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Sun Hongjie, a newspaper reporter based in Kuitun, in the northwestern Chinese province of Xinjiang, is in deep coma since Monday as a result of the head injuries he received when he was attacked by four or five men on the night of December 18. Sun worked for the provincial daily Beijiang Chenbao (Beijang Morning Newspaper), Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has accused authorities in Belarus of "violent bullying and intimidation" of journalists covering a peaceful protest in central Minsk yesterday, saying the brutality exposed the country's fragile attachment to democracy following presidential elections. "The sheer violence and blatant regard of journalists' right to cover a public event were...

Media organisations in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday went on an indefinite strike in protest against the state government's failure to arrest those who had assaulted two women journalists last week, the Press Trust of India has reported. The women, working with The Sentinel Arunachal, were assaulted by some unidentified persons on December 12 when they were gathering news of an accident, according...

Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has expressed concern over the consequences for journalists of the fight for control of state television and the media in general being waged by the supporters of Laurent Gbagbo and the ones of Alassane Ouattara. “We are very worried about the situation in Côte d’Ivoire,” RSF said in a statement. “The violent dispersal of yesterday’s...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the escalation of violence against media after a series of attacks against journalists by protection officers of both Ukrainian President and Prime Ministers in recent months. Other journalists have also bee victims of similar assaults by lower ranking officials. "We condemn this mindless violence against journalists who are only...

The Anglican Bishop for Western Buganda Diocese, Kefa Kamya Ssemakula, on December 6 assaulted Brian Luwagga, a photojournalist with Kamunye newspaper. Kamunye is a Luganda-based affiliate of the Red Pepper publication. Luwagga was photographing the bishop at the Masaka High Court premises, where he had been taken by Christian followers in the Diocese contesting the way his successor had been...

Lanka E News journalist Shantha Wijesuriya and Sirasa TV airport correspondent Premalal were attacked on December 7 by a group of persons purported to be Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) employees. Wijesuriya suffered serious injuries and had to seek treatment at a hospital, according to press freedom group Free Media Movement (FMM). According to reports, the journalists were assaulted by...

Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) is worried about the dangers for Haitian and foreign journalists from the rioting that has shaken the country since the widely disputed results of the general elections were announced on December 7. Although the media have so far been largely spared, RSF urge the supporters of the various parties and alliances to refrain from turning...

There have been numerous cases of deliberate obstruction in Egypt of journalists trying to cover the second round of legislative elections on December 5, just as it had in the first round on November 28, Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. The landslide victory of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) was no longer in doubt after massive fraud during...

There have been a number of cases of police violence in Greece against journalists during the demonstrations of the past few weeks, according to Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF). The level of violence employed by the police has been outrageous, it reported. Journalists said they were thrown to the ground and beaten, or were prevented from working by use of physical...