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A brutal election-related massacre in the Philippine province of Maguindanao on Monday appears to be single deadliest event for the press since 1992, when the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) began keeping detailed records on journalist deaths. The New York Times and the Associated Press (AP) reported Wednesday that at least 18 of the victims have been preliminarily identified...

Canadian freelance reporter Amanda Lindhout and Australian freelance photographer Nigel Brennan were released Wednesday in Mogadishu. Lindhout and Brennan were released at 20:40 hrs local time, according to Ahmed Diriye, MP, who spoke to the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ). The two journalists were taken to a heavily guarded Hotel Sahafi in central Mogadishu. They are due to be flown...

One of the main suspects in the November 2008 murder of Radio Okapi journalist Didace Namujimbo, Corp Sébastien Tandema, escaped from a cell in the 10th Military Region’s headquarters in the eastern city of Bukavu Monday, just five days after he was arrested, Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) and Journalist en Danger (JED) have reported. When he appeared before military prosecutors a few days after...

Imad Abadi, the star anchor of the independent satellite TV news station Al-Diyar, was badly injured in a clearly targeted shooting attack Monday night in Baghdad, Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. Abadi was shot twice by unidentified gunmen as he was driving through the central Baghdad neighbourhood of Salihiya. “He suffered a gunshot wound to the head and another to the neck,” Al...

Kuwait’s prosecutor-general Tuesday ordered the police to continue holding journalist Mohammed Abdel Qader Al-Jassem at the headquarters of the criminal investigation department after he was take in for questioning the day before in connection with a libel suit by the prime minister and then refused to pay bail of 1,000 dinars (2,345 euros), Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. As Kuwait...

Several journalists covering relatives and supporters of a local politician who was about to file his gubernatorial candidacy on the Philippines island of Mindanao Monday were believed to be among those killed by a gang of armed men in Maguindanao province, according to international news reports. News reports said 21 people were killed after being abducted, including journalists, lawyers, and...

The last restrictions on the use of the Kurdish language by the Turkish news media have been lifted, Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. The government gazette published a directive on November 13 indefinitely lifting all remaining restrictions on the broadcast media’s use of minority languages. Use of Kurdish had been allowed in the print media and the national public TV station TRT 6...

A Mexican reporter who had recently covered corruption and organized crime was reported missing this week in the western state of Michoacán, The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported quoting local news reports. María Esther Aguilar Cansimbe, was last seen on November 11 near her home in Zamora. CPJ called on state and federal authorities to do everything in their power...

Officials from the Odessa Public Utility Service and mayor’s office have been physically obstructing the work of several Ukranian television and radio stations on the grounds of alleged building renovation, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported quoting local news reports. On Monday, city officials first barred reporters from entering their offices in the Odessa...

The Singapore government has refused to renew British freelance journalist Benjamin Bland’s work visa, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported. The government rejected his application to cover the recently concluded Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit meeting. Bland had planned to report on the summit for the UK’s Daily Telegraph newspaper. Bland’s visa...