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Media reports indicate that the cameraman, Martin Adler, was a Swedish citizen who frequently worked for the British television station Channel 4. The cameraman was filming a rally in Mogadishu when the incident occurred. Mohamed Dare, an editor at the news agency Horn Afrik who was standing near the cameraman, described to VOA what happened. Militia from Islamic Courts Union arrive at rally...

New York, June 22, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists urged Mexican authorities to revive a stalled investigation into the murder of Francisco Ortiz Franco, co-editor of the Tijuana-based weekly Zeta, who was gunned two years ago today. José Luis Vasconcelos, the leading prosecutor in the organized crime division of the federal Attorney General’s office, told CPJ that there had been no...

MIRANSHAH: Pro-Taliban militants yesterday distributed leaflets blaming Pakistani authorities for the killing of a reporter who was investigating the death of a key Al Qaeda operative. The Urdu-language pamphlets were circulated in Miranshah town in restive North Waziristan tribal agency, five days after the handcuffed body of journalist Hayatullah Khan, 35, was found in nearby Mir Ali. “He was...

Fears among traditional media such as TV and newspapers that the internet will cannibalise their market are unfounded, a digital media expert has said. Nate Elliott, analyst for the European digital home with Jupiter Research, spoke last week at a seminar organised by iReach, called ‘Digital content – changing consumer demands’. “European homes are being flooded with digital content,” he said....

(CJES/IFEX) - MOSCOW, June 20 (Interfax) - The Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations (CJES) and the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ) have called for a number of Criminal Code articles that carry punishment for inappropriate performance of journalistic duties to be abolished. "It is hard to find another country on the map of the world that would as frequently apply Criminal Code articles...

MIAMI, Florida (June 20, 2006) - The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) said today it is extremely concerned at the introduction of a draft bill to reform the Penal Code in Panama, saying it would drastically stiffen penalties for journalists found guilty of libel or defamation - an action in sharp contrast to the progress in the area of press freedom that President Martín Torrijos has been...

Are you a Plum – a pregnant woman 35 or older – or do you think Pink, by making your career a lifestyle? If you’re a business-owning, cookie-baking fashionista who lives in a bungalow and likes to spend the weekend traveling with your dog or container-gardening with your kids, there’s at least one magazine that caters to you. Or more likely, a dozen. And if you’re a man … well, there’s plenty for...

Six journalists have been killed in the Philippines this year and 43 since Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo came to power in 2001, more than those killed under the 14-year Marcos dictatorship, according to the National Union of Journalists Philippines (NUJP). The Philippines was second only to Iraq in the number of journalists who died there last year. This year too the ranking remains unchanged. STOP THE

New York, June 21, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the arrests of Ogulsapar Muradova, an Ashgabat-based correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), and her three children. Muradova, arrested on Sunday, is being held without charge at Ashgabat Interior Ministry (MVR) headquarters. Her three adult children—Maral, Berdy and Sona—were taken into custody on Monday...

George Vigo and his wife, Macel Alave-Vigo, both journalists, were murdered in the Philippines Tuesday. The two were walking home from a public market on the island of Mindao when they were shot by men on a motorcycle, according to media reports. They died on the way to the hospital, according to Reuters, which quoted local police. STOP THE KILLINGS: Protesters hold up pictures of leftist