Assuming the sworn witness was telling the truth, those responsible for the killing of Guyanese journalist Ronald Waddell must have thought the game was finally up. It was July 2009, nearly four years after Waddell’s death. The scene: a New York City courtroom, where a well-known lawyer was on trial for tampering with witnesses to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 112 countries, strongly condemns the killing of two German journalists by unidentified gunmen in Afghanistan. Karen Fischer and Christian Struwe, worked for Deutsche Welle, Germany’s national broadcaster. They were in Afghanistan to conduct research for a documentary and […]

According to information before IPI, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Turkmen Service correspondent Ogulsapar Muradova died in custody while serving a prison sentence on charges that were said to be politically motivated. Her relatives were notified by police on 14 September, but the circumstances of her death remain unclear. Based on media reports, Muradova’s body […]

According to information before IPI, a television station in the eastern Zayouna district of Baghdad was attacked by unidentified assailants early in the morning of 12 October, resulting in the death of 11 employees. The attackers, some wearing police uniforms, drove up to the office of the Shaabiya satellite television station in a convoy of […]