A pro-government television channel in Syria has broadcast an interview with Turkish journalist Cüneyt Ünal, who said that he was captured by Syrian loyalist forces on Aug. 20 in Aleppo, Reuters reported. Ünal appeared exhausted and nervous with apparent bruises under both eyes in the interview, which aired Sunday on the Al Ikhbariya news channel. […]

The complete abolition of pre-publication censorship for newspapers was announced in Burma last week, but a host of other laws that have been used to jail journalists and suspend publications mean that the press will still have much to fear if their reporting on sensitive issues falls afoul of the authorities. “We welcome the abolition […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the announcement by Colombia’s Supreme Court that it would not pursue criminal defamation charges against two journalists who had written opinion columns critical of the Court. In a statement released yesterday, the Court reiterated its rejection of the criticism contained in the columns, but said “for the sake […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) Nepal National Committee today condemned the alleged attack against a journalist by a police official at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on Sunday, Aug. 26. According to the information available to IPI, Nepal Police Head Constable Basanta Bahadur Karki allegedly manhandled cameraperson Sachin Pariyar, who had come to the […]