Eighteen foreign correspondents with long experience of covering Iraqi Kurdistan have called, in an open letter to the president of the autonomous region, Massoud Barzani, and to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, to launch an independent investigation into the murder of a young journalist who had criticised the authorities. Noting that they had each covered Kurdish […]

For the second year in a row, representatives of Taiwanese media were handed accreditation for the World Health Assembly (WHA), which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 17-21 May. The WHA is the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organisation (WHO), a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN). Until 2008, the WHA had […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is deeply concerned by reports that Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush threatened two local news organizations with $100,000 in ‘fees’ – and up to three months in jail if they failed to pay up. Speaking at a press conference on 13 May, the Premier spoke of a proposed business fee […]

An Italian photojournalist is reportedly among at least five people killed on Wednesday in Bangkok. The Thai capital has seen widespread rioting in the aftermath of a crackdown by government security forces which led to the surrender of at least four rebel commanders earlier today. “We do not know who killed him”, said Tulsathit Taptim, […]