2005-2014

An Indonesian reporter who went to Malaysia to write a special report on allegations of abuse and exploitation of Indonesian workers in the country was last week assaulted and raped by a man who tricked her into believing that he could provide her with information. According to reports, the 34-year-old magazine journalist was lured by a man, believed to be also Indonesian, to a rumah kongsi (a...

Seven years after the muder of Ukranian journalist Heorhiy Gongadze, the lack of political will and sabotage are being seen as the reasons why his killers remain scot-free. People hold candles during a ceremony in memory of journalist Heorhiy Gongadze at Independence Square in central Kiev September 16, 2007. People gathered to mark the 7th anniversary of Gongadze's disappearance. (Reuters

Global journalists' and and news safety leaders have welcomed the launch of an Iraq-based campaign aiming to stem the tide of violence against news media which has claimed the lives of 226 journalists and media staff since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the International News Safety Institute (INSI) are calling on governments and aid agencies to...

The Editor of a major newspaper has sought an "unconditional apology" before Islamic clerics for an llegedly "blasphemous" cartoon published in a satire supplement of the daily. Prothom Alo Editor Motiur Rahman apologised and promised "not to repeat such mistakes" in future as fellow editors and law advisor of the interim cabinet Mainul Hosein held a meeting with Islamic leaders, including the...

A cartoon about Islam's prophet Mohammed, published in a Swedish newspaper in August, did not constitute incitement to racial hatred, Sweden's justice chancellor has ruled. Three Swedish Muslim organisations had asked Chancellor Goeran Lambertz — the only official in Sweden entitled to indict in cases concerning freedom of the Press — to press charges of incitement to racial hatred against the...

One year after the coup in Thailand, the media and free expression environment remains compromised, with martial law, lèse-majesté rules, and new and proposed laws governing the Internet and national security concerns keeping the media footing problematic in the future. According to a report by the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), this has happened despie the fact that the newly approved

Taking congizance of complaints made by certain NGOs and public organisations, the government has issued show cause notice to a Hindi television channel allegedly narrating "gory details" of how Nithari killer Surender Koli carried out murder of his victims. "The channel Aaj Tak has been asked to reply to our notice. The programme aired last week was gory narrating details of Koli's methods of...

NAIROBI, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Leaders of Somalia's interim government have given assurances there will be no repeat of an armed raid this week on the independent Shabelle media house, new U.N. special envoy Ahmedou Ould Abdallah said on Saturday. But he told Reuters "for me that is not enough. I judge people by their acts." He added in an interview: "They (government leaders) say it was an accident...

NIAMEY (AFP) — Niger police arrested a journalist working for Radio France International (RFI) and a radio station that gives airtime to Tuareg rebels, a reporter said Friday. At least eight plain clothes police took away Moussa Kaka late Thursday from the offices of the private Saraouniya radio station which he manages, journalist Abdourahamane Hassane told AFP. It was unclear what charges Kaka...

(IFJ/IFEX) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the government of Zimbabwe to guarantee the safety of 15 journalists named on a hit list that appeared to have been leaked from official sources. "The government of President Robert Mugabe must make it clear to the international community that it is not targeting journalists," said IFJ General Secretary Aidan White. "It...