On Monday, 14 June 2010 IPI reported that Venezuelan authorities issued an arrest warrant for Guillermo Zualoga, the owner of Globovisión television station, and his son on charges of conspiracy and usury.  Zualoga and his son were charged with business malpractice, after 24 new Toyota SUVs were found at one of their homes during a […]

Gambian journalist Abdoulie John has received threats from unnamed callers over the past few weeks, he told IPI in a phone interview today. John is a correspondent for the Associated Press news agency and an editor of online news outlet Jollof News. He told IPI he fears the threats are coming from Gambian security operatives. […]

A Filipino journalist was killed on Saturday, bringing the number of media workers killed in the country to three in just five days. Nestor Bedolido, 50, was shot at close range by two men on a motorcycle in Digos City, Davao del Sur, in the south of the Philippines.  News agencies reported that Bedolido was […]

A Venezuelan columnist has been fined and imprisoned after writing an article accusing a local mayor of nepotism, following a court hearing on Friday, 11 June. Francisco “Pancho” Perez, a columnist with Venezuelan daily El Carabobeño, was fined the equivalent of 16,000 EUR, and sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.  The court […]