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Jan 23, 1999: Shivani Bhatnagar, principal correspondent of the Indian Express, murdered in her East Delhi flat, when she was with her infant son. July 30, 2002: Delhi Police arrest Sri Bhagwan as he allegedly spills the beans on IPS officer RK Sharma. August 03,2002: Delhi police team raids Sharma’s residence at Panchkula in Haryana. Pradeep Sharma, the alleged killer, is arrested by police...

Senior IPS officer RK Sharma was Monday awarded life imprisonment by a Delhi court in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case. The court said he did not deserve the death penalty due to his "excellent" service record. Three other convicts were also sentenced to life imprisonment for the gruesome killing. Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri, disallowing the prosecution's plea that the...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed serious concern over four Afghan journalists being held in detention. Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh, Ghows Zelmay, Jawed Ahmad and Ali Mohaqiq Nasab have been denied human rights including legal representation, the ability to receive visitors and access to time outdoors. Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh, 23, a journalism student and reporter for the

Two gendarmes have testified in court that they told their superiors about plans to kill journalist Hrant Dink six months before his murder on January 19, 2007, but their superiors did nothing and later threatened them with reprisals if they mentioned the information. The gendarmes from the northeastern city of Trabzon, Okan Simsek and Veysel Sahin, who are on trial for failing to react after...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is dropping a lawsuit against French weekly Le Nouvel Observateur for reporting that he sent a text message to ex-wife Cecilia offering to call off his marriage, a statement by his new wife Carla Bruni said today. Sarkozy last month had lodged the complaint against Le Nouvel Observateur for reporting he had sent a SMS to Cecilia eight days before his marriage to ex...

A Delhi fast track court Tuesday convicted suspended IPS officer Ravi Kant Sharma in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case of 1999 along with three other co-accused. While Sharma has been convicted under Sections 302, 120B and 201of the Indian Penal Code, three others—Sri Bhagwan, Satya Prakash and the alleged hired killer Pradeep Sharma—have been found guilty of murder and destruction of evidence...

An appeals court in Canada has overturned a lower court's 2004 contempt ruling against a journalist who would not reveal his source. In the ruling issued Monday in Toronto, the three-judge panel of the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies to journalist-informant confidentiality and, as a result, the contempt charge and fine against Hamilton Spectator...

A Ukrainian court has convicted three former police officers of killing an investigative journalist nearly eight years ago. The verdict Saturday in Ukranian capital Kiev ended a high-profile trial—but one the family of the journalist, Heorhiy Gongadze, says has failed to bring the masterminds to justice, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Mykola Protasov was sentenced to 13 years in jail. Valeriy...

The police in Uganda should respect a court ruling that lifts a ban on two live radio programmes, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said. The court decision Friday last allowed two live political shows on Life FM in Fort Portal to resume broadcasting, but the station has since received a warning from police about its future programming. On January 8, Regional Police Commander Martin...

The suspect in the 2004 killing of radio broadcaster Herson Hinolan surrendered to the authorities on after a key witness retracted his earlier testimony against the suspect, according to the Manila-based Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR). Alfredo Arcenio, a former mayor of Lezo town in Aklan, approximately 345 km south of Manila, surrendered to the Kalibo Regional Trial Court...