Kidnappers have freed two sports journalist who were being held for ransom in Nigeria, according to news reports. Nick Greyling, a South African sound engineer, and Nigerian sports commentator Bowie Attamah, were abducted along with cameraman Alexander Effiong on 1 March while travelling to an airport in Owerri city near the Niger Delta region, an […]

Two days after parliamentary elections in Iraq marked by a voter turnout of over 60% despite attacks that killed 38 people, IPI calls on any new Iraqi government to respect media freedom In the run-up to the 7 March polling, the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission (CMC) attempted to impose new restrictions on media outlets […]

Miklos Haraszti will end his six-year term of office as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on 10 March 2010. Haraszti, a Hungarian writer, journalist, human rights advocate and university professor co-founded the Hungarian Democratic Opposition Movement and was editor of the Beszélo journal, which was influential in shaping Hungary’s transition to democracy. […]

Italian state broadcaster RAI last week suspended political talk shows ahead of key regional elections. The board of RAI, dominated by supporters of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, voted to cease airing the shows in the run-up to the 28-29 March polls to avoid possible sanctions from a parliamentary committee, Reuters reported. RAI is temporarily replacing […]