Madan Paudel, a journalist with Radio Tamor in the eastern district of Taplejung, Nepal has been missing for over a week. Local newspapers said that the whereabouts of the journalist is unknown and reportedly criticised security agencies for not carrying out thorough investigations. Paudel reportedly went missing on Sep. 16 after attending an event called […]

Since his third term as president of the Dominican Republic ended in August, Leonel Fernández has been busy, recently embarking on trips to Europe and North America, where he received the “Statesman of the Year” award from the Canadian Council for the Americas, which recognised him for mediation and democracy-building efforts in Latin America. But […]

The sponsor of a bill before Ukraine’s parliament that would re-criminalise defamation has said that he will withdraw the bill from consideration, at least until after parliamentary elections scheduled for Oct. 28, Reuters reported today. Reuters said the Interfax news agency quoted Vitaly Zhuravsky as commenting: “Having weighed up all the circumstances and acting in […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed concern about continuing threats against journalist Vladimir Mitric, a correspondent of the Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti in Loznica, in western Serbia. Mitric was threatened again on Sept. 15 despite being under 24-hour police protection. The veteran journalist […]