South Ossetia. Georgian Alexander Klimchuk, a photojournalist working for Russian news...

Filipino radio commentator Dennis Cuesta, who was shot at near his office on August 4, succumbed to his injuries at a General Santos City hospital on Saturday, New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported. Local press freedom groups told CPJ that they believe his murder was related to his work. Cuesta's colleague Mel Coronel told the Associated Press that the journalist never...

The Centre is planning to have a fresh look at the Content Code in television programmes as it feels that the current one has become outdated, the Press Trust of India (PTI) has reported. "We are contemplating a review of the existing Content Code as it needs to be at par with changing times," Secretary in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, Sushma Singh, said here on Saturday while...