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Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has urged the Ecuadorean government and National Council for Radio and Television (Conartel) to withdraw the latest administrative proceedings against the privately-owned national TV station Teleamazonas, which could force it off the air. The offensive comes amid a war of nerves between the station and President Rafael Correa, who has said he wants to “put an end”...

Defamation charges have been filed against a Moroccan editor by a group that represents close relatives of King Mohamed VI. A Casablanca court has summoned the editor to appear on Tuesday, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The charges against Driss Chahtan, managing editor of the independent weekly Al-Michaal, stem from a front-page story titled "The Scandals of the King's...

Intelligence officials at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Kabul detained two Afghan journalists detained on Sunday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported. Qais Azimy and Hameedullah Shah, producers for Al-Jazeera, were detained separately on Sunday, two days before the country's presidential election campaigns are set to begin, according to according to an Al...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the Fiji military regime's extension of strict media censorship and emergency regulations, saying the regime's effort to stamp out public discussion is undermining all fundamental rights of the people of Fiji. Under the emergency rules, initially imposed in April, the media is forbidden to publish or broadcast anything negative about...

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ has expressed its alarm over aggressive attacks against two broadcast journalists in southwestern Somalia. Mr Omar Abdirahman Mohamoud (Jaajaa) and Ms Sahra Ali Mohamoud, who work for privately owned Markabley Radio as a reporter and newscaster, respectively, were seriously beaten on the evening of June 11 by four masked Al-Shabab militiamen soon...

Pakistan's security forces allegedly opened fire on June 9 on members of a media team of AVT Khyber, a Pashto TV channel, and a photographer of the English daily newspaper Dawn, resulting in injuries to a cameraperson and a driver, the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has reported. The media team was on its way to cover events in Upper Dir, a volatile district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP)...

A news channel reporter was found murdered in Ratan Lal Nagar, under Govindnagar police station, in Kanpur on Sunday morning, the Times of India has reported. More from the report: [ Link] Identified as Brijesh Gupta, a resident of Babupurwa, his body was found inside his car outside a guest house. There were serious injury marks on the body which was wrapped in a bed-sheet. A revolver was also...

The Jerusalem District Court sentenced two journalists from East Jerusalem to two months' imprisonment for their report to Iranian television about the start of the ground offensive in the Gaza Strip in January, Haaretz newspaper has reported. The Haaretz report said: [ Link] The two were sentenced as part of a plea bargain to charges that they violated military censorship restrictions by...

Four nonprofit groups devoted to investigative journalism will have their work distributed by the Associated Press (AP), the agency announced on Saturday. The New York Times reported: [ Link] Starting on July 1, the A.P. will deliver work by the Center for Public Integrity, the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and ProPublica to the 1...

A case has been registered against Naraingarh MLA Ram Kishan Gujjar and two others for allegedly harassing a local journalist, who committed suicide late on Wednesday night, the Indian Express has reported. The Congress leader has been booked under Section 306 for abetment to suicide. The details: [ Link] The registration of the case was preceeded by a clash between the family members and...