Pakistani journalist Faisal Qureshi, web editor of The London Post, a London-based news portal that covers Pakistan affairs, was found dead by his brother Zahid Qureshi and cousin Shahzad Qureshi at 2 am on 7 October. The body showed signs of torture and the journalist’s throat was slit. Zahid Qureshi said he called his brother […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), praises the prompt arrest of the police officer who allegedly attacked a professional female photographer covering an anti-austerity rally in Athens on 5 October 2011. Pictures appear to show the policeman hitting Tatiana Bolari, who works for the Athens […]

Turkmen journalist Dovletmyrat Yazkuliyev, a correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison for allegedly encouraging a relative’s suicide attempt. Observers believe the sentence may be retaliation for his investigative journalism. In July this year, Yazkuliyev was one of the first journalists in the country to cover […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), marking the fifth anniversary of the murder of Russian journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Anna Politkovskaya, today called on authorities to identify and hold accountable the mastermind of the killing. The move came amid reports that investigators announced the indictment of Chechen native Lom-Ali Gaitukayev in the slaying […]