2005-2014

Journalist and human rights activist Emadoldin Baghi was rushed to hospital after suffering a double heart attack in Tehran’s Evin prison on 26 December and was returned to a general wing of the prison yesterday evening. Baghi was arrested on 14 October to serve a one-year sentence he was given in November 2004 for writing a book that accused the Iranian authorities of involvement in the murders

Ten journalists in Sindh province who were reporting on events related to Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto’s death on December 27 have been arrested under anti-terrorism and riot laws, according to the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ). PFUJ reported that 34 cases were registered against journalists in the province’s interior since December 27. Of these, 19 journalists work for...

Television channels may come under the government scanner. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Priyaranjan Dasmunshi has openly criticised the television rating point system of viewership assessment and news content, says a Business Standard report. Some details: Speaking in Kolkata at the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, Das Munsi said, "The TRP mechanism in India is...

A journalist and a former journalist were killed in separate incidents on Mindanao island in December 2007, according to delayed reports received by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). On December 24, Fernando Lintuan, a radio broadcaster for dxGO radio in Davao, was killed by gunmen while in his car after leaving work. About 10am, two men on a motorcycle opened fire on Lintuan at a...

A few hours after the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) disclosed as an "unlimited tragedy" the cases of journalists and media workers recorded in 2007, on the first day of 2008, Latin America mourned its first casualty. José Fernando González, 35, Director of the radio station Radio FM Mega 92.7, was murdered in the city of Santa Bárbara, Trinidad, 150 km northeast of Tegucigalpa...

The French government along with major press freedom organisations have called for the immediate release of two French journalists held in Niger since 17 December. Reporter Thomas Dandois and cameraman Pierre Creisson were detained by Niger authorities on alleged charges of “breach of national security” says media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Dandois and Creisson work for Camicas

Going by the words of the State Council information office minister Cai Wu it can be speculated that the new rules for the foreign press that were introduced in January as part of the preparations for next August’s Beijing Olympics could remain in force after the games are over. Speaking at a news conference Cai said: “No document says that when this new regulation expires on 17 October next

Atex, the world’s leading provider of content management software and services to the global media industry, has become the latest Strategic Business Partner of the World Association of Newspapers in the Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project, it was announced Thursday. Atex will make a significant investment in the SFN project, which identifies, analyses and publicises all important...

Press freedom organisations have called for the prompt dismissal of Sri Lanka’s Labour Minister, Mervyn Silva, following his physical and verbal abuse of officials of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC). According to news reports, Dr Silva assaulted SLRC’s news director, TMG Chandrasekara, at the premises of Sri Lanka’s main public television broadcaster on December 27, 2007. The assault...

Reporters Without Borders reiterates its call for the release of Diallo, his reporter Daouda Yacouba, and Niamey-based journalist Moussa Kaka. Moussa Kaka, director of privately-owned Radio Saraounia and Niger correspondent of both Radio France Internationale and Reporters Without Borders completed 100th day in detention and risks life imprisonment. Ibrahima Manzo Diallo, director of the bimonthly