Journalist associations in Goa, India, claim that the police were bystanders to an assault on media personnel on Wednesday, the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported. According to the report, two photojournalists were assaulted while trying to take pictures of violence in which two youths were fatally burned. The Photo Journalists Association of Goa (PJAG) condemned […]

Chinese authorities have cracked down on social media in Inner Mongolia after days of unrest that forced the government to tighten security in the autonomous region. Information sources such as QQ instant messenger, internet chatting and text messaging have been recognized as playing a major role in organizing large-scale protests in the region and have […]

Three Italian journalists have been handed prison sentences for defamation by a court in Chieti, Central Italy, in connection with a series of articles published in 2007 about an alleged investigation into the mayor of Sulmona, a nearby city, by the Financial Crime Investigation Unit (Guardia di Finanza), an Italian police force directly under the […]

Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev, released from prison on Thursday under an amnesty after serving four years, thanked the International Press Institute (IPI) and other organisations for their support during his imprisonment, and said he was savouring freedom. Speaking to IPI by telephone he said, audibly relieved: “Thank you very much for all your support and […]