An Uighur former website editor and journalist, Hailaite Niyazi, has been detained since 1 October, when he was taken from his home by Chinese police, AP reported on Friday. Niyazi was the former manager and editor of Uighurbiz.net, and had previously worked for state-run newspapers. Niyazi’s arrest comes three weeks before a presidential visit to […]

The director of the Internet site of Mexico’s Radio Vision, Norberto Miranda, was killed last week by a group of five gunmen who entered his office in Nuevo Casas Grandes, near Ciudad Juárez, in the state of Chihuahua. The gunmen asked for Miranda, who identified himself and was gunned down in front of his colleagues. […]

An International Press Institute (IPI) advocacy mission arrived in Russia on Tuesday, 29 September 2009. During the five-day mission, the delegates will visit the cities of Moscow, Kchimki and Tomsk, to meet with local media and government officials and discuss the state of media freedom in the country. The IPI mission to Russia includes: IPI […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the kidnapping and beating of journalist Slim Boukhdhir on Wednesday night in Tunis and the arrest on Thursday morning of renowned journalist and government critic Taoufik Ben Brik. Ben Brik had previously endured detentions and been prevented from travelling out of Tunisia. He was arrested for allegedly attacking […]