A radio reporter has been killed in Honduras, less than two weeks since an attack on two other journalists, which left one dead and another injured. David Meza Montesinos, a reporter at radio station El Patio for more than 30 years, was killed on 11 March while driving home in the Honduran coastal city of […]

Yemeni authorities seized broadcasting equipment from the offices of two pan-Arab broadcasters on Thursday 11 March over accusations of exaggerated news coverage of the protest movement in southern Yemen. According to the Yemeni national news agency, Saba, an official source in the Ministry of Information claims the satellite broadcasting equipment of Al Jazeera and Al […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today wrote an open letter to Ghanaian President Atta Mills, calling on him to ensure that attacks on journalists in the West African country are promptly investigated, and that the perpetrators are brought to justice. In recent weeks, a number of incidents of violence against journalists – often allegedly at […]

British freelance journalist Paul Martin was released on Thursday after being held for 26 days in Gaza Central Prison. Martin was arrested on Sunday 14 February while attending the trial of Hamas militant Mohammed Abu Muaileq, who is on trial for collaborating with the Israeli army during the January 2009 conflict with Hamas militants in […]