Authorities in Rwanda are cracking down on media across the country, ahead of elections scheduled to begin 9 August. On 26 July, the Media High Council reportedly issued a communiqué listing 41 news outlets as having fulfilled the criteria laid out in the media law of the country, and inviting them to apply for an […]

Mexican journalist Óscar Solís, a reporter for local newspaper El Vespertino who was kidnapped on the same day as fellow journalists Javier Canales, Alejandro Hernandez and Hector Gordoa, has also been freed. Earlier this week, IPI reported on the freeing of Canales, Hernandez and Gordoa. At the time, media reports said that Solis remained unaccounted for. Subsequent […]

Authorities in Fiji on Friday, 30 July detained the editor of an online news outlet for questioning over an article about the nation’s police commissioner. According to local media, the editor of Fijilive.com, Richard Naidu, was taken in for questioning by police. The detention was reportedly connected to an article on the website claiming that […]

K.M Mathew, Chief Editor of the Malayala Manorama newspaper and a longtime friend of IPI, passed away at his residence in Kerala, India on Sunday. He was 93. IPI joins Mr. Mathew’s family, friends and colleagues in mourning his death. Mr. Mathew was laid to rest today, with full state honours. Thousands of people attended […]