As Gambians went to the polls last week to vote, incumbent President Yahya Jammeh rejected international criticism over the country’s press freedom record, which, since Jammeh took power in a 1994 coup, has been characterised by the intimidation, jailing and torture of journalists, and control of the media. “When they talk about rights, freedom of […]

Just a day after the 23 November global International Day to End Impunity, commemorating a 2009 massacre in the Philippines in which 32 journalists were killed, a radio journalist in the Philippines survived a shooting attack. On 24 November, Michael James Licuanan, or “James Dacoycoy” to his listeners, was shot by two assailants on a […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today announced the first three winners in its News Innovation Contest. The three winning projects, which will receive more than $600,000 in total, operate across Mali, Turkey, France, the Netherlands and the UK. The winners were chosen from the more than 300 applications received since February of this year. The […]

Harassment and murders of journalists, criminal defamation laws and the lack of access to information legislation are the greatest problems currently affecting Philippines journalists. In spite of a relatively favorable attitude towards press freedom and freedom of information on the part of the administration of President Benigno Aquino III, the government has so far failed […]