2005-2014

The Arabic Charter on Satellite has claimed another victim. Nilesat, an Egyptian government-owned satellite transmission company, stopped carrying the London-based Al-Hewar Television channel on April 1 without warning or explanation. The station remains accessible to viewers on the Atlantic Bird satellite system, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). In a letter...

The Northeast Media Forum (NEMF) has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure the safety of journalists in the region. NEMF appealed to the prime minister to ensure that journalists can carry out their professional duties in the region without fear of physical harm. NEMF, an organisation of over 100 journalists hailing from the Northeast region and working in the national capital, in a letter...

The Tajik Prosecutor-General's Office has charged two men with the murder of the Russian TV reporter, Ilyas Shurpayev, RIA Novosti has reported quoting a law enforcement source. "Masrurdzhon Yatimov and Nadzhmiddin Mukhiddinov have been charged under the provisions of Article 104/2 of the Penal Code of Tajikistan [premeditated murder with aggravating circumstances]," he said. The accused, both...

The revenue picture for Canada’s daily newspapers remained stable through 2007, with robust growth in online ad sales offsetting a mild decline in print advertising. This is in sharp contrast to the US, where a contracting economy helped drive print ad revenues to the biggest year over year fall in more than half a century. According to new data released by the Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA)...

The Seattle Times Co will eliminate about 190 positions by next month because of continuing revenue declines. In a memo to employees, which was posted on the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild website, Times Publisher Frank Blethen and Times Co President Carolyn Kelly said the changes will be part of about $15 million in budget reductions during the next two months. "We had hoped the expense...

A labour court has awarded a compensation of about Rs 5 million ($125,000) to an American journalist sacked by the Associated Press (AP) in New Delhi. Assistant Labour Commissioner AV Premnath, designated the Competent Authority, ruled that Laurinda Keys Long was very much covered by Indian laws because AP had a base in this country. Laurinda Keys’ lawyer Suman Doval told Indo-Asian News Service...

Seven employees of a pro-peace radio station in Israel were released from jail Tuesday, a day after police raided the station's Jerusalem office and seized its transmission equipment, the Associated Press (AP) has reported. On Monday, police shut down the transmitter and closed the studio, saying the station was broadcasting without a permit. There are numerous pirate radio stations broadcasting...

A gunman on a motorcycle shot dead a Philippine newspaper columnist in Manila on Monday night, the first journalist killed this year in the Southeast Asian nation, Reuters reported quoting police sources on Tuesday. Benefredo Acabal was walking close to a friend's house on Monday night when a man on a motorcycle shot him five times in the head and the body, police officer Lardy Ignacio said. The...

A Bangladeshi journalist who has reported extensively on alleged police corruption has been detained by the police and accused of robbery. Rabiul Islam, a journalist for the Daily Sunshine, a Rajshahi-based newspaper in the Bangla language, has written several reports implicating the Durgapur police force in alleged corruption and malpractice. On March 28, Rabiul was taken in to custody accused of...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the killing of Carlos Quispe, a journalist working for Radio Municipal in the city of Pucarani, about 40 km west of La Paz, Bolivia, and called for the government to act quickly to find those responsible. A group that opposes the mayor attacked the city’s municipal building on March 27. The mob then moved onto the municipal radio...